Gavan O’Herlihy, who famously played Richie and Joanie Cunningham’s disappearing big brother, Chuck Cunningham, in “Happy Days,” has died, according to multiple reports.
He declined to share a cause of death with the magazines, though he said it was not related to COVID-19.
In 1974, during the first season of the ABC sitcom “Happy Days,” O’Herlihy became the second actor to play Chuck Cunningham, the eldest of the Cunningham siblings, after Ric Carrott played the role in the show’s pilot, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
O’Herlihy was born in Dublin on July 29, 1951, and raised in Dublin and Malibu, California, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
After his time on “Happy Days,” O’Herlihy went on to appear in a number of movies and television shows, including a role as a villain opposite Sean Connery in the 1983 James Bond film “Never Say Never Again.” He also appeared in the 1998 fantasy film “Willow,” directed by Howard, and in the 2009 horror film “The Descent: Part 2,” among several others.
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