At every turn he demonstrated his honest respect for people and he never seemed to expect theirs in return, but wanted to earn it. PHOTOS: Life in pictures | Celebrities react | Notable deaths ![]() Okay, here we go, let's rehearse it.' And I remember just standing there and I must have been beaming because Andy looked at me and kind of squinted and said, 'Whatcha grinnin' at, youngin?' And I said, 'Well, that was the first idea of mine that you ever took.He was known for ending shows by looking at the audience and saying “I appreciate it, and good night.” Perhaps the greatest enduring lesson I learned from eight seasons playing Andy’s son Opie on the show was that he truly understood the meaning of those words, and he meant them, and there was value in that. And I don't remember what the line was, but I remember during rehearsal, I hesitated and I said, 'Could I say something?' They said, 'Sure.' I said, 'I don't think a kid would say it that way.' And the director, Bob Sweeney, who'd also been an actor, said, 'Well, how would a kid say it?' And I pitched my little rewrite, and he said, 'Great, say it that way. At the end of the second season, we were in rehearsal, and I was supposed to come in the sheriff's office like I always do and say, "Hey, Pa something. ![]() I remember that first year I was 6, and it was a little worrisome because they weren't accepting any of my ideas. "As a child, I would sit around listening to them, talking about the script and working out kinks," Howard said.Ron has said that his father pitched the idea to Andy, after umpiring a real-life baseball game with his son. His favorite episode is The Ball Game.He is the coauthor of the 2021 book "The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family" with his brother, Clint Howard. In the short film, he addresses the camera as himself, then changes costume to appear as Opie with Andy Griffith and again as Richie with actor Henry Winkler as the "Fonz". In 2008 Ron Howard produced an online political endorsement for presidential candidate Barack Obama, entitled Ron Howard's Call to Action. He appeared in the TV reunion specials Andy Griffith Show Reunion, Inside TV Land: The Andy Griffith Show and The Andy Griffith Show Reunion: Back to Mayberry. While hosting "Saturday Night Live" in 1982, Ron Howard appeared in a sketch with Andy Griffith, in which they played Sheriff Taylor and Opie. His daughter Bryce Dallas Howard has become a noted film actress, whose first three films were directed by her father. The film How the Grinch Stole Christmas was dedicated to his mother's memory. His mother Jean Speegle Howard and wife Cheryl Howard have appeared in several of his films. ![]() ![]() His father Rance Howard and brother Clint Howard each appeared in episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show" and have appeared in many of Ron Howard's films. Ron with his father and brother while filming TAGS. He was awarded a star on the Walk of Fame and he has also won two of his six Emmy nominations for producing TV shows such as: "From the Earth to the Moon" starring the Two Time Oscar winner, Tom Hanks and He has won one Golden Globe for "Arrested Development" for which he also serves as The Narrator. Ron Howard has become a noted director of such films as Grand Theft Auto, Night Shift, Splash, Cocoon, Gung Ho, Willow, Parenthood, Backdraft, Far and Away, The Paper, Apollo 13, Ransom, EdTV, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Beautiful Mind (for which he won two Academy Awards for producing and directing), The Missing, Cinderella Man, The Da Vinci Code, Frost/Nixon (with two more Oscar nominations), Angels & Demons, The Dilemma, Rush, In the Heart of the Sea, Inferno and Solo: A Star Wars Story. He also starred in the films American Graffiti, The Shootist, Grand Theft Auto, More American Graffiti, and Osmosis Jones. He has been nominated for five Golden Globes, including one for playing Richie Cunningham on the TV series "Happy Days". As a child actor, he appeared in the films Five Minutes to Live, The Music Man and The Courtship of Eddie's Father, and had recurring roles on the TV series "Dennis the Menace" and "The Smith Family", The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis,the highly popular TLassie Show.
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