Ron Howard is taking a trip down memory lane ... Andy Taylor (Griffith). At 5 years old, Howard played Opie during the duration of the series from 1960 to 1968. Knotts was known for his role ...

On Feb. 15, Ron Howard ... distant cousins!” (Howard perhaps misremembered the date, since Ransom, which starred Mel Gibson and Rene Russo, was released in 1996.) Howard played Opie on The ...

Turns out Mayberry was smaller than we knew.Ron Howard ... distant cousins!”Howard was cast when he was 5 years old in the sitcom, which ran on CBS from 1960 to 1968. He played the son of ...