Ron Howard
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron Howard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982 as Self
- 2023 · 100 Years of Warner Bros. as Self
- 2023 · Tom Hanks: The Nomad as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Willow: Behind the Magic as Self - Director, Willow, 1988 / Executive Producer, Willow, 2022
- 2022 · Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel as Self
- 2020 · Showbiz Kids as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Dads as Self
- 2017 · Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies as Self
- 2016 · Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie as Himself
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · The Arrested Development Documentary Project as Self
- 2013 · Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck as Self
- 2012 · Radioman as Self
- 2011 · Corman's World as Self - Filmmaker
- 2011 · Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life as Himself
- 2010 · Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible as Self
- 2005 · George Lucas: Creating an Empire as Self
- 2004 · Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002 as Richie Cunningham ("Buddy Holly") (archive footage)
- 2000 · The Independent as Ron Howard
- 1999 · From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic as Self
- 1999 · Television: The First Fifty Years as Self / Opie Taylor / Ritchie Cunningham (archive footage)
- 1998 · Welcome to Hollywood as Ron Howard
- 1998 · The Making of 'American Graffiti' as Self
- 1995 · MADtv as Self
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1986 · Return to Mayberry as Opie Taylor
- 1985 · Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers as Self (archive footage)
- 1980 · The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang as Richie Cunningham
- 1979 · More American Graffiti as Steve Bolander
- 1977 · Grand Theft Auto as Sam Freeman
- 1976 · A Special: Olivia Newton-John as
- 1976 · Eat My Dust as Hoover Niebold
- 1974 · The Spikes Gang as Les
- 1973 · Happy Mother's Day, Love George as Johnny
- 1971 · The Smith Family as Bob Smith
- 1970 · The Headmaster as
- 1965 · Village of the Giants as Genius
- 1963 · The Courtship of Eddie's Father as Eddie Corbett
- 1962 · The Music Man as Winthrop Paroo
- 1961 · Five Minutes to Live as Bobby Wilson
- 1960 · Insight as
- 1959 · Five Fingers as
- 1959 · The Journey as Billy Rhinelander
- Future · John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons as Himself
- 2023 · John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons as Self
- 2022 · 'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen as Self
- 2022 · Light & Magic as Self - Producer, Actor, Writer
- 2021 · Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema as Self
- 2020 · The Happy Days of Garry Marshall as Self
- 2020 · Reunited Apart as Self
- 2019 · The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration as Wilcox Boy (archive footage)
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10 as Self
- 2018 · Kasdan on Kasdan as Self
- 2016 · This Is Us as Ron Howard (uncredited)
- 2016 · Chelsea as Self
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as
- 2015 · The Odd Couple as Stanley
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2013 · From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking as Self - Director
- 2011 · Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored as Himself
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2007 · Cannes: All Access as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2005 · The Colbert Report as
- 2004 · Tell Them Who You Are as Self
- 2004 · Making a 'Splash' as Self - Director
- 2003 · Arrested Development as Narrator
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- 2002 · Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages as Self
- 2002 · Inside a Beautiful Mind as Self
- 2001 · Osmosis Jones as Tom Colonic (voice)
- 2001 · The Shootist: The Legend Lives On as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2000 · Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation as Self
- 1999 · Where Are They Now? as Self
- 1999 · The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
- 1999 · The Directors: The Films of Roger Corman as Self
- 1998 · From the Earth to the Moon as Ron Howard
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1997 · Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero as Self
- 1997 · Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery as Self
- 1997 · Frank Capra's American Dream as Self
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 as Himself
- 1996 · Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial as Herbert Biberman
- 1993 · Frasier as Stephen (voice)
- 1992 · The Magical World of Chuck Jones as Self
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Ron Howard (voice)
- 1989 · First Works as Self
- 1988 · Willow: The Making of an Adventure as Self - Director
- 1982 · Night Shift as Annoying Sax Player (uncredited)
- 1981 · Fire on the Mountain as Lee Mackie
- 1981 · Bitter Harvest as Ned De Vries
- 1980 · Act of Love as Leon Cybulkowski
- 1979 · A Walking Tour of Sesame Street as Richie Cunningham (archive footage)
- 1979 · Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall as Himself
- 1978 · Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel as Self
- 1977 · I'm a Fool as Andy
- 1976 · Battle of the Network Stars as
- 1976 · The Captain and Tennille as Self
- 1976 · The Shootist as Gillom Rogers
- 1976 · Laverne & Shirley as
- 1976 · Donny & Marie as Self
- 1976 · The First Nudie Musical as Auditioning Actor
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Huckleberry Finn as Huckleberry Finn
- 1974 · Locusts as Donny Fletcher
- 1974 · The Migrants as Lyle Barlow
- 1974 · Happy Days as Richie Cunningham
- 1974 · Happy Days as
- 1973 · American Graffiti as Steve Bolander
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- 1972 · M*A*S*H as Wendell
- 1972 · The Waltons as
- 1970 · The Wild Country as Virgil Tanner
- 1970 · Smoke as Chris (as Ronny Howard)
- 1969 · Love, American Style as Richie Cunningham
- 1969 · The Bold Ones: The New Doctors as Cory Merlino
- 1968 · Lancer as
- 1968 · Mayberry R.F.D. as Opie Taylor
- 1968 · Land of the Giants as Jodar
- 1967 · A Boy Called Nuthin’ as Richie 'Nuthin'' Caldwell
- 1967 · Gentle Ben as Jerry
- 1967 · Gentle Ben as Jody Cutler
- 1967 · Judd for the Defense as
- 1966 · The Monroes as
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Jess Orkin
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Tommy
- 1965 · I Spy as Alan Loden
- 1964 · Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. as
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Luke
- 1963 · The Great Adventure as Daniel Waterhouse
- 1963 · The Danny Kaye Show as Self
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Gus
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
- 1961 · The New Breed as Tommy Simms
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as Jerry Prentice
- 1960 · Route 66 as
- 1960 · The Andy Griffith Show as Opie Taylor
- 1960 · Pete and Gladys as
- 1959 · Dennis the Menace as
- 1959 · Dennis the Menace as Stewart
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Wilcox Boy
- 1959 · Johnny Ringo as Ricky Parrott
- 1959 · The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis as
- 1959 · The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis as Little Boy Eating Candy Bar
- 1959 · The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Wim
- 1959 · Bonanza as Ted Hoag
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Jamie
- 1954 · Lassie as
- 1953 · The Danny Thomas Show as Opie Taylor
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Barnaby Baxter
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Randy
- 1950 · The Bob Hope Show as Self