Henry Winkler leads this likely little-remembered and -seen, but still charming and intriguing, take on A Christmas Carol, which first aired on ABC on Dec. 16, 1979. Rather than Victorian London ...

Showtime: An American Christmas Carol (1979) starring Henry Winkler is a loose interpretation of the Charles Dickens novella, but it will still scratch that itch. Starz: Disney's A Christmas Carol ...

Grainy, quiet and efficient. 8. “An American Christmas Carol’’ (Amazon Prime) starring Henry Winkler. Winkler plays Benedict Slade, a Depression-era miser revisited by the ghostly figures ...

We’ll stick with the straight-up versions — as much as I love “Scrooged,” I don’t feel like dealing with the western “Old Ebenezer” or Henry Winkler’s “An American Christmas Carol.” ...

They loved Henry but they hated the focus on Fonzie. ABC wanted to rename the show “Fonzie’s Happy Days” and when Christmas came, the network gave the entire cast wallets — except Winkler ...