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Anson\xa0Williams\xa0is an established\xa0actor,\xa0singer\xa0and\xa0director, best known for his role of\xa0Warren "Potsie" Weber\xa0on the television series\xa0Happy Days\xa0(1974\u20131984), a role for which he was nominated for the\xa0Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor \u2013 Series, Miniseries or Television Film.

Williams\xa0has since become a prominent television director, working on programs such as\xa0Melrose Place,\xa0Beverly Hills, 90210,\xa0Sabrina the Teenage Witch,\xa0Lizzie McGuire\xa0and\xa0The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

Williams\xa0began his\xa0career\xa0in 1971, when he appeared in a commercial for\xa0McDonald\u2019s. The first of many.\xa0 In 1972,\xa0Williams\xa0landed the role of\xa0Potsie Weber\xa0in a segment of the comedy-anthology series\xa0Love, American Style\xa0titled "Love and the Happy Days", which also introduced Richie Cunningham (Ron Howard), Richie's mother Marion (Marion Ross), and other characters that were\xa0spun off\xa0into the television series\xa0Happy Days.\xa0

After\xa0Happy Days,\xa0Williams\xa0began a very prolific career as a\xa0television director, starting with short programs for adolescent-age children, including\xa0afterschool specials\xa0"No Greater Gift" and "The Drug Knot", and TV-movie\xa0Lone Star Kid. He has gone on to direct many episodes for a variety of television series, including\xa0The Pretender,\xa0Beverly Hills, 90210,\xa0Melrose Place,\xa0seaQuest 2032,\xa0Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,\xa0Star Trek: Voyager,\xa0Xena: Warrior Princess,\xa0Hercules: The Legendary Journeys,\xa0The Secret Life of the American Teenager,\xa0Sabrina the Teenage Witch\xa0and\xa0Charmed.\xa0He also directed several episodes of the TV series\xa07th Heaven.

Williams\xa0is also a businessman. \xa0He founded Starmaker Products, a cosmetics company, and was a featured speaker at the\xa0U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's National Trademark Expo in April 2008, at which he talked about the importance of registered trademarks for\xa0small businesses.\xa0

Williams\xa0is the author of\xa0Singing to a Bulldog: From Happy Days to Hollywood Director, and the Unlikely Mentor Who Got Me There.

Dr.\xa0Henry Heimlich, namesake of the\xa0Heimlich maneuver\xa0for treating choking victims, was the inspiration for his most recent creation, Alert Drops, to combat the ever growing danger of individuals falling asleep while driving.\xa0 \xa0Williams\xa0has become an advocate for Drowsy Driver Awareness and Alert\xa0Drops.com\xa0has been\xa0credited\xa0with saving thousands of lives and been acknowledged by First Responders across the country and the US Congress.\xa0