
Ron Howard
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Biography
Ronald William Howard is an American filmmaker and actor. Howard first came to prominence as a child actor, guest-starring in several television series, including an episode of The Twilight Zone. He gained national attention for playing young Opie Taylor, the son of Sheriff Andy Taylor (played by Andy Griffith) in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show from 1960 through 1968. During this time, he also appeared in the musical film The Music Man (1962), a critical and commercial success. He was credited as Ronny Howard in his film and television appearances from 1959 to 1973.
Howard was cast in one of the lead roles in the coming-of-age film American Graffiti (1973), which received widespread acclaim and became one of the most profitable films in history. The following year, Howard became a household name for playing Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days, a role he would play from 1974 through 1984. Howard continued appearing in films during this time, such as the western film The Shootist (1976) and the comedy film Grand Theft Auto (1977), which also marked his directorial debut.
In 1984, Howard left Happy Days to focus on directing, producing and occasionally writing variety films and television series. His films include the science-fiction/fantasy Cocoon (1985), the fantasy Willow (1988), the thriller Backdraft (1991), the historical docudrama Apollo 13 (1995), the Christmas comedy How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), the biographical drama A Beautiful Mind (2001), the biographical sports drama Cinderella Man (2005), the thriller The Da Vinci Code (2006), the historical drama Frost/Nixon (2008), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), and the documentary Pavarotti (2019). For A Beautiful Mind, Howard won the Academy Award for Best Director and Academy Award for Best Picture. He was nominated again for the same awards for Frost/Nixon.
In 2003, Howard was awarded the National Medal of Arts. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2013. Howard has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions in the television and motion pictures industries.
Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Saturday Night Live

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

General Electric Theater

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Graham Norton Show

Gunsmoke

Golden Globe Awards

Frasier

The Twilight Zone

The Daily Show

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

E! True Hollywood Story

The F.B.I.

The Simpsons

Dr. Kildare

Top Gear

MADtv

The Fugitive

Real Time with Bill Maher

The Big Valley

Lassie

Only Murders in the Building

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

Land of the Giants

The Colbert Report

Laverne & Shirley

The Danny Kaye Show

This Is Us

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Route 66

From the Earth to the Moon

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Chelsea

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

The Waltons

Johnny Ringo

Daniel Boone

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

100 Years of Warner Bros.

Bonanza

Dennis the Menace

M*A*S*H

Pete and Gladys

LIGHT & MAGIC

The Odd Couple

How To with John Wilson

Mayberry R.F.D.

The Danny Thomas Show

Lancer

The Studio

A Beautiful Mind

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

The Oscars

The First Nudie Musical

Night Shift

Showbiz Kids

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

Music by John Williams

Arrested Development

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

Osmosis Jones

More American Graffiti

Five Fingers

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982

Gentle Ben

The Independent

I Spy

The Andy Griffith Show

HBO First Look

The Making of 'American Graffiti'

Insight

The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang

The Shootist

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

The Migrants

American Graffiti

Locusts

Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Willow: Behind the Magic

Act of Love

Smoke

Grand Theft Auto

Happy Days
Production Credits

Curious George

Clean and Sober

Sports Night

Lucy and Desi

Cinderella Man

Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!

Cowboys & Aliens

Tetris

Gossip

Music by John Williams

Splash

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

Cocoon

tick, tick... BOOM!

A Beautiful Mind

Backdraft

Arrested Development

David Blaine Do Not Attempt

Under the Banner of Heaven

Bossy Bear

Jim Henson Idea Man

Parenthood

Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet

The Da Vinci Code

Willow

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

LIGHT & MAGIC

The 'Burbs

In the Heart of the Sea

Judy Blume Forever

The Tiny Chef Show

Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer

Fight for Glory: 2024 World Series

Solo: A Star Wars Story

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

68 Whiskey

The Spy Who Dumped Me

Curious George: Go West, Go Wild

Angels & Demons

Katy Perry: Part of Me

I'm Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders

Splash

The Gringo Hunters

Parenthood

Apollo 13

Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields

Genius

The Dark Tower

The Day Sports Stood Still

Curious George

Taiwan Crime Stories

The Super Models

Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol

Willow

Eden

Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest

The Dynasty: New England Patriots

Gung Ho

On Pointe

Inventing the Abbotts

The Beanie Bubble

Frida

Far and Away

From the Earth to the Moon

Ransom

Hillbilly Elegy

Parenthood

Grand Theft Auto

Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman

We Are: The Brooklyn Saints

Choir

Who Are You, Charlie Brown?

Thirteen Lives

Earnhardt

Harlem Ice

Inferno

The Beast

Rush

The Fixer

Night Shift

Churchill at War

Changeling
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