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Ron Howard - Wikipedia. Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1. American actor and filmmaker.

Howard is best known for playing two high- profile roles in television sitcoms in his youth and directing a number of successful feature films later in his career. Howard first came to prominence playing young Opie Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show for eight years and later playing teenager Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days for seven years.[1] He appeared in the musical film The Music Man (1. The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1. American Graffiti (1.

The Shootist (1. 97. Grand Theft Auto (1. In 1. 98. 0, Howard left Happy Days to focus on directing. His films include: the science- fiction/fantasy film Cocoon (1. Apollo 1. 3 (1. 99. A Beautiful Mind (2.

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Academy Award for Best Director and Academy Award for Best Picture), the thriller The Da Vinci Code (2. Frost/Nixon (2. 00.

Best Director and Best Picture Academy Awards) and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2. In 2. 00. 2, Howard narrated the Fox comedy series Arrested Development, on which he also served as producer and played a semi- fictionalized version of himself. In 2. 00. 3, Howard was awarded the National Medal of Arts.[2] Asteroid 1. Howard is named after him. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2.

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Howard has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions in the television and motion pictures industries.[4]Early life[edit]Howard was born in Duncan, Oklahoma, the elder son of Jean Speegle Howard, an actress, and Rance Howard, a director, a writer, and actor.[5] He has German, English, Scottish, Irish, and Dutch ancestry.[6][7][8][9][1. His father was born with the surname "Beckenholdt", and had taken the stage name "Howard" by 1. Rance Howard was serving three years in the United States Air Force at the time of Ron's birth.[1. The family moved to Hollywood in 1. Clint Howard. They rented a house on the block south of the Desilu Studios, where The Andy Griffith Show was later filmed. Brrip.W-Atch All The Haunted Airman Full Movie English Here!.

They lived in Hollywood for at least three years, before moving to Burbank. Howard was tutored at Desilu Studios in his younger years, and graduated from John Burroughs High School. He later attended the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts but did not graduate.[1.

Howard has said he knew from a young age he might want to go into directing thanks to his early experience as an actor.[1. Early acting roles and The Andy Griffith Show[edit]In 1. Howard had his first credited film role, in The Journey. He appeared in June Allyson's CBSanthology series. The Du. Pont Show with June Allyson in the episode "Child Lost"; in The Twilight Zone episode "Walking Distance"; a few episodes of the first season of the sitcom Dennis the Menace, as Stewart, one of Dennis's friends; and several first and second- season episodes of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. Howard played "Timmy" (uncredited) in "Counterfeit Gun", Season 4, Episode 2 (1. TV series, "The Cheyenne Show."In 1.

Howard was cast as Opie Taylor in The Andy Griffith Show. Credited as "Ronny Howard", he portrayed the son of the title character (played by Andy Griffith) for all eight seasons of the show. He and Griffith remained close until Griffith's death nearly 4. In the 1. 96. 2 film version of The Music Man, Howard played Winthrop Paroo, the child with the lisp; the film starred Robert Preston and Shirley Jones. He also starred in the 1. The Courtship of Eddie's Father, with Glenn Ford.

He appeared as Barry Stewart on The Eleventh Hour, in the episode "Is Mr. Martian Coming Back?" in 1. I Spy, in the episode "Little Boy Lost", in 1.

Henry Fonda's son in an ABC series, The Smith Family, in 1. Jodah, in "Land of the Giants", in 1. TV show "Daniel Boone", in 1. Marine on M*A*S*H in the episode "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet", in 1.

In the 1. 97. 0s, he appeared in at least one episode of The Bold Ones, as a teenage tennis player with an illness. Howard appeared on the 1. Disneyland Records album The Story and Song from the Haunted Mansion. It featured the story of two teenagers, Mike (Howard) and Karen (Robie Lester), who get trapped inside the Haunted Mansion.

Thurl Ravenscroft plays the Narrator, Pete Reneday plays the Ghost Host, and Eleanor Audley plays Madame Leota. Some of the effects and ideas that were planned but never permanently made it to the attraction are mentioned here: the Raven speaks in the Stretching Room, and the Hatbox Ghost is mentioned during the Attic scene. It was reissued in 1. A Spooky Night in Disney's Haunted Mansion and on CD in 2. In 1. 97. 4 Howard guest starred as Seth Turner, the best friend of Jason Walton (Jon Walmsley), in The Waltons, "The Gift". In the episode, Seth wants to learn to play an instrument in his father's band, but it looks as if he will not have the time; he has been diagnosed with leukemia.

The concept of death — and the unfairness of it all — is an extremely difficult one for Jason to accept, and it is up to Grandpa to help the boy through this crisis. Featured in the cast as Dr. Mc. Ivers is Ron Howard's father Rance Howard.[1. Film roles and Happy Days[edit]. Richie (Ron Howard) takes a turn on Fonzie's motorcycle in a scene from Happy Days. Howard played Steve Bolander in George Lucas's coming- of- age film. American Graffiti in 1.

A role in an installment of series Love, American Style, titled "Love and the Television Set",[1. Richie Cunningham in the TV series Happy Days (for syndication, the segment was re- titled "Love and the Happy Days"). Beginning in 1. 97. Henry Winkler's "greaser" Arthur "Fonzie"/"The Fonz" Fonzarelli. On the Happy Days set, he developed an on- and off- screen chemistry with series leads Winkler and Tom Bosley.

The three remained friends until Bosley's death in October 2. In 1. 97. 6, Howard played Gillom Rogers in the movie The Shootist, with John Wayne.

Howard's last significant on- screen role was a reprisal of his famous role as Opie Taylor in the 1. TV movie Return to Mayberry, an Andy Griffith Show reunion reuniting him with Griffith, Don Knotts, and most of the cast. He also appeared in two Happy Days TV reunions: 1. The Happy Days Reunion Special, a retrospective hosted by Winkler that aired on ABC; and 2. The Happy Days 3. Anniversary Reunion, where he was reunited with most of the surviving cast. Directing[edit]Before leaving Happy Days in 1.

Howard made his directing debut with the 1. Grand Theft Auto.[1] This came after cutting a deal with Roger Corman, wherein Corman let Howard direct a film in exchange for Howard starring in Eat My Dust!, with Christopher Norris.[1] Howard went on to direct several TV movies.[1] His big theatrical break came in 1. Night Shift, featuring Michael Keaton, Shelley Long, and Henry Winkler.[1]He has since directed a number of high- visibility films, including Splash, Cocoon, Willow, Parenthood, Backdraft, Apollo 1. How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Beautiful Mind (for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director), Cinderella Man, The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, Rush, In the Heart of the Sea and Inferno. Howard showcased the world premiere of his film Frost/Nixon at the 2. London Film Festival in October 2. Howard was the recipient of the Austin Film Festival's 2.

Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award. Michael Keaton presented him with the Award. On June 2. 2, 2. 01. Howard will take over directing duties on the then- untitled Han Solo film, a film based on Star Wars character Han Solo in his younger years. The film is due for release on May 2.