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Tom played the father in two shows whose pilots originally appeared as segments on Love, American Style: Happy Days and Wait Till Your Father Gets Home.
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Tom appears as Card #4 in DuoCard's Happy Days collection.
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Tom received 200 write-in votes the New York's 1960 mayoral election, having appeared in Broadway's Fiorello!.
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After Love with a Proper Stranger, Tom got parts in Yours, Mine and Ours, The Secret World of Harry Frigg, and Divorce, American Style.
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Tom's first movie role was the role of Anthony in 1963 when he starred with Steve McQueen and Natalie Wood in Love with a Proper Stranger.
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As Tom was beginning his acting career, he worked as a hat-checker at a restaurant, and as a doorman for Tavern-on-the-Green.
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Tom's initial college pursuit was to become a lawyer.
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Tom had a childhood dream to play left field for the Chicago Cubs.
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Tom played Herr Schultz in Broadway's Cabaret.
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Tom originated the role of Belle's father when Beauty and the Beast played on Broadway.
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In their June 20, 2004 issue, TV Guide ranked Tom's character Howard Cunningham as the #9 greatest TV father of all time.
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Tom's daughter Amy appeared on two Happy Days episodes: once as a trick-or-treat girl, and once as Amy on the episode Fonzie's Hero.
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Tom hosted "General Mills Radio Adventure Theater," a radio show.
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Tom has done commercials for Glad Trash Bags, D-Con, and Sonic Drive-Ins.
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Tom won a Tony Award for his role as Mayor LaGuardia.
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Tom appeared on Broadway, playing the role of New York Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia.
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Tom performed with Paul Newman in the Woodstock Opera House.
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Tom's stage debut was in Our Town with the Canterbury Players at the Fine Arts Theatre in Chicago.
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Tom attended DePaul University.
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Tom served in the Navy during World War II.
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Tom's parents are Benjamin and Dora Bosley.
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Guest starred as a passenger in both the first "Love Boat" TV Movie pilot broadcast in 1976 and in the last "Love Boat" reunion move "Love Boat - A Valentine Voyage" broadcast in 1990.
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Tom is the spokeperson for Specialty Merchandise Corporation.