Mickey Dolenz From The Monkees Was Almost “The Fonz”

Sep 17, 2020 | 10:05 AM

Could you imagine any one besides Henry Winkler being “The Fonz” on the TV show “Happy Days”?

Better yet, could you imagine Mickey Dolenz from The Monkees portraying Arthur Fonzarelli? Well, it almost happened…..Henry Winkler and Mickey Dolenz were both in the running to play the extremely cool character during auditions for the part, and Mickey Dolenz says “they made the right decision….”