Happy Birthday, Potsie!

Friday, September 25, 2009

Anson Williams — Potsie in “Happy Days” — turns 60 today. Here are 5 Potsie facts:

1) Just call him Warren — his real name was Warren Weber

2) The nickname — given to him as a child by his mother because he liked making things out of clay.

3) The voice — he provided the lead vocals for the “Happy Days” band.

4) A true Badger —he attended the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee to study psychology after graduating from Jefferson High School.

5) Job time — after college, he worked for Richie’s father at Cunningham Hardware.

6) After the show ended, he apparently went back to work at Cunningham Hardware.

Also from the "I'm a washed-up actor and today is my birthday department":

Mark Hamill is 58

I heard that today, Mark Hamill can't even talk directly to comic book publishers.

Mark Hamill makes a good living doing voicevers. He's the voice of the Joker in the Batman cartoons, among other things.