Ron Howard Filmography: Every Movie and TV Show in Order

How many movies and TV shows has Ron Howard been in? This complete Ron Howard filmography lists 61 credited roles (24 films, 37 TV series), in chronological order from 1953 to 2025, with links to our full guides where available.

Ron Howard movies in order

• The Journey (1959) as Billy Rhinelander
• Five Minutes to Live (1961) as Bobby Wilson
• The Music Man (1962) as Winthrop Paroo
• The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963) as Eddie Corbett
• Village of the Giants (1965) as Genius
• American Graffiti (1973) as Steve Bolander
• The Spikes Gang (1974) as Les
• The First Nudie Musical (1976) as Auditioning Actor
• Eat My Dust (1976) as Hoover Niebold
• The Shootist (1976) as Gillom Rogers
• Grand Theft Auto (1977) as Sam Freeman
• More American Graffiti (1979) as Steve Bolander
• Night Shift (1982) as Annoying Sax Player (uncredited)
• Return to Mayberry (1986) as Opie Taylor
• Osmosis Jones (2001) as Tom Colonic (voice)
• A Beautiful Mind (2001) as Man at Governor's Ball (uncredited)
• Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible (2010) as Self
• Corman's World (2011) as Self - Filmmaker
• The Arrested Development Documentary Project (2013) as Self
• Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie (2016) as Himself
• Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10 (2019) as Self
• Dads (2019) as Self
• Music by John Williams (2024) as Self - Filmmaker
• John Candy: I Like Me (2025) as Self - Director, Splash (archive footage)

Ron Howard TV shows

• The Oscars (1953) as Self
• Lassie (1954)
• The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) as Chris
• Gunsmoke (1955) as Jamie
• Bonanza (1959) as Ted Hoag
• The Twilight Zone (1959) as Wilcox Boy
• Dennis the Menace (1959)
• Dennis the Menace (1959) as Stewart
• The Andy Griffith Show (1960) as Opie Taylor
• The Fugitive (1963) as Gus
• Daniel Boone (1964) as Luke
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964) as Opie Taylor
• I Spy (1965) as Alan Loden
• The Big Valley (1965) as Tommy
• The F.B.I. (1965) as Jess Orkin
• Land of the Giants (1968) as Jodar
• Great Performances (1971) as Self
• The Waltons (1972)
• MAS*H (1972) as Wendell
• Happy Days (1974) as Richie Cunningham
• Happy Days (1974)
• Laverne & Shirley (1976)
• The Simpsons (1989) as Ron Howard (voice)
• Frasier (1993) as Stephen (voice)
• MADtv (1995) as Self
• E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
• Arrested Development (2003) as Narrator
• The Odd Couple (2015) as Stanley
• This Is Us (2016) as Ron Howard (uncredited)
• How To with John Wilson (2020) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Only Murders in the Building (2021) as Ron Howard
• LIGHT & MAGIC (2022) as Self - Academy Award Winning Filmmaker
• LIGHT & MAGIC (2022) as Self
• LIGHT & MAGIC (2022) as Self - Director, Cocoon
• LIGHT & MAGIC (2022) as Self - Director, Willow
• 100 Years of Warner Bros. (2023) as Self
• The Studio (2025) as Ron Howard

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