1. Anson Williams was born on Anson William Heimlich; September 25,1949 and is an American actor and director.
19 Facts About Anson Williams
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Anson Williams attended Burbank High School, where he was captain of the track team and acted in multiple school productions.
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In 1971, Anson Williams appeared in the Sherman Brothers' original musical, Victory Canteen, at the Ivar Theater in Los Angeles.
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In 1972, Anson Williams portrayed Potsie Weber in a segment of the comedy-anthology series Love, American Style titled "Love and the Happy Days", which introduced Richie Cunningham, Richie's mother Marion, and other characters who were spun off into the television series Happy Days.
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The new series' first season, during which Anson Williams received second billing after Howard, was centered mainly on Richie and Potsie.
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Unlike Howard and Most, Anson Williams was one of the few to remain through the entire run of the series, although his appearances became less frequent in later seasons.
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Anson Williams served as producer for the 1980 TV movie Skyward, directed by his Happy Days co-star Ron Howard and starring screen icon Bette Davis.
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Anson Williams went on to direct various short programs for adolescent-age children, including afterschool specials "No Greater Gift" and "The Drug Knot", and TV-movie Lone Star Kid.
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Anson Williams has gone on to direct many episodes for a variety of television series, including The Pretender, Beverly Hills, 90210, Melrose Place, seaQuest 2032, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Charmed.
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Anson Williams directed several episodes of the TV series 7th Heaven.
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Anson Williams played himself in a 1996 Happy Days-themed Boy Meets World episode.
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Anson Williams joined his fellow Happy Days cast members for two reunion specials: The Happy Days Reunion Special and Happy Days: 30th Anniversary Reunion.
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Anson Williams initially objected to footage of Potsie appearing in Weezer's 1994 music video for "Buddy Holly", which is set in Arnold's Drive-In from Happy Days, but he later relented.
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Anson Williams founded Starmaker Products, a cosmetics company, and was a featured speaker at the US Patent and Trademark Office's National Trademark Expo in 2008, where he discussed the importance of registered trademarks for small businesses and signed autographs for Happy Days fans.
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Anson Williams is the author of Singing to a Bulldog: From Happy Days to Hollywood Director, and the Unlikely Mentor Who Got Me There.
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Anson Williams filed for divorce in 2019, but later filed a motion to have that previous filing dismissed in October of that year.
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Around 2010, Anson Williams met memoirist and real estate broker Sharon MaHarry, when she sold him his house in Ojai, California.
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Anson Williams helped her regain the ability to walk as she recovered from a serious back injury, and as she mourned the loss of her husband of 35 years to cancer.
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On July 7,2022, Anson Williams announced that he would be running for mayor of Ojai, California.