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A BEAUTIFUL MIND 
“Having Opie sass back to Andy might get a few laughs, but it’s like every other sitcom and it hurts the father/son relationship.”Aaron Ruben, Sheldon Leonard, and Andy Griffith were surprised. Where did this 32-year-old father of child actor Ronny Howard find the nerve to chime in and pitch changes to their new CBS sitcom? Where did this guy come from?Our Dad, Rance Howard, born Harold Beckenholdt (11-17-28), was an Oklahoma farm boy who caught the acting bug at age...
Imagine Entertainment
Ron
Howard
Chairman / Director / Producer
The Imagine Entertainment co-founder — who melted American hearts as 6-year-old Opie Taylor and then as impish teen Richie Cunningham — recently struck out with the big-screen “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” but that was essentially a salvage job, anyway. Howard got the call after Phil Lord and Chris Miller left mid-shoot. Despite basking in Oscar’s light twice — “Frost/Nixon” and “A Beautiful Mind” — the Everyman director has suffered the sting of flops, including big-budget busts “In the Heart of the Sea” and “Inferno.” Next up is a documentary about opera star Luciano
Pavarotti, and he’ll helm the romantic drama “The Girl Before” and sci-fi flick “Seveneves.” Imagine still makes films but has moved more into television, scoring with the likes of “Genius” and “Empire.”
