Ron Howard

Ron Howard (born March 1, 1954 in Duncan, Oklahoma) is an American actor and film director.

Ron Howard first appeared in the role of Opie Taylor in the television series The Andy Griffith Show, portraying the son of the local sherrif in Mayberry NC.  The credits referred to him as Ronnie Howard.

He attained film success with his role as Steve Bollander in the George Lucas directed teen-flick, American Graffiti.

Howard is to many people best known for his role as Richie Cunningham in television's Happy Days where he played the likeable foil to Henry Winkler's Fonz.

He has subsequently directed films, the most successful being the film A Beautiful Mind, for which he won the Oscar as Best Director.

Selected directorial filmography

• Night Shift (1982)
• Splash (1984)
• Cocoon (1985)
• Willow (1988)
• Backdraft (1990)
• Far and Away (1992)
• The Paper (1994)
• Apollo 13 (1995) - Academy Award nominee for Best Picture
• EDtv (1999)
• A Beautiful Mind (2001) - Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture
• The Cinderella Man scheduled for release in 2005

Selected Acting credits

• The Migrants (1973)
• American Graffiti (1973)
• Huckleberry Finn (1975)
• Eat My Dust (1976)
• The Shootist (1976)
• Grand Theft Auto (1977, also Howard's directing debut)
• More American Graffiti (1979)
• Act of Love (1980)
• Fire on the Mountain (1981)
• Bitter Harvest (1981)

Married to his high-school sweetheart, Cheryl, for over 25 years.

External Link

• IMDb entry for Ron Howard