Actor
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 ...

Known For
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Music by John Williams

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Tom Hanks: The Nomad

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John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons

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Willow: Behind the Magic

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'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen

Acting
2024 -- Music by John Williams | Self - Filmmaker
2023 -- Tom Hanks: The Nomad | Self (archive footage)
2023 -- John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons | Self
2023 -- Willow: Behind the Magic | Self - Director, Willow, 1988 / Executive Producer, Willow, 2022
2022 -- 'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen | Self
2022 -- Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel | Self
2022 -- 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! | Self
2021 -- Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema | Self
2020 -- Showbiz Kids | Self (archive footage)
2020 -- The Happy Days of Garry Marshall | Self
2019 -- The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration | Wilcox Boy (archive footage)
2019 -- Dads | Self
2019 -- Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10 | Self
2018 -- Kasdan on Kasdan | Self
2017 -- Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies | Self
2016 -- Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie | Himself
2014 -- And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage)
2013 -- The Arrested Development Documentary Project | Self
2013 -- Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck | Self
2013 -- From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking | Self - Director
2012 -- Radioman | Self
2011 -- Corman's World | Self - Filmmaker
2011 -- Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life | Self
2011 -- Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored | Richie Cunningham (archive footage)
2010 -- Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible | Self
2008 -- Ron Howard: 50 Years in Film | Self
2007 -- Cannes: All Access | Self
2005 -- George Lucas: Creating an Empire | Self
2004 -- Tell Them Who You Are | Self
2004 -- Making a 'Splash' | Self - Director
2004 -- Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002 | Richie Cunningham ("Buddy Holly") (archive footage)
2002 -- Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages | Self
2002 -- Inside a Beautiful Mind | Self
2001 -- Osmosis Jones | Tom Colonic (voice)
2001 -- The Shootist: The Legend Lives On | Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000 -- The Independent | Ron Howard
2000 -- Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation | Self
1999 -- From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic | Self
1999 -- The Directors: The Films of Roger Corman | Self
1999 -- Television: The First Fifty Years | Self / Opie Taylor / Ritchie Cunningham (archive footage)
1998 -- Welcome to Hollywood | Ron Howard
1998 -- The Making of 'American Graffiti' | Self
1997 -- Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero | Self
1997 -- Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery | Self
1997 -- Frank Capra's American Dream | Self
1996 -- Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 | Self
1996 -- Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial | Herbert Biberman
1992 -- The Magical World of Chuck Jones | Self
1989 -- First Works | Self
1988 -- Willow: The Making of an Adventure | Self - Director
1986 -- Return to Mayberry | Opie Taylor
1985 -- Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers | Self (archive footage)
1982 -- Night Shift | Annoying Sax Player (uncredited)
1981 -- Fire on the Mountain | Lee Mackie
1981 -- Bitter Harvest | Ned De Vries
1980 -- Act of Love | Leon Cybulkowski
1979 -- More American Graffiti | Steve Bolander
1979 -- A Walking Tour of Sesame Street | Richie Cunningham (archive footage)
1979 -- Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall | Himself
1978 -- NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney | Self - Host
1978 -- Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel | Self
1977 -- Grand Theft Auto | Sam Freeman
1977 -- I'm a Fool | Andy
1976 -- A Special: Olivia Newton-John |
1976 -- The Shootist | Gillom Rogers
1976 -- Eat My Dust | Hoover Niebold
1976 -- The First Nudie Musical | Auditioning Actor
1975 -- Huckleberry Finn | Huckleberry Finn
1974 -- Locusts | Donny Fletcher
1974 -- The Spikes Gang | Les
1974 -- The Migrants | Lyle Barlow
1973 -- Happy Mother's Day, Love George | Johnny
1973 -- American Graffiti | Steve Bolander
1970 -- The Wild Country | Virgil Tanner
1970 -- Smoke | Chris (as Ronny Howard)
1967 -- A Boy Called Nuthin’ | Richie 'Nuthin'' Caldwell
1965 -- Village of the Giants | Genius
1963 -- The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Eddie Corbett
1962 -- The Music Man | Winthrop Paroo
1961 -- Five Minutes to Live | Bobby Wilson
1959 -- The Journey | Billy Rhinelander
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