
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

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

General Electric Theater

Top Gear

MADtv

The Fugitive

Real Time with Bill Maher

The Big Valley

Lassie

Only Murders in the Building

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.

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

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

The Odd Couple

How To with John Wilson

Mayberry R.F.D.

The Danny Thomas Show

Lancer

LIGHT & MAGIC

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

The Studio

Music by John Williams

Arrested Development

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

More American Graffiti

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

Five Fingers

The Independent

Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982

I Spy

Gentle Ben

The Andy Griffith Show

HBO First Look

Insight

The Shootist

The Making of 'American Graffiti'

The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang

American Graffiti

Locusts

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

The Migrants

Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10

Willow: Behind the Magic

Smoke

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Grand Theft Auto

Happy Days

Act of Love
Production Credits

Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol

Curious George

Solo: A Star Wars Story

A Beautiful Mind

Cocoon

The Gringo Hunters

Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer

Tetris

Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet

The Super Models

We Are: The Brooklyn Saints

Parenthood

Changeling

Cinderella Man

68 Whiskey

Churchill at War

Apollo 13

Parenthood

The Fixer

Far and Away

The Spy Who Dumped Me

Katy Perry: Part of Me

The Dynasty: New England Patriots

Splash

Backdraft

Arrested Development

Inventing the Abbotts

David Blaine Do Not Attempt

Harlem Ice

Bossy Bear

Hillbilly Elegy

The Beanie Bubble

Genius

The Day Sports Stood Still

Fight for Glory: 2024 World Series

Under the Banner of Heaven

Judy Blume Forever

Clean and Sober

Inferno

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

In the Heart of the Sea

From the Earth to the Moon

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

The Dark Tower

Willow

The Da Vinci Code

Thirteen Lives

Jim Henson Idea Man

Gossip

Rush

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

The 'Burbs

Splash

Willow

Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!

Grand Theft Auto

Parenthood

The Tiny Chef Show

tick, tick... BOOM!

Sports Night

I'm Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders

Curious George: Go West, Go Wild

The Beast

Night Shift

Eden

Music by John Williams

Lucy and Desi

LIGHT & MAGIC

Who Are You, Charlie Brown?

Ransom

Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

Angels & Demons

Curious George

Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields

Gung Ho

Frida

On Pointe

Earnhardt

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Cowboys & Aliens

Taiwan Crime Stories

Choir
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