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Birth Name: Ronald William Howard

Age: 72, born 1 March 1954

Country of origin: United States

Currently Residing In: United States

Height: 5' 8"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Cheryl Howard

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Listal's 100 best Directors (The Results) (100 items)
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Directors:The Filmography of... (207 items)
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Directors: Movies they refused or didn't get. (20 items)
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The Greatest Guest Appearances on The Simpsons (200 items)
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Published 11 years, 11 months ago

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Directors' Favorite Actors/Actresses (94 items)
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Ron Howard Videos

Ron Howard discusses "jumping the shark" - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG

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Ron Howard on "Richie Cunningham" and "Fonzie" from Happy Days - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG

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Description: Ron was born in Oklahoma, into an acting family - his father, Rance Howard, had realized a boyhood dream of acting by attending the University of Oklahoma and majoring in drama, and his mother, Jean Speegle Howard, went through acting school in New York. The family surname had been changed from "Beckenholdt" to "Howard" several years before Ron was born. Ron was in his first movie at 18 months, Frontier Woman (1956), although his first real part was at the age of 4. Soon a regular on Playhouse 90 (1956), he was cast as Opie on The Andy Griffith Show (1960), and later moved from a child in Mayberry to Ameri ... (more)

Tags: Director (13), Actor (9), American (8), Born 1954 (6), Oscar Winner (6), Male (4), Producer (3), Happy Days (2), The Simpsons Guest (2), Arrested Development (2), Apollo 13 (2), Underrated (2), Democrat (1), Emmy Award Winner (1), Hollywood Walk Of Fame (1), Golden Globe Winner (1), Backdraft (1), Night Shift (1), Edtv (1), The Missing (1)

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1. The Da Vinci Code

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4766 Watched

2. A Beautiful Mind (2001)

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7.6

4367 Watched

3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

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5.8

3213 Watched

4. Apollo 13 (1995)

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2718 Watched

5. Angels & Demons

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6.2

2063 Watched

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1. The Simpsons (1989)

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7.8

5910 Watched

2. Arrested Development (2003)

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1618 Watched

3. Frasier (1993)

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6.8

1477 Watched

4. Saturday Night Live (1975)

Rating:

7.7

1243 Watched

5. Everybody Loves Raymond (1996)

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Movies

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1. A Beautiful Mind (2001)

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7.6

4367 Watched

2. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

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5.8

3213 Watched

3. American Graffiti (1973)

Rating:

7.2

815 Watched

4. Osmosis Jones (2001)

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5.5

524 Watched

5. From Up on Poppy Hill

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7.2

310 Watched

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1. Far and Away

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6.1

645 Watched

2. Parenthood (1989)

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6.5

489 Watched

3. Grand Theft Auto (1977)

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42 Watched

4. Cotton Candy

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7.7

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1. Parenthood (2010)

Rating:

7.3

139 Watched

Music

1. The Living Sea: Soundtrack From The IMAX Film

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1. Genius (2017)

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7.6

25 Watched

2. Breakthrough

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3. Take Five

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Top Ten Films - Ron Howard (15 movies items)

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The Simpsons 20 Guests as themselves (Actors) (20 tv items)

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Most Accomplished Active Directors - 2025 (101 person items)

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Scream (1976) (18 movies items)

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Walk of Fame! (233 person items)

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Favourite Directors (98 person items)

"Favourite films: Splash, Backdraft, Willow, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, Cocoon, Cinderella Man, Rush, Frost/Nixon, In the Heart of the Sea, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Parenthood, and The Beatles: Eight Days a Week "

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Most-accomplished Active Directors (2021 Edition) (50 person items)

"2020 Rank: #11 2019 Rank: #13 2018 Rank: #13 2017 Rank: #13 2016 Rank: #14 2015 Rank: #13 2014 Rank: #15 2013 Rank: #18 2012 Rank: #19 2011 Rank: #10 2010 Rank: #10 2009 Rank: #4 Night Shift (1982) Splash (1984) Cocoon (1985) Willow Parenthood (1989) Backdraft (1991) Far and Away (1992) The Paper (1994) Apollo 13 (1995) Ransom (1996) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) A Beautiful Mind (2001) Cinderella Man (2005) The Da Vinci Code (2006) Frost/Nixon (2008) Ange"

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The Lion King (1964) (15 movies items)

"Young Simba!"

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Most-accomplished Active Directors (2020 Edition) (50 person items)

"2019 Rank: #13 2018 Rank: #13 2017 Rank: #13 2016 Rank: #14 2015 Rank: #13 2014 Rank: #15 2013 Rank: #18 2012 Rank: #19 2011 Rank: #10 2010 Rank: #10 2009 Rank: #4 Night Shift (1982) Splash (1984) Cocoon (1985) Willow Parenthood (1989) Backdraft (1991) Far and Away (1992) The Paper (1994) Apollo 13 (1995) Ransom (1996) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) A Beautiful Mind (2001) Cinderella Man (2005) The Da Vinci Code (2006) Frost/Nixon (2008) Angels & Demons (20"

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Every Best Director Winner (71 person items)

"2001-A Beautiful Mind"

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