Over the past 60+ years, The Andy Griffith Show has enthralled audiences with its depiction of a simpler time that has turned ...

After eight years as Opie, transitioning from child ... “She kept calling me ‘Mr. Howard.' When I asked her to call me Ron, she said, ‘I’ll call you Mr. Howard until I decide whether ...

Ron Howard rose to fame as a child actor and has since directed ... as well as his early days as Opie on The Andy Griffith ...

“Most child actors aren’t taught how to act,” Ron Howard once told ... They’re like trained animals.” Mr. Howard, who starred as the grade-school-age scamp Opie on “The Andy Griffith ...

Included were Richard Dreyfus, Harrison Ford, Suzanne Somers, Cindy Williams and Ron Howard, the latter already a childhood star from his Opie Taylor days on “The Andy Griffith Show.” ...

Whether they’re employees of the City of Sarasota, which owns the “Purple Palace,” or contractors, they’ve been working 24/7 ...