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.
Movie | Music by John Williams | Self | 2024-10-25 |
Movie | Willow: Behind the Magic | Self - Director, Willow, 1988 / Executive Producer, Willow, 2022 | 2023-01-25 |
Movie | Tom Hanks: The Nomad | Self (archive footage) | 2023-05-20 |
Movie | John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons | Self | 2023-03-23 |
Series | 100 Years of Warner Bros. | Self | 2023-05-25 |
Series | Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982 | Self | 2023-07-08 |
Series | Light & Magic | Self - Producer, Actor, Writer | 2022-07-27 |
Movie | 'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen | Self | 2022-11-27 |
Movie | Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel | Self | 2022-10-16 |
Movie | Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema | Self | 2021-01-19 |
Movie | Showbiz Kids | Self (archive footage) | 2020-07-14 |
Series | Reunited Apart | Self | 2020-04-27 |
Movie | The Happy Days of Garry Marshall | Self | 2020-05-12 |
Movie | Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10 | Self | 2019-05-18 |
Movie | Dads | Self | 2019-09-06 |
Series | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | 2019-09-09 |
Movie | The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration | Wilcox Boy (archive footage) | 2019-11-14 |
Movie | Kasdan on Kasdan | Self | 2018-09-25 |
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 |
Series | This Is Us | Ron Howard (uncredited) | 2016-09-20 |
Series | Chelsea | Self | 2016-05-11 |
Series | The Odd Couple | Stanley | 2015-02-19 |
Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Unknown | 2015-09-08 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Series | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | 2014-02-06 |
Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014-02-17 |
Movie | Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck | Self | 2013-04-28 |
Movie | From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking | Self - Director | 2013-04-05 |
Movie | The Arrested Development Documentary Project | Self | 2013-05-02 |
Movie | Radioman | Self | 2012-12-07 |
Movie | Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored | Himself | 2011-01-01 |
Movie | Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life | Himself | 2011-01-01 |
Movie | Corman's World | Self - Filmmaker | 2011-12-16 |
Movie | Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible | Self | 2010-11-12 |
Series | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009-07-16 |
Movie | Cannes: All Access | Self | 2007-10-27 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | George Lucas: Creating an Empire | Self | 2005-01-27 |
Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
Movie | Tell Them Who You Are | Self | 2004-09-06 |
Movie | Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002 | Richie Cunningham ("Buddy Holly") (archive footage) | 2004-03-23 |
Movie | Making a 'Splash' | Self - Director | 2004-03-30 |
Series | Kulturplatz | Self | 2004-09-01 |
Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | 2003-02-21 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | 2003-01-26 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | 2003-09-08 |
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 | The Shootist: The Legend Lives On | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2001-07-24 |
Movie | Osmosis Jones | Tom Colonic (voice) | 2001-08-10 |
Movie | The Independent | Ron Howard | 2000-11-10 |
Movie | Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation | Self | 2000-11-08 |
Movie | The Directors: The Films of Roger Corman | Self | 1999-02-01 |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Self - Guest | 1999-03-30 |
Movie | Television: The First Fifty Years | Self / Opie Taylor / Ritchie Cunningham (archive footage) | 1999-01-01 |
Series | Where Are They Now? | Self | 1999-06-07 |
Movie | From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic | Self | 1999-06-15 |
Series | From the Earth to the Moon | Ron Howard | 1998-04-05 |
Movie | The Making of 'American Graffiti' | Self | 1998-09-15 |
Movie | Welcome to Hollywood | Ron Howard | 1998-10-01 |
Movie | Frank Capra's American Dream | Self | 1997-01-01 |
Movie | Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery | Self | 1997-02-06 |
Series | The View | Self - Guest | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero | Self | 1997-03-18 |
Movie | Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 | Self | 1996-07-16 |
Movie | Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial | Herbert Biberman | 1996-02-27 |
Series | The Daily Show | Self | 1996-07-22 |
Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
Series | MADtv | Self | 1995-10-14 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | 1994-08-14 |
Series | Frasier | Stephen (voice) | 1993-09-16 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | The Magical World of Chuck Jones | Self | 1992-10-23 |
Series | The Simpsons | Ron Howard (voice) | 1989-12-17 |
Movie | First Works | Self | 1989-10-10 |
Movie | Willow: The Making of an Adventure | Self - Director | 1988-04-26 |
Movie | Return to Mayberry | Opie Taylor | 1986-04-13 |
Movie | Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers | Self (archive footage) | 1985-01-01 |
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 | Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall | Himself | 1979-01-01 |
Movie | A Walking Tour of Sesame Street | Richie Cunningham (archive footage) | 1979-03-01 |
Movie | More American Graffiti | Steve Bolander | 1979-08-03 |
Movie | Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel | Self | 1978-04-06 |
Movie | NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney | Self - Host | 1978-09-13 |
Movie | I'm a Fool | Andy | 1977-04-05 |
Movie | Grand Theft Auto | Sam Freeman | 1977-06-16 |
Series | Laverne & Shirley | Unknown | 1976-01-27 |
Movie | The First Nudie Musical | Auditioning Actor | 1976-01-01 |
Movie | Eat My Dust | Hoover Niebold | 1976-04-01 |
Series | Donny & Marie | Self | 1976-01-23 |
Series | Battle of the Network Stars | Unknown | 1976-11-13 |
Movie | A Special: Olivia Newton-John | Unknown | 1976-11-17 |
Series | The Captain and Tennille | Self | 1976-09-20 |
Movie | The Shootist | Gillom Rogers | 1976-07-21 |
Movie | Huckleberry Finn | Huckleberry Finn | 1975-03-25 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 1975-10-11 |
Series | Happy Days | Unknown | 1974-01-15 |
Movie | The Migrants | Lyle Barlow | 1974-02-04 |
Movie | The Spikes Gang | Les | 1974-04-11 |
Series | Dinah! | Self | 1974-10-21 |
Movie | Locusts | Donny Fletcher | 1974-10-09 |
Series | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | 1973-04-02 |
Movie | Happy Mother's Day, Love George | Johnny | 1973-08-17 |
Movie | American Graffiti | Steve Bolander | 1973-08-11 |
Series | The Waltons | Unknown | 1972-09-14 |
Series | M*A*S*H | Wendell | 1972-09-17 |
Series | The Smith Family | Bob Smith | 1971-01-20 |
Movie | Smoke | Chris (as Ronny Howard) | 1970-02-01 |
Movie | The Wild Country | Virgil Tanner | 1970-12-16 |
Series | The Headmaster | Unknown | 1970-09-18 |
Series | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Cory Merlino | 1969-09-14 |
Series | Love, American Style | Richie Cunningham | 1969-09-29 |
Series | Land of the Giants | Jodar | 1968-09-22 |
Series | Lancer | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Series | Mayberry R.F.D. | Opie Taylor | 1968-09-23 |
Series | Judd for the Defense | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
Series | Gentle Ben | Jody Cutler | 1967-09-10 |
Movie | A Boy Called Nuthin’ | Richie 'Nuthin'' Caldwell | 1967-12-10 |
Series | The Monroes | Unknown | 1966-09-07 |
Series | The Big Valley | Tommy | 1965-09-15 |
Series | I Spy | Alan Loden | 1965-09-15 |
Series | The F.B.I. | Jess Orkin | 1965-09-19 |
Movie | Village of the Giants | Genius | 1965-10-20 |
Series | Daniel Boone | Luke | 1964-09-24 |
Series | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | Unknown | 1964-09-25 |
Movie | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Eddie Corbett | 1963-03-27 |
Series | The Fugitive | Gus | 1963-09-17 |
Series | The Great Adventure | Daniel Waterhouse | 1963-09-27 |
Series | The Danny Kaye Show | Self | 1963-09-25 |
Movie | The Music Man | Winthrop Paroo | 1962-06-19 |
Series | Dr. Kildare | Jerry Prentice | 1961-09-27 |
Series | The New Breed | Tommy Simms | 1961-10-03 |
Movie | Five Minutes to Live | Bobby Wilson | 1961-12-07 |
Series | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host | 1961-12-11 |
Series | Pete and Gladys | Unknown | 1960-09-19 |
Series | Insight | Unknown | 1960-10-02 |
Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
Series | The Andy Griffith Show | Opie Taylor | 1960-10-03 |
Series | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Wim | 1959-09-21 |
Movie | The Journey | Billy Rhinelander | 1959-02-11 |
Series | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Little Boy Eating Candy Bar | 1959-09-29 |
Series | Bonanza | Ted Hoag | 1959-09-12 |
Series | Johnny Ringo | Ricky Parrott | 1959-10-02 |
Series | Dennis the Menace | Stewart | 1959-10-04 |
Series | Five Fingers | 1959-10-04 | |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Wilcox Boy | 1959-10-02 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Jamie | 1955-09-10 |
Series | Lassie | Unknown | 1954-09-12 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Randy | 1953-02-01 |
Series | The Oscars | Self | 1953-03-19 |
Series | The Danny Thomas Show | Opie Taylor | 1953-09-29 |
Series | The Bob Hope Show | Self | 1950-04-09 |