Rance, who had a big influence on Ron’s life as a child actor, died in 2017 at age 89 Ron Howard is looking back at Apollo 13 and the role his dad, Rance Howard, played in the film. “I’m directing my ...

Ron Howard admitted he didn't think his mother, Jean Speegle Howard, could play a role in Apollo 13. The actress took her false teeth out during an audition to prove she could play older. "I said, ...

“I’m in there getting my physical with Kevin Bacon. It’s everything — it’s the treadmill, urine, blood works, heart monitor the whole thing,” Howard, 71, told Stephen Colbert during his Wednesday, ...

There’s a throwaway moment early in Ron Howard’s Apollo 13 that I find irresistible, and which unlocks the picture in interesting ways. It happens right after the 1969 moon landing, as astronaut Jim ...

Ron Howard had doubts about casting his mother in Apollo 13 until he saw her without false teeth. The 71-year-old put his mum Jean Speegle Howard, in his 1995 space drama movie as astronaut Jim Lovell ...

Director Ron Howard's "Apollo 13," the cinematic account of the ill-fated lunar flight in 1970, blew out the candles on its big 30th birthday on June 30, 2025. But in case you missed the celebration, ...

Chris is a Senior News Writer for Collider. He can be found in an IMAX screen, with his eyes watering and his ears bleeding for his own pleasure. He joined the news team in 2022 and accidentally fell ...

Ron Howard became a household name as child actor Opie Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show from 1960 to 1968, then solidified ...

For the first time in his career, Howard notched a Directors Guild of America nod for ‘Outstanding Directorial Achievement in ...