# Is this true?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-true/72625>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 16, 2001, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-true/72625 "2001-07-16T00:50:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Mammie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@Mammie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mammie)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-true/72625/1 "2001-07-16T00:50:03Z")

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Someone told me lately that the little “homely” boy who used to be on Gentle Ben…years ago, is the brother of Ron Howard. Hard to believe.

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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-true/72625/2 "2001-07-16T01:00:19Z")

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Clint Howard was in it.

[http://us.imdb.com/Title?0061255](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0061255)

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**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-true/72625/3 "2001-07-16T01:02:27Z")

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Yes, his name is Clint Howard, he’s informally known as “King of the Bits” for being in a zillion movies with only a line or two.

Their dad is actor Rance Howard.

FTR, Ron isn’t exactly “comely” is he? IMHO.

Sir Rhosis

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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-true/72625/4 "2001-07-16T01:02:41Z")

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[http://us.imdb.com/Name?Howard,+Clint](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Howard,+Clint)

Apparantly so.

Clint Howard is really ugly, and he is in a lot of stuff.

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**Author:** ![sewalk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@sewalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sewalk)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-true/72625/5 "2001-07-16T01:23:55Z")

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You can usually count on seeing him in his brother’s films. IMDb shows 16 joint ventures starting with **Eat My Dust!** , Ron Howard’s first directorial effort.

Ron Howard may not be another Mel Gibson, but Opie Taylor was a lot cuter than Mark Wedloe.