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Anson Williams
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His uncle, Dr. Henry Judah Heimlich, invented the "Heimlich Maneuver" to save choking victims.
He has played the same character (Potsie Weber) in four different series:
Love, American Style (1969)
,
Happy Days (1974)
,
Laverne & Shirley (1976)
and
Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996)
.
Anson is the son of Rosalind (Horowitz) and Haskell "Hal" Heimlich/Heimlick. He is of Hungarian Jewish and Russian Jewish descent.
Made his acting debut on
Eulogy for a Wide Receiver (1971)
,
Steven Spielberg
had directed the episode.
Friends with
Ron Howard
,
Henry Winkler
, and
Don Most
.
Graduated from Burbank High School.
Best known by the public for his role as Warren "Potsie" Weber in the television series
Happy Days (1974)
.
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