9. Ron Howard is Huge (and Old)
Compared to the limp-wristed runt he once was, Ron Howard today is a Hollywood icon. Stones? He moves mountains now, planets if necessary. He’s the guy they call in when a movie can’t fail. The list of wins is too long to review, but his latest press centers on saving the Hahn Solo offshoot from the Star Wars lexicon. (Yeah, planets.) Today, Howard is more than 20 years older than Griffith was when he walked the fictional streets of Mayberry. Re-read that last sentence.