Happy Days Live: A Conversation with Anson Williams and Don Most
Anson Williams is best known for his role as gullible, well-intentioned singer Warren "Potsie" Weber on the television series HappyDays (1974–1984), a role for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. Williams has since become a prominent television director, working on programs such as Melrose Place (1992–1999), Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000), Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996–2003), Lizzie McGuire (2001–2004), and The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–2013).
As of July 2023, Williams and his wife, memoirist Sharon MaHarry, who had married in May, were collaborating on a one-woman stage play based on her book, Crazy Mama: A Memoir of Love and Madness, which depicts a character growing up with a mother who has struggled with mental illness, which won the 2014 Southwest Writers Competition and Santa Barbara Writers Conference Fiction Award. Currently, Williams is directing the one-woman show, which has just been picked up by one of the top off-Broadway theaters, set to open in NYC in October 2026, starring Linda Purl.
Don Most is probably best known for his co-starring role as Ralph in the long running television series “Happy Days”. During this time, he worked with such emerging talents as Ron Howard and Garry Marshall.
Recently, Don appeared in the film Far Haven, a Western, which premiered on Amazon Prime and Apple TV in January 2024; and County Line: No Fear, which premiered on Amazon Prime in 2023. Other recent films include Man’s Best Friend, where Don plays defense attorney Ian Tapper; a starring role as Pastor Milo Williams in the film Lost Heart, where Don won Best Supporting Actor In A Feature Film at The International Christian Film Festival. And coming out in January, 2025 is Harsen’s Island Revenge, based on a true story during prohibition. Don plays the head of a murderous and feared mob called The Purple Gang. Other recent films include - When George Got Murdered, Lifetime’s: Holiday In Sante Fe, Cult Cartel, The Yankles, Chez Upshaw, Campin’ BuddiesandFollow.
Most’s other past film credits include ED TV, directed by Ron Howard; Crazy Mama, directed by Jonathan Demme, and The Great Buck Howard, starring John Malkovich.
In televison, Don recently starred opposite Robert Wuhl in Old Buddies, and opposite Gail O’Grady in Scramble as part of the new web series Viral Vignettes”. Other TV credits include a recurring role in Glee, guest starring roles in: Men Of A Certain Age, The Odd Couple, Star Trek:Voyager, Yes,
Dear, The Crow, Sabrina, Sliders, Century City, Dark Skies’, and The Family Guy.
Following in the footsteps of some of his peers, Don has directed three feature films. His first, The Last Best Sunday, had its World Premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival, and was a feature film winner at the Tel- luride IndieFest. Moola, starring William Mapother, Shailene Woodley, Treat Williams, Daniel Baldwin, and Curtis Armstrong, premiered at The Newport
Beach Film Festival, where it earned Most The Outstanding Achievement In Directing Award. Don also directed Harley’s Hill, his first family film, which was recently seen on Showtime, Starz and Encore.
In another area, Don has recently gone back to his first love – singing. Don has always loved the standards/swing/big band style of music, and has mounted his show – D Most Mostly Swinging. He has performed it at 54 Below and The Cutting Room in NYC, Catalina’s Jazz Club in Hollywood, CA, and Vibratto’s and Vitello’s Jazz Club, in Los Angeles to great acclaim. Here is the review he got from “The Hollywood Times”: http://thehollywood- times.net/2014/07/26/donny-sings-swings-is-hotter- than-july/
Don also has a CD out: “D Most Mostly Swinging”. It features an out- standing 17 piece band comprised of some of the top jazz/studio players in Los Angeles. He also just released a new CD, New York High, with Nashville based producer, Tony Mantor. It features some jazz standards in a contemporary jazz setting, along with some classics from the 60’s and 70’s.