Ron Howard
Birthday
1954/03/01 (70 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Duncan, Oklahoma, USA
Also know as
Ronny Howard, Ronald William Howard, Ronnie Howard, รอน ฮาวเวิร์ด, 朗·侯活, Ronald William "Ron" Howard
Biography
Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American filmmaker and actor. Howard first came to prominence as a child actor, guest-starring in several television series, including an episode of The Twilight Zone. He gained national attention for playing young Opie Taylor, the son of Sheriff Andy Taylor (played by Andy Griffith) in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show from 1960 through 1968. During this time, he also appeared in the musical film The Music Man (1962), a critical and commercial su...Read more
Acting
(1985) Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
(2019) The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
as Wilcox Boy (archive footage)
(1973) American Graffiti
as Steve Bolander
(2023) Willow: Behind the Magic
as Self - Director, Willow, 1988 / Executive Producer, Willow, 2022
(2011) Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
as Richie Cunningham (archive footage)
(1976) The Shootist
as Gillom Rogers
(1979) More American Graffiti
as Steve Bolander
(1997) Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
as Self
(1962) The Music Man
as Winthrop Paroo
(1965) Village of the Giants
as Genius
(1963) The Courtship of Eddie's Father
as Eddie Corbett
(1961) Five Minutes to Live
as Bobby Wilson
(1974) The Spikes Gang
as Les
(1976) Eat My Dust
as Hoover Niebold
(1977) Grand Theft Auto
as Sam Freeman
(2010) Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
as Self
(2011) Corman's World
as Self - Filmmaker
(1959) The Journey
as Billy Rhinelander
(2011) Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life
as Self
(2021) Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
as Self
(1997) Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self
(1975) Huckleberry Finn
as Huckleberry Finn
(1996) Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
as Self
(1973) Happy Mother's Day, Love George
as Johnny
(1996) Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
as Herbert Biberman
(2013) The Arrested Development Documentary Project
as Self
(2013) Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
as Self
(1970) Smoke
as Chris (as Ronny Howard)
(1992) The Magical World of Chuck Jones
as Self
(2023) Tom Hanks: The Nomad
as Self (archive footage)
(2012) Radioman
as Self
(1970) The Wild Country
as Virgil Tanner
(1974) Locusts
as Donny Fletcher
(2005) George Lucas: Creating an Empire
as Self
(1981) Bitter Harvest
as Ned De Vries
(1978) Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
as Self
(1974) The Migrants
as Lyle Barlow
(2023) John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
as Self
(1982) Night Shift
as Annoying Sax Player (uncredited)
(2022) Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
as Self
(1976) The First Nudie Musical
as Auditioning Actor
(2017) Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
as Self
(2022) 'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen
as Self
(1981) Fire on the Mountain
as Lee Mackie
(1997) Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
as Self
(2020) Showbiz Kids
as Self (archive footage)
(1999) Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self / Opie Taylor / Ritchie Cunningham (archive footage)
(2018) Kasdan on Kasdan
as Self
(2016) Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie
as Himself
(1998) The Making of 'American Graffiti'
as Self
(2001) Osmosis Jones
as Tom Colonic (voice)
(1979) Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
as Himself
(2000) The Independent
as Ron Howard
(1978) NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
as Self - Host
(2024) Music by John Williams
as Self - Filmmaker
(1980) Act of Love
as Leon Cybulkowski
(1998) Welcome to Hollywood
as Ron Howard
(1986) Return to Mayberry
as Opie Taylor
(1989) First Works
as Self
(1976) A Special: Olivia Newton-John
as ---
(2007) Cannes: All Access
as Self
(1977) I'm a Fool
as Andy
(2004) Tell Them Who You Are
as Self
(2019) Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10
as Self
(2014) And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(1967) A Boy Called Nuthin’
as Richie 'Nuthin'' Caldwell
(1999) From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
as Self
(2019) Dads
as Self
(2001) The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2000) Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
as Self
(2002) Inside a Beautiful Mind
as Self
(2004) Making a 'Splash'
as Self - Director
(2004) Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002
as Richie Cunningham ("Buddy Holly") (archive footage)
(1988) Willow: The Making of an Adventure
as Self - Director
(2013) From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
as Self - Director
(2020) The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
as Self
(1999) The Directors: The Films of Roger Corman
as Self
(1979) A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Richie Cunningham (archive footage)
(2002) Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
as Self
(2008) Ron Howard: 50 Years in Film
as Self
(2022) 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
as Self
(1960) The Andy Griffith Show
as Opie Taylor
(1963) The Great Adventure
as Daniel Waterhouse
(1994) Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
(1959) The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
as ---
(1989) The Simpsons
as Ron Howard (voice)
(1972) M*A*S*H
as Wendell
(1980) The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang
as Richie Cunningham
(2003) The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Jess Orkin
(1996) The Daily Show
as Self
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1997) The View
as Self
(1996) E! True Hollywood Story
as ---
(1992) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as ---
(1974) Happy Days
as ---
(1974) Happy Days
as Richie Cunningham
(1976) Donny & Marie
as Self
(1976) Laverne & Shirley
as ---
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Jamie
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Barnaby Baxter
(1954) Lassie
as ---
(2005) The Colbert Report
as ---
(1995) MADtv
as Self
(1965) I Spy
as Alan Loden
(1972) The Waltons
as ---
(2003) Arrested Development
as Narrator
(1966) The Monroes
as ---
(1959) Dennis the Menace
as ---
(1976) Battle of the Network Stars
as ---
(1963) The Fugitive
as Gus
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Luke
(1968) Lancer
as ---
(1970) The Headmaster
as ---
(1965) The Big Valley
as Tommy
(1960) Pete and Gladys
as ---
(1967) Judd for the Defense
as ---
(1961) The New Breed
as Tommy Simms
(1973) The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
(1959) Johnny Ringo
as Ricky Parrott
(1999) Where Are They Now?
as Self
(1960) Insight
as ---
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Jerry Prentice
(1959) Five Fingers
as ---
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1959) The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Wim
(1999) The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self - Guest
(1971) The Smith Family
as Bob Smith
(1976) The Captain and Tennille
as Self
(1967) Gentle Ben
as Jerry
(1967) Gentle Ben
as Jody Cutler
(1997) The View
as Self - Guest
(1998) From the Earth to the Moon
as Ron Howard
(2014) Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
(1959) Dennis the Menace
as Stewart
(2023) 100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self
(1968) Mayberry R.F.D.
as Opie Taylor
(1993) Frasier
as Stephen (voice)
(1959) Bonanza
as Ted Hoag
(2016) Chelsea
as Self
(2007) The Graham Norton Show
as Self
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Randy
(2015) The Odd Couple
as Stanley
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Wilcox Boy
(2023) Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
as Self
(1950) The Bob Hope Show
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
(2016) This Is Us
as Ron Howard (uncredited)
(2015) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
(2019) The Kelly Clarkson Show
as ---
(1969) Love, American Style
as Richie Cunningham
(1969) The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
as Cory Merlino
(2015) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as ---
(2003) Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
(1968) Land of the Giants
as Jodar
(2022) Light & Magic
as Self - Producer, Actor, Writer
(2009) Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
(1953) The Danny Thomas Show
as Opie Taylor
(2020) Reunited Apart
as Self
(2003) Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
(2014) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
(1959) The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
as Little Boy Eating Candy Bar
(2019) The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
(2014) Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
(2004) Kulturplatz
as Self
(1974) Dinah!
as Self
(1963) The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
(1964) Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
as Opie Taylor
(1959) The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
as Little Boy with Ray Gun
(2021) Only Murders in the Building
as Ron Howard
(2002) Top Gear
as Self
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
(2025) The Studio
as ---
(1971) Great Performances
as Self
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
(2020) How To with John Wilson
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)