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:
- 126
- First Appeared:
- In the series General Electric Theater 1953-02-01
- Latest Project:
- Series The Studio 2025-03-25
Known For
Filmography
| Series | The Studio | 2025-03-25 | |
| Movie | John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons | Self | 2023-03-23 |
| Movie | Willow: Behind the Magic | Self - Director, Willow, 1988 / Executive Producer, Willow, 2022 | 2023-01-25 |
| Series | Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982 | Self | 2023-07-08 |
| Movie | 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! | Self | 2022-10-08 |
| Movie | Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel | Self | 2022-10-16 |
| 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 | Dads | Self | 2019-09-06 |
| 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 | Himself (uncredited) | 2016-09-20 |
| Series | Chelsea | Himself | 2016-05-11 |
| Series | The Odd Couple | Stanley | 2015-02-19 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
| Movie | The Arrested Development Documentary Project | Self | 2013-05-02 |
| Movie | Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck | Self | 2013-04-28 |
| Movie | Radioman | Self | 2012-12-07 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Tell Them Who You Are | Self | 2004-09-06 |
| Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
| Series | Arrested Development | Narrator | 2003-11-02 |
| Movie | The Shootist: The Legend Lives On | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2001-07-24 |
| 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 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Whoville Townsperson (uncredited) | 2000-11-17 |
| Movie | The Independent | Ron Howard | 2000-11-10 |
| Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Unknown | 1999-03-30 |
| Movie | Television: The First Fifty Years | Self / Opie Taylor / Ritchie Cunningham (archive footage) | 1999-01-01 |
| Series | Where Are They Now? | Unknown | 1999-06-07 |
| Movie | From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic | Self | 1999-06-15 |
| 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 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 | Self | 1996-07-16 |
| Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
| Series | MADtv | Unknown | 1995-10-14 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
| Series | Frasier | Guest Caller - Stephen | 1993-09-16 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| Series | HBO First Look | Unknown | 1992-06-12 |
| Movie | First Works | Self | 1989-10-10 |
| Series | The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
| Movie | Willow: The Making of an Adventure | Self - Director | 1988-04-26 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang | Richie Cunningham | 1980-11-08 |
| Movie | Act of Love | Leon Cybulkowski | 1980-09-24 |
| 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 | I'm a Fool | Andy | 1977-04-05 |
| Movie | Grand Theft Auto | Sam Freeman | 1977-06-16 |
| Series | Laverne & Shirley | Unknown | 1976-01-27 |
| Series | Donny & Marie | Unknown | 1976-01-23 |
| 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 | |
| Series | Battle of the Network Stars | Unknown | 1976-11-13 |
| Series | The Captain and Tennille | Unknown | 1976-09-20 |
| Movie | Huckleberry Finn | Huckleberry Finn | 1975-03-25 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | The Migrants | Lyle Barlow | 1974-02-04 |
| Series | Happy Days | Richie Cunningham | 1974-01-15 |
| Movie | The Spikes Gang | Les | 1974-04-11 |
| Movie | Locusts | Donny Fletcher | 1974-10-09 |
| Series | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Unknown | 1973-04-02 |
| Movie | American Graffiti | Steve Bolander | 1973-08-11 |
| Movie | Happy Mother's Day, Love George | Johnny | 1973-08-17 |
| Series | The Waltons | Unknown | 1972-09-14 |
| Series | M*A*S*H | Unknown | 1972-09-17 |
| 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 | The Headmaster | Unknown | 1970-09-18 |
| Series | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Unknown | 1969-09-14 |
| Series | Love, American Style | Unknown | 1969-09-29 |
| Series | Lancer | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
| 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 | I Spy | Alan Loden | 1965-09-15 |
| Series | The Big Valley | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
| Series | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
| Movie | Village of the Giants | Genius | 1965-10-20 |
| Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
| Series | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | Unknown | 1964-09-25 |
| Series | The Great Adventure | Unknown | 1963-09-27 |
| Movie | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Eddie Corbett | 1963-03-27 |
| Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
| Movie | The Music Man | Winthrop Paroo | 1962-06-19 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
| Series | The New Breed | Unknown | 1961-10-03 |
| Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
| Movie | Five Minutes to Live | Bobby Wilson | 1961-12-07 |
| Series | Pete and Gladys | Unknown | 1960-09-19 |
| Series | Insight | 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 | Unknown | 1959-09-21 |
| Movie | The Journey | Billy Rhinelander | 1959-02-11 |
| Series | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Unknown | 1959-09-29 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Wilcox Boy (as Ronnie Howard) | 1959-10-02 |
| Series | Five Fingers | 1959-10-04 | |
| Series | Dennis the Menace | Unknown | 1959-10-04 |
| Series | Johnny Ringo | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
| Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
| Series | Lassie | Unknown | 1954-09-12 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |