bosley's best known role was the character howard cunningham, richie and joanie cunningham's father, in the long running "happy days". bosley was also known for playing sheriff amos tupper on "murder, she wrote". he also played father frank dowling in the tv mystery series, "father dowling mysteries". along the television appearances, one notable early performance was in "eyes" segment of the 1969 pilot episode of rod serling's "night gallery", directed by steven spielberg and joan crawford.