Although just a grade schooler when he left Broomall, PA to head for Hollywood and his now-famous role as the wiseguy kid brother Danny Partridge, Dante Daniel Bonaduce never lost that Philadelphia addy-tude.

Like a red-hot bell pepper on a cheese steak, Danny added spice to The Partridge Family and their saccharine world of velvet bellbottoms, crimson vests, puffy white shirts and annoying tambourines. His Flyers-orange hair brightened our TV screens every Friday night throughout the early 1970s.

Unwilling to spend his post-Partridge life as a washed-up child actor, he battled back from drug addiction and homelessness, and, in the mid-1980s, launched a radio career on Philadelphia’s Eagle 106.1 FM (now WJJZ Smooth Jazz 106.1) – a career that would later include gigs in Phoenix, Chicago, Detroit and Los Angeles. His fame as a feisty on-air personality spread to cable TV, where he has starred as himself in a number of highly entertaining reality shows including Breaking Bonaduce, a VH1 series about his dysfunctional marriage.

Danny is a trained boxer and karate black belt, and that has enabled him to showcase another of his talents – using his 5’6” muscle-bound body to administer beatings to fellow celebrities. Just ask Survivor contestant Jonny Fairplay, who was rushed to the hospital after Danny body-slammed him onstage at the 2007 Fox Reality Channel Really Awards, or Brian Williams (Greg Brady of The Brady Bunch), whom Danny pummeled to the canvas in a charity boxing match.

At least Williams was a good sport about it. The same cannot be said about former teenybopper idol Donny Osmond, who, after losing to Bonaduce on points in an earlier (and uglier) charity match, whined that he “wuz robbed” and demanded another round. Bonaduce’s response? “Go fight your sister.”

Ever the mild-mannered patriot, Danny has publicly called for Jane Fonda and Rosie O’Donnell to be executed for treason. If that offends you, maybe you shouldn’t hang around The Broomall Brawler. Maybe you need to go somewhere peaceful – like your living room, where you can sit back and watch Partridge Family reruns on TV.

 

         

 

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