Editing Ron Howard (section)

===Additional acting roles===
In the 1962 film version of ''[[The Music Man (1962 film)|The Music Man]]'', Howard played [[Winthrop Paroo]], the child with the lisp; the film starred [[Robert Preston (actor)|Robert Preston]], [[Shirley Jones]], and [[Buddy Hackett]]. The film was based on the [[The Music Man|1957 musical of the same name]] by [[Meredith Willson]]. The film was directed by [[Morton DaCosta]] who previously helmed the 1958 film ''[[Auntie Mame (film)|Auntie Mame]]'' starring [[Rosalind Russell]]. The film was a critical and commercial success becoming the [[1962 in film|third highest-grossing film of that year]]. The film went on to receive six [[Academy Award]] nominations including for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]].

He also starred in the 1963 film ''[[The Courtship of Eddie's Father (film)|The Courtship of Eddie's Father]]'' with [[Glenn Ford]] and Jones. He guest-starred as Tommy in the twelfth episode of the first season of ''[[The Big Valley]]'' and he appeared as Barry Stewart on ''[[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' in 1965; on ''[[I Spy (1965 TV series)|I Spy]]'' in the 1966 episode "Little Boy Lost"; as [[Henry Fonda]]'s son in an ABC series, ''[[The Smith Family (TV series)|The Smith Family]]'', in 1968; as Jodah in ''[[Land of the Giants]]'' in 1969; as a boy whose father was shot on ''Daniel Boone'' in 1971–72; and as an underage [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]] on ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' in the episode "[[Sometimes You Hear the Bullet]]" in 1973. In the 1970s, he appeared in at least one episode of ''[[The Bold Ones]]'', as a teenage tennis player with an illness.

Howard appeared on the 1969 [[Disneyland Records]] album ''The Story and Song from the Haunted Mansion''. It featured the story of two teenagers, Mike (Howard) and Karen ([[Robie Lester]]), who get trapped inside the [[The Haunted Mansion|Haunted Mansion]]. [[Thurl Ravenscroft]] plays the Narrator, Pete Reneday plays the Ghost Host, and Eleanor Audley plays Madame Leota. Some of the effects and ideas that were planned but never permanently made it to the attraction are mentioned here: the Raven speaks in the Stretching Room, and the Hatbox Ghost is mentioned during the Attic scene. It was reissued in 1998 as a cassette tape titled ''A Spooky Night in Disney's Haunted Mansion'' and on CD in 2009.

Howard played Steve Bolander in [[George Lucas]]'s coming-of-age film ''[[American Graffiti]]'' in 1973,<ref name="tca" /> which was the inspiration for the sitcom ''[[Happy Days]]'' starring Howard. Howard starred in the film alongside [[Richard Dreyfus]], [[Charles Martin Smith]], and [[Harrison Ford]]. Critic [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' praised the film in his four star review writing, "''American Graffiti'' is not only a great movie but a brilliant work of historical fiction; no sociological treatise could duplicate the movie's success in remembering exactly how it was to be alive at that cultural instant."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/american-graffiti-1973|title= American Graffiti|website= [[Roger Ebert|Rogerebert.com]]|accessdate= July 20, 2023}}</ref> Howard reprised his role in the sequel ''[[More American Graffiti]]'' (1979).

In 1974, Howard guest-starred as Seth Turner, the best friend of Jason Walton ([[Jon Walmsley]]), in ''[[The Waltons]]'' episode, "The Gift". Featured in the cast as Dr. McIvers is Ron Howard's father [[Rance Howard]].<ref>MSN Entertainment ''The Waltons: The Gift''</ref> In 1976, Howard starred alongside [[John Wayne]] and [[Lauren Bacall]] in [[Don Siegel]]'s ''[[The Shootist]]'', the story of a [[Western (genre)|Western]] gunfighter dying of cancer. (The movie was Wayne's last.)

Howard was the narrator for ''[[Arrested Development]]''<ref name="Hudson 2024">{{cite web |last=Hudson |first=Alex |title=Ron Howard Reveals How He Was Accidentally Forced to Be Narrator on ''Arrested Development'' |website=exclaim.ca |date=June 6, 2024 |url=https://exclaim.ca/film/article/ron-howard-reveals-how-he-accidentally-was-forced-into-the-role-of-narrator-on-arrested-development |access-date=June 12, 2024}}</ref> and also appeared as a cameo in later seasons.