Biography of Henry Winkler

Henry Winkler Admits He Only Did 'The Waterboy'

Henry Winkler Reveals He Starred in The Waterboy for Adam Sandler as a Last-Minute 'Favor': All I Got Was 'a Cookie'

Camera' podcast that Adam Sandler asked him to costar in 1998's 'The Waterboy' as a last-minute favor after the actor initially hired for Winkler's role failed to show up on time to set.

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Henry Winkler Admits He Only Did 'The Waterboy' as a 'Favor' to Adam Sandler

Henry Winkler and Adam Sandler have shared the screen a handful of times over the years, but Winkler's role in one of their most famous movies together, 1998's The Waterboy, was entirely unplanned. Winkler opened up about his role in the sports comedy in a recent interview on the Let's Talk

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Henry Winkler’s shocking salary for Adam Sandler’s ‘The Waterboy’ revealed

That’s the way the cookie crumbles. Henry Winkler revealed that Adam Sandler only gave him “a cookie” after he agreed last-minute to be in Sandler’s 1998 comedy film “The Waterboy.” “I did ‘Waterboy.’ He called me up in the middle of the night.

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Henry Winkler Says He and “Happy Days ”Costar Ron Howard Still Have Chemistry 'Like a Thunderbolt'

Winkler, 78, spoke about the sweet reunion, which marked the series’ 50th anniversary, on the Oct. 14 episode of Live with ...

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Henry Winkler Hilariously Recalls The “Salary” He Earned For “The Waterboy” & You’ll Be Shocked

Henry told Kelly Ripa’s Let’s Talk Off-Camera podcast Adam, “Called me up in the middle of the night. He said, ‘Henry, I need ...

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Henry Winkler tells Chesterfield students: 'Every one of you is powerful'

Winkler, who has co-authored nearly 50 children’s novels, shared his latest "Duck Detective" book as well as his personal ...

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Henry Winkler Recalls Panicked Moment During Emmys Win

Henry Winkler has recounted his panicked state of mind while winning a Primetime Emmy Award for playing Gene Cousineau in ...

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Henry Winkler scolded future stepson for calling him Fonzie because he 'panicked' about being typecast

There was a time, Henry Winkler admits, that he was sensitive about people calling him "Fonzie" in real life — even scolding child for doing so. The Happy Days icon made a name for himself ...

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Henry Winkler Praises Hoda Kotb, Thanks Her For Always Making Him “Feel Wonderful”

Henry Winkler joins Hoda and Jenna to talk about his new children's book “Detective Duck and the Case of the Missing Tadpole, ...

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Henry Winkler Reveals Key Reason 'Happy Days' Was Set in the 1950s

Actor Henry Winkler has opened up about the "ageless" setting of his career-defining sitcom Happy Days. During the latest instalment of Kelly Ripa's podcast Let's Talk Off Camera titled ...

Henry Winkler Praises Travis Kelce for His “Grotesquerie ”Performance: 'He's a Natural'

The Happy Days alum explained that he previously mentioned that he liked Chiefs quarterback, Patrick Mahomes. After Mahomes, ...

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Henry Winkler gives moving speech to Hoda: ‘Thank you for always making me welcome’

Henry Winkler is going to miss Hoda Kotb. At the start of his interview with Hoda and Jenna Bush Hager on TODAY with Hoda & Jenna on Oct. 15, the Emmy winner took a moment to gush about Hoda ...

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Adam Sandler Called Henry Winkler for 'Favor' in the Middle of the Night

"I did Waterboy," Winkler explained to Ripa. "He [Sandler] called me up in the middle of the night and he said 'Henry, I need a favor. My actor didn't show up. I need you to drive right now to the ...

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Henry Winkler Recalls Turning Down John Travolta’s Role in “Grease” Because He Feared Being 'Typecast'

The prospect of playing Danny Zuko in the 1978 film adaptation of Grease wasn’t exactly electrifying to Henry Winkler. On the most recent episode of Kelly Ripa’s podcast Let’s Talk Off ...

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Henry 'The Fonz' Winkler is headed to Richmond

"The Fonz" actor started writing children's books as a way to understand how dyslexia led to his struggles in school. Now, he ...

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