Ron Howard is now one of our most beloved directors, but the former child star shared that it was his Happy Days co-star who helped inspire him to follow his dreams. While Howard was playing Richie ...

Howard, 71, who got his start on TV as a child actor on The Andy Griffith Show, played Richie Cunningham for seven seasons on the beloved ABC sitcom Happy Days. His co-stars Henry Winkler, Anson ...

“That M*A*S*H episode was really fun,” he recalled in his interview with the Television Academy Foundation. “I was treated like a TV vet on that show. I was going to college at the time and it ...

Their sitcom debuted in 1974. Ron Howard says he owes it all to the Fonz. The director says that Henry Winkler, who played Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli to his Richie Cunningham on the ABC sitcom Happy ...

Ron Howard revealed in a career-spanning Vulture interview that he was ready to walk away from “Happy Days” if the team behind the beloved ABC sitcom changed its title to “Fonzie’s Happy Days.” Howard ...

Ron Howard threatened to quit his hit Happy Days over plans to change the title. The actor-turned-moviemaker played Richie Cunningham in the hit TV show with Henry Winkler as best friend Arthur ...

Ron Howard is reflecting on how his Happy Days co-star Henry Winkler "played a hand" in helping his dream of a directing career happen. In a recent interview with PEOPLE, he explained, "I was working ...

Ron Howard has been a part of many cherished properties throughout his career. Starting on the show The Andy Griffith Show, Howard became a fan favorite, but it was his time on Happy Days that gave ...

Even at 21, Howard had no doubts about marrying his high school sweetheart: "I was just so sure," he tells PEOPLE Fifty years ago, on June 27, 1975, Ron Howard put on a sky blue tux to marry his high ...

The actor and director married his high school sweetheart in 1975. But in a new interview with People magazine, Howard, 71, revealed that his wedding to Cheryl Alley was “a small, very modest” affair.