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Filmography of Ron Howard

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Ron Howard in 2011

Ron Howard is an American director, producer, and actor. Film's he has directed include Splash (1984), Parenthood (1989), The Paper (1994), Apollo 13 (1995), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Cinderella Man (2005), and Frost/Nixon (2008). He is also known as a performer having acted in The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968), The Music Man (1962), and American Graffiti (1973).[1][2] He also serves as the narrator of the sitcom Arrested Development (2003–2018)[3]

Filmography[edit]

Director[edit]

Year Title Producer Writer Ref.
1977 Grand Theft Auto No Yes [4]
1982 Night Shift No No [5]
1984 Splash No No
1985 Cocoon No No
1986 Gung Ho Yes No
1988 Willow No No
1989 Parenthood No Story
1991 Backdraft No No
1992 Far and Away Yes Story
1994 The Paper No No
1995 Apollo 13 No No
1996 Ransom No No
1999 EDtv Yes No
2000 How the Grinch Stole Christmas Yes No
2001 A Beautiful Mind Yes No
2003 The Missing Yes No
2005 Cinderella Man Yes No
2006 The Da Vinci Code Yes No
2008 Frost/Nixon Yes No
2009 Angels & Demons Yes No
2011 The Dilemma Yes No
2013 Rush Yes No
2015 In the Heart of the Sea Yes No
2016 Inferno Yes No
2018 Solo: A Star Wars Story No No
2020 Hillbilly Elegy Yes No

As producer[edit]

As executive producer[edit]

As actor[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1956 Frontier Woman Bit Part Uncredited
1959 The Journey Billy Rhinelander Credited as Ronny Howard
1959 Walking Distance Boy with marbles
1961 Five Minutes to Live Bobby
1962 The Music Man Winthrop Paroo
1963 The Courtship of Eddie's Father Eddie
1965 Village of the Giants Genius
1970 The Wild Country Virgil Tanner
1973 American Graffiti Steve Bolander
Happy Mother's Day, Love George Johnny
1974 The Spikes Gang Les Richter
1976 The First Nudie Musical Auditioning actor Uncredited
Eat My Dust! Hoover Niebold
The Shootist Gillom Rogers
1977 Grand Theft Auto Sam Freeman
1979 More American Graffiti Steve Bolander
1982 Night Shift Annoying Sax Player
Boy Making out with Girlfriend
Uncredited cameos
1998 Welcome to Hollywood Himself
2000 The Independent Himself
How the Grinch Stole Christmas Whoville Townsperson Uncredited
2001 Osmosis Jones Tom Colonic Voice role
A Beautiful Mind Man at Governor's Ball Uncredited
2013 From Up on Poppy Hill Philosophy Club's president Voice role
2016 Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie Himself

Documentary films[edit]

Year Title Director Producer Himself Notes
1992 The Magical World of Chuck Jones Yes No Yes
1998 One Vision No No Yes
1999 Beyond the Mat No Yes No
2004 Tell Them Who You Are No No Yes
2005 Inside Deep Throat No uncredited No
2007 In the Shadow of the Moon No No Yes
2012 Katy Perry: Part of Me No Yes No
2013 Made in America Yes No Yes
2016 The Beatles: Eight Days a Week Yes Yes No
2019 Pavarotti Yes Yes No
2019 Dads No No Yes
2020 Rebuilding Paradise Yes Yes No
TBA Julia No Yes No Post-production[6]

Short films[edit]

Year Title Director Producer Actor Role Notes
1969 Old Paint No Yes No Credited as Ronny Howard
Deed of Daring-Do No Yes No
Cards, Cads, Guns, Gore and Death No Yes No
2011 The Death and Return of Superman No No Yes Max's Son
When You Find Me Yes No No

Television[edit]

Director[edit]

Year Title Director Executive
producer
Writer Notes
1978 Cotton Candy Yes No Yes TV Movie
1980 Skyward Yes Yes No
1981 Through the Magic Pyramid Yes Yes No
1983 Littleshots Yes Yes No
2017 Genius Yes Yes No Pilot episode

Producer[edit]

Year Title Role
1998 From the Earth to the Moon Miniseries
1999 Student Affairs TV movie
2000 Wonderland
2015–present Breakthrough

Executive producer[edit]

Year Title Role
1981 Skyward Christmas TV movie
1983 When Your Lover Leaves
1984–1985 Maximum Security
1985 No Greater Gift TV special
Into Thin Air TV movie
1986 The Lone-Star Kid
1987 Take Five
1988 Poison
1999 Mullholland Drive
1990–1991 Parenthood
1998–2000 Sports Night
1998–2002 Felicity
1999–2001 The PJs
2000 Silicon Follies TV movie
2001 The Beast
2003 The Snobs
2006–present Curious George
2010–2015 Parenthood
2012 The Great Escape
2003–2006, 2013, 2018 Arrested Development
2014 Unsung Heroes TV documentary
2016–2018 Mars
2020 68 Whiskey
2021 Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel Docu-series

As actor[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1959 Johnny Ringo Ricky Parrot Episode: "The Accused"
Five Fingers N/A Episode: "Station Break"
The Twilight Zone Wilcox Boy Episode: "Walking Distance"
The DuPont Show with June Allyson Wim Wegless Episode: "Child Lost"
Dennis the Menace Stewart 6 episodes
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Various roles 4 episodes
General Electric Theater Barnaby Baxter/Randy 2 episodes:
Hennesey Walker Episode: "The Baby Sitter"
1960 The Danny Thomas Show Opie Taylor Episode: "Danny Meets Andy Griffith"
Cheyenne Timmy Episode: "Counterfeit Gun";
uncredited
Pete and Gladys Tommy Episode: "The Goat Story"
1960–1968 The Andy Griffith Show Opie Taylor 209 episodes, credited as Ronnie Howard
1962 Route 66 Chet Duncan Episode: "Poor Little Kangaroo Rat"
The New Breed Tommy Simms Episode: "So Dark the Night"
1963 The Eleventh Hour Barry Stewart Episode: "Is Mr. Martian Coming Back?"
1964 The Great Adventure Daniel Waterhouse Episode: "Plague"
Dr. Kildare Jerry Prentice Episode: "A Candle in the Window"
The Fugitive Gus Episode: "Cry Uncle"
1965 The Big Valley Tommy Episode: "Night of the Wolf"
1966 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Opie Taylor Episode: "Opie Joins the Marines"
I Spy Alan Loden Episode: "Little Boy Lost"
1967 The Monroes Timothy Prescott Episode: "Teaching the Tiger to Purr"
Gentle Ben Jody Cutler Episode: "Green-Eyed Bear"
1968 Mayberry R.F.D. Opie Taylor Episode: "Andy and Helen Get Married"
The Archie Show Archie Andrews Early Pilot Cartoon
Lancer Turk Caudle/Willy 2 episodes
1969 Judd for the Defense Phil Beeton Episode: "Between the Dark and the Daylight"
Daniel Boone Luke Episode: "A Man Before His Time"
Gunsmoke Jamie Episode: "Charlie Noon"
Land of the Giants Jodar Episode: "Genius At Work"
1970 Smoke Chris TV Movie
The Headmaster Tony Landis Season 1 - Episode 6
Lassie Gary Episode: "Gary Here Comes Glory!" Part 1 & 2
1971–72 The Smith Family Bob Smith 39 episodes
1972 Love, American Style Richard 'Richie' Cunningham Episode: "Love and the Happy Days"
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors Cory Merlino Episode: "Discovery at Fourteen"
Bonanza Ted Hoag Episode: "The Initiation"
1973 M*A*S*H Private Walter
Wendell Peterson
Episode: "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet"
1974 The Waltons Seth Turner Episode: "The Gift"
1974–1984 Happy Days Richard 'Richie' Cunningham 171 episodes
1974 Locusts Donny Fletcher Television Movie
The Migrants Lyle Barlow
1975 Huckleberry Finn Huckleberry Finn
1975–1981 Insight Connie/Joe 2 episodes
1976 Laverne & Shirley Richie Cunningham 2 episodes
I'm a Fool Andy TV Movie
1980 The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang Richie Cunningham Voice role;
Episode: "King for a Day"
Act of Love Leon Cybulkowski Television Movie
1981 Bitter Harvest Ned De Vries
Fire on the Mountain Lee Mackie
1983 When Your Lover Leaves N/A Television Movie;
Uncredited
1986 Return to Mayberry Opie Taylor Television Movie
1988 Channel 99 Himself
1998–1999 The Simpsons Himself Voice role; 2 episodes
1999 Frasier Stephen Voice role;
Episode: "Good Samaritan"
2003–2006, 2013, 2018 Arrested Development Narrator; Self 68 episodes.
2016 The Odd Couple Stanley Episode: "Taffy Days"
2017 This Is Us Himself 3 Episodes

References[edit]

  1. "Ron Howard Remembers Andy Griffith: He 'Shaped My Life'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  2. "Ron Howard: 'I'm introverted and risk-averse. But not when there's a story to be told'". The Guardian. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  3. "Ron Howard is 'back at the mic' narrating Arrested Development season 5". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  4. "Grand Theft Auto". TCM. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  5. "Night Shift". WarnerBros.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  6. "Julia Child Documentary From 'RBG' Directors Acquired by Sony Pictures Classics". The Wrap. Retrieved February 23, 2021.


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