#Happy days movie cast series
In 1982, Baio was cast, along with Erin Moran, who played the part of Joanie Cunningham, in a new ABC-TV spin-off of Happy Days, Joanie Loves Chachi wwhich lasted only 18 episodes, as both actors and their characters returned to their parent series after JLC's cancellation in 1983, as both Joanie and Chachi, who had been appearing sporadically on HD in certain episodes intermittently while being the central characters in their own series simultaneously, where written back into the Happy Days storyline as main characters, eventually marrying by series end in 1984. He also starred in the made-for-television youth drama specials The Boy Who Drank Too Much with Lance Kerwin and Senior Trip with Mickey Rooney. He won two Young Artist Awards during the Third Annual Youth in Film Awards (1980–1981) as Best Young Actor in a Television Special for Stoned and Best Young Comedian in Television or Motion Pictures for Happy Days. During his time on Happy Days, Baio earned two Emmy Award nominations, for his lead performances in the television movies Stoned (1981) and All the Kids Do It (1985). Milkis produced ABC-TV sitcom and Happy Days spinoff series, Blansky's Beauties, which starred Nancy Walker, who played the role of Howard Cunningham's cousin Nancy Blansky, who ran a boarding house which housed Las Vegas showgirls (which included future HD co-star Lynda Goodfriend), whom she managed as well, only lasted thirteen episodes before its cancellation.īaio, at about the same time, was cast as Fonzie's cousin Chachi Arcola on Happy Days. Scott was noticed by Garry Marshall and cast as teenaged Anthony DeLuca, cousin of Joey DeLuca (played by future Laverne & Shirley co-star Eddie Mekka) on another Garry Marshall/Thomas Miller/ Edward K. Baio and Foster later worked together again in the teen girl drama Foxes (1980), helmed by Adrian Lyne. In 1976, Baio played the title character Bugsy Malone in the children's gangster musical directed by Alan Parker, which also co-starred Jodie Foster. He attended Xaverian High School in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Baio was born in Brooklyn, New Yinork, the son of Rose, a homemaker, and Mario Baio, who worked as his manager.
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