Editing Ron Howard (section)

==Early life==
Ron Howard was born on March 1, 1954, in [[Duncan, Oklahoma]], the elder of the two sons of [[Rance Howard]], a director, writer, and actor, and [[Jean Speegle Howard|Jean Speegle]], an actress. He is of German, English, Scottish, Irish, and Dutch ancestry.{{sfn|Gray|2003|p=157}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Ron Howard Biography |url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/Ron-Howard/biography/ |website=Monsters and Critics |access-date=October 20, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826161017/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/Ron-Howard/biography/ |archive-date=August 26, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.celebrina.com/ron-howard.html |title=Ron Howard |work=celebrina.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720182716/http://www.celebrina.com/ron-howard.html |archive-date=July 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fringepedia.net/wiki/Clint_Howard |title=Clint Howard |work=fringepedia.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827124303/http://www.fringepedia.net/wiki/Clint_Howard |archive-date=August 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://dukewayne.com/index.php?thread/2485-ron-howard/ |url-status=live |title=Pals of the Saddle- Ron Howard [Archive] – JWMB – The Original John Wayne Message Board! |work=dukewayne.com |date=October 23, 2006 |access-date=August 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827174930/http://dukewayne.com/archive/index.php/t-2485.html |archive-date=August 27, 2014}}</ref> His father was born with the surname "Beckenholdt" and took the stage name "Howard" in 1948 for his acting career.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hGBIAAAAIBAJ&pg=4711,2593860&dq=beckenholdt+howard&hl=en |title=Actress keeps name of her famous family |agency=Scripps Howard |date=August 3, 2004 |newspaper=The Vindicator |location=Youngstown, Ohio |page=B7 |access-date=September 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Ron Howard: From Mayberry to the Moon—and Beyond |last=Gray |first=Beverly |year=2003 |publisher=[[Thomas Nelson (publisher)|Thomas Nelson]] |isbn=978-1418530747 |page=6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ziz6zQ73yx0C&q=Beckenholdt+Howard&pg=PA6}}</ref> Rance Howard was serving three years in the [[United States Air Force]] at the time of Ron's birth.{{sfn|Gray|2003|pages=7–8}}<ref name=break>{{cite web |last=Estrin |first=Eric |title=Ron Howard's 'Breakthrough'?: Ronald Reagan |url=https://www.thewrap.com/ron-howards-breakthrough-ronald-reagan-14504/ |publisher=The Wrap |access-date=May 6, 2011 |date=February 22, 2010}}</ref>

Howard was tutored at [[Desilu Studios]] in his younger years but continued his schooling at Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary and David Starr Jordan Junior High in [[Burbank, California]] when not working in television, eventually graduating from Burbank's [[John Burroughs High School]]. He later attended the [[University of Southern California]]'s [[USC School of Cinematic Arts|School of Cinematic Arts]] but did not graduate.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cinema.usc.edu/alumni/notable.cfm |title=Notable Alumni |publisher=cinema-usc.edu |access-date=September 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=International Dictionary of University Histories |last=Devine |first=Mary |year=1998 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=1-884964-23-0 |page=621 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6x3S8eM3spAC&pg=PA621}}</ref> Howard has said he knew from a young age he might want to go into directing, thanks to his early experience as an actor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://guru.bafta.org/ron-howard-on-filmmaking |title=Ron Howard: On Filmmaking |work=[[BAFTA|Bafta Guru]] |date=July 2, 2013 |access-date=August 18, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ron Howard Biography and Interview |website=achievement.org |publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]] |url=https://achievement.org/achiever/ron-howard/#interview}}</ref>