Ron Howard
Birth name	Ronald William Howard
Born	March 1, 1954 (1954-03-01) (age 53) Duncan, Oklahoma, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Cheryl Alley (1975-)
Children	Bryce Dallas Howard (b.1981) Jocelyn Carlyle Howard (b.1985) Paige Carlyle Howard (b.1985) Reed Cross Howard (b.1987)
Parents	Rance Howard (b.1928) Jean F. Speegle (1927-2000)
Awards Academy Awards Best Director 2001 A Beautiful Mind Best Picture 2001 A Beautiful Mind Emmy Awards Outstanding Miniseries 1998 From the Earth to the Moon Outstanding Comedy Series 2004 Arrested Development Other Awards Saturn Award for Best Direction 1985 Cocoon

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Howard came to prominence in the 1960s as Andy Griffith's son, Opie Taylor, on The Andy Griffith Show, and later as Tom Bosley's son and Henry Winkler's best friend, Richie Cunningham, on Happy Days (a role he played from 1974 to 1980). Not to be confused with Andy Griffiths. ... The Andy Griffith Show is an American television series that aired on CBS from October 3rd, 1960 to April 1st, 1968. ... Thomas Edward Bosley (born October 1, 1927) is an American actor. ... Dr. Henry Franklin Jameson Frederick Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is a Golden Globe Award-winning American actor, director, producer and author. ... Happy Days is a popular American television sitcom that originally aired between 1974 and 1984 on the ABC television network. ...

Early life

Howard was born in Duncan, Oklahoma, to actors Rance Howard and Jean F. Speegle Howard. He has Dutch, Scottish, English, Irish, German and Cherokee Indian ancestry. His younger brother, Clint Howard, is a well-known character actor. Howard attended the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts but did not graduate. Duncan is a city located in Stephens County, Oklahoma. ... Rance Howard, born November 17, 1928 in Oklahoma, is an American actor who has starred in film and on television, appearing in over 100 films. ... This article is about the Scottish as an ethnic group. ... This article is about the English as an ethnic group and nation. ... For other uses, see Cherokee (disambiguation). ... Clinton E. Howard (born April 20, 1959) is an American film and television actor. ... The Trojan Shrine, better known as Tommy Trojan located in the center of University of Southern California campus. ... The USC School of Cinematic Arts, formerly named the School of Cinema-Television (CNTV), is a film school within the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. ...

Career

Howard first earned recognition for playing Winthrop Paroo, the child with the lisp in the film version of The Music Man with Robert Preston and Shirley Jones. After The Music Man, he appeared in the role of Opie Taylor in the television series The Andy Griffith Show. There he portrayed the son of the local sheriff in the fictional town of Mayberry, North Carolina. The credits referred to him as "Ronny Howard." He also appeared in "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" with Glenn Ford. The Music Man is a 1962 film starring Robert Preston as Harold Hill and Shirley Jones as Marian Paroo. ... Robert Preston Meservey (June 8, 1918 - March 21, 1987), better known as Robert Preston, was an Oscar-nominated American actor. ... Shirley Jones, in a still from the opening credits of The Partridge Family Shirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934) is an Academy Award-winning singer and actress, perhaps best known for her role as Shirley Partridge, the widowed mother of five children, in the television series The Partridge Family... Ronny Howard, upper left, as Opie Taylor with friends Andy Griffith, Don Knotts and Jim Nabors. ... The Andy Griffith Show is an American television series that aired on CBS from October 3rd, 1960 to April 1st, 1968. ... Mount Airy is a city in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Largest metro area Charlotte metro area Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (901 km)  - % water 9. ...

Howard made a notable guest-star appearance on the popular television series M*A*S*H during that show's first season as an underage American soldier serving in the Marines during the Korean War. From left to right: Corporal Radar OReilly, Major Frank Burns, Lt. ... In law, a person who is not yet a legal adult is known as a minor (known in some places as an infant or juvenile). ... The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States military responsible for providing power projection from the sea,[1] utilizing the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces. ... Combatants United Nations:  Republic of Korea,  Australia,  Belgium,  Luxembourg,  Canada,  Colombia,  Ethiopia,  France,  Greece,  Luxembourg,  Netherlands,  New Zealand,  Philippines,  South Africa,  Thailand,  Turkey,  United Kingdom,  United States Medical staff:  Denmark,  Australia,  Italy,  Norway,  Sweden Communist states:  Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,  Peoples Republic of China,  Soviet Union Commanders...

Howard is also well known for his role as Richie Cunningham in television's Happy Days on which, beginning in 1974, he played the likable "buttoned down" boy, in contrast to Henry Winkler's Fonz. He attained film success with his role as Steve Bollander in George Lucas' teen movie American Graffiti. In 1977, while still starring on Happy Days, he directed his first film, a low-budget comedy/action film called Grand Theft Auto. After leaving Happy Days in 1980, he directed several TV movies. His big theatrical directing break came in 1982 when he directed the bigger budget film Night Shift featuring soon-to-be well-known actors such as Michael Keaton and Shelley Long, and reuniting Howard with his Happy Days co-star Henry Winkler. Happy Days is a popular American television sitcom that originally aired between 1974 and 1984 on the ABC television network. ... Dr. Henry Franklin Jameson Frederick Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is a Golden Globe Award-winning American actor, director, producer and author. ... Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli (also known as The Fonz or simply Fonzie) is a fictional character played by Henry Winkler in the American sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984). ... George Walton Lucas, Jr. ... American Graffiti is a 1973 film directed by George Lucas. ... A low budget film is a very cheaply produced film. ... The word comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humor with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ... Look up Action film in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... US movie poster Ten Qs Radio DJ, played by Don Steele Grand Theft Auto is a 1977 movie made by director Ron Howard. ... Night Shift is a 1982 comedy film, one of Ron Howards earliest directorial efforts. ... Michael John Douglas (Better known by the stage name Michael Keaton) (born September 9, 1951) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his early comedic roles in films such as Night Shift, and Beetlejuice, and for his portrayal of Batman in the two Tim Burton directed films in the... Shelley Lee Long, born on August 23, 1949 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning American actress and comedienne. ... Happy Days is a popular American television sitcom that originally aired between 1974 and 1984 on the ABC television network. ... Dr. Henry Franklin Jameson Frederick Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is a Golden Globe Award-winning American actor, director, producer and author. ...

He has since directed a number of high-visibility films, the most acclaimed of which include Curious George, Splash, Cocoon, Apollo 13 (nominated for several Academy Awards), A Beautiful Mind, for which he won the Oscar for Best Director, and Cinderella Man. His latest film, The Da Vinci Code, reteaming Howard with Splash and Apollo 13 star Tom Hanks, has been a box office hit earning more than $700 million at the box office, but was a critical letdown. Howard is the co-chairman, with Brian Grazer, of Imagine Entertainment, a major film and television production company, which has produced notable projects like Friday Night Lights, 8 Mile, Inside Deep Throat, and the television series 24 and Felicity. His last significant on-screen role was when he reprised his famous role as Opie Taylor in the 1986 TV reunion movie Return to Mayberry reuniting him with Andy Griffith, the now late Don Knotts, and most of the old cast. Splash is a 1984 fantasy film and romantic comedy film directed by Ron Howard and written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel. ... Cocoon is a 1985 science fiction film about a group of elderly humans who were rejuvenated by aliens. ... Apollo 13 is a 1995 film portrayal of the ill-fated Apollo 13 lunar mission. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 American biographical film about John Forbes Nash, the Nobel Laureate (Economics) mathematician. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Da Vinci Code is a 2006 feature film based on the bestselling 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code, by author Dan Brown. ... Splash is a 1984 fantasy film and romantic comedy film directed by Ron Howard and written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel. ... Original crew photo. ... Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American two-time Academy Award-winning film actor, Emmy-winning director, voice-over artist and movie producer. ... Brian Grazer (born July 12, 1951, in Los Angeles, California) is a Jewish-American film and television producer who founded Imagine Entertainment with partner Ron Howard. ... Imagine Entertainment is a film and television production company founded in 1986 by director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer. ... Friday Night Lights in the a 1990 book and 2004 movie that documents the coach and players of a high school football team and the small, economically-depressed Texas town of Odessa that supports and is obsessed with them. ... 8 Mile stars Eminem (Marshall Mathers) as the young white rapper Jimmy Smith Jr. ... Promotional poster for Inside Deep Throat Inside Deep Throat is a 2005 documentary about the 1972 pornographic film Deep Throat and its effects on American society. ... 24 (twenty four) is a current U.S. television action/drama series, produced by the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide. ... Felicity is a Golden Globe-winning American primetime television drama produced by Touchstone Television and Imagine Television for The WB network. ... Return to Mayberry was a television movie made in 1986 on NBC. The show was a reunion movie for the 1960s American television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show. ... Not to be confused with Andy Griffiths. ... Jesse Donald Knotts (July 21, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show (a role which earned him five Emmy Awards), and as landlord Ralph Furley on the television sitcom Threes...

Through his company Imagine Television, Howard continues to have a presence in television, most recently as the executive producer and uncredited narrator of the critically acclaimed FOX sitcom Arrested Development. The show, despite having won six Emmy awards and near-unanimous praise from critics, did not enjoy high ratings and was limited by Fox Television in 2006. A series finale took place in February 2006, but Howard, on-screen for the first time in the show, suggested a movie version may be in the works. Imagine Entertainment is a film and television production company founded in 1986 by director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer. ... The Narrator is the entity within a story that tells the story to the reader. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Howard casts his younger brother Clint with a minor role in most of his movies. Clinton E. Howard (born April 20, 1959) is an American film and television actor. ...

Personal life

On June 7, 1975, Howard wed his high-school sweetheart, Cheryl, born Alley, a writer with a degree in geriatric psychology. They have four children; daughters Bryce Dallas Howard (b. 1981), Jocelyn Carlyle (twin, b. 1985), Paige Carlyle (twin, b. 1985), and son Reed Cross (b. 1987). Their daughters Bryce Dallas Howard and Paige Howard are actresses. They live on a 35-acre estate in the exclusive gated community of Conyers Farm in Greenwich, Connecticut. In February 2007, Howard became a grandfather when his daughter, Bryce, gave birth to a son. is the 158th day of the year (159th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bryce Dallas Howard (born March 2, 1981) is an American actress best known for her film roles in the M. Night Shyamalan-directed The Village and Lady in the Water, and as Gwen Stacy in Sam Raimis Spider-Man 3. ... Bryce Dallas Howard (born March 2, 1981) is an American actress best known for her film roles in the M. Night Shyamalan-directed The Village and Lady in the Water, and as Gwen Stacy in Sam Raimis Spider-Man 3. ... Location in Connecticut Coordinates: , NECTA Region Settled 1640 Joined Connecticut 1656 Government  - Type Representative town meeting  - First selectman James A. Lash  - Town administrator Edward Gomeau  - Town meeting moderator Thomas J. Byrne Area  - City 174. ...

In the June 2006 issue of Vanity Fair magazine, Ron Howard was asked, "What do you consider your greatest achievement?" He replied, "Forty-eight consecutive years of steady employment in television and film, while preserving a rich family life."

Howard in popular culture

• In the The Simpsons episode When You Dish Upon a Star, Homer meets and befriends Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger and Ron Howard. Later in the episode, Ron Howard is injured when trying to jump from a truck to the RV that Homer was driving. In the end, he pitches Homer's movie idea and gets it greenlit. Another episode (Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder) Homer and Ron Howard are fighting each other while appearing on "The Springfield Squares". Later, Ron gives Homer the inspiration to spend more time with his kids and gives him some money that Homer refuses but takes anyway. Ron yoinks the money back from Homer and then drives away.
• When he hosted Saturday Night Live in the 1980s, Eddie Murphy called him "Opie Cunningham".
• In the South Park episode, "Ginger Kids", Cartman asks a crowd of fellow gingers to name great Americans with the hair color, the first and only name thay can think of is "Ron Howard", and when asked to name a second, one responds "Ron Howard" again.
• On a VH1 special about the 100 greatest child stars, many of the interviewees considered Ron Howard to be the most successful child star of all time, considering his two major television acting roles and his directing career.
• In Season 1 Episode 3 of Stroker and Hoop on Adult Swim, Stroker and Hoop ran a detective agency whose first client needed them to make Ron Howard stop controlling his mind.

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Filmography

Directorial

Films

• Old Paint (1969) (short subject)
• Deed of Daring-Do (1969) (short subject)
• Cards, Cads, Guns, Gore and Death (1969) (short subject)
• Grand Theft Auto (1977)
• Night Shift (1982)
• Splash (1984)
• Cocoon (1985)
• Gung Ho (1986)
• Willow (1988)
• Parenthood (1989)
• Backdraft (1991)
• Far and Away (1992)
• The Paper (1994)
• Apollo 13 (1995)
• Ransom (1996)
• EDtv (1999)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
• A Beautiful Mind (2001)
• The Missing (2003)
• Cinderella Man (2005)
• The Da Vinci Code (2006)
• Angels & Demons (2008) (in production)
• Frost/Nixon (2008) (pre-production)

US movie poster Ten Qs Radio DJ, played by Don Steele Grand Theft Auto is a 1977 movie made by director Ron Howard. ... Night Shift is a 1982 comedy film, one of Ron Howards earliest directorial efforts. ... Splash is a 1984 fantasy film and romantic comedy film directed by Ron Howard and written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel. ... Cocoon is a 1985 science fiction film about a group of elderly humans who were rejuvenated by aliens. ... Gung Ho is a 1986 Ron Howard film, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Michael Keaton and Gedde Watanabe. ... Willow is a 1988 fantasy film directed by Ron Howard, based on a story by George Lucas. ... Parenthood is a 1989 film starring Steve Martin, Dianne Wiest, Dennis Dugan, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Robards, Rick Moranis, Tom Hulce, Martha Plimpton, Keanu Reeves, and Joaquin Phoenix (as Leaf Phoenix). ... Backdraft is an American movie released in 1991, directed by Ron Howard and written by Gregory Widen. ... DVD cover Far and Away is a 1992 drama film directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. ... For other uses see The Paper (disambiguation) The Paper is a 1994 film directed by Ron Howard that stars Michael Keaton. ... Apollo 13 is a 1995 film portrayal of the ill-fated Apollo 13 lunar mission. ... Ransom is a thriller film released in 1996, starring Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, and Gary Sinise and directed by Ron Howard. ... This article is about a movie. ... Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a 2000 live-action film, based on the 1957 book by Dr. Seuss. ... A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 American biographical film about John Forbes Nash, the Nobel Laureate (Economics) mathematician. ... The Missing is a 2003 film directed by Ron Howard. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Da Vinci Code is a 2006 feature film based on the bestselling 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code, by author Dan Brown. ... Angels and Demons is the upcoming feature film based on the 2000 novel of the same name by Dan Brown. ... Frost/Nixon is a 2008 film based upon the play of the same name by Peter Morgan. ...

Television

• Cotton Candy (1978)
• Skyward (1980)
• Through the Magic Pyramid (1981)
• Littleshots (1983)
• Take Five (1987)

Acting

Film

• Frontier Woman (1956)
• The Journey (1959)
• Door-to-Door Maniac (1961)
• The Music Man (1962)
• The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)
• Village of the Giants (1965)
• The Wild Country (1970)
• American Graffiti (1973)
• Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973)
• The Spikes Gang (1974)
• The First Nudie Musical (1976)
• Eat My Dust (1976)
• The Shootist (1976) Golden Globe nomination
• Grand Theft Auto (1977)
• More American Graffiti (1979)
• The Magical World of Chuck Jones (1992) (documentary)
• One Vision (1998) (documentary)
• The Independent (2000)
• Welcome to Hollywood (2000)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
• Osmosis Jones (2001) (voice)
• A Beautiful Mind (2001)
• Tell Them Who You Are (2004) (documentary)
• In the Shadow of the Moon (2007) (documentary)

The Music Man is a 1962 film starring Robert Preston as Harold Hill and Shirley Jones as Marian Paroo. ... The Courtship of Eddies Father is a 1963 romantic comedy film starring Glenn Ford as a widowed father, with a young son to care for, played by Ron Howard. ... Village of the Giants is a 1965 science-fiction/comedy movie produced, directed and written by Bert I. Gordon, based loosely on H.G. Wellss book The Food of the Gods. ... American Graffiti is a 1973 film directed by George Lucas. ... The First Nudie Musical is a 1976 U.S. motion picture directed by Mark Haggard and Bruce Kimmel and written by Bruce Kimmel. ... The Shootist is a novel written by Glendon Swarthout, published in 1975. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... US movie poster Ten Qs Radio DJ, played by Don Steele Grand Theft Auto is a 1977 movie made by director Ron Howard. ... More American Graffiti (1979) is the little-seen follow-up film to George Lucass hit film American Graffiti (1973). ... The Independent is a comdey film made in 2000, directed by Stephen Kessler, starring Jerry Stiller as an independent film maker, who makes little-known B movies with titles like Twelve Angry Men and a Baby. ... Welcome to Hollywood is a documentary about a young man trying to make it in Hollywood as an actor. ... Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a 2000 live-action film, based on the 1957 book by Dr. Seuss. ... Osmosis Jones (2001) is a part animated, part live action film whose title character is Osmosis Jones, an anthropomorphic white blood cell. ... A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 American biographical film about John Forbes Nash, the Nobel Laureate (Economics) mathematician. ... In the Shadow of the Moon is a 2006[1] British documentary film about the United States manned missions to the moon. ...

Television

• The Twilight Zone Episode: Walking Distance (1959)
• The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968)
• A Boy Called Nuthin' (1967)
• Gunsmoke Episode: Charlie Noon (1969)
• Smoke (1970)
• The Smith Family (1971-1972)
• M*A*S*H - Sometimes You Hear the Bullet (1973)
• The Migrants (1974)
• Happy Days (cast member from 1974-1980)
• Locusts (1974)
• Huckleberry Finn (1975)
• I'm a Fool (1976)
• Act of Love (1980)
• The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (voice) (1980)
• Bitter Harvest (1981)
• Fire on the Mountain (1981)
• Return to Mayberry (1986)
• Arrested Development (Narrator) (2003-2006)

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Quotes

• "As a young adult trying to make the transition from sitcom actor to motion picture director, I was getting a lot of patronizing pats on the head. 'Hey, hang in there. In another ten or 15 years, I'm sure somebody will give you a chance to direct.' That's not what I wanted to hear at all."
• "I really believe that great creative ideas will find their way to the surface."

External links

• Ron Howard at the Internet Movie Database
• 2002 Commencement Address (USC School of Cinema-Television)
• Ron Howard: Imagining the Wonders of Willow - Article at StarWars.com