Turns out mayberry was smaller than we knew. Now, how did opie get his name? For eight seasons, viewers saw ron howard portray andy griffith’s son on the classic television series, the andy griffith show.
His father rance accompanied ron throughout. As a child actor, ron howard famously portrayed son opie taylor to sheriff andy taylor on the andy griffith show in the 1960s. In that episode, andy was introduced as sheriff andy taylor and ron howard as opie.
Ron howard in 2024 (right). Ron howard played sheriff andy taylor’s son opie on “the andy griffith show” from 1960 to 1968 beginning when he was 6 years old (he was 5 when the pilot aired in 1959). The making of a friendship and a classic american tv show, author daniel de visé writes that howard was watching griffith and knotts in a. Ron howard as opie on 'the andy griffith show' in 1962 (left);
In the book andy and don: Ron howard, who found fame as a child star on the hit 1960s series “the andy griffith show,” recently shared a photo on social. Francis bavier was even there, too! And in an interview with.
The how the grinch stole christmas director and his longtime wife, cheryl howard, could not be prouder of their kids, bryce dallas howard, paige howard, jocelyn. Howard has repeatedly posted on twitter about how he looks back at growing up on griffith’s tv set with great fondness, and also looked up to griffith. Only, in real life, griffith was not very close.