Ron Howard has been famous for nearly all of his 70 years. This big name in Hollywood has been working hard in movies and TV since he was just a little kid.
Besides having a really amazing career, this award-winning person has also shown that he can have a long-lasting personal life. He has been happily married to his wife Cheryl for nearly fifty years.
Continue reading to discover more about Howard, his long career, and his marriage that has lasted for many years!
Ronald Howard, who would later become a famous Hollywood star, was born on March 1, 1954, in Duncan, Oklahoma.
Howard started his acting career really young! He was just 18 months old when he was in his first movie called Frontier Woman. Then, when he turned two, he performed on stage for the first time in a play called The Seven Year Itch.
Not long after the red-haired kid with freckles began his rise to fame on The Andy Griffith Show, which aired from 1960 to 1968, he started his journey as a celebrity.
During this time, when the young boy played Opie, who is the son of Griffith’s character, Howard had the complete backing of his parents, both of whom worked in the entertainment field.
“You know how we used to say, ‘You can try if you want, but it’s totally up to you?’ Well, if you begin this, there’s no backing out,” Howard said, thinking back to a talk he had with his parents many years ago. “You don’t have to participate in other shows if you don’t feel like it, but you have to stick with this one.”
Howard explains that he got the message from his parents, saying, “At that moment, it was obvious that I was having fun and doing well at it.”
Actually, he was great at it, and he was about to reach a level of stratospheric stardom.
Howard’s ‘Happy Days’
While he was acting in The Andy Griffith Show, Howard also made a movie appearance in 1962’s The Music Man, which turned out to be a big hit at the box office.
He had a natural gift for acting and became famous in the 1973 movie American Graffiti. This film also featured stars like Harrison Ford, Richard Dreyfuss, and Cindy Williams, who he would later work with again.
