BEIJING, Jan. 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Tom Bosley, who best known for starring Richie Cunningham's father on the long-running TV comedy "Happy Days," is still going strong at 80 with acting jobs coming his way.

    Last year, Bosley costarred with Michael Learned in a seven-month national tour of "On Golden Pond." He is starting the new year with a starring role in the television movie "Charlie & Me," airing Saturday on the Hallmark Channel.

    Bosley plays a charismatic grandfather who, despite suffering a near-fatal heart attack, is determined to mend the relationship between his workaholic, widowed son and his feisty 12-year-old granddaughter before he dies.

    "Although I love my home, my family and everything about my non-work life, I also want to keep acting as long as God will let me," said Bosley, who plays Father Frank Dowling on "Father Dowling Mysteries."

    "It's what still drives me," he said in a statement issued to the cable channel. "I want to prove to myself that I can still do it."

    (Agencies)