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Ever since he made his acting debut when he was less than two years old, former television star-turned-film director Ron Howard enjoyed legendary status on both sides of the camera. After he charmed television audiences as Opie Taylor, the loveable son of a small town sheriff on “The Andy Griffith Show” (CBS, 1960-68), Howard cemented his fame as Richie Cunningham on the iconic series, “Happy Days” (ABC, 1974-1984). Though he was dogged for the remainder of his career with being identified by fans as Taylor or Cunningham, he did manage to reinvent himself as an Oscar-winning director of some of cinema’s biggest commercial successes....
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Filmography

Arrested Development - ( Producer / / Announced / )
B-Major - ( Director / / Announced / )
Cache (Remake) - ( Director / / Announced / )
Chief Ron Roberts - ( Director / / Announced / )
Colossus: The Forbin Project (Remake) - ( Director / / Announced / )
Cowboys and Aliens - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Crazy (Imagine Entertainment) - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Downtown - ( Director / / Announced / )
East of Eden (Remake) - ( Director / / Announced / )
Ebony and Ivory - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Hidden (Remake) - ( Director / / Announced / )
Last Man Home - ( Director / / Announced / )
Mark Twain Remembers - ( Director / / Announced / )
Ordinary Joe - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Playboy - ( Producer / / Announced / )
The Emperor's Children - ( Director / / Announced / )
The Ice Cathedral - ( Producer / / Announced / )
The Look of Real - ( Director / / Announced / )
The Serpent and the Eagle - ( Director / / Announced / )
The Serpent and the Eagle - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Untitled (Universal/Haiti Project) - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Hogan's Heroes - ( Producer / / In-Development / )
The People vs. Clarence Darrow - ( Director / / In-Development / Universal Pictures Distribution )
The People vs. Clarence Darrow - ( Producer / / In-Development / Universal Pictures Distribution )
The Raven - ( Director / / In-Development / Universal Pictures Distribution )
Untitled (Revoltion Studios/Eric Sevareid Project) - ( Director / / In-Development / )
Angels & Demons - ( Director / 2008 / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
Changeling - ( Producer / 2008 / Released / )
Frost/Nixon - ( Director / 2008 / Released / )
Frost/Nixon - ( Producer / 2008 / Released / )
Hancock - ( Man on Street / 2008 / Released / )
In the Shadow of the Moon - ( Producer / 2007 / Released / )
Curious George - ( Producer / 2006 / Released / )
The Da Vinci Code - ( Director / 2006 / Released / )
Cinderella Man - ( Director / 2005 / Released / Universal Music and Video Distribution )
Cinderella Man - ( Producer / 2005 / Released / Universal Music and Video Distribution )
Tell Them Who You Are - ( Himself / 2005 / Released / )
The Alamo - ( Producer / 2004 / Released / )
The Missing - ( Director / 2003 / Released / )
The Missing - ( Producer / 2003 / Released / )
Stealing Harvard - ( Producer / 2002 / Released / )
A Beautiful Mind - ( Producer / 2001 / Released / )
A Beautiful Mind - ( Director / 2001 / Released / )
Osmosis Jones - ( of Tom Colonic--Mayor's Opponent / 2001 / Released / )
The Independent - ( Himself / 2001 / Released / )
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas - ( Director / 2000 / Released / )
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas - ( Producer / 2000 / Released / )
Beyond the Mat - ( Producer / 1999 / Released / )
Edtv - ( Director / 1999 / Released / )
Edtv - ( Producer / 1999 / Released / )
Frank Capra's American Dream - ( - Host / 1997 / Released / Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group )
Frank Capra's American Dream - ( Narrator(- Narration) / 1997 / Released / Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group )
Inventing the Abbotts - ( Producer / 1997 / Released / )
Ransom - ( Director / 1996 / Released / )
The Chamber - ( Producer / 1996 / Released / )
Apollo 13 - ( Director / 1995 / Released / )
The Paper - ( Director / 1994 / Released / )
Far and Away - ( From Story / 1992 / Released / UIP The Film Consortium )
Far and Away - ( Director / 1992 / Released / UIP The Film Consortium )
Far and Away - ( Producer / 1992 / Released / UIP The Film Consortium )
The Magical World of Chuck Jones - ( Himself / 1992 / Released / )
Backdraft - ( Director / 1991 / Released / )
Closet Land - ( Executive Producer / 1991 / Released / )
Just One Step: The Great Peace March - ( Himself / 1989 / Released / Peace Films Inc )
Parenthood - ( Director / 1989 / Released / )
Parenthood - ( From Story / 1989 / Released / )
The 'Burbs - ( Producer / 1989 / Released / )
Clean & Sober - ( Executive Producer / 1988 / Released / )
Vibes - ( Executive Producer / 1988 / Released / )
Willow - ( Director / 1988 / Released / )
No Man's Land - ( Executive Producer / 1987 / Released / )
Gung Ho - ( Director / 1986 / Released / )
Gung Ho - ( Executive Producer / 1986 / Released / )
Cocoon - ( Director / 1985 / Released / )
Splash - ( Director / 1984 / Released / )
Night Shift - ( Director / 1982 / Released / )
Leo and Loree - ( Executive Producer / 1980 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
More American Graffiti - ( Steve Bolander / 1979 / Released / )
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel - ( Himself / 1978 / Released / )
Grand Theft Auto - ( Director / 1977 / Released / )
Grand Theft Auto - ( Screenplay / 1977 / Released / )
Grand Theft Auto - ( Sam Freeman / 1977 / Released / )
Eat My Dust - ( Hoover Niebold / 1976 / Released / )
The Shootist - ( Gillom Rogers / 1976 / Released / )
The First Nudie Musical - ( Actor in Audition / 1975 / Released / Paramount Pictures )
The Spikes Gang - ( Les Richter / 1974 / Released / )
American Graffiti - ( Steve / 1973 / Released / )
Happy Mother's Day... Love, George - ( Johnny / 1973 / Released / Cinema 5 )
Smoke - ( Chris Fitch / 1970 / Released / )
The Wild Country - ( Virgil / 1970 / Released / )
Door-to-Door Maniac - ( Bobby / 1966 / Released / AIP )
Village of the Giants - ( Genius / 1965 / Released / )
The Courtship of Eddie's Father - ( Eddie Corbett / 1963 / Released / )
The Music Man - ( Winthrop Paroo / 1962 / Released / )
The Journey - ( Billy Rhinelander / 1959 / Released / )

TV Credits
Ron Howard: 50 Years in Film ( 2008 / Released ): Actor
Moving Image Salutes Ron Howard ( 2006 / Released ): Actor
Happy Days 30th Anniversary Reunion ( 2005 / Released ): Actor
The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards ( 2005 / Released ): Actor
The Inside ( 2005 / Released ): Executive Producer
Hollywood Home Movies ( 2004 / Released ): Actor
The Big House ( 2004 / Released ): Executive Producer
Tom Cruise ( 2004 / Released ): Actor
Arrested Development ( 2003 / Released ): Executive Producer
Fakin' It ( 2006 )
TV Episode Executive Producer

Exit Strategy ( 2006 )
TV Episode Executive Producer

Development Arrested ( 2006 )
TV Episode Executive Producer

Family Ties ( 2006 )
TV Episode Executive Producer

Making a Stand ( 2005 )
TV Episode Executive Producer

John Ritter Remembered ( 2003 / Released ): Actor
The Andy Griffith Show Reunion ( 2003 / Released ): Actor
Everybody Loves Raymond: The First Six Years ( 2002 / Released ): Special Appearance
George Lucas: Creating an Empire ( 2002 / Released ): Actor
Happy Days ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
Intimate Portrait: Cindy Williams ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
John Candy: The E! True Hollywood Story ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
The Beast ( 2001 / Released ): Executive Producer
Don Knotts: Nervous Laughter ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
Inside TV Land ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
Shirley Jones: Hollywood's Musical Mom ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
We All Dream of Oz ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
Wonderland ( 2000 / Released ): Executive Producer
20/20 Hindsight ( 2000 )
TV Episode Executive Producer

Pilot ( 2000 )
TV Episode Executive Producer

Don Ameche: Hollywood's Class Act ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
Intimate Portrait: Jessica Tandy ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
John Ford: An American Icon ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
Kurt Russell: Hollywood's Heavy Hitter ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
Ron Howard: Hollywood's Favorite Son ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
The Directors ( 1999 / Released ): Actor