Opie Taylor's real name is/was, Ronny Howard. He was also on the hit ABC TV-sitcom, Happy Days, from the early 1970s, until the mid 1990s. As a matter of fact, several weeks ago, I was watching, The Late Show with David Letterman, and Ronny Howard was one of the guests on the show that night. Ronny Howard, listed off all of the information on David Letterman's Top 10 List, that night.
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Opie Taylor was played by the young Ron Howard who went on to star as Richie Cunningham in 'Happy Days'.
Opie is the actual name of the character on the show. Ron Howard is the actual name of the actor who played Opie.
Ron Howard's character's full name is never disclosed and is only know as "Opie Taylor" .
He was Opie's real life brother, Clint Howard.
"The Andy Griffith Show" was a spin-off of "The Danny Thomas Show". In the Danny Thomas episode, Francis Bavier played a completely different character. When "The Andy Griffith Show" debuted, the first episode had Aunt Bea coming to live with Andy and Opie.
Opie in the Andy Griffith show. "You done good, Pa."
opie's ill gotten gain 11-18-1963
The Taylors had the standard dial phone in black, standard Bell phones owned by the company.