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( May 2016 ) Clint Howard Howard in Gentle Ben ( 1967 ) ( 1959 - 04 - 20 ) April 20, 1959 ( age 59 ) Burbank, California, U.S. Occupation Actor Years active 1962 -- present Spouse ( s ) Melanie Howard ( m. 1995 ; div. 2017 ) Parent ( s ) Rance Howard Jean Speegle Howard Relatives Ron Howard ( brother ) Bryce Dallas Howard ( niece ) Paige Howard ( niece ) Clinton Howard ( born April 20, 1959 ) is an American actor. He is the younger brother of actor and director Ron Howard. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Television 2.2 Film 2.3 Music 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Early life Howard was born in Burbank, California, the younger son of actors Rance Howard and Jean Speegle Howard. His brother is actor and filmmaker Ron Howard. Career Television Howard began his career when he was two, appearing in five episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, then starring his older brother Ron. He played Leon, a toddler in a cowboy outfit who wandered around Mayberry and silently offered people a bite of his sandwich, to which they would respond `` no, thank you ''. Other early notable roles include his appearance on The Streets of San Francisco in the episode entitled `` The House on Hyde Street '', and The Virginian as Tommy, the proud owner of a new litter of pups in the episode entitled `` Melanie ''. In 1963, he appeared in the ABC medical drama Breaking Point in the role of four year old Mikey in the episode `` The Gnu, Now Almost Extinct ''. He also played little Billy Taft, the nephew of Dr. Richard Kimble, in the season one episode of The Fugitive, `` Home is the Hunted '' ( 1964 ). His first prominent role was as a regular on the series Gentle Ben ( 1967 -- 69 ). He also starred in an episode of Rod Serling 's Night Gallery as Herbie, a ten - year - old boy who predicts the near future, and played Billy in the made for television version of John Steinbeck 's The Red Pony, with Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara. Howard appeared in various Star Trek episodes : In 1966, he appeared as the powerful but childlike alien Balok in `` The Corbomite Maneuver, '' a season one episode of Star Trek : The Original Series ( although not the first episode broadcast, it was the first episode of season one to be produced after the pilot episodes ). The appearance is a well - remembered one in Star Trek history, and he briefly reprised the character in 2006 on Comedy Central 's roast of William Shatner `` Past Tense Part II, '' a Star Trek : Deep Space Nine episode `` Acquisition, '' a season one episode of Star Trek : Enterprise `` Will You Take My Hand, '' a season one episode of Star Trek : Discovery As a nod to Howard 's prominent place in Star Trek culture, he played a part in Star Trek director J.J. Abrams ' series Fringe ; in the season one episode, `` The Road Not Taken '', playing a man who thought he was the son of Sarek of Vulcan. He discussed a fictitious plot by Romulans from the future, much like the one in Abrams ' own Star Trek film. ( In the next episode, Leonard Nimoy was revealed to be the mysterious character he was discussing. ) In 2003, Howard played Johnny Bark on Arrested Development in the season one episode Key Decisions, which was produced and narrated by his brother, Ron. He was seen in an episode of Married... with Children as a creepy janitor. He played a car thief / murderer in the season four Seinfeld episode `` The Trip ''. Howard played Creepy Rodney in the season one My Name Is Earl episode `` Stole a Badge '', and he was a guest star in the season three episode of the NBC show Heroes `` I Am Sylar ''. Film In his film debut The Courtship of Eddie 's Father ( 1963 ), he played a child party guest standing on a table at his birthday party, that Shirley Jones put an Indian headdress on his head. Howard also voiced Roo in Disney 's animated shorts Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree ( 1966 ) and Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day ( 1968 ), which were later incorporated into The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh ( 1977 ), and Hathi Jr. in The Jungle Book ( 1967 ). Howard appeared in seventeen films directed by his brother, Ron Howard, including Ron 's first directorial effort -- a short film called Old Paint -- when Clint was ten. He also starred in Ron 's first full length feature, Grand Theft Auto. Other roles in the elder Howard 's films include : John Dexter in Cocoon ( 1985 ), Paul in Gung Ho ( both film and TV series ), pathologist Ricco in Backdraft ( 1991 ), Lou in Parenthood, Flynn in Far and Away ( 1992 ), flight controller Seymour Liebergot in Apollo 13 ( 1995 ), Ken in EDtv ( 1999 ), and Whobris in How the Grinch Stole Christmas ( 2000 ). He also played Sheriff Purdy in The Missing ( 2003 ), Lloyd Davis in Frost / Nixon ( 2008 ), Herbert Trimpy in The Dilemma, and Paul Lucas in the episodes `` Spider '' and `` We Interrupt This Program '' of the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, which was produced by brother Ron. He played Eaglebaur in Rock ' n ' Roll High School, Usher in Get Crazy, Paco in The Waterboy, Arthur Lynne in Uwe Boll 's Heart of America, cellmate Slinky in Tango & Cash, CJZZ Disk Jockey in That Thing You Do !, Johnson Ritter in the Austin Powers series, another flight controller in Night at the Museum : Battle of the Smithsonian, Nipples in Little Nicky ( 2000 ), Gregory Tudor in the low budget film Ice Cream Man ( 1995 ), Rughead in The Wraith ( 1986 ), Stanley Coopersmith in Evilspeak ( 1981 ), Kate the Caterer in The Cat in the Hat, Doctor Koplenson in Halloween ( 2007 ), and appeared in the romantic comedies, Play the Game and Speed - Dating. He also played Sanders in Alabama Moon and Dr. Owen in Nobody Gets Out Alive, which was written and directed by filmmaker Jason Christopher, and was released nationwide on February 26, 2013. The film made rounds of the festival circuit in 2012, and won two best feature awards, a best director award, and a best actor award. He appeared in Solo : A Star Wars Story, which his brother Ron Howard directed. Music In 1981, Howard formed The Kempsters, a new wave rock and roll group that was composed mostly of his friends who were neighbors with him on Kemp Street. In 1982, their original drummer, Mike `` Spooner '' Bauer, was replaced by Tony Rodriquez and the band played regularly at Madame Wong 's West. The band retired in 1983. Although The Kempsters never released an album while together, Howard has recently begun distributing No Brains At All, a CD featuring four tracks the band recorded in various studios, and seven tracks recorded live on October 17, 1982 at Madame Wong 's. Personal life Howard married his wife Melanie on October 29, 1995. In 2017, it was announced that Howard had filed for divorce. Howard is a Republican ( contrasting with his brother, Ron, a Democrat ). On January 29, 2016, three days before the Iowa Caucuses, he endorsed United States Senator Ted Cruz of Texas for the Republican presidential nomination. Howard is an avid golfer, who played 150 rounds a year, and is also known for playing World of Warcraft in which he plays under the name Extas, of the guild `` Thrust '' on the Dark Iron realm. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1963 The Courtship of Eddie 's Father Child Party Guest Uncredited 1966 Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree Roo ( voice ) Short film An Eye for an Eye Jo - Hi Quince -- Brian 's Son 1967 The Jungle Book Hathi Jr. ( voice ) Gentle Giant Mark Wedloe 1968 Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day Roo ( voice ) Short film 1970 The Wild Country Andrew Tanner 1973 Salty Tim Reed 1976 Eat My Dust ! George Poole Jr. 1977 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Roo ( voice ) Grand Theft Auto Ace I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Baseball Catcher 1978 Harper Valley PTA Corley 1979 Rock ' n ' Roll High School Eaglebauer 1981 Evilspeak Stanley Coopersmith 1982 Night Shift Jefferey Get Crazy Usher 1984 Splash Wedding Guest 1985 Cocoon John Dexter 1986 Gung Ho Paul The Wraith Rughead End of the Line Les Sullivan Freeway Ronnie B.O.R.N. Jerry Parenthood Lou Tango & Cash Slinky 1990 Disturbed Brian 1991 Backdraft Ricco The Rocketeer Mark 1992 Far and Away Flynn Carnosaur ' Slim ' Friar Ticks Jarvis Tanner 1994 The Paper Ray Blaisch Leprechaun 2 Tourist Bigfoot : The Unforgettable Encounter Gary Forced to Kill Drifter 1995 Fist of the North Star Stalin Ice Cream Man Gregory Tudor Forget Paris Exterminator Digital Man Deakins Apollo 13 Sy Liebergot Not Like Us Wede Twisted Love Gardener Barb Wire Schmitz Unhook the Stars Gus That Thing You Do ! KJZZ Disc Jockey Santa with Muscles Hinkley 1997 Austin Powers : International Man of Mystery Johnson Ritter 1998 Twilight EMS Worker The Dentist 2 Mr. Toothache Telling You Customer Uncredited The Waterboy Paco Evasive Action Hector Miller 1999 EDtv Ken Austin Powers : The Spy Who Shagged Me Johnson Ritter 2000 My Dog Skip Millard The Million Dollar Kid Harvey Little Nicky Nipples Ping ! Stu How the Grinch Stole Christmas Whobris Blackwoods Greg 2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember Johnson Ritter Heart of America Artie Lynne 100 Women Mr. Willens 2003 Pauly Shore is Dead Pauly 's Business Manager House of the Dead Salish The Cat in the Hat Kate the Caterer The Missing Sheriff Purdy Raising Genius Mr. Goss The Sure Hand of God Clyde Trotter I Am Stamos Himself Short film 2005 River 's End Mr. Powell My Big Fat Independent Movie The Mechanic Cinderella Man Referee Planet Ibsen Henrik Ibsen Fun with Dick and Jane INS Agent 2006 Church Ball Gene Jensen The Powder Puff Principle Principal Richard Skelter Short film Curious George Balloon Man ( voice ) How to Eat Fried Worms Uncle Ed Big Bad Wolf Fulton Chaney 2007 Music Within Clerk Halloween Dr. Koplenson A Plumm Summer Binky the Clown A Christmas Too Many Todd 2008 Foreign Exchange Long Larry Frost / Nixon Lloyd Davis Senior Skip Day Lionel Huffer 2009 London Betty Narrator ( voice ) Play the Game Dick Super Capers Mugger Night at the Museum : Battle of the Smithsonian Air and Space Mission Control Tech # 1 Curious George 2 : Follow That Monkey ! Farmer Dan ( voice ) The Haunted World of El Superbeasto Cthulu ( voice ) Alabama Moon Constable Sanders Holyman Undercover Roy Sr. Speed - Dating Dom 2011 The Dilemma Herbert Trimpy Blubberella Dr. Mangler BloodRayne : The Third Reich Night Club Cliff 2012 Last Call George The Lords of Salem Carlo Nobody Gets Out Alive Doctor Owen 2013 Assault on Wall Street Chuck Huff Karl Sparks Gordon Eldridge The Profane Exhibit Bob Segment : `` Basement '' 2014 Bald Nathan Short film Sand Castles Todd Carlson Balls Out Philip 2015 The Funhouse Massacre Taxidermist 2016 Guys and Girls Ca n't Be Friends Gus 2017 Mad Families Gravy The Church Alexander James / The Spirit 2018 Solo : A Star Wars Story Ralakili Television Year Title Role Notes 1962 -- 64 The Andy Griffith Show Leon / Boy at Church Social ( uncredited ) 5 episodes 1963 Breaking Point Mikey Episode : `` The Gnu, Now Almost Extinct '' 1964 Vacation Playhouse Little Boy Episode : `` Hey, Teacher '' 1964 -- 65 The Baileys of Balboa Stanley 26 episodes 1964, 1965 The Fugitive Billy Taft / Johnny Stransel Episodes : `` Home Is the Hunted '' / `` Set Fire to a Straw Man '' 1965 Bonanza Michael Thorpe Episode : `` All Ye His Saints '' 1966 The Patty Duke Show Ralphie Episode : `` Three Little Kittens '' 1965, 1966 Please Do n't Eat the Daisies David / Davey 3 episodes 1965, 1970 The F.B.I. Alan Ellwood / Josh Cobb Episodes : `` An Elephant Is Like a Rope '' / `` Incident in the Desert '' 1966, 1967, 1971 The Virginian Will / Tommy / Manuel 3 episodes 1966 The Jean Arthur Show Robbie Fielding Episode : `` My Client, the Rooster '' 1966 Star Trek : The Original Series Balok Episode : `` The Corbomite Maneuver '' 1966 Laredo Midj Episode : `` Leave It to Dixie '' 1967 The Monoroes Jody Larson Episode : `` Teaching the Tiger to Purr '' 1967 Judd for the Defense Tim Oliver Episode : `` A Civil Case of Murder '' 1967 -- 69 Gentle Ben Mark Wedloe 56 episodes 1970 Lancer Willie Sharpe Episode : `` Blue Skies for Willie Sharpe '' 1970 Love, American Style David Kaufman Episode : `` Love and the Coed Dorm / Love and the Optimist / Love and the Teacher '' 1970 The Red Skelton Show Lemonade Stand Proprietor Episode : `` Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make : So They Added Iron Bars '' 1970 The Odd Couple Randy Granger Episode : `` The Big Brothers '' 1970 Family Affair Tom Richards Episode : `` Say Uncle '' 1971 Gunsmoke Lonny Episode : `` Murdoch '' 1971 The Mod Squad Davey Carr Episode : `` The Price of Love '' 1971 Marcus Welby, M.D. Kimmy Rolf Episode : `` Tender Comrade '' 1971 Night Gallery Herbie Bittman `` The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes '' 1971 Nanny and the Professor Timmy McGovern Episode : `` One for the Road '' 1971, 1973 Insight Larry Gilprin 2 episodes 1973 The Rookies Dennis Palmer Episode : `` Crossfire '' 1973 The Red Pony Jody Tiflin Television film 1973 - 74 The Streets of San Francisco Billy Rudolph 2 episodes Doc Elliot Paul Scarne Episode : `` A Small Hand of Friendship '' The Cowboys Steve 12 episodes Movin ' On Mark Episode : `` Life Line '' Walt Disney 's Wonderful World of Color Andrew Episode : `` Wild Country : Part 2 '' Huckleberry Finn Arch Television film 1976, 1980 Happy Days Moose 2 episodes 1977 The Death of Richie Peanuts Television film 1978 The Fitzpatricks D'Annunzio Episode : `` A Living Wage '' 1978 Cotton Candy Corky Macpherson Television film 1982 Lou Grant Jerry Kovacovich Episode : `` Recovery '' 1986 -- 87 Gung Ho Googie 9 episodes Sledge Hammer ! Police Officer Episode : `` State of Sledge '' Santa Barbara Marshall Episode : `` # 1.677 '' 1990 Hunter Man in Restaurant Episode : `` Kill Zone '' 1992 Seinfeld Tobias Lehigh Nagy Episode : `` The Trip '' Part 2 1993 -- 94 Space Rangers Mimmer 6 episodes 1994 Cheyenne Warrior Otto Nielsen Television film 1995 Star Trek : Deep Space Nine Grady Episode : `` Past Tense '' 1995 Married... with Children Mullen Episode : `` And Bingo Was Her Game - O '' 1995 Silk Stalkings Craig P. Sykes Episode : `` Kill Shot '' The Outer Limits Dennis Episode : `` First Anniversary '' Humanoids from the Deep Deputy Television film 1997 Gun The Homeless Guy Episode : `` The Shot '' 1998 From the Earth to the Moon Paul Lucas Miniseries 1998 Addams Family Reunion Dogcatcher ( uncredited ) Television film 1999 Total Recall 2070 Pontifex Episode : `` Baby Lottery '' 1999 The Pretender Smitty Episode : `` Qallupilluit '' 1999 Arthur 's Quest Mr. Whitney Television film 2002 Star Trek : Enterprise Muk Episode : `` Acquisition '' 2002 Rapsittie Street Kids : Believe in Santa Tug ( voice ) Television film 2003 Crossing Jordan Gil Runkis Episode : `` The First Six Years '' 2003, 2013 Arrested Development Johnny Bark 2 episodes 2006, 2008 My Name Is Earl Creepy Rodney 2 episodes 2009 Heroes Tom Miller Episode : `` I Am Sylar '' 2009 Fringe Emmanuel Grayson Episode : `` The Road Not Taken '' 2011 Workaholics Replacement for Adam Demamp Episode : `` The Strike '' 2013 Call Me Crazy : A Five Film Harold Television film 2013 Hawaii Five - O Superintendent Episode : `` Kupouli ' la '' ; uncredited 2014 Key and Peele Aerobics Director Episode : `` Aerobics Meltdown '' 2014 The Birthday Boys Traffic Control Operator Episode : `` Plight of the Working Class '' 2016 Still the King Crazy Dave 2 episodes 2018 Star Trek : Discovery Orion Drug Dealer Episode : `` Will You Take My Hand ? '' Direct - to - video Year Title Role 1990 Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 : Initiation Ricky 1991 Silent Night, Deadly Night 5 : The Toy Maker Ricky 2003 Beethoven 's 5th Owen Tuttle Video games Year Title Voice role 1998 Tex Murphy : Overseer Larry Hammond See also Biography portal Los Angeles portal California portal Film portal Television portal Conservatism portal References Jump up ^ Day, Patrick Kevin ( 2012 - 07 - 03 ). `` The residents of Andy Griffith 's Mayberry : Where are they now ? ''. Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458 - 3035. Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 08. Jump up ^ Deb, Sopan ( February 11, 2018 ). `` ' Star Trek : Discovery ' Season Finale : Wrapping Up ''. The New York Times. Retrieved February 14, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Heroes : I Am Sylar ''. WMC Action News 5. April 4, 2009. Retrieved 2018 - 06 - 06. Jump up ^ `` NBC Universal Media Village ''. NBC. Retrieved 2009 - 04 - 02. Jump up ^ `` Nobody Gets Out Alive ''. 26 February 2013 -- via Amazon. Jump up ^ McNary, Dave ( August 3, 2017 ). `` Han Solo Movie : Clint Howard to Appear in ' Star Wars ' Spinoff ''. Variety. Retrieved August 3, 2017. Jump up ^ Webber, Stephanie ( April 24, 2017 ). `` Clint Howard, Wife Melanie Separating After 22 Years of Marriage ''. US Weekly. Retrieved 2018 - 06 - 06. ^ Jump up to : Bond, Paul. `` Conservative actors bemoan `` intolerant '' Hollywood ``. Reuters. Retrieved January 30, 2011. Jump up ^ Moody, Chris ( January 29, 2016 ). `` Why actor Clint Howard is campaigning for Ted Cruz ''. CNN. Retrieved 2018 - 06 - 06. Jump up ^ `` Clint Howard Endorses Ted Cruz for President ''. tedcruz.org. Archived from the original on February 4, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2016. CS1 maint : BOT : original - url status unknown ( link ) External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clint Howard. Clint Howard on IMDb Clint Howard at AllMovie Ron Howard and Clint Howard ( November 30, 2017 ). `` Ron and Clint Howard Remember Dad Rance 's ' Enthusiasm, Dignity and Fearlessness ' ( Guest Column ) ''. Variety. 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Question: who did clint howard play on andy griffith show
Answer: Leon