Ron Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American film director, producer and former child actor. He appears as himself in the Season Three finale "Development Arrested" and in six episodes of Season Four. He also voices the Narrator.
Character history
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Ron Howard's contact info in "Exit Strategy"
Season three
Ron Howard's contact info is found by George Michael in Maeby's address book. ("Exit Strategy")
Maeby and Mort meet with "a Hollywood icon" (according to the narrator) to pitch a television series about the Bluth family. Howard responds that he potentially sees it as a movie. ("Development Arrested")
Season four
Ron Howard in "The B. Team"
After reading an article about Michael Bluth and his failed Michael B. Company in an issue of Altitude Ron Howard contacts Barry Zuckerkorn and tells him to have Michael meet at the offices of Imagine Entertainment. In the LEM inside his office, Ron tells Michael to get his family's releases, and mentions that he has an illegitimate daughter named Rebel but Michael mistakenly assumes he means she is his mistress. Michael tries to fast track the Untitled Michael B. Project by casting Andy Richter and Carl Weathers and having Stefan Gentles write the script but Ron and Brian Grazer send Michael down to Orange County Imagine to get the rest of the signatures. (4x4 — "The B. Team")
Michael gets his father's release and outside the Ealing Club Ron tells him the father-son dynamic is not about Michael as the son, but as the father. (4x4 — "The B. Team") A few days later Michael runs into Ron again at the Ealing Club and Ron doesn't recognize him. A bored Ron walks away while Michael talks about his issues with his son. (4x13 — "It Gets Better") ("Blockheads")
While working on Fantastic 4: An Action Musical Tobias is told to get the rights to Fantastic Four. When Michael tells Tobias he is afraid of jeopardizing his film for dating Ron Howard's mistress Tobias urges him to talk to Ron in person. Ron is appalled that Michael thinks Rebel is his mistress, not his daughter. Tobias asks for the rights to Fantastic 4 but Ron refuses so Tobias chokes him. (4x9 — "Smashed")
After Buster is arrested for murdering Lucille Austero Ron and Brian Grazer celebrate for having his film rights, claiming the movie about him will be their next Da Vinci Code. (4x15 — "Blockheads")
Images
- → See 66 pictures of Ron Howard at Images of Ron Howard.
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Appearances
| Season One — |
Season Two — |
Season Three "Development Arrested" |
| Season Four "The B. Team" "A New Start" (photo only) "Double Crossers" "Smashed" "Queen B." "Señoritis" (photo only) "It Gets Better" "Blockheads" |
Season Four Remix — |
Season Five — |