Ron Howard
Ronald William "Ron" Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American actor, director and producer. He came to prominence as a child actor, playing Opie Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show for eight years, and later as the teenaged Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days for six years. He made film appearances such as in American Graffiti in 1973 and while starring in Happy Days he also made The Shootist in 1976, as well as making his directorial debut with the 1977 comedy film Grand Theft Auto. He left Happy Days in 1980 to focus on directing, and has since gone on to direct several films, including the Oscar winning Cocoon, Apollo 13, Frost/Nixon, A Beautiful Mind and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. In 2003, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
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- Born:
- Mar 1, 1954 In Duncan, Oklahoma, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 68
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Journey 1959-02-11
- Latest Project:
- Movie Willow: Behind the Magic 2023-01-25
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Willow: Behind the Magic | Self - Director, Willow, 1988 / Executive Producer, Willow, 2022 | 2023-01-25 |
| Movie | Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema | Self | 2021-01-19 |
| Movie | The Happy Days of Garry Marshall | Self | 2020-05-12 |
| Movie | Showbiz Kids | Self (archive footage) | 2020-07-14 |
| Movie | Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10 | Self | 2019-05-18 |
| Movie | The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration | Wilcox Boy (archive footage) | 2019-11-14 |
| Series | The Movies | 2019-07-07 | |
| Movie | Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies | Self | 2017-11-12 |
| Movie | Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie | Himself | 2016-02-10 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
| Movie | Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck | Self | 2013-04-28 |
| Movie | The Arrested Development Documentary Project | Self | 2013-05-02 |
| Movie | Radioman | Self | 2012-12-07 |
| Movie | Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored | Richie Cunningham (archive footage) | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | Corman's World | Self - Filmmaker | 2011-12-16 |
| Movie | Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible | Self | 2010-11-12 |
| Movie | Cannes: All Access | Self | 2007-10-27 |
| Movie | George Lucas: Creating an Empire | Self | 2005-01-27 |
| Movie | Making a 'Splash' | Self - Director | 2004-03-30 |
| Movie | Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002 | Richie Cunningham ("Buddy Holly") (archive footage) | 2004-03-23 |
| Movie | Tell Them Who You Are | Self | 2004-09-06 |
| Series | Arrested Development | Narrator | 2003-11-02 |
| Movie | Inside a Beautiful Mind | Self | 2002-03-03 |
| Movie | Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages | Self | 2002-11-07 |
| Movie | Osmosis Jones | Tom Colonic (voice) | 2001-08-10 |
| Movie | Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation | Self | 2000-11-08 |
| Movie | The Independent | Ron Howard | 2000-11-10 |
| Movie | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Whoville Townsperson (uncredited) | 2000-11-17 |
| Movie | From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic | Self | 1999-06-15 |
| Movie | Welcome to Hollywood | Ron Howard | 1998-10-01 |
| Movie | The Making of 'American Graffiti' | Self | 1998-09-15 |
| Movie | Frank Capra's American Dream | Self | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 | Self | 1996-07-16 |
| Movie | First Works | Self | 1989-10-10 |
| Movie | Return to Mayberry | Opie Taylor | 1986-04-13 |
| Movie | Night Shift | Annoying Sax Player (uncredited) | 1982-07-30 |
| Movie | Bitter Harvest | Ned De Vries | 1981-05-18 |
| Movie | Fire on the Mountain | Lee Mackie | 1981-11-23 |
| Movie | Act of Love | Leon Cybulkowski | 1980-09-24 |
| Series | The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang | Richie Cunningham | 1980-11-08 |
| Movie | A Walking Tour of Sesame Street | Richie Cunningham (archive footage) | 1979-03-01 |
| Movie | Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall | Himself | 1979-01-01 |
| Movie | More American Graffiti | Steve Bolander | 1979-08-03 |
| Movie | Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel | Self | 1978-04-06 |
| Movie | Grand Theft Auto | Sam Freeman | 1977-06-16 |
| Movie | The First Nudie Musical | Auditioning Actor | 1976-01-01 |
| Movie | Eat My Dust | Hoover Niebold | 1976-04-01 |
| Movie | The Shootist | Gillom Rogers | 1976-07-21 |
| Movie | A Special: Olivia Newton-John | 1976-11-17 | |
| Movie | Huckleberry Finn | Huckleberry Finn | 1975-03-25 |
| Series | Happy Days | Richie Cunningham | 1974-01-15 |
| Movie | The Migrants | Lyle Barlow | 1974-02-04 |
| Movie | Locusts | Donny Fletcher | 1974-10-09 |
| Movie | The Spikes Gang | Les | 1974-04-11 |
| Movie | American Graffiti | Steve Bolander | 1973-08-11 |
| Movie | Happy Mother's Day, Love George | Johnny | 1973-08-17 |
| Series | The Smith Family | Bob Smith | 1971-01-20 |
| Movie | The Wild Country | Virgil Tanner | 1970-12-16 |
| Movie | Smoke | Chris (as Ronny Howard) | 1970-02-01 |
| Series | Gentle Ben | Jody Cutler | 1967-09-10 |
| Series | I Spy | Alan Loden | 1965-09-15 |
| Movie | Village of the Giants | Genius | 1965-10-20 |
| Movie | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Eddie Corbett | 1963-03-27 |
| Movie | The Music Man | Winthrop Paroo | 1962-06-19 |
| Movie | Five Minutes to Live | Bobby Wilson | 1961-12-07 |
| Series | The Andy Griffith Show | Opie Taylor | 1960-10-03 |
| Series | Insight | 1960-10-02 | |
| Movie | The Journey | Billy Rhinelander | 1959-02-11 |