
Ron Howard
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Biography
Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954) 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.
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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

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

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

From the Earth to the Moon

Dennis the Menace

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Chelsea

The Waltons

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

Daniel Boone

Johnny Ringo

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

100 Years of Warner Bros.

Bonanza

M*A*S*H

Pete and Gladys

The Odd Couple

LIGHT & MAGIC

How To with John Wilson

Mayberry R.F.D.

The Danny Thomas Show

Lancer

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 Independent

I Spy

Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982

Gentle Ben

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

Five Fingers

The Andy Griffith Show

HBO First Look

Insight

The Making of 'American Graffiti'

The Shootist

The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang

Locusts

American Graffiti

The Migrants

Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

Smoke

Act of Love

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Happy Days

Willow: Behind the Magic

Grand Theft Auto
Production Credits

Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer

Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet

Far and Away

Who Are You, Charlie Brown?

Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

Sports Night

The 'Burbs

Earnhardt

Arrested Development

Harlem Ice

The Da Vinci Code

Angels & Demons

Gossip

Clean and Sober

Curious George

Thirteen Lives

The Spy Who Dumped Me

Curious George

Cowboys & Aliens

The Dark Tower

Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields

Grand Theft Auto

Parenthood

The Super Models

On Pointe

Cocoon

Fight for Glory: 2024 World Series

The Fixer

Splash

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

LIGHT & MAGIC

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Bossy Bear

Inventing the Abbotts

Night Shift

From the Earth to the Moon

Frida

Judy Blume Forever

Eden

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Inferno

The Beanie Bubble

Hillbilly Elegy

Changeling

Willow

Tetris

In the Heart of the Sea

Ransom

Churchill at War

Lucy and Desi

Katy Perry: Part of Me

Curious George: Go West, Go Wild

Taiwan Crime Stories

68 Whiskey

A Beautiful Mind

Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

Under the Banner of Heaven

Genius

Gung Ho

Backdraft

Music by John Williams

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

Willow

The Day Sports Stood Still

I'm Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders

The Gringo Hunters

tick, tick... BOOM!

Choir

Parenthood

Rush

Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!

The Tiny Chef Show

The Dynasty: New England Patriots

David Blaine Do Not Attempt

Splash

We Are: The Brooklyn Saints

Apollo 13

Cinderella Man

Jim Henson Idea Man

Parenthood
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