Danny Bonaduce

At 64 years old, Danny Bonaduce has this physical status:

Dante Daniel Bonaduce (born August 13, 1959) is an American actor, comedian, radio host, television presenter, and professional wrestler.

Bonaduce is the son of veteran television writer and producer Joseph Bonaduce (The Dick Van Dyke Show, One Day at a Time, and others).

Bonaduce appeared on the television sitcom The Partridge Family in 1970s as a child actor from the 1970s.

Danny Partridge, the wisecracking, redheaded middle son of the singing family band (headed by Shirley Jones), co-starred with the fictional pop band's bass guitar player. Since then, Bonaduce has appeared in numerous other television programs, including the VH1 reality show Breaking Bonaduce in 2005, radio shows in Los Angeles and Philadelphia, and has been hosting a morning talk/music program at Seattle radio station KZOK-FM since November 14, 2011.

Early life

Bonaduce grew up in a dysfunctional family and suffered significant physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his father, TV writer, and producer Joseph Bonaduce, while his mother Betty could only sit by helplessly.

Personal life

In karate, Bonaduce has a black belt.

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

Bonaduce's second wife Gretchen Hillmer married on a blind date on November 4, 1990, on a whimsy. Despite the early start to the marriage, the two couples were married for more than sixteen years and had two children together. The two couples divorced on April 9, 2007, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason.

Amy Railsback, Bonaduce's current wife, began dating him in April 2007. They met at a Starbucks in the Los Angeles area. Railsback, who is 23 years old, is a former substitute school coach. On truTV, she now directs Bonaduce's career, runs Gravel Tones Productions Inc,, and appears in sketches on The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest: The World's Dumbest. In March 2009, he proposed to Amy, and the couple married on November 22, 2010 at the Four Seasons on Maui, Hawaii. They have owned homes in Los Angeles and Seattle.

Bonaduce and David Cassidy, he and his family's Costar, were close friends before Cassidy's death on November 21, 2017. Bonaduce attended Cassidy's memorial service in Los Angeles on January 20, 2018. On the set of The Partridge Family, Bonaduce also met actress Shirley Jones. Bonaduce was often compelled to live at her house in order to avoid his difficult household life. Bonaduce was "smart" and "talented," but a troublemaker off-camera, who "was still a kid" and would do kid activities like get a dish of food and toss it across the room or even a pillow fight," Jones said. "Shirley Jones may not have been kinder to me," Bonaduce later remarked.

He was arrested in Daytona Beach, Florida, on March 9, 1990, while attempting to buy cocaine. Bonaduce was invited to host an event in Washington, D.A.R.E., which was an anti-drug movement aimed at youth. Bonaduce was eventually dropped from WEGX, but it was later dismissed. He later became KKFR-FM in Phoenix, Arizona, as the morning shift DJ.

Bonaduce was arrested in Phoenix on March 31, 1991 for beating and robbing Darius Barney, a transvestite sex worker; "prosecutors say the perpetrator had a broken nose and a cut to his face." He was dismissed from KKFR immediately after. Bonaduce pled guilty to reduced charges in July of the same year. He was ordered to pay Barney's medical bills as part of his parole. Bonaduce returned to WEGX in Philadelphia later this year.

During guest appearances, Bonaduce has generally endorsed his more conservative political views. He is a major promoter of capital punishment and a robust military. Bonaduce's remarks that Jane Fonda should have been shot for treason for her work in favor of the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during the Vietnam War have sparked several controversial remarks, such as his assertion that she should have been shot for treason. "I think personally, I think Rosie should be strung up for treason," Rosie O'Donnell said on MSNBC's Scarborough Country.

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Career

Bonaduce made a small appearance in the Bewitched season 5 episode "Going Ape" on February 27, 1969 as a young boy in the park whose chimpanzee follows Samantha (Elizabeth Montgomery) and Tabitha (Erin Murphy) home.

Danny Bonaduce appeared on The Ghost & Mrs. Muir on the first-season episode Jonathan Tells It Like It Was On Sunday, 1969. Danny Shoemaker, a student at the University of On a historical essay competition with Mrs. Muir's son Jonathan, he defeated him. Joseph Bonaduce, Danny's father, narrated the story.

Danny Partridge, a member of the musical Partridge family, appeared in The Partridge Family Bonaduce. The Partridges, a family band, toured the country in their Mondrian-inspired painted school bus, which was on display. Danny Partridge played bass guitar for the band, while Tracy and Chris, the band's younger siblings, were also contributing to the band as percussionists. Bonaduce appeared on television for four seasons, from 1970 to 2004, and the Young Artist Foundation presented him with the "Lifetime Achievement" Award in 2003 for his contribution to the series.

During and after the time of The Partridge Family, Bonaduce produced many films, including Corvette Summer (1978) starring Mark Hamill. Students from Hamill and Bonaduce debating a robbed Corvette Stingray. In addition, Bonaduce appeared on numerous television shows, including the television action drama CHiPs. In the early 1980s, his career began.

In a 1994 episode of Married... with Children, Bonaduce and Partridge Family co-star Dave Madden made cameo appearances. He appeared on an episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast the same year. In the fourth season of The Drew Carey Show, he appeared in the first two episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as the son of Shirley Jones' character. Bonaduce has appeared on Monk and on the television series Girlfriends as himself. Bonaduce appeared alongside J. D. Roth (with whom he would reunite for Breaking Bonaduce) on a celebrity episode of Sex Wars. Bonaduce appeared in Sabrina's "Sabrina, Nipping at Your Nose" in 1999.

Bonaduce appeared on "Bonaduce's Buzz" as part of WMAQ-TV's morning newscast First Thing with Art Norman and Allison Rosati in 1994, but the station was removed the following year to concentrate on his syndicated talk show.

Bonaduce, a syndicated talk show starring the house band The Critics, appeared on television during the 1995–96 television season.

Bonaduce co-hosted The Other Half, a daytime talk show on which he was positioned as a complement to The View, and cosmetic surgeon Dr. Jan Adams (who was later replaced by actor Dorian Gregory). He was also a Hollywood reporter for the Australian morning show Today during this period.

Bonaduce appeared in Breaking Bonaduce, a VH1 reality show about his wife Gretchen's turbulent life in 2005.

He appeared in the crime scene drama CSI as Izzy Delancy, a once-great, but philandering, rock star, the perpetrator of the infamous miniature murderer. On Game Show Network, he also hosted Starface, a short-lived tabloid-themed game show. Bonaduce was both host and judge of the TV show I Know My Kid's a Star, which featured parents and children struggling to break into show business in 2007. On the Australian version of the show My Kid's a Star, he appeared as a judge.

Bonaduce, who admitted to having a less-than-stellar track record, appeared on TruTV's TruTV Presents: The Dumbest... from 2008 to 2013.

Bonaduce's self-titled debut LP was released in 1973 by Lion Records, a MGM Records affiliate company. "Dreamland," the album's single, was a minor success.

Bonaduce was on-air radio fame in the late 1980s. He worked an overnight shift at WEGX-FM in Philadelphia, Philadelphia. Bonaduce hosted his own radio show on The Loop WLUP in Chicago from 1994 to 1996. On WKQI, Bonaduce hosted a morning radio show in Detroit from 1996 to 1998, with comedian and Last Comic Standing winner John Heffron. Bonaduce was the morning show host for New York City's Big 105 WBIX for a brief period in 1998.

Bonaduce was on display at The Adam Carolla Exhibition in 2007. He was given a daily one-hour solo spot on the L.A.-based KLSX station in 2008. It was reported in February 2009 that the station had changed its look from talk to top 40, and that Broadcasting Bonaduce had been removed from the KLSX programme.

Bonaduce will co-host their morning-drive show, which will begin on October 31, 2011. Bonaduce came from a radio stint at 94 WYSP in Philadelphia, following a format change from classical rock to all sports radio in September 2011. Bonaduce announced on April 29, 2022, that he was on a temporary medical leave from his Seattle radio show to seek medical attention for an undisclosed illness.

Bonaduce is an ordained minister, and he was ordained online in order to host a wedding reception as part of a 94WYSP radio broadcast in early 2011.

During the Fox Reality Awards on October 2, 2007, Bonaduce was involved in an altercation with Survivor show participant Jonny Fairplay. Fairplay appeared onstage and was booed by the audience at the end of the awards show. Bonaduce walked on stage and said that the audience responded "because they hate you." Bonaduce was walking off the stage when Fairplay called him back. Fairplay hopped on Bonaduce to hug him, and Bonaduce announced later that he was dissatisfied with Fairplay's hands near his throat. Bonaduce, a black belt in Tang Soo Do, regained his balance and control, toss Fairplay over his head. Fairplay came to the ground, face first, but he was unable to stop his fall with his hands due to the microphone he was holding. Fairplay came out after a few moments and staggered before slowly walking off stage, his back to the audience. Bonaduce then smiled and proceeded to make faces and exaggerated shrugging gestures at the audience before walking off stage.

Bonaduce later reported that the two had never had any negative interactions before this incident, but that they had met occasionally in the past. Fairplay had never liked Fairplay, mainly because Fairplay, true to his form, had lied about his grandmother's death during his first appearance on Survivor. Fairplay didn't seem to be hurt at the time, but TMZ.com reported that Fairplay bled significantly, lost some teeth, and suffered a broken toe. Fairplay was brought to court, and the police opened a criminal battery probe. Bonaduce had committed suicide, according to the Los Angeles District Attorney's office, since the call had been initiated by Fairplay and Bonaduce, the latter had intervened in self-defense.

Donny Osmond and former Brady Barry Williams were boxed together in separate charity activities as an adult. Bonaduce won both fights, overshadowing Osmond and a TKO over Williams. Bonaduce will box attorney Robert Shapiro for a charitable function on June 11, 2007.

Bonaduce defeated "Reverend" Bob Levy by a TKO in the second one-minute round of a planned three-round match on September 13, 2008. When visiting Bonaduce's dressing room, Levy slapped Bonaduce prior to the function.

In early January 2009, Bonaduce will box retired baseball player José Canseco at a charity function in the Philadelphia area. According to reports, Bonaduce and boxer Angelo Nez were preparing for the Sacramento, California fight. Bonaduce and Canseco fought to a majority draw on January 24, 2009.

Bonaduce would make his professional wrestling debut in a "dark match" at the Spring Stampede in Chicago in April 1994. Bonaduce stepped into the Rosemont Horizon in April 17, 1994. Christopher Knight of the Brady Bunch was another 1970s TV celebrity, but not all of them. Bonaduce took home the grand prize. Bonaduce was in his second professional wrestling match at Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Lockdown vs. Eric Young, who lost, was able to win. Bonaduce was a key figure in the series Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling, as a result of his appearance.

Random Acts of Innocence, Bonaduce's autobiography, was released in 2002.

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