Sep 18, 2025
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R.I.P. Gavan O’Herlihy
Gavan John O'Herlihy (July 29, 1951 – September 15, 2021) Film and television actor known for playing Chuck Cunningham in the first episodes of Happy Days,
His television credits include Rich Man, Poor Man and Tales From The Crypt. In 1994, he starred as John Garrideb in "The Mazarin Stone" from Granada TV's Sherlock Holmes series. The events of the story were rewritten and merged with The Adventure of the Three Garridebs.
He was cast as the eldest sibling, Chuck Cunningham, on Happy Days. He was eventually replaced by Randolph Roberts until the episode "Guess Who's Coming to Christmas". Chuck was not seen again but was later mentioned in a few other episodes ending with "Fish and the Fins". After that, Chuck was written off the show completely with later episodes depicting the Cunningham family with only two children with Richie as the elder. The character gave rise to the pejorative term "Chuck Cunningham Syndrome", referring to characters who disappear from TV shows without explanation and are later retconned to have never existed. O'Herlihy did not want to become stuck in television roles, preferring films. He played a warrior in the George Lucas production Willow, directed by his Happy Days brother, Ron Howard. He also appeared in the pilot episode of Star Trek: Voyager, "Caretaker", as the Kazon First Mate, Jabin. He also appeared in The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman television series.
O'Herlihy was cast as sadistic killer Dan Suggs in the 1989 miniseries Lonesome Dove.
By the 1990s, O'Herlihy had permanently relocated to the UK, where he preferred to work in the theatre and on television, with roles on British television, including Coded Hostile, Sharpe, Jonathan Creek, and Midsomer Murders. (Wikipedia)
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Chuck Cunningham coming right up! I wanted to draw him winking for some reason, I really hope this looks like him if not I'm so sorry.
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