Ron Howard

Ronald William "Ron" Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American Actor, Academy Award-winning Director, Producer and Screenwriter. He came to prominence as a child actor, playing Opie Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show since 1960, Winthrop Paroo in the Oscar-winning Msucial film The Music Man and later as the teenaged Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days ever since.