Clint Howard

Clinton E. "Clint" Howard (born April 20, 1959) is an American character actor who is known for his portrayal of Balok in the original Star Trek series and Johnson Ritter in the Austin Powers series. Since then, he has continued to make numerous appearances in television and radio, including many parts in films directed by his brother, actor and director Ron Howard. --- Howard was born in Burbank, California as the son of actors Rance Howard and Jean Speegle Howard, and the younger brother of actor-director Ron Howard. He attended Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary in Burbank. Howard has been married twice. His first marriage was from 1986 to 1987. He married Melanie Howard in 1995. An avid golfer, Howard boasts of playing 150 rounds a year and known for his activity in the game World of Warcraft in which he plays under the name Extas of the guild "Peekay" on the Dark Iron realm. After starring on Gentle Ben, Howard appeared in 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. He was sometimes seen on The Andy Griffith Show as Leon, a toddler in a cowboy outfit who wandered freely around Mayberry and silently offered people a bite of his sandwich, to which they would respond, "No, thank you." 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, “The Home is the Hunted” (1964). Clint appeared in 17 films that were directed by his brother, Ron Howard, including the first movie directed by his older brother—a short film called Old Paint—when Clint was 10. He also starred in Ron's first full-length feature, Grand Theft Auto. --- In 1998, Howard was awarded the MTV Lifetime Achievement Award at the MTV Movie Awards. During the ceremony at which Howard received the award, a montage of other actors and celebrities providing testimonials about him was shown, in which they referred to him only as "Clint", giving the impression they were referring to Clint Eastwood. It was not until the end of the montage that it was revealed that the actual recipient was Howard.