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A favorite TV actor who had made the successful transition into an Oscar winning director,Ron Howard is 64 today.
He co-starred in 2 classic sitcoms:
"Opie' on'The Andy Griffith Show" '60-'68
"Richie Cunningham" on 'Happy Days" '74-'84
At age 8,he played'Winthrop Paroo' in 'The Music Man '62
My #1 favorite movie he directed is'Cocoon' 85 with an all star cast:
Don Ameche{he won best supp Oscar} Gwen Verdon,Brian Dennehy,Jessica Tandy&husband,Hume Cronyn,Maureen Stapleton,Wilford Brimley,Steve Guttenberg,Jack Gilford
other favorites are:
"Parenthood" '89
Backdraft"91
"Apollo 13' '95
"A Beautiful Mind'01
'Inferno' 16
He has won 2 Oscars for Beautiful Mind,best director,picture ,he never won Emmys for his TV roles but has won Emmys for exec producer of these shows:
mini series'From Earth to the Moon" '98,"Arrested Development' '03
He won Director Guild award for "Apollo 13',A Beautiful Mind
He has 2 Hollywood Walk of Fame stars one for TV '81,film in '15.
He and Jodie are in a select group of actors who started their careers in TV,became successful in movies Sue
He co-starred in 2 classic sitcoms:
"Opie' on'The Andy Griffith Show" '60-'68
"Richie Cunningham" on 'Happy Days" '74-'84
At age 8,he played'Winthrop Paroo' in 'The Music Man '62
My #1 favorite movie he directed is'Cocoon' 85 with an all star cast:
Don Ameche{he won best supp Oscar} Gwen Verdon,Brian Dennehy,Jessica Tandy&husband,Hume Cronyn,Maureen Stapleton,Wilford Brimley,Steve Guttenberg,Jack Gilford
other favorites are:
"Parenthood" '89
Backdraft"91
"Apollo 13' '95
"A Beautiful Mind'01
'Inferno' 16
He has won 2 Oscars for Beautiful Mind,best director,picture ,he never won Emmys for his TV roles but has won Emmys for exec producer of these shows:
mini series'From Earth to the Moon" '98,"Arrested Development' '03
He won Director Guild award for "Apollo 13',A Beautiful Mind
He has 2 Hollywood Walk of Fame stars one for TV '81,film in '15.
He and Jodie are in a select group of actors who started their careers in TV,became successful in movies Sue
