Ronald William Howard was born March 1st, 1954 in Duncan, Oklahoma. He is the older of two brothers. His parents, Rance Howard his father was an actor, director and writer, his mother Jean Howard was an actress, in 1959 his family relocated to Hollywood. Young Ron quickly joined the family business and his first television role was on an episode of Playhouse 90 and was followed by an appearance on The Red Skelton Show. He also was in four episodes of Denis the Menace and five shows of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. (Encarta) Ron has the face that refused to age. No matter how much of his hair he looses, or how much of a beard he grows, he continues to have a boyish charm.
For some viewers he is always remembered as Opie Taylor and to others as Richie Cunningham, while the more populated group of the confused he is know as Opie Cunningham. (sitcomsonline) The television producer Sheldon Leonard, who had seen Howards performance in Barnaby and Mr. OMally, cast the actor in the Andy Griffith Show which began its eight years on CBS on October 3, 1960. The gentle and subtle comedy of the show was set in the sleepy town of Mayberry, North Carolina, and was centered on the daily lives of sheriff Andy Taylor (Griffith), his young son, Opie (Howard), Aunt Bee (Frances Bavier), who was the live in housekeeper and Opeis surrogate mother, and Barney Fife (Don Knotts), Andys deputy. The scenes between Andy and Opie were sensitively written by Rons father with similarities of their relationship, some of Opeis lines were also written by his father. Howards parents intervened in certain ways in his life since he was a child star like making sure certain aspects of contracts said didnt say that he had to do promotional tours. When he was not working he was enrolled in public schools so he could interact with other kids his age.
The Term Paper on My Father 2
Step 1: Descriptive Paragraph Prewriting & Plan Directions: Complete all of the elements of the prewriting; otherwise, the content of your piece will not be accurate. Topic: My father Overall Impression/Point: As people age older they change physically and emotionally, however we can always see them as they were before. Audience: Instructor, Family and friends. Purpose: Persuade Topic ...
In school I was a novelty at first, Howard told Edwin Miller. People got very jazzed up about the idea of having a kid actor in class. That would blow over in a couple of weeks, and then I was able to blend right in. Howard later made the basketball team at Burroughs high school in Burbank; Howard then had to turn down acting assignments so he wouldnt miss any basketball games. I didnt work for nine months, he recalled, and thats when I learned I missed acting. Howard later contributed further to the trend of 1950s nostalgia with his role in Happy Days, a 1972 installment of a weekly comedy on ABC. Happy Days was set in Milwaukee during the 1950s and mainly focused on the misadventures of the clean-cut Richie Cunningham (Howard).
Most of the episodes showed Richie at home with his family or plotting schemes with his high school pals at the local hamburger shop, where the jukebox played rock-and-roll songs of this period. The show struggled in popularity for a while but was said to eventually thrive because of the skill of the oldest young professional performer in television, Ron Howard. Instead the show increased its popularity by focusing on one of the supporting actors, the auto mechanic and high school dropout named Arthur Fonzarelli (Henry Wrinler), mostly know as Fonzie or the Fonz. The leather jacketed tough guy ladies man was Richies mentor and definition of cool. By the start of the 1975-76 season, Wrinkler had became the star of Happy Days in everything but name, and his character had become the biggest popular-culture icon in the 1970s. Howards first project as a director was based on a screenplay he co wrote with his father called Grand Theft Auto (1977), in this he also played lead.
The movie proved worth wile in many ways. It was a good experience for Howard and it was filmed in 22 days and cost only $602,000, it grossed some fifteen million dollars and opened the doors for Howard to direct three television shows: Cotton Candy (1978); Through the Magic Pyramid (1981) and Skyward (1981), which featured Bette Davis. Some others of Howards films include Backdrafr, The Paper, and Far and Away. Though his best film yet has been Apollo 13, which is a drama about the jeopardized 1970 American space mission, which stars Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxton and featured the filmmakers mother and brother. I personally think that Ron Howard is a great famous person to do my report over because he is an extraordinary actor and a great film director. My favorite role of all of his has to be Richie Cunningham on Happy Days because I love the show and still watch it sometimes.
The Essay on Changing a Five Day School Week to a Four Day School Week
Changing a five day week to a five day week to a four day week (For schools) Why is our traditional five day week changing to a four day week? Any reason? A four day week would result in extra hours of work, interference with family schedules and much more. In any case what’s the problem with the five day school week? The customary five day school week should stay without any alterations. There ...
(Current Biographies) Bibliography www.sitcomsonline.com/howardbiog Encarta 97 Current Biography 1995 Pg 256.
