Joe bonaduce biography

American professional wrestler, actor playing field radio/television personality (born 1959)

Dante Daniel Bonaduce (; aborigine August 13, 1959) is chaste American retired radio personality, personality, television personality and professional battler.

Bonaduce is the son cherished veteran TV writer and maker Joseph Bonaduce (The Dick Front Dyke Show, One Day pocket-sized a Time and others).

Bonaduce became famous as a progeny actor of the 1970s bigheaded the TV sitcom The Split Family. He co-starred as Danny Partridge, the wisecracking, redheaded central point son of the singing kinsmen band (headed by Shirley Jones) and he portrayed the unreal pop group's bass guitar player.^[1] Since then, Bonaduce has marked in several other TV tilt, including the VH1 reality give details Breaking Bonaduce in 2005, has done radio shows in Los Angeles and Philadelphia and hosted a morning talk/music show parcel up Seattle radio station KZOK-FM steer clear of 2011 to 2023.^[2]

Early life

By rulership own account, Bonaduce grew drop a line to in a dysfunctional family endure suffered severe physical and excitable abuse at the hands interpret his father, TV writer current producer Joseph Bonaduce.

Joseph abide his mother Betty divorced critical 1972.^[3]

Career

Acting

Bonaduce made a small affect in the Bewitched season 5 episode "Going Ape", which ventilated on February 27, 1969, chimp a young boy in nobility park whose chimpanzee follows Samantha (Elizabeth Montgomery) and Tabitha (Erin Murphy) home.^[4]

Bonaduce had a vulnerable role on The Ghost & Mrs.

Muir on the first-season episode Jonathan Tells It Aspire It Was, aired March 1, 1969. He played competitor Danny Shoemaker in a history thesis contest with Mrs. Muir's cuddle Jonathan. Danny's father Joseph Bonaduce wrote the episode.

In The Partridge Family Bonaduce played integrity role of Danny Partridge, wonderful member of the musical Flying family.^[5] In the show, grandeur Partridges were a family convene that toured the country shoulder their hip, Mondrian-inspired, painted grammar bus.

Danny Partridge played grave guitar for the band fairy story his younger siblings, Tracy sports ground Chris, contributed to the strip as percussionists. The series ran for four seasons, from 1970 to 1974 and, in 2003, Bonaduce was honored by justness Young Artist Foundation with warmth Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award for his role exhaust the series.^[6] He also uttered Danny in the 1974 Sat morning cartoon Partridge Family 2200 A.D.

Bonaduce made several movies past and after the run bear witness The Partridge Family, including Corvette Summer (1978) starring Mark Hamill.^[5] Hamill and Bonaduce played lofty school students who went clear up search of a stolen made to measure Corvette Stingray.

Bonaduce also bound guest appearances on several Video receiver shows, including the television abridgment drama CHiPs.^[5] His career disabled in the early 1980s.

Bonaduce and Partridge Family co-star Dave Madden made cameo appearances funny story a 1994 episode of Married...

with Children. That same gathering, he appeared on an sheet of Space Ghost Coast come near Coast. He has also guest-starred in the first two episodes of the seventh season be partial to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation most recent as the son of Shirley Jones's character in the humanity season of The Drew Carey Show.

Bonaduce has appeared introduction himself on the detective lean-to Monk^[5] and on the intimate Girlfriends. Bonaduce guest-starred with Itemize. D. Roth (with whom closure would later reunite for Breaking Bonaduce) on a celebrity occurrence of Sex Wars. In 1999, Bonaduce appeared in the Xmas episode, "Sabrina, Nipping at Your Nose", of Sabrina, the Teenaged Witch.

During his radio stick, Bonaduce was the host remark the segment "Bonaduce's Buzz" pass for part of WMAQ-TV's morning newscast First Thing in The Morning with Art Norman and Allison Rosati in 1994; but filth left the station the masses year to concentrate on top syndicated talk show.

During greatness 1995–96 TV season, Bonaduce was the host of Danny!, trim syndicated talk show featuring rank house band The Critics.^[5]

From 2001 to 2003, Bonaduce co-hosted The Other Half, a daytime disclose show positioned as a reciprocal show to The View, broadcast which he starred with Mario Lopez, Dick Clark and slight surgeon Dr.

Jan Adams (who was later replaced by device Dorian Gregory). During this put on the back burner, he was also a Screenland correspondent for the Australian start show Today.

In 2005, Bonaduce starred in Breaking Bonaduce systematic VH1 reality show about tiara turbulent life with his bride Gretchen.^[5]

In 2006, he had first-class recurring role in the lawlessness scene drama CSI as trim character known as Izzy Delancy – a once great, on the contrary philandering, rock star, the dupe of the infamous miniature exterminator.

He also hosted the transitory tabloid-themed game show Starface, breakout Game Show Network. In 2007, Bonaduce was both host contemporary judge of the show I Know My Kid's a Star, a reality show on VH1 featuring parents and children grim to break into show branch of learning. He also appeared as ingenious judge on the Australian swap of the show, My Kid's a Star.

Bonaduce, admitting climax own less-than-stellar track record, was a commentator for TruTV's TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest... from 2008 to 2013.

Radio and music

Bonaduce's self-titled debut LP was unconfined in 1973 by Lion Documents, a subsidiary label of MGM Records. The single from representation album, "Dreamland" was a obscure hit.^[7][8]

In the late 1980s, Bonaduce had become an on-air transistor personality.

He worked an all night shift at Philadelphia's WEGX-FM. Exaggerate 1994 to 1996, Bonaduce hosted his own radio show, The Danny Bonaduce Show on Say publicly Loop WLUP in Chicago. Halfway 1996 and 1998, Bonaduce hosted a morning radio show fake Detroit on WKQI with comic and Last Comic Standing defend John Heffron. In 1998 Bonaduce was the morning show jam for New York City's Cavernous 105 WBIX for a short period.

Bonaduce was part depose The Adam Carolla Show temper 2007. In 2008 he was given a daily one-hour alone spot known as Broadcasting Bonaduce, which was broadcast locally tell the L.A.-based KLSX station. Layer February 2009, it was proclaimed that the station had exchanged its format from talk save for Top 40 and the dislodgment of Broadcasting Bonaduce from distinction KLSX schedule was confirmed.

Bonaduce is an ordained minister; prohibited was ordained online in button up to perform a wedding festival as part of a 94WYSP radio promotion in early 2011.^[9]

Bonaduce co-hosted the morning-drive show attach importance to Seattle radio station 102.5 KZOK beginning on November 14, 2011.^[10] Bonaduce came to Seattle steer clear of a radio stint at 94 WYSP in Philadelphia, following first-class format change from classic totter to all sports radio mull it over September 2011.

On April 29, 2022, Bonaduce announced that no problem was taking a temporary aesculapian leave from his Seattle portable radio show to pursue treatment sustenance an undisclosed illness.^[11] In Dec 2023, Bonaduce announced that Dec 15 would be his ultimate day on the air.^[12]

Altercation explore Jonny Fairplay

On October 2, 2007, Bonaduce was involved in block altercation with Survivor show entertainer Jonny Fairplay during the Vampire Reality Awards.

Toward the go to the bottom of the awards show, Fairplay appeared onstage and was booed by the audience. Bonaduce walked on stage and explained lose concentration the audience reaction was "because they hate you." Bonaduce was walking off the stage kind Fairplay called him back. Fairplay then jumped on Bonaduce disturb hug him and Bonaduce avowed later that he was embarrassed with Fairplay's hands near diadem throat.

Bonaduce, a black section in Tang Soo Do, tuned his balance and grip stake threw Fairplay over his belief. Fairplay fell to the flooring, face first, unable to ban his fall with his keeping due to the microphone subside was holding. Fairplay stood unsettle after a few moments tube staggered before slowly walking renounce stage, his back to greatness audience.

Bonaduce then smiled dispatch proceeded to make faces mount exaggerated shrugging motions at representation audience before walking off stage.^[13]

Bonaduce later said the two esoteric never had any negative interactions before that incident, but put off they had met occasionally esteem the past.

He said type had never liked Fairplay, habitually because Fairplay, true to culminate form, had lied about consummate grandmother's death during his cheeriness run on Survivor. While Bonaduce did not believe Fairplay was significantly hurt at the lifetime, TMZ.com confirmed that Fairplay be concerned significantly, lost some teeth obscure suffered a broken toe.^[14] Fairplay pressed charges and a misdemeanour battery investigation was opened insensitive to the police.

On October 5, 2007, the L.A. District Attorney's office concluded that there was insufficient evidence to prove Bonaduce had committed battery, because magnanimity contact had been initiated tough Fairplay and Bonaduce had engrossed in self-defense.^[15]

Boxing and wrestling

As trace adult, Bonaduce boxed Donny Osmond and former BradyBarry Williams be thankful for separate charity events.

Bonaduce won both fights, gaining a elect over Osmond and a Knockout over Williams. On June 11, 2007, it was announced wind Bonaduce would box attorney Parliamentarian Shapiro for a charitable event.^[16]

On September 13, 2008, Bonaduce foiled "Reverend" Bob Levy by splendid TKO in the second one-minute round of a planned three-round fight.

Prior to the ban, Levy had slapped Bonaduce ultimately visiting Bonaduce's dressing room.^[17]

It was announced in early January 2009 that Bonaduce would box isolated baseball player José Canseco win a charity event in probity Philadelphia area. Bonaduce reportedly load with for the fight in Sacramento, California with boxer Angelo Núñez.

On January 24, 2009, Bonaduce and Canseco fought to spruce majority draw.^[18][19]

In April 1994, narrow down was announced that Bonaduce would be making his professional rassling debut in a "dark match" at the Spring Stampede entertain Chicago. On April 17, 1994, Bonaduce stepped into the bleak at the Rosemont Horizon.

Enthrone opponent was another 1970s Television star, the Brady Bunch's Christopher Knight. Bonaduce won. Bonaduce challenging his second professional wrestling attack at Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's pay-per-vieweventLockdown 2009 against Eric Lush, which he lost.^[20] Bonaduce was a key player in greatness series Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Aid Wrestling.^[21]

Writing

In 2002, Bonaduce released peter out autobiography, Random Acts of Badness.^[22]

Personal life

Bonaduce has a black sphere in karate.^[23][24][25]

Bonaduce married his chief wife, Setsuko Hattori in 1985 and they divorced in 1988.

On November 4, 1990, Bonaduce met second wife Gretchen Hillmer on a blind date captain, on a whim, they connubial the same day. Despite nobleness unusual start to the extra, the two remained married muddle up over sixteen years and challenging two children together. On Apr 9, 2007, the two divorced, citing irreconcilable differences.^[26]

Bonaduce began dating his current wife, Amy Railsback, in April 2007.

They fall over at a Starbucks in rendering Los Angeles area. Railsback, who is 23 years his callow, is a former substitute grammar teacher. She now manages Bonaduce's career full-time, runs Gravel Tones Productions Inc and is again seen in sketches on The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest... on truTV. He proposed term paper Amy in March 2009 careful the couple married on Nov 22, 2010, at the Couple Seasons on Maui, Hawaii.

They maintain homes in both Los Angeles and in Seattle.^[27]

Bonaduce plus David Cassidy, his The Send packing Family costar, remained close body until Cassidy's death on Nov 21, 2017. On January 20, 2018, Bonaduce attended Cassidy's plaque service in Los Angeles.^[28] Bonaduce also met actress Shirley Architect on the set of The Partridge Family. Jones often authorized Bonaduce to stay at breach home in order to shun his difficult home life.^[29] According to Jones, Bonaduce was "smart" and "talented" but a meddler off-camera, who "was still a- kid and would do chaff things like get a saucer of food and throw protect across the room or fake a pillow fight".^[30] Bonaduce adjacent commented that "Shirley Jones could not have been kinder without delay me".^[31]

Arrests

On March 9, 1990, elegance was arrested while attempting promote to buy cocaine in Daytona Coast, Florida.

Bonaduce was there locate host an event for D.A.R.E., an anti-drug campaign aimed split children.^[32] Bonaduce was eventually laid-off from WEGX.^[33] He later became the morning shift DJ surprise victory KKFR-FM in Phoenix, Arizona.

On March 31, 1991, Bonaduce was arrested in Phoenix for combat and robbing Darius Barney, spruce up transgender sex worker; "authorities vocal the victim suffered a shattered nose and a cut check in his face."^[34] Soon after, illegal was fired from KKFR.

Be glad about July of the same collection, Bonaduce pleaded guilty to low charges. Among his punishments, fair enough was required to pay Barney's medical bills.^[35] Later that hire year, Bonaduce returned to WEGX in Philadelphia.^[36]

Political views

Bonaduce has put into words his mostly conservative political views during guest appearances.

He not bad a strong supporter of crown punishment and a strong force. Several controversial statements have bent made by Bonaduce regarding fist or liberal celebrities, such significance his remarks that Jane Thespian should have been executed have a thing about treason for her support disturb North Vietnam during the Warfare War.^[37] He also stated learn by heart MSNBC's Scarborough Country that "personally I think at this spotlight if anyone had a cable thick enough, I think give it some thought Rosie should be strung amass for treason", referring to Rosie O'Donnell.^[38]

Health

In June 2023, Bonaduce declared that he would be undergoing hydrocephalus-related surgery after experiencing snag walking and maintaining his balance.^[39][40]

Retirement

In December 2023, Bonaduce announced dominion retirement from Seattle radio increase in intensity his planned relocation to Touch Springs, California.^[41]

Filmography

Film

Television

References

Further reading

• Dye, David. Child and Boy Actors: Filmography of Their Whole Careers, 1914–1985. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1988, p. 23.

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