Ron Howard (1954)

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Ron Howard
General Information
Birth Name	Ronald William Howard
Gender	Male
Birth Place	Duncan, Oklahoma
Birth Date	March 1, 1954
Occupation	Actor, Director, Producer, Writer
Years Active	1959–present

Filmography

Actor

• Frontier Woman (1956)
• The Journey (1959)
• Playhouse 90 (1959) 1 episode
• Five Fingers (1959) 1 episode
• Johnny Ringo (1959) 1 episode
• The Twilight Zone (1959) 1 episode
• The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959) 1 episode
• Hennesey (1959) 1 episode
• Dennis the Menace (1959-60) 6 episodes
• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959-61) 4 episodes
• General Electric Theater (1959-61) 2 episodes
• Make Room for Daddy (1960) 1 episode
• The Red Skelton Hour (1960) 1 episode
• Cheyenne (1960) 1 episode
• Pete and Gladys (1960) 1 episode
• The Andy Griffith Show (1960-68) series regular
• Five Minutes to Live (1961)
• The New Breed (1962) 1 episode
• The Music Man (1962)
• Route 66 (1962) 1 episode
• The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)
• The Eleventh Hour (1963) 1 episode
• The Great Adventure (1964) 1 episode
• Dr. Kildare (1964) 1 episode
• Valentine's Day (1964) 1 episode
• The Fugitive (1964) 1 episode
• Village of the Giants (1965)
• The Big Valley (1965) 1 episode
• I Spy (1966) 1 episode
• Gomer Pyle: USMC (1966-68) 2 episodes
• The Monroes (1967) 1 episodes
• Gentle Ben (1967-69) 2 episodes
• Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1967-75) 5 episodes
• Mayberry R.F.D. (1968) 1 episode
• The F.B.I. (1968) 1 episode
• Lancer (1968-69) 2 episodes
• Judd for the Defense (1969) 1 episode
• Land of the Giants (1969) 1 episode
• Daniel Boone (1969) 1 episode
• Gunsmoke (1969) 1 episode
• Smoke (1970)
• Headmaster (1970) 1 episode
• Lassie (1970) 2 episodes
• The Wild Country (1970)
• Bonanza (1970-72) 2 episodes
• The Smith Family (1971-72) series regular
• Love, American Style (1972) 1 episode
• The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972) 1 episode
• M*A*S*H (1973) 1 episode
• American Graffiti (1973)
• Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973)
• The Waltons (1974) 1 episode
• The Migrants (1974)
• The Spikes Gang (1974)
• Locusts (1974)
• Happy Days (1974-84) series regular
• Huckleberry Finn (1975)
• Insight (1975-81) 2 episodes
• The First Nudie Musical (1976)
• Eat My Dust (1976)
• The Shootist (1976)
• Laverne & Shirley (1976-79) 2 episodes
• I'm a Fool (1977)
• Grand Theft Auto (1977)
• More American Graffiti (1979)
• Act of Love (1980)
• The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (1980-81) series regular
• Bitter Harvest (1981)
• Saturday Night Live (1981) 1 episode
• Fire on the Mountain (1981)
• Night Shift (1982)
• When Your Lover Leaves (1983)
• Return to Mayberry (1986)
• Frasier (1999) 1 episode
• The Simpsons (1999) 1 episode
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
• Osmosis Jones (2001)
• A Beautiful Mind (2001)
• Arrested Development (2003-13) series regular
• From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
• The Death and Return of Superman (2011)
• Gold Peak Tea: Home-Brewed Taste (2014)
• Breakthrough (2015) 1 episode
• Nightmare Next Door (2016) 1 episode
• Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie (2016)
• The Happy Days of Garry Marshall (2020)

Director

• Old Paint (1969)
• Deed of Daring-Do (1969)
• Cards, Cads, Guns, Gore and Death (1969)
• Grand Theft Auto (1977)
• Cotton Candy (1978)
• Skyward (1980)
• The Time Crystal (1981)
• Night Shift (1982)
• Little Shots (1983)
• Splash (1984)
• Cocoon (1985)
• Gung Ho (1986)
• Take Five (1987)
• 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)
• Frost/Nixon (2008)
• Angels & Demons (2009)
• Heidi Montag Says No to Plastic (2010)
• Presidential Reunion (2010)
• The Dilemma (2011)
• Rush (2013)
• Made in America (2013)
• Breakthrough (2015) 1 episode
• In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
• The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016)
• Inferno (2016)
• Genius (2017)
• Hillbilly Elegy (2020)

Producer

• Leo and Loree (1980)
• Skyward (1980)
• Skyward Christmas (1981)
• The Time Crystal (1981)
• When Your Lover Leaves (1983)
• Little Shots (1983)
• Maximum Security (1984-85) 3 episodes
• ABC Afterschool Specials (1985) 1 episode
• Into Thin Air (1985)
• The Lone Star Kid (1986)
• Gung Ho (1986)
• No Man's Land (1987)
• Take Five (1987)
• Smart Guys (1988)
• Poison (1988)
• Vibes (1988)
• Clean and Sober (1988)
• The 'Burbs (1989)
• Parenthood (1990)
• The Doors (1991)
• Closet Land (1991)
• Far and Away (1992)
• The Chamber (1996)
• Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
• Hiller and Diller (1997)
• From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
• Sports Night (1998-00)
• Felicity (1998-02)
• Mulholland Dr. (1999)
• Edtv (1999)
• Beyond the Mat (1999)
• Student Affairs (1999)
• The PJs (1999-00)
• Wonderland (2000) 1 episode
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
• The Beast (2001)
• A Beautiful Mind (2001)
• Silicon Follies (2001)
• The Snobs (2003)
• The Break (2003)
• The Missing (2003)
• Arrested Development (2003-13)
• The Alamo (2004)
• Inside Deep Throat (2005)
• Cinderella Man (2005)
• The Inside (2005-06)
• Curious George (2006)
• The Da Vinci Code (2006)
• Curious George (2006-15)
• Changeling (2008)
• Frost/Nixon (2008)
• Angels & Demons (2009)
• Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009)
• Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas (2009)
• Parenthood (2010-12)
• The Dilemma (2011)
• Restless (2011)
• Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
• When You Find Me (2011)
• Susan 313 (2012)
• Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012)
• The Great Escape (2012)
• Curious George Swings Into Spring (2013)
• Rush (2013)
• Made in America (2013)
• Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest (2013)
• ...And She Was My Eve (2013)
• Little Duck (2013)
• Evermore (2013)
• A Dream of Flying (2013)
• Unsung Heroes: The Story of America's Female Patriots (2014)
• The Good Lie (2014)
• WTF America (2015)
• Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015)
• In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
• Breakthrough (2015)
• The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016)
• Inferno (2016)
• Mars (2016)
• The Dark Tower (2017)
• American Made (2017)
• Genius (2017)
• Hillbilly Elegy (2020)

Trivia

• As a child actor; Andy Griffith who played his father in The Andy Griffith Show took him under his wing and mentored him. The pair remained in close contact even after the show went off the air and were good friends for nearly 45 years until Griffith's death. Howard credits him as being one of his greatest influences.

Quotes

• "I don't look ahead to the future as a vast, endless one. I've begun to feel the calendar pages turning."

• "If I had to choose between a great acting job and a good directing job, I'd choose the directing job."

• "There is something inherently tough about Americans. They will not accept defeat."

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