The Ron Howard Handbook - Everything you need to know about Ron Howard

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Ronald William 'Ron' Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American film director, producer and former child actor. He came to prominence playing Opie Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show for eight years, and later the teenaged Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days for six years. He is often credited as one of the greatest gingers of all-time. He appeared in the films American Graffiti in 1973 and The Shootist in 1976, the latter during his run on Happy Days. Howard made his directorial debut with the 1977 comedy Grand Theft Auto, and left Happy Days in 1980 to focus on directing. His films include the Academy Award-winning Cocoon, Apollo 13, and A Beautiful Mind. In 2003, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. Asteroid 12561 Howard is named after him.

This book is your ultimate resource for Ron Howard. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about his Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Ron Howard, Grand Theft Auto (film), Night Shift (film), Splash (film), Cocoon (film), Gung Ho (film), Willow (film), Parenthood (film), Backdraft (film), Far and Away, The Paper, Apollo 13 (film), Ransom (1996 film), EDtv, How the Grinch Stole Christmas (film), A Beautiful Mind (film), The Missing, Cinderella Man, The Da Vinci Code (film), Frost/Nixon (film), Angels & Demons (film), The Dilemma, The PJs, Arrested Development (TV series), Parenthood (2010 TV series), The Journey (1959 film), The Music Man (1962 film), The Courtship of Eddie's Father (film), Village of the Giants, American Graffiti, The Spikes Gang, The First Nudie Musical, The Shootist, More American Graffiti, Welcome to Hollywood, The Independent (film), Osmosis Jones, In the Shadow of the Moon, The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series), Walking Distance, The DuPont Show with June Allyson, Dennis the Menace (1959 TV series), General Electric Theater, Cheyenne (1955 TV series), The Andy Griffith Show, The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series), The Great Adventure (TV series), The Big Valley, The F.B.I. (TV series), Judd, for the Defense, Gunsmoke, The Smith Family (TV series), Love, American Style, The Bold Ones: The New Doctors, M*A*S*H (TV series), Sometimes You Hear the Bullet, Happy Days, Huckleberry Finn (1975 film), Act of Love (1980 film), The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang, Bitter Harvest (1981 film), Fire on the Mountain (film), Return to Mayberry, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Lancer (TV series).

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• Autobiography
• Biography

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• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
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Contents

Articles Ron Howard Grand Theft Auto (film) Night Shift (film) Splash (film) Cocoon (film) Gung Ho (film)

Willow (film) Parenthood (film) Backdraft (film) Far and Away The Paper Apollo 13 (film) Ransom (1996 film) EDtv How the Grinch Stole Christmas (film)

A Beautiful Mind (film) The Missing Cinderella Man The Da Vinci Code (film) Frost/Nixon (film) Angels & Demons (film) The Dilemma The PJs Arrested Development (TV series) Parenthood (2010 TV series) The Journey (1959 film) The Music Man (1962 film) The Courtship of Eddie's Father (film) Village of the Giants American Graffiti The Spikes Gang The First Nudie Musical The Shootist More American Graffiti

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Welcome to Hollywood The Independent (film) Osmosis Jones In the Shadow of the Moon The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) Walking Distance The DuPont Show with June Allyson

Dennis the Menace (1959 TV series) General Electric Theater Cheyenne (1955 TV series) The Andy Griffith Show The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series) The Great Adventure (TV series) The Big Valley The F.B.I. (TV series) Judd, for the Defense Gunsmoke The Smith Family (TV series) Love, American Style The Bold Ones: The New Doctors M*A*S*H (TV series) Sometimes You Hear the Bullet Happy Days Huckleberry Finn (1975 film) Act of Love (1980 film) The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang Bitter Harvest (1981 film) Fire on the Mountain (film)

Return to Mayberry Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Lancer (TV series)

References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

Article Licenses License

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Howard at the 2011 Tribeca Film FestivalVanity Fairparty

Born

Occupation

Years active

Spouse

Children

Ronald William Howard March 1, 1954 Duncan, Oklahoma, U.S.

Actor, producer, director

1956–present

Cheryl Alley (June 7, 1975–present)

4 (including Bryce Dallas Howard)

Ronald William "Ron" Howard(born March 1, 1954) is an American film director, producer and former child actor. He came to prominence playing Opie Taylor in the sitcomThe Andy Griffith Showfor eight years, and later the teenaged Richie Cunningham in the sitcomHappy Daysfor six years. He is often credited as one of the greatest [1][2] gingers of all-time. He appeared in the filmsAmerican Graffitiin 1973 andThe Shootistin 1976, the latter during his run onHappy Days. Howard made his directorial debut with the 1977 comedyGrand Theft Auto, and left Happy Daysin 1980 to focus on directing. His films include the Academy Award-winningCocoon,Apollo 13, andA [3] Beautiful Mind. In 2003, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. Asteroid 12561 Howard is named after him.

Early life Howard was born in Duncan, Oklahoma, the son of Jean Speegle Howard, an actress, and Rance Howard, a director, [4] [5][6] writer and actor, who was serving three years in the United States Air Force at the time. The family moved to Hollywood in 1958, the year before the birth of his younger brother, Clint Howard. They rented a house on the block south of the Desilu Studios, whereThe Andy Griffith Showwould later be filmed. 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 [7] later attended the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts but did not graduate.

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Career

Early acting roles andThe Andy Griffith Show In 1959, Howard had his first credited film role, inThe Journey. He appeared in June Allyson's CBS anthology seriesThe DuPont Show with June Allysonin the episode "Child Lost"; in theThe Twilight Zoneepisode "Walking Distance"; a few episodes of the first season of the sitcomDennis the Menace, as Stewart, one of Dennis's friends; and in the 24th episode ofThe Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. Howard played "Timmy" (uncredited) in "Counterfeit Gun", Season 4, Episode 2 (1960) of the TV series, "The Cheyenne Show". In 1960, Howard was cast as Opie Taylor inThe Andy Griffith Show, a spin-off ofThe Danny Thomas Show. Credited as "Ronny Howard", he portrayed the son of the title character (played by Andy Griffith) for all eight seasons of the show. Howard also spent a lot of time with Griffith off-screen. In the 1962 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 1963 filmThe Courtship of Eddie's Father, with Glenn Ford. Billed as "Ronny Howard", he appeared as Barry Stewart onThe Eleventh Hour, in the episode "Is Mr. Martian Coming Back?" in 1965; onI Spy, in the episode "Little Boy Lost", in 1966; and as an underage Marine on M*A*S*H, in the episode "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet", in 1973. In the 1970s, he appeared in at least one episode ofThe Bold Ones, as a teenage tennis player with an illness. Howard appeared on the 1969 Disneyland Records albumThe 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 1998 as a cassette tape titledA Spooky Night in Disney's Haunted Mansion.

Film roles andHappy Days

Howard played Steve Bolander in George Lucas's coming-of-age film [2] American Graffitiin 1973. When asked in 2000 if he would ever like to return to acting, Howard replied, "Only if I can act with Cindy Williams again", referring to the actress who played opposite him in American Graffiti.

A role in an installment of seriesLove, American Style, titled "Love in The Happy Days", led to him being cast as Richie Cunningham in the TV seriesHappy Days. Beginning in 1974, he played the likeable "buttoned-down" boy, in contrast to Henry Winkler's "greaser" Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli. On theHappy Daysset, he developed an on- and off-screen chemistry with series leads Winkler and Tom Bosley, as they each developed their own private lives. The three remained friends until Bosley's death in 2010.

Howard at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.

In 1976, Howard played Gillom Rogers in the movieThe Shootist, with John Wayne. He had hopes they would work together again; he quotes Wayne as saying, about a couple of months after filming wrapped onThe Shootist, "I found a good script, kid... it's you and me, or it's nobody." But it was not to be, as Wayne had already been diagnosed with the terminal cancer that would kill him three years later. As a token of respect, Howard narrated the film's opening montage, which showed various clips from Wayne's long film career.

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Howard's last significant on-screen role was a reprisal of his famous role as Opie Taylor in the 1986 TV movie Return to Mayberry, anAndy Griffith Showreunion reuniting him with Griffith, Don Knotts, and most of the cast. He also appeared in twoHappy DaysTV reunions: 1992'sThe Happy Days Reunion Special, a retrospective hosted by Winkler that aired on ABC; and 2005'sThe Happy Days 30th Anniversary Reunion, where he was reunited with most of the surviving cast.

Directing Before leavingHappy Daysin 1980, Howard made his directing debut with the 1977 low-budget comedy/action film [2] Grand Theft Auto. This came after cutting a deal with Roger Corman, wherein Corman would let Howard direct a [2] film in exchange for Howard starring inEat My Dust, with Christopher Norris. Howard went on to direct several [2] TV movies. His big theatrical break came in 1982, withNight Shift, featuring Michael Keaton, Shelley Long, and [2] Henry Winkler. He has since directed a number of high-visibility films, includingSplash(1984), Cocoon(1985),Willow(1988),Parenthood(1989),Backdraft,Apollo 13,A Beautiful Mind(for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director), Cinderella Man,The Da Vinci Code, andAngels & Demons.

Howard in 2008 during the filming ofAngels & Demonsin Rome.

Imagine Entertainment

Howard's younger brother Clint has minor roles in most of his movies. He has also cast his father and mother in a number of roles. Both his wife Cheryl Howard and father Rance Howard appeared inAngels & Demons, as a CERN [8] scientist and as Cardinal Beck, respectively.

Howard showcased the world premiere of his filmFrost/Nixonat the 2008 [9] London Film Festival in October 2008. Howard was the recipient of the Austin Film Festival's 2009 Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award. Michael Keaton presented him with the Award.

Howard is the co-chairman, with Brian Grazer, of Imagine Entertainment, a major film and television production company. Imagine has produced several films includingFriday Night Lights,8 Mile, andInside Deep Throat, and the television series24,Felicityand Arrested Development. Howard also narratedArrested Development.

Personal life

On June 7, 1975, Howard wed his high-school sweetheart, Cheryl (n e Howard and Brian Grazer at a Tribeca Film Alley), a writer with a degree in geriatric psychology. They have four Festival panel onA Beautiful Mind children: daughters Bryce Dallas Howard (b. 2 March 1981), Jocelyn Carlyle Howard and Paige Carlyle Howard (twins, b. 1985); and son Reed Cross Howard (b. 1987). His daughters' middle names indicate where they were conceived, Bryce in Dallas, Texas, and twins Jocelyn and Paige at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City. Son Reed Cross was named after a [10] London street because "Volvo isn't a very good middle name", according to Howard. Daughters Bryce and Paige are actresses. The family lives on a 35-acre (14aha) estate in the gated community of Conyers Farm in Greenwich, [11][12][13] Connecticut. In February 2007, Howard became a grandfather when his daughter, Bryce, gave birth to a son, Theodore Norman Howard Gabel.

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In the June 2006 issue ofVanity Fairmagazine, Howard was asked, "What do you consider your greatest achievement?" He replied, "Forty-eight consecutive years of steady employment in television and film, while preserving a rich family life."

Howard in popular culture Howard appeared as himself twice inThe Simpsons. In "When You Dish Upon a Star", Homer meets and befriends Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger and Howard. Later in the episode, Howard is injured when trying to jump from a truck to the RV that Homer was driving. In the end, he pitches Homer's movie idea and gets it greenlit. Another episode ("Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder") Homer and Howard are fighting each other while appearing onThe Springfield Squares. Later, Howard gives Homer the inspiration to spend more time with his kids and offers him some money that Homer refuses at first but then takes. Howard yanks the money back and drives away. When he hostedSaturday Night Livein the 1980s, Eddie Murphy called him "Opie Cunningham". In theSouth Parkepisode "Ginger Kids", Cartman asks a crowd of fellow gingers to name great Americans with red hair, the only name they can think of is "Ron Howard". When asked to name a second, one responds "Ron Howard" again. On a VH1 special about the 100 greatest child stars, many of the interviewees considered Ron Howard to be the most successful child star of all time, considering his two major television acting roles and his directing career. In the series finale of the Emmy Award-winning, critically acclaimed seriesArrested Development(which he executive produced and narrated), Howard appears as himself in an epilogue at the end of the episode and refers to himself as "a Hollywood icon". In Season 1, Episode 3 ofStroker and Hoopon Adult Swim, Stroker and Hoop run a detective agency whose first client needs them to make Ron Howard stop controlling his mind. In October 2008, Howard reprised his roles as Opie Taylor and Richie Cunningham for the first time in over 20 years when he appeared in a video on funnyordie.com in which he endorsed Barack Obama and urged people to vote. The [14] video, titled "Ron Howard’s Call to Action", also features Griffith and Winkler. In the video, Howard shaves his beard and wears a wig in order to recreate the way he looked when he was younger. Ron Howard made a cameo appearance in the 2009 music video for Jamie Foxx's song "Blame It" alongside Forrest [15] Whittaker, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Samuel L. Jackson. In the video he is shown holding a glass of champagne.

Filmography

Director

Films

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Year Title 1969Old Paint Deed of Daring-Do Cards, Cads, Guns, Gore and Death 1977Grand Theft Auto 1982Night Shift 1984Splash 1985Cocoon 1986Gung Ho 1988Willow 1989Parenthood 1991Backdraft 1992Far and Away 1994The Paper 1995Apollo 13 1996Ransom 1999EDtv 2000How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2001A Beautiful Mind 2003The Missing 2005Cinderella Man 2006The Da Vinci Code 2008Frost/Nixon 2009Angels & Demons 2011The Dilemma 2012Rush

Television

Short film

Short film

Short film

Also writer

Also executive producer

Also writer

Also writer/producer

Also producer

Also producer

Notes

Academy Award for Best Director Also producer

Also producer

Also producer

Also producer

Academy Award nomination for Best Director Also producer

Also producer

Also producer

Year Film Notes 1978Cotton CandyWriter/Director 1980SkywardDirector/Executive producer 1981Through the Magic PyramidDirector/Executive producer 1983LittleshotsDirector 1987Take FiveDirector/Executive producer 1988PoisonExecutive Producer 1998Sports NightExecutive producer 1999The PJsExecutive producer only 2003Arrested DevelopmentExecutive producer/Narrator

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1961 "Five Minutes To Live" (re-released asDoor-to-Door Maniacand "Five Minutes To Live") 1962The Music Man

1970The Wild Country

1965Village of the Giants

Virgil

Eddie

Genius

Bobby

1998One Vision Welcome to Hollywood 2000The Independent How the Grinch Stole Christmas

1992The Magical World of Chuck Jones

1982Night Shift

1963The Courtship of Eddie's Father

Himself Himself Himself Whoville Townsperson

1975Huckleberry Finn

Role

1973American Graffiti Happy Mother's Day, Love George 1974The Spikes Gang

1977Grand Theft Auto

Year

Film

as Ronnie Howard

as Ronny Howard

as Ronny Howard

as Ronny Howard

as Ronny Howard

as Ronny Howard

as Ronny Howard

1979More American Graffiti

1976The First Nudie Musical Eat My Dust The Shootist

2010Parenthood

Executive producer only

Winthrop Paroo

Billy Rhinelander

Notes

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Acting

1959The Journey

Film

Steve Bolander Johnny Les Richter

uncredited

Annoying Sax Player/Boy Making out with Girlfriend in Front of Chuck's Apartment Himself

Sam Freeman

Steve Bolander

Hoover Niebold

Gillom Rogers

Huckleberry Finn

Auditioning actor

uncredited

documentary

documentary

uncredited

Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actora–Motion Picture

I Spy

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Alan Loden

Opie Taylor

Gus Tommy

The Eleventh Hour

The Great Adventure

Dr. Kildare

The Fugitive

The Big Valley

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

Pete and Gladys

The Andy Griffith Show

"Little Boy Lost"

The June Allyson Show

Title Johnny Ringo The Twilight Zone

Role Ricky Parrot The Wilcox Boy Wim

Tommy Simms

Barry Stewart

Dennis the Menace

Stewart various roles

various roles

Opie Taylor Timmy

Tommy Opie Taylor

2 episodes

4 episodes (as Ronny Howard)

"So Dark the Night"

"Poor Little Kangaroo Rat" (as Ronny Howard)

Television

"Is Mr. Martian Coming Back?" (as Ronny Howard)

Year 1959

"Counterfeit Gun" uncredited

"Danny Meets Andy Griffith"

209 episodes (as Ronny Howard)

"The Goat Story"

Himself

5 episodes, 1959–1960

Tom Colonic Man at Governor's Ball Himself

"Plague" (as Ronny Howard) "A Candle in the Window" (as Ronny Howard) "Cry Uncle" "Night of the Wolf" (as Ronny Howard) "Opie Joins the Marines" (as Ronny Howard)

Daniel Waterhouse

Notes 1 episode Episode "Walking Distance" "Child Lost" (as Ronny Howard)

Jerry Prentice

1963

Route 66

1962

1960–1968

General Electric Theater Make Room for Daddy Cheyenne

1964

7

(voice) uncredited documentary

1959–1960

1960

documentary

The New Breed

1959–1961

Chet

2001Osmosis Jones A Beautiful Mind 2004Tell Them Who You Are

2007In the Shadow of the Moon

1966

1965

1966

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