
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

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.

Route 66

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

From the Earth to the Moon

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

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

Dennis the Menace

M*A*S*H

Pete and Gladys

The Odd Couple

How To with John Wilson

Mayberry R.F.D.

Lancer

The Danny Thomas Show

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 Independent

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

Five Fingers

Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982

Gentle Ben

I Spy

The Andy Griffith Show

The Shootist

HBO First Look

Insight

The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang

The Making of 'American Graffiti'

Locusts

Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10

American Graffiti

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

The Migrants

Grand Theft Auto

Happy Days

Smoke

Willow: Behind the Magic

Act of Love

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Production Credits

Cowboys & Aliens

The Day Sports Stood Still

Fight for Glory: 2024 World Series

The Tiny Chef Show

Hillbilly Elegy

A Beautiful Mind

Sports Night

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

The Spy Who Dumped Me

Taiwan Crime Stories

Inferno

Curious George

Under the Banner of Heaven

David Blaine Do Not Attempt

Willow

Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

In the Heart of the Sea

Ransom

Tetris

Cocoon

From the Earth to the Moon

Willow

Solo: A Star Wars Story

We Are: The Brooklyn Saints

Genius

Katy Perry: Part of Me

Night Shift

Eden

Curious George: Go West, Go Wild

Far and Away

Frida

68 Whiskey

Judy Blume Forever

Parenthood

Lucy and Desi

Thirteen Lives

Choir

On Pointe

Arrested Development

Splash

Gung Ho

Rush

The 'Burbs

Bossy Bear

Harlem Ice

Backdraft

Parenthood

The Da Vinci Code

LIGHT & MAGIC

The Fixer

Churchill at War

Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol

The Dark Tower

Changeling

Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer

The Beanie Bubble

Curious George

The Dynasty: New England Patriots

Clean and Sober

Cinderella Man

Gossip

Who Are You, Charlie Brown?

Music by John Williams

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet

Angels & Demons

tick, tick... BOOM!

Parenthood

Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

The Super Models

The Beast

Splash

Inventing the Abbotts

Earnhardt

Grand Theft Auto

Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields

Apollo 13

The Gringo Hunters

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Jim Henson Idea Man

I'm Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders
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