
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

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

General Electric Theater

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Graham Norton Show

The Oscars

Gunsmoke

Golden Globe Awards

Frasier

The Twilight Zone

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

The Wonderful World of Disney

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.

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

Route 66

From the Earth to the Moon

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Dennis the Menace

Chelsea

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

The Waltons

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

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 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

Five Fingers

Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982

I Spy

The Independent

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

Gentle Ben

The Andy Griffith Show

HBO First Look

The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang

The Making of 'American Graffiti'

The Shootist

Insight

Locusts

Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10

American Graffiti

The Migrants

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

Grand Theft Auto

Willow: Behind the Magic

Smoke

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Act of Love

Saturday Night Live

Happy Days
Production Credits

Far and Away

The Spy Who Dumped Me

Curious George: Go West, Go Wild

Cinderella Man

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet

Ransom

Splash

Thirteen Lives

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Hillbilly Elegy

Arrested Development

Curious George

From the Earth to the Moon

Lucy and Desi

Sports Night

Jim Henson Idea Man

A Beautiful Mind

The Dark Tower

Inventing the Abbotts

Katy Perry: Part of Me

The Beanie Bubble

Curious George

Inferno

Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields

Backdraft

Parenthood

Earnhardt

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

Cowboys & Aliens

Eden

Churchill at War

Rush

Tetris

The 'Burbs

Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!

Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol

Genius

Taiwan Crime Stories

Who Are You, Charlie Brown?

The Day Sports Stood Still

I'm Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders

The Fixer

Under the Banner of Heaven

Cocoon

Clean and Sober

Grand Theft Auto

68 Whiskey

The Dynasty: New England Patriots

Parenthood

The Super Models

Gossip

Harlem Ice

On Pointe

Apollo 13

Willow

Parenthood

Music by John Williams

Fight for Glory: 2024 World Series

Judy Blume Forever

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

The Gringo Hunters

We Are: The Brooklyn Saints

In the Heart of the Sea

Angels & Demons

LIGHT & MAGIC

Bossy Bear

Changeling

David Blaine Do Not Attempt

tick, tick... BOOM!

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer

The Tiny Chef Show

Choir

Splash

Willow

The Da Vinci Code

Night Shift

Gung Ho

Frida
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