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Anson Williams

Warren 'Potsie' Weber in Happy Days

Photos Anson Williams Birth name: Anson William Heimlich
Birth date: 1949/09/24 (74 years old)
Birth place : Los angeles, Californie (USA)

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Biography for Anson Williams

Born in 1949 in Los Angeles, his father directed an aviation company but he was dismissed and he opened a stand named the Orange Julius in a wrestling room on Van Nuys Boulevard, where Anson Williams sometimes worked at night when he was in high school .

From his first academic year to the pierce junior College, he takes drama lessons and discovers that he has talents as an actor so he decides to abandon his project to become a gymnastics teacher.

He decides to abandon his latest name of Heimlich to simply name Anson Williams, then he won a lot of secondary roles in musical and the theater and he became a popular face in the United States after having turned for advertisements including several for Mac Donald's.

In 1974 he joined the Happy Days series in the role of potsia The best friend of Richie, this character suited him perfectly because he allows him to live his other passion, namely the song.

After leaving the series in 1983 he tried music but his singer career was not a success.

In 1977, Anson Williams became the star of his own television program: "Anson Williams at Sea World". In 1981, his wife Lorri Mahaffey and became the stars of a special program called: "Anson and Lorri". The show had been designed as the pilot of a spin-off of "Happy Days", but it does not receive the expected success.

After several years, Williams has compiled a long list of projects as a television director. In addition to several TV movies, he directed episodes of "Star Trek: travel", "The law of Los Angeles", "Beverly Hills 90210", "Melrose Place", "Le Chameleon", "Xena the Warrior" and " Hercules ”.

He has directed several episodes of "diagnosis, murder" and one of "the cruise has fun".

In 1987, with his partner of "Happy Days" Al Molinaro, he opened a chain of restaurants in the Midwest, named Big Al's.

Today he lives in Malibu with his wife Jackie Gerken and his daughter Hannah born in 1989.

Anson Williams is an American actor known for playing the role of Warren "potsie" Weber in the cult television series Happy Days. Williams was born on September 25, 1949 in Los Angeles, California. He studied at Lycée San Fernando Valley and began his acting career in the 1970s.

In addition to his emblematic role in Happy Days, Williams also played in television series such as The Love Boat, Fantasy Island and The Young and the Restless. He also participated in reality TV shows like Celebrity Fit Club and The Surreal Life.

Apart from his acting career, Williams is also a television director and producer. He has produced several episodes of Happy Days and also produced television series such as The Secret Life of the American Teenager and Grounded for Life.

In addition, Williams is also an entrepreneur and has launched his own company of personal care products called Anson Beauty. He is also a defender of mental health and worked as an ambassador for the National Mental Health Association.

In summary, Anson Williams is an American actor, director and producer of television known for his role in the Happy Days series. He is also an entrepreneur and a mental health defender.

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Filmography

Title Role
I Married a Centerfold (1984) (TV) Nick Bellows
Happy Days (1974) TV Series Warren 'Potsie' Weber
Lisa, Bright and Dark (1973) (TV) Brian

Trivia

Nephew of Dr. Henry Heimlich, creator of the "Heimlich maneuver."

Family

Spouse : Lorrie Mahaffey (5 May 1978 - 1986) (divorced), Jackie Gerken (? - present) 4 children.

Author of the card

  • Creation date: 01/07/2003 by donovan
  • Last update: 01/05/2007 by donovan

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