Danny Bonaduce
Dante Daniel Bonaduce (/ˈbɒnəˈduːtʃiː/; born August 13, 1959) is an American radio personality, actor, television personality, and professional wrestler. Bonaduce is the son of veteran TV writer and producer Joseph Bonaduce (The Dick Van Dyke Show, One Day at a Time, and others). Bonaduce became famous as a child actor of the 1970s on the TV sitcom The Partridge Family. He co-starred as Danny Partridge, the wisecracking, redheaded middle son of the singing family band (headed by Shirley Jones), and he portrayed the fictional pop group's bass guitar player.[1]
Danny Bonaduce
Actor, radio personality, television personality, professional wrestler
1967–2023
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Setsuko Hattori(m. 1985; div. 1988)
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Gretchen Hillmer(m. 1990; div. 2007)
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Amy Railsback(m. 2010)
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Since then, Bonaduce has starred in several other TV series, including the VH1 reality show Breaking Bonaduce in 2005, radio shows in Los Angeles and Philadelphia, and hosted a morning talk/music show at Seattle radio station KZOK-FM from 2011 until his retirement in 2023.[2]
Early life[edit]
By his own account, Bonaduce grew up in a dysfunctional family and suffered severe physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his father, TV writer and producer Joseph Bonaduce, while his mother Betty could only stand by helplessly. Joseph and Betty divorced in 1972.[3]