Fred Fox Jr.

Like his father Fred S. Fox, one of Bob Hope's comedy writers, Fred Fox Jr. is an acclaimed television writer. Junior began his television career in 1976 when he wrote an episode of "Happy Days" spin-off "Laverne & Shirley." A few months later, he was hired as a story consultant on "Happy Days," on which he'd contribute as a story editor, writer, and supervising producer during his seven years on the show. His work on the long-running family sitcom led to work as a writer and co-producer on another "Happy Days" spin-off, "Joanie Loves Chachi," and established his reputation for sitcom savvy. After pulling double duty on '80s re-launch "The New Leave It to Beaver," Fox joined the "Perfect Strangers" spin-off, "Family Matters," as a writer and producer in 1990. During the series' nine-season run, Fox wrote nearly 40 episodes, and moved up to co-executive producer. After the show wrapped in 1998, Fox walked away from television, though he ceremoniously returned in 2005 to write and co-produce the celebratory documentary "Happy Days: 30th Anniversary Reunion."