
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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Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Saturday Night Live

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

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

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Route 66

Dennis the Menace

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

From the Earth to the Moon

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

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

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

More American Graffiti

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

Gentle Ben

Five Fingers

Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982

The Independent

I Spy

The Andy Griffith Show

The Making of 'American Graffiti'

Insight

The Shootist

HBO First Look

Locusts

Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10

American Graffiti

The Migrants

Smoke

Act of Love

Grand Theft Auto

Happy Days

Willow: Behind the Magic

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Production Credits

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

Thirteen Lives

On Pointe

68 Whiskey

Gossip

Curious George

Fight for Glory: 2024 World Series

A Beautiful Mind

Gung Ho

Jim Henson Idea Man

Sports Night

Night Shift

The Super Models

Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

Ransom

Under the Banner of Heaven

Solo: A Star Wars Story

The Da Vinci Code

Angels & Demons

Judy Blume Forever

Willow

Grand Theft Auto

Who Are You, Charlie Brown?

Harlem Ice

The 'Burbs

Splash

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Churchill at War

David Blaine Do Not Attempt

Splash

tick, tick... BOOM!

Cinderella Man

Far and Away

The Dynasty: New England Patriots

Frida

Genius

I'm Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders

Taiwan Crime Stories

Inferno

Parenthood

The Beanie Bubble

Arrested Development

Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!

Curious George: Go West, Go Wild

Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer

Clean and Sober

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

The Day Sports Stood Still

Katy Perry: Part of Me

The Dark Tower

Parenthood

Choir

Cowboys & Aliens

Rush

Apollo 13

Willow

Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

Hillbilly Elegy

Parenthood

LIGHT & MAGIC

The Gringo Hunters

In the Heart of the Sea

Tetris

Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields

From the Earth to the Moon

Cocoon

Inventing the Abbotts

Music by John Williams

We Are: The Brooklyn Saints

Lucy and Desi

Eden

Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet

Curious George

Changeling

The Spy Who Dumped Me

The Fixer

Backdraft
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