Scott baio biography a&e

Scott Baio practically grew up on television.

At age 9 he decided he wanted to be an actor. By 13, he landed the lead role in his first movie, the 1976 all-kid musical “Bugsy Malone.” A year later, he made the first of his 131 appearances on the iconic long-running TV sitcom, “Happy Days,” as Chachi Arcola.

In the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, Baio was all over the place, starring in Afterschool Specials, appearing in shows like “The Love Boat” and “Fantasy Island,” and photographed for magazines such as Teen Beat and Tiger Beat.

He made feature films, too, costarring with Jodie Foster in director Adrian Lyne’s 1980 teen drama “Foxes,” and getting goofy with Willie Ames in the 1982 comedy, “Zapped!”

Tales from this time in his life, and the decades of acting work that followed, are among those Baio tells in his one-man show, “How Did I Get Here?” that he will bring to the Coeur d’Alene Resor