Scott Baio was born in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn on September 22, 1961. He attended Xaverian High School. His hobby was racing pigeons.

From the time he was just a kid Scott has been a fixture on many television shows. He played Frankie “the fox� Vitola on “Who’s Watching the Kids.� As Charles “Chachi� Arcola he appeared on “Happy Days� with Erin Moran. In “Blansky’s Beauties� he played Nancy Walker’s girl-crazy nephew Anthony DeLuca. He has also appeared on “Stoned� and “Charles in Charge.�

In films Scott is seen in Bugsy Malone (the movie spoof of 1930s gangster movies with an all-kid cast — ’78), Foxes (with a young Jodie Foster — ’80), Senior Trip (as one of a bunch of rowdy kids on a senior trip to New York City -’81), Zapped (a teen boy’s dream come true. With telekinetic powers he removes clothing from nearby females, ’82) and I Love New York (’87).

Starting in 2007, Baio starred in two seasons of his own reality show on VH1 called “Scott Baio is 45...and Single�

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