20 Facts About Dave Madden

David Joseph Madden was a Canadian-born American actor.

Dave Madden later had a recurring role as diner customer Earl Hicks on the mid-1970s to mid-1980s sitcom Alice.

Dave Madden was born in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, to Verna and Roger Dave Madden.

Dave Madden had three older siblings: Sister Mary Roger, a practicing nun at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in Indiana; Richard ; and Jack.

Dave Madden spent his early childhood in Port Huron, Michigan, and in 1939 was sent to live with his aunt and uncle, Bess and Frank Hoff, in Terre Haute, Indiana, after his father's death and his mother's job keeping her on the road.

Dave Madden spent months recuperating, a time during which he took an interest in magic.

Dave Madden later worked magic into his comedy act, which he performed around Terre Haute.

Dave Madden graduated in 1950 from Otter Creek High School, where he served as joke editor of the school paper, writing his own material.

Dave Madden spent one semester at Indiana State Teachers College, and in 1951 dropped out to enlist in the United States Air Force.

Partridge co-star Danny Bonaduce, whom Dave Madden took into his home during Bonaduce's family's domestic strife, has said that he owes a lot to Dave Madden.

Dave Madden made guest appearances on other television series, such as Bewitched, Happy Days, The Love Boat, Barney Miller and Fantasy Island.

Dave Madden had a recurring role on Alice as Tommy's basketball coach Earl Hicks, a regular at Mel's Diner.

Dave Madden began voicing several characters on Focus on the Family's children's radio drama Adventures in Odyssey in the late 1980s.

In 1995, Dave Madden appeared on the sitcom Boy Meets World in the episode "Rave On".

Dave Madden did voice-over work for numerous television and radio commercials, including the Corlick Sister ads for Denny's from 1990 to 1993.

Dave Madden narrated the opening title sequence for the FOX sitcom Herman's Head during the show's first two seasons.

Dave Madden married his former college sweetheart Sandy Dempsey on May 28,1998.

Dave Madden would bring his camera onto the set to photograph the cast, crew and guest stars.

Dave Madden befriended many fellow actors over his career, including Jonathan Winters, Alan Young, Pat Morita, Henry Gibson, Dan Rowan, Richard Gautier, Arte Johnson, James Karen and Gary Owens, as well as all of his Partridge Family co-stars and the show's creator Bernard Slade.

Dave Madden died on January 16,2014, in Jacksonville, Florida, where he was receiving hospice care, from complications of myelodysplastic syndrome.