'Happy Days' star Henry Winkler says pain was 'debilitating' after show ended
foxnews.comArthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli from "Happy Days" is the role that catapulted actor Henry Winkler to stardom and is also the one that hindered his success, leaving him in "debilitating" pain.
Opening up about his time as Fonzie, Winkler admitted when the show was over after 11 seasons, so was his career, if only for a time. "There were eight or nine years at a time when I couldn't get hired because I was The Fonz, because I was typecast," he said. "I had psychic pain that was debilitating because I didn't know what to do.
I didn't know where to find it, whatever it was, I didn't know what I was going to do. I had a family. I had a dog. I had a roof.
Oh. My. God," he told TODAY.com. As Winkler struggled to find work, he motivated himself to form his own production company, due to "will and fear." Despite those arduous years, Winkler admits he would not be the accredited actor he is today without going through a little adversity. "I loved doing it.
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