Ed Begley, Jr. is known as an environmentalist and a prolific actor today.
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On Happy Days, however, he played a young street tough who was in a gang that Richie Cunningham wanted to join. After accomplishing a series of dares, he and Potsie are accepted into the gang only to refuse the invitation.
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