Whaddaya mean I’m not invited
to the Happy Days reunion?”
Gavan O’Herlihy –
Actor, Irishman, ginger.
July 29, 1951 – September 15, 2021.
Aged 70 years.
Most recognized for: For the first season of “Happy Days,” he played Ritchie’s older brother… but was inexplicably written out of the show, giving rise to the TV term “Chuck Cunningham Syndrome.” Gavan would go on to appear as a Bond baddie in “Never Say Never Again,” Lana’s drunk Smallville boyfriend in “Superman 3,” and the lead villain in Bronson’s “Death Wish 3.” Decades later, his wish was granted.
