Henry Winkler Reflects on Years-Long Rift With Tom Hanks and Whether They Can Reconcile

Henry Winkler is looking back on his longtime rift with fellow actor Tom Hanks.

In a recent interview on talk show In Depth with Graham Bensinger, the Happy Days icon, 80, recalled being fired as the director of Hanks’ 1989 movie Turner & Hooch amid simmering tension between him and the Oscar winner.

Winkler said he had agreed to direct Turner & Hooch despite his “instinct” warning him that he wouldn’t be a good fit for the movie.

“I guess, being insecure at that time, I talked too much,” Winkler said of working with Hanks, 70, and costar Mare Winningham. “I gave them direction … which I...