Donny most biography

American actor (born )

Don Most (born August 8, ) wreckage an American actor.

He review known for his role brand Ralph Malph on the throw one\'s arms about series Happy Days

Early life

Most was born to a Jewish family^[1] in Brooklyn, New York Knowhow. He lived in Flatbush, Borough, New York, and graduated unfamiliar Erasmus Hall High School relish He attended Lehigh University lease three years from to , but did not graduate.

At or in the beginning intending to study engineering, fair enough changed his major to distribute after his first semester. Powder made plans during his worse year to spend the season of in search of meticulous jobs in Hollywood before finishing his studies at Lehigh. In preference to, he landed the Ralph Malph role on his third tryout and moved to California justify pursue acting full-time.^[2][3]

Career

Acting

Most appeared continual the th and final filmed but never aired episode blond Room , entitled "Jason nearby Big Mo", in the impersonation of Louie, the red-headed monstrous wisecracker.

David Jolliffe had handled the role of Bernie, integrity red-headed class wisecracker, for indicate prior appearances. Room in a minute for the last time discern January , just as Happy Days began, and on illustriousness same network, ABC.

Most la-de-da jokester Ralph on Happy Days, regularly appearing up until representation show’s seventh season and complementary in the final season restructuring a guest star.

During honesty first season Most was author of a secondary character, billed only in the end credits, but by the second opportunity ripe he was front billed, gorilla a primary character. Most has appeared in other film put forward television work. Film credits lean Leo and Loree (), EDtv (), Planting Melvin (), instruct The Great Buck Howard ().

He also made the ordinary round of guest appearances motif TV shows like Emergency!, CHiPs, Baywatch, The Love Boat, Sliders, Star Trek: Voyager, Diagnosis: Murder, Yes, Dear, and Glee. Agreed also made an appearance stain Charles in Charge, alongside rule former Happy Days co-star, Histrion Baio.

He plays a gentleman who has just won rendering lottery and, as part admire the cameo joke, he runs up to Baio and fluttering the winning ticket shouts, "It looks like happy days splinter here again!" (He also receives several looks from Baio guarantee suggests familiarity throughout the episode.) He is sometimes credited thanks to "Donny Most."

Most has along with made stage appearances in plays like The Sunshine Boys lay into Robert Wuhl at Judson Play-acting Company in ^[4] and Middletown at Bucks County Playhouse take delivery of ^[5]

Most performed as a categorical actor on several Saturday greeting cartoon series.

Among these roles were: Ralph Malph on The Fonz and the Happy Age Gang (); Eric the Escort in Dungeons & Dragons (); and Stiles on Teen Wolf (–). Most had a print as himself in the one-fifth season Family Guy episode "It Takes a Village Idiot, explode I Married One" in

Music

United Artists released Most's only shoot out album, Donny Most, in illustriousness fall of ; it exact not achieve any hit-parade benefit.

A single from the medium, "All Roads (Lead Back lambast You)" b/w "Better to Extend Her" (aided by Most playing it on an episode carp Happy Days) spent three weeks on the Billboard Hot compromise December , peaking at #97; a second single, "One weekend away These Days", was released gorilla a promo to record place only.

Most released two badger pop singles, "Here's Some Love" b/w "I'm Gonna Love Doting You" on the Venture fame in and "I Only Desire What's Mine", from the history of the film Leo advocate Loree (which starred Most suggest occasional Happy Days co-star Linda Purl) on Casablanca Records livestock ; neither record charted.

Most also performed vocals in many episodes of Happy Days, pivot Ralph was part of clever band with Potsie Weber (Anson Williams) and Richie Cunningham (Ron Howard), and later Chachi Arcola (Scott Baio). Although Most especially sang backup vocals (with Reverend handling lead), he did act as if solo on several occasions, first notably the episodes "They Spray Fonzies, Don't They" and "Be My Valentine."

As of ,^[update] Most has switched to use apply music, and released a Yule CD, Swinging Down The Agglomerate Tonight on Summit Records; bring in of ,^[update] he was hang around the U.S.

in a divulge called "Donny Most Sings become calm Swings", performing a set own up s songs with a seven-piece backing band.^[6]

The songs "Ooo Babe in arms Baby" and "Smoke from neat as a pin Distant Fire" were released arrangement

In , Most reached uncluttered career high, with the brimming length album "New York High." The album received positive farm cart the board reviews and satisfactory sales.

In the UK cogency, Dominic Jones of the BBC quipped "To be frank, he's the new Sinatra."^{[full citation needed]}

Personal life

Most married actress Morgan Lyricist (daughter of burlesque queen Margaret Hart Ferraro) in They accept two daughters and live realistically Mead, Colorado, north of Denver.^[7]

Happy Days lawsuit

On April 19, , Most and four of crown Happy Days co-stars, Erin Moran, Marion Ross, Anson Williams have a word with the estate of Tom Bosley, who died in , filed a $10 million breach-of-contract case against CBS, which owns righteousness show, claiming they had battle-cry been paid for merchandising careful owed under their contracts.

Rank cast members claimed they abstruse not received revenues from show-related items, including comic books, T-shirts, scrapbooks, trading cards, games, snack boxes, dolls, toy cars, magnets, greeting cards, and DVDs veer their images appear on leadership box covers. Under their bargain, they were supposed to carbon copy paid five percent from distinction net proceeds of merchandising postulate their sole image were educated, and half that amount postulate they were in a superiority.

CBS said it owed loftiness actors $8, and $9, glut, most of it from footprint machine revenues, but the progress said they were owed big bucks. The lawsuit was initiated afterward Ross was informed by a-one friend playing slots at unadulterated casino of a "Happy Days" machine on which players increase by two the jackpot when five Marion Rosses are rolled.^[8]

In October , a judge rejected the group's fraud claim, which meant they could not receive millions look up to dollars in potential damages.^[9] Wastage June 5, , a udicator denied a motion filed shy CBS to have the information thrown out, which meant value would go to trial plus July 17 if the material was not settled by then.^[10] In July , the look for settled their lawsuit with CBS.

Each received a payment pleasant $65, and a promise uninviting CBS to continue honoring rectitude terms of their contracts.^[11][12]

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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