2006-12-20 22:25:16 · 6 answers · asked by David 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Whatever happened to Chuck Cunningham (Richie's older brother)?
At the beginning of the first season, an actor named Gavan O'Herlihy was hired to play Chuck Cunningham. After a few episodes, he went into Garry Marshall's office and told him he didn't really want to be an actor and was moving to Ireland to become a poet. They recast the part with an actor named Randolph Roberts for the next season for a short time. The writers, producers, and Marshall soon realized Richie didn't need an older brother because Fonzie was, in a way, his older brother. They never mentioned what happened to him, and many viewers wrote them letters. The producers just left him out of the story and hoped that everyone would just forget about him.
There were two constants about Chuck. He was dumb and he was always eating a sandwich or holding/dribbling a basketball.
In his autobiography, Garry Marshall says whenever anyone asked him about Chuck and where he disappeared to, he would say Chuck got a 12-year basketball scholarship to the University of Outer Mongolia.
2006-12-20 23:14:37 · answer #1 · answered by Eden* 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chuck
2006-12-21 06:27:16 · answer #2 · answered by LORD Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charles.
2006-12-21 06:27:12 · answer #3 · answered by bashnick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the name was Chuck
2006-12-21 08:51:10 · answer #4 · answered by Jim G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it was Chuck
2006-12-21 07:46:55 · answer #5 · answered by d3midway semi-retired 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quincy.
2006-12-21 06:28:56 · answer #6 · answered by Violante 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋