Danny Bonaduce life and biography

Danny Bonaduce is an American radio/television personality, comedian, professional wrestler.

Born in Broomall, Pennsylvania, Bonaduce is the son of veteran TV writer/producer Joseph Bonaduce (The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mayberry RFD, One Day At A Time, Good Times,The Waltons).

The younger Bonaduce became famous as a child actor of the 1970s on the sitcom/television series The Partridge Family. Bonaduce co-starred as Danny Partridge, the wisecracking, redheaded middle son of the singing pop band (headed by Shirley Jones). He and Shirley Jones were the only Partridge cast members whose actual names were also that of the character he/she portrayed on screen. Danny was the fictional pop group's bass guitar player.

Bonaduce was part of The Adam Carolla Show in 2007. In 2008 he was given a daily one-hour solo spot known as Broadcasting Bonaduce, which was broadcast locally on the L.A.-based KLSX station. In February 2009, it was announced that the station had changed its format from talk to Top 40, and the removal of Broadcasting Bonaduce from the KLSX schedule was confirmed. On November 10, 2008, Bonaduce began hosting the morning drive time on WYSP in Philadelphia, where he remains today.

By his own account, Bonaduce grew up in a dysfunctional family and suffered physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his father, veteran TV writer and producer Joe Bonaduce.

The younger Bonaduce became famous at the age of eleven in the television series The Partridge Family, starring as the middle son, Danny Partridge. Danny stood out with his naturally red hair and wisecracking that was a constant bane of the family's manager, Reuben Kincaid, portrayed by Dave Madden. In real life, Madden was something of a second father to Bonaduce, taking Danny into his home during periods of domestic strife in the boy's own home. Bonaduce also had a close relationship with co-star Shirley Jones. However, following the end of the series, Bonaduce's late teens and twenties involved drug abuse and even a period of homelessness. On his own radio show on August 4, 1997, the actor related how he lived in his car behind Grauman's Chinese Theatre, while being greeted by fans and autograph seekers.

Bonaduce began dating his current wife, Amy Railsback, in April of 2007. They met at a Los Angeles area Starbucks. Railsback, who is 23 years his junior, was formerly a substitute school teacher. She now manages Bonaduce's career full-time, is a writer for his radio show, and is occasionally seen in skits on 'The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest... on truTV. Danny proposed marriage to Amy in March of 2009. The couple married on November 22, 2010 at the Four Seasons on Maui, Hawaii. They maintain homes in both Los Angeles and Philadelphia.

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