Ron Howard

Ron Howard
Birth name	Ronald William Howard
Born	March 1, 1954 in Duncan, Oklahoma, USA
Sometimes credited as	Ronny Howard
Notable Roles	Opie Taylor in The Andy Griffith Show Richard Cunningham in Happy Days
Notable Episodes
Awards	1 Academy Award, USA 1Saturn Award, USA 1 Critics Award, USA 1 Hochi Film Award, USA 1 Hollywood Film Award, USA 1 KCFCC Award, USA 1 SEFCA Award, USA Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Roles

Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
The Andy Griffith Show (credited as Ronny Howard)	Opie Taylor	1960–1968	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
The Smith Family	Bob Smith	1971–1972	1	2
Happy Days	Richie Cunningham	1974–1980	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Arrested Development	Narrator	2003–2006	1	2	3

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
Dennis the Menace (credited as Ronny Howard)	Stewart	1x02 - Dennis and the Signpost	October 11, 1959
Johnny Ringo (credited as Ronny Howard)	Ricky Parrot	1x03 - The Accused	October 15, 1959
Dennis the Menace (credited as Ronny Howard)	Stewart	1x03 - The Fishing Trip	October 18, 1959
The Twilight Zone (credited as Ronny Howard)	The Wilcox Boy	1x05 - Walking Distance	October 30, 1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson (credited as Ronny Howard)	Wim	1x08 - Child Lost	November 16, 1959
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (credited as Ronny Howard)		1x11 - Dobie's Birthday Party	December 15, 1959
General Electric Theater (credited as Ronny Howard)	Barnaby Baxter	8x14 - Mr. O'Malley	December 20, 1959
Dennis the Menace (credited as Ronny Howard)	Stewart	1x13 - Dennis Haunts a House	January 3, 1960
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (credited as Ronny Howard)		1x34 - Where There's a Will	January 7, 1960
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (credited as Ronny Howard)	Dan Adams	1x19 - Room at the Bottom	February 9, 1960
Make Room for Daddy (credited as Ronny Howard)	Opie Taylor	7x20 - Danny Meets Andy Griffith	February 15, 1960
Dennis the Menace (credited as Ronny Howard)	Stewart	1x30 - Dennis by Proxy	May 22, 1960
Pete and Gladys (credited as Ronny Howard)	Tommy	1x07 - The Goat Story	October 31, 1960
General Electric Theater (credited as Ronny Howard)	Randy	10x13 - Tippy-Top	December 17, 1961
The New Breed (credited as Ronny Howard)	Tommy Simms	1x35 - So Dark the Night	May 29, 1962
Route 66 (credited as Ronny Howard)	Chet	3x10 - Poor Little Kangaroo Rat	November 23, 1962
The Eleventh Hour (credited as Ronny Howard)	Barry Stewart	2x13 - Is Mr. Martian Coming Back?	December 25, 1963
The Great Adventure (credited as Ronny Howard)	Daniel Waterohuse	1x19 - Plague	February 28, 1964
Dr. Kildare (credited as Ronny Howard)	Jerry Prentice	4x07 - A Candle in the Window	November 5, 1964
The Fugitive (credited as Ronny Howard)	Gus	2x11 - Cry Uncle	December 1, 1964
The Big Valley (credited as Ronny Howard)	Tommy	1x12 - Night of the Wolf	December 1, 1965
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (credited as Ronny Howard)	Opie Taylor	2x26 - Opie Joins the Marines	March 18, 1966
I Spy (credited as Ronny Howard)	Alan Loden	2x14 - Little Boy Lost	December 14, 1966
The Monroes (credited as Ronny Howard)	Timothy Prescott	1x25 - Teach the Tiger to Purr	March 8, 1967
Gentle Ben (credited as Ronny Howard)	Jody Cutler	1x02 - Green Eyed Bear	September 17, 1967
Mayberry R.F.D. (credited as Ronny Howard)	Opie Taylor	1x01 - Andy and Helen Get Married	September 2, 1968
The F.B.I. (credited as Ronny Howard)	Jess Orkin	4x04 - The Runaways	October 13, 1968
Lancer (credited as Ronny Howard)	Willy	1x08 - Jelly	November 19, 1968
Judd for the Defense (credited as Ronny Howard)	Phil Beeton	2x18 - Between the Dark and the Daylight	February 7, 1969
Land of the Giants (credited as Ronny Howard)	Jodar	1x21 - Genius at Work	March 9, 1969
Daniel Boone (credited as Ronny Howard)	Luke	5x23 - A Man Before His Time	April 3, 1969
Lancer (credited as Ronny Howard)	Turk Caudle	1x25 - The Measure of a Man	April 8, 1969
Gunsmoke (credited as Ronny Howard)	Jamie	15x07 - Charlie Noon	November 3, 1969
Lassie (credited as Ronny Howard)	Gary	17x10 - Here Comes Glory! (1)	November 22, 1969
Lassie (credited as Ronny Howard)	Gary	17x11 - Here Comes Glory! (2)	November 29, 1969
Love, American Style	Richie Cunningham	3x22B - Love and the Happy Days	February 25, 1972
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors	Cory Merlino	3x11 - Discovery at Fourteen	March 5, 1972
Bonanza	Ted Hoag	14x03 - The Initiation	September 26, 1972
M*A*S*H	Wendell	1x17 - Sometimes You Hear the Bullet	January 28, 1973
The Waltons	Seth Turner	2x18 - The Gift	January 24, 1974
Laverne & Shirley	Richie Cunningham	2x04 - Excuse Me, May I Cut In?	October 26, 1976
Laverne & Shirley	Richie Cunningham	5x01 - Shotgun Wedding (2)	September 23, 1979
Saturday Night Live	Himself / Host	8x03 - Ron Howard/The Clash	October 9, 1982
The Simpsons	Himself	10x05 - When You Dish Upon a Star	November 8, 1998
Frasier	Stephen (voice)	6x11 - Good Samaritan	January 7, 1999
The Simpsons	Himself	11x06 - Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder	November 14, 1999
MADtv	Himself	6x08 - Episode 608	November 25, 2000
The Simpsons	Himself	13x17 - Gump Roast	April 21, 2002
Everybody Loves Raymond	Himself	6x21 - Everybody Loves Raymond: The First Six Years	April 28, 2002

Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
Smoke	Chris	February 1, 1970
The Migrants	Lyle Barlow	February 3, 1974
Locusts	Donny Fletcher	October 9, 1974
Huckleberry Finn	Huckleberry Finn	March 25, 1975
An All-Star Tribute to John Wayne	Himself	November 6, 1976
Battle of the Network Stars	Himself	November 13, 1976
A Special Olivia Newton-John	Himself	November 17, 1976
Battle of the Network Stars II	Himself	February 28, 1977
ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration	Himself	January 31, 1978
The American Film Institute Salute to Henry Fonda	Himself	March 15, 1978
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney	Himself	September 13, 1978
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall	Himself	1979
Act of Love	Leon Cybulkowski	September 24, 1980
Where Have All the Children Gone		December 1980
Bitter Harvest	Ned De Vries	May 4, 1981
Fire on the Mountain	Lee Machie	November 23, 1981
When Your Lover Leaves	unknown	October 31, 1983
David Letterman's Holiday Film Festival	Himself	November 30, 1985
Return to Mayberry	Opie Taylor	April 13, 1986	The Andy Griffith Show
Willow: The Making of an Adventure	Himself	1988
Channel 99	Himself	August 4, 1988
Happy Days Reunion Special	Himself	March 3, 1992
The Magical World of Chuck Jones	Himself	1992
Andy Griffith Show Reaunion	Himself	February 10, 1992
George Lucas: Heroes, Myths and Magic	Himself	March 26, 1993
Homeward Bound	Himself	1994
A Day with	Himself	1995
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13	Himself	1996
Frank Capra's American Dream	Himself	1997
1998 MTV Movie Awards	Himself	1998
CBS: The First 50 Years	Himself	May 20, 1998
The Making of American Graffiti	Himself	1998
Edtv: Caught in the Camera's Eye	Himself	1999
Film-Fest DVD: Issue 2 - Cannes	Himself	1999
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic	Himself	June 15, 1999
Entertainment Tonight Presents: Happy Days - Secrets	Himself	November 13, 1999
Inside TV Land: The Andy Griffith Show	Himself	March 21, 2000
Jim Carrey Uncensored	Himself	November 2000
TVography: Happy Days	Himself	September 3, 2001
TVography: Laverne & Shirley	Himself	September 6, 2001
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking	Himself	2001
The Clint Howard Variety Show	Himself	January 2002
Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion	Himself	February 10, 2002
Inside the Beautiful Mind	Himself	March 3, 2002
The 74th Annual Academy Awards	Himself	March 24, 2002
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Tom Hanks	Himself	June 24, 2002
A Beautiful Mind: Meeting John Nash	Himself	June 25, 2002
A Beautiful Mind: Creation of the Special Effects	Himself	June 25, 2002
A Beautiful Mind: The Process of Age Progression	Himself	June 25, 2002
The 75th Annual Academy Awards	Himself	March 23, 2003
The Andy Griffith Show: Back to Mayberry	Himself	November 11, 2003
Biography Special: The Fondas	Himself	January 25, 2004
New Frontiers: Making 'The Missing'	Himself	February 24, 2004
Making a 'Splash	Himself	March 29, 2004
E! Entertaiment Special: Tom Cruise	Himself	August 2004
The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	Himself	September 19, 2004
The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards	Himself	January 16, 2005
Happy Days: 30th Anniversary Reunion	Himself	February 3, 2005

Talk Show Appearances

Series	Episode	Airdate
This Is Your Life		March 25, 1971
The Merv Griffin Show		July 29, 1977
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson		December 18, 1978
The Mike Douglas Show		September 6, 1977
The Mike Douglas Show		December 28, 1979
Late Night with David Letterman		July 7, 1982
This Is Your Life		April 21, 1984
Showbiz Today		June 19, 1995
Mundo VIP		February 8, 1997
The Rosie O'Donnell Show		April 2, 1997
The Rosie O'Donnell Show		February 23, 1999
The Directors		1999
The Directors		1999
Inside the Actors Studio		1999
The Howard Stern Radio Show		April 3, 1999
Celebrtiy Profile		July 7, 1999
The Rosie O'Donnell Show		November 17, 2000
Great Performances		2000
Great Performances		2000
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn		November 23, 2000
Intimate Portrait		April 9, 2001
The Rosie O'Donnell Show		December 21, 2001
VH-1 Where Are They Now?		June 14, 2002
Rank		October 8, 2002
Life and Times		November 12, 2002
Famous		2003
Late Nigth with Conan O'Brien		November 25, 2003

Notable Film Roles

Film	Role	Released
Frontier Woman (uncredited)	Bit Part	1956
The Journey	Billy Rhinelander	1959

Producer

Series Produced

Series	Year(s)	Credit	Season(s)
Gung Ho	1986 –1987	Executive Producer	1
Take Five	1987	Executive Producer	1
Knight & Daye	1989	Executive Producer	1
Parenthood	1990 –1991	Executive Producer	1
Hiller and Diller	1997 –1998	Executive Producer	1
Sports Night	1998 –2000	Executive Producer	1	2
Felicity	1998 –2002	Executive Producer	1	2	3	4
The PJs	1999 –2000	Executive Producer	1	2	3
Wonderland	2000	Executive Producer	1
The Beast	2001	Executive Producer	1
Arrested Development	2003 –	Executive Producer	1	2	3	4
Curious George	2006 –2015	Executive Producer	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Parenthood	2010 –2015	Executive Producer	1	2	3	4	5	6
Genius	2017 –	Executive Producer	1	2	3

Miniseries Produced

Series	Year(s)	Credit	Season(s)
From the Earth to the Moon	1998	Producer

Awards and Accolades

Golden Globe Awards

(1 Win in 5 Nominations)

• Won: Best TV Actor - Musical/Comedy (1978) (tied with co-star Henry Winkler)

Happy Days

Academy Awards

• Won: Best Director (2002)

A Beautiful Mind

Trivia

• son of Rance Howard and Jean Speegle Howard
• older brother of Clint Howard
• married to Cheryl Alley since 1975; children Bryce Dallas, twins Jocelyn and Paige, and Reed Cross