Apollo 13, the inspiring and riveting film of a real-life space flight that gripped the nation and changed the world, was one of the Ron Howard Movies. In the life of Ron Howard, he was born into an acting family and was in his first film at 18 months (Frontier Woman, 1956), although his first real acting part was at the age of four. Some of Ron Howard's earlier, most notable acting roles was playing Opie on "The Andy Griffith Show" and Richie Cunningham in "Happy Days"(in the Ron Howard biography). In the current life of Ron Howard, he is presently married to his high school sweetheart (since 1975) and is enjoying a life of telling stories as one of Hollywood's top directors. An interesting fact in the Ron Howard biography is that he is the son of actor/director Rance Howard and actress Jean Speegle Howard. Also in the life of Ron Howard, one of the Ron Howard Movies, Beautiful Mind, won an Oscar for best picture.
