Ron Howard
Director, Actor
Andy Griffith Show, The (TV Series) (1960-1968)
- Feat. Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Ron Howard
- Classic US TV series set in the quiet town of Maybury, North Carolina, out of which comedian Griffith spun his homely brand of humour. Two volumes of…
Five Minutes To Live (Door-to-Door Maniac) (1961)
- Dir. Bill Karn
Feat. Johnny Cash, Cay Forrester, Donald Woods…
- Little known B–movie thriller with Cash and Forrester playing hoods who complete a smalltown bank robbery, then start paying suburban house…
Courtship of Eddie's Father, The (1962)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Glenn Ford, Ron Howard, Shirley Jones
- Wholesome family comedy, wherein widower Glenn Ford is prodded into romance by his six–year son Ron Howard (who went on to become the…
Village of the Giants (1965)
- Dir. Bert I. Gordon
Feat. Ron Howard, Beau Bridges
- From the brainchild of Bert I. Gordon, an atomic monster and ‘giant’ movie specialist who did a lot of his own special effects, comes this gaudy…
American Graffiti (1973)
- Dir. George Lucas
Feat. Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss
- Seminal coming–of–age comedy set in '62 spawned a hit TV show (Happy Days), a mega–selling soundtrack and boosted many careers.
Happy Days (TV Series) (1974)
- Feat. Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Tom Bosley…
- Rockin’ and rollin’ time capsule nostalgia recaptures the simple, all–American life of the Cunninghams in the jukebox fifties, and their…
Spikes Gang, The (1974)
- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Lee Marvin, Gary Grimes, Charles Martin Smith…
- Downbeat western with Lee Marvin as a wounded outlaw who finds shelter with two young runaways. Regaling them his colorful stories of life on the…
Huckleberry Finn (1975)
- Dir. Robert Totten
Feat. Ron Howard, Royal Dano, Antonio Fargas…
- Fairly straightforward version of Mark Twain's best–loved book, with Howard playing Huck with freckled charm. Avoids some of the darker…
Shootist, The (1976)
- Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. John Wayne, Ron Howard, Lauren Bacall
- Celebrated finale to John Wayne's career playing an aging gunfighter seeking obscurity but assailed by cancer and various 'young guns', out to prove…
Eat My Dust! (1976)
- Dir. Charles B Griffith
Feat. Ron Howard, Warren Kemmerling
- Set around the racetrack world of stock–cars and demolition derbys, this Roger Corman–produced actioner has a young Ron Howard behind the…