
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

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

General Electric Theater

The Graham Norton Show

The Oscars

Golden Globe Awards

Gunsmoke

Frasier

The Twilight Zone

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

The Wonderful World of Disney

E! True Hollywood Story

The F.B.I.

The Simpsons

Dr. Kildare

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Top Gear

MADtv

The Fugitive

Real Time with Bill Maher

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

Route 66

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

From the Earth to the Moon

Chelsea

The Waltons

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

Johnny Ringo

Daniel Boone

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

Bonanza

Dennis the Menace

M*A*S*H

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

100 Years of Warner Bros.

Pete and Gladys

The Odd Couple

How To with John Wilson

Mayberry R.F.D.

The Danny Thomas Show

Lancer

LIGHT & MAGIC

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

More American Graffiti

The Independent

I Spy

Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982

Five Fingers

Gentle Ben

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

The Andy Griffith Show

Insight

The Shootist

The Making of 'American Graffiti'

HBO First Look

Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10

The Migrants

Locusts

American Graffiti

Act of Love

Happy Days

Saturday Night Live

Grand Theft Auto

Willow: Behind the Magic

Smoke

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Production Credits

Changeling

Curious George

Grand Theft Auto

David Blaine Do Not Attempt

The Fixer

Cowboys & Aliens

Parenthood

From the Earth to the Moon

Music by John Williams

Genius

The Day Sports Stood Still

Who Are You, Charlie Brown?

On Pointe

68 Whiskey

Willow

Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields

Parenthood

Sports Night

Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet

Thirteen Lives

LIGHT & MAGIC

Gossip

Rush

Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol

Under the Banner of Heaven

Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer

I'm Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders

Cocoon

Angels & Demons

Choir

Splash

Night Shift

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Arrested Development

Far and Away

Frida

Inventing the Abbotts

Curious George: Go West, Go Wild

Taiwan Crime Stories

In the Heart of the Sea

Tetris

Lucy and Desi

The Beanie Bubble

Judy Blume Forever

Splash

Jim Henson Idea Man

Willow

Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!

Eden

The Spy Who Dumped Me

The Da Vinci Code

Inferno

tick, tick... BOOM!

Ransom

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

Harlem Ice

Hillbilly Elegy

Clean and Sober

The 'Burbs

The Dynasty: New England Patriots

The Super Models

Churchill at War

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

Backdraft

Fight for Glory: 2024 World Series

Curious George

A Beautiful Mind

Apollo 13

Parenthood

We Are: The Brooklyn Saints

Katy Perry: Part of Me

The Dark Tower

The Gringo Hunters

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Gung Ho

Cinderella Man

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