
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

Golden Globe Awards

Gunsmoke

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

General Electric Theater

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

From the Earth to the Moon

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

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

Pete and Gladys

100 Years of Warner Bros.

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 Oscars

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

Five Fingers

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

The Independent

Gentle Ben

Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982

I Spy

The Andy Griffith Show

The Shootist

HBO First Look

Insight

The Making of 'American Graffiti'

The Migrants

Locusts

American Graffiti

Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

Grand Theft Auto

Willow: Behind the Magic

Happy Days

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Act of Love

Smoke
Production Credits

The Gringo Hunters

Hillbilly Elegy

Apollo 13

Far and Away

Choir

Music by John Williams

On Pointe

Inferno

Frida

The Spy Who Dumped Me

Willow

The Dark Tower

Parenthood

Angels & Demons

Cowboys & Aliens

Parenthood

68 Whiskey

The Fixer

Thirteen Lives

Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet

Gossip

Eden

A Beautiful Mind

Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer

Parenthood

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

Curious George: Go West, Go Wild

Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

Judy Blume Forever

David Blaine Do Not Attempt

Cinderella Man

Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

Night Shift

Splash

Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol

We Are: The Brooklyn Saints

Cocoon

Curious George

Sports Night

Churchill at War

Curious George

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields

The Day Sports Stood Still

I'm Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders

Arrested Development

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Backdraft

Tetris

The 'Burbs

Willow

Genius

The Super Models

The Dynasty: New England Patriots

Harlem Ice

Katy Perry: Part of Me

tick, tick... BOOM!

The Da Vinci Code

Gung Ho

Rush

Clean and Sober

Under the Banner of Heaven

Inventing the Abbotts

LIGHT & MAGIC

Fight for Glory: 2024 World Series

In the Heart of the Sea

Taiwan Crime Stories

Splash

Ransom

Jim Henson Idea Man

From the Earth to the Moon

Grand Theft Auto

Who Are You, Charlie Brown?

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

Lucy and Desi

Changeling

The Beanie Bubble

Earnhardt
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