Rance, who had a big influence on Ron’s life as a child actor, died in 2017 at age 89 Ron Howard is looking back at Apollo 13 and the role his dad, Rance Howard, played in the film. “I’m directing my ...

“Houston, we have a problem.” — and director Ron Howard had a few of them himself shooting his riveting, reality-based 1995 classic, Apollo 13 … beginning with that famous misquote. But other ...

Lovell, who Hanks famously portrayed in the Oscar-winning film, died Thursday. He was 97.

The director needed convincing from his dad, Rance Howard, to cast his own mom in the role of Jim Lovell's mother in the 1995 docudrama Ron felt that Jean was "a little too young for the role," he ...