‘Happy Days’ Actor Gavan O’Herlihy Dies At 70

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O’Herlily played Chuck for 7 episodes on the show

Cunningham. This week, newspaper the Irish Echo has reported his recent passing., you might recall the early presence of an older Cunningham sibling named Chuck. Written out without any explanation in the second season, Chuck was initially played by Irish actor Gavan O’Herlihy, who chose to exit after just seven episodes .

“I pulled out of it, I didn’t want to do it,” he once said in an interview. “They had me at college, I was going to grunt and bounce a basketball once every couple of weeks for probably three or four years. And at 20 years old, that’s not the gig you want to be doing. But that was my big break; that got me established around town as a kid who got hot in a hurry.”

On Wednesday, newspaper The Irish Echo reported that Gavan O’Herlily died last month at the age of 70. "RIP Gavan," wrote filmmaker Howard on Twitter."I knew him as the 1st of 2 Chucks on #HappyDays & then as Airk in #Willow where I had the pleasure of directing him. A talented actor with a big free spirit."

Born July 29, 1951 in Dublin, Ireland, O’Herlihy segued from being an Irish National Tennis Champion to over 30 film credits as an actor including

 

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