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Anson Williams (born Anson William Heimlich; [1] September 25, 1949) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as gullible, well-intentioned singer Warren "Potsie" Weber on the television series Happy Days (1974–1984), a role for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film.
Anson Williams, who played Potsie on Happy Days, objected to footage of him appearing in the video, but relented after receiving a letter from David Geffen, founder of Geffen Records. [11] According to drummer Pat Wilson , the video was achieved without computer graphics , only "clever" camerawork and editing.
Anson Williams: Starring: Dermot Mulroney David Toma David Faustino Tracy Nelson Kim Myers: Theme music composer: Robert De La Garza: Country of origin: United States: Original language: English: Production; Producer: Arnold Shapiro: Production locations: Marshall Fundamental Secondary School - 990 Allen Avenue, Pasadena, California ...
Pratt & McClain's album version of the song peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, [6] No. 7 on the Easy Listening chart, [6] and No. 31 on the UK Singles Chart. [7] In Canada, "Happy Days" reached No. 3. [8] Australian band Silver Studs did a rendition of the theme for their debut album. It became their biggest hit single in Australia ...
On April 19, 2011, Happy Days co-stars Erin Moran, Don Most, Marion Ross and Anson Williams, as well as the estate of Tom Bosley (who died in 2010), filed a $10 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against CBS, which owns the show, claiming they had not been paid for merchandising revenues owed under their contracts. [29]
A newly recorded version of "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets was used as the opening theme song for this and the following season; while the show's closing theme song was a fragment from "Happy Days" (although in a different recording with a different lyric from that which would become the standard version used since season ...
Anson Williams, who played Potsie, only appeared on six of the 22 episodes. This season was the last to use the original title theme song opening and closing themes, it had been in use since Season 3. The show led ABC Tuesday nights at 8:00 PM for a tenth consecutive season.
Side note: This episode features the song "Pump Your Blood," performed by Anson Williams, which would later be used as an advertising jingle for St. Joseph's Aspirin. References [ edit ]