Ron Howard
Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter.
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Born | Ronald William Howard March 1, 1954 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Celebrity, Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Cheryl Alley (m. 1975) |
Children | Bryce Dallas Howard Paige Howard Jocelyn Howard Reed Howard |
Parent(s) | Jean Speegle Howard Rance Howard |
Relatives | Clint Howard (brother) |
Ron Howard was born in Duncan, Oklahoma. His father is actor Rance Howard. He started acting as a young child. As an actor he was best known for his roles on television, as Opie Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show and Richie Cunningham on Happy Days. He appeared in movies like The Music Man (1962) and American Graffiti (1973).
He later quit acting and became a director. Some of the movies he has directed are: Splash (1984), Cocoon (1985), Willow (1988), Parenthood (1989), Apollo 13 (1995), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), A Beautiful Mind (2001), and Cinderella Man (2005).
His father Rance Howard, brother Clint Howard and daughters Bryce Dallas Howard and Paige Howard are also actors, as was his mother, Jean Speegle Howard.[1]
Recently, he returned to television and made the TV show Arrested Development.
Ron Howard Media
With Cara Williams in Pete and Gladys (1960)
With Andy Griffith as Opie in a publicity photo for The Andy Griffith Show (1961)
Richie (Ron Howard) takes a turn on Fonzie's (Henry Winkler) motorcycle in a scene from Happy Days
Howard directed Frost/Nixon (2008) based off the conversations between David Frost and Richard Nixon
Howard and the cast at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival
References
- ↑ "Ron Howard Biography (1954–)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved March 5, 2010.
Other websites
- Ron Howard on IMDb