Al Delvecchio is a character on the U.S. sitcom Happy Days

Happy Days

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. He was played by Al Molinaro

Al Molinaro

Albert Francis "Al" Molinaro is an actor in television and films, most notably as Al Delvecchio, the owner of Arnold's on Happy Days and its spin-off show Joanie Loves Chachi, Murray the Cop on The Odd Couple television series, as well as starring in commercials for On-Cor frozen dinners...

. Molinaro joined the cast in Season 4 after Pat Morita

Pat Morita

Noriyuki "Pat" Morita was an American actor of Japanese descent who was well-known for playing the roles of Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi on Happy Days and Mr. Miyagi in the The Karate Kid movie series, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1984.-Early life:Pat...

, who played Arnold, left after the end of the Third Season (in the last episode "Arnold Gets Married"). Subsequently Molinaro also played Al's twin brother priest Father Delvecchio. Al said that he also had a brother who worked at the sanitation department.

Bio

He was the drive-in owner and cook of Al's Diner throughout the series. Al eventually married Chachi's mother. He had a sighing catchphrase of "Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah...".

For much of the series Al would talk about his former love Rosa Coletti and how she left him for a tie salesman. Eventually Al would meet Rosa again in the eighth season episode, "If You Knew Rosa". She was played by Nancy Marvy.

Other media

Al Molinaro as Al Delvecchio made a cameo appearance in the 1995 Weezer

Weezer

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 music video for their single "Buddy Holly

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", where the band were portrayed as playing at Al's Diner. Al the character also made an appearance on the Robot Chicken

Robot Chicken

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episode "Celebutard Mountain", but was voiced by Seth Green

Seth Green

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. He also appeared on Family Guy

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 on a stain glass window in the church of "The Holy Fonz" on the episode "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz

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