Ron Howard spent the first two weeks of lockdown in fall of 2020 "sleeping in his editing office near his home in Connecticut" because his wife and daughter Paige both had COVID-19, The Guardian reported. The famous director wanted to stay nearby while his family isolated — "So I lived in the editing room."
As a child actor, he grew up in Burbank, California. But because he went to public school outside of his work in Hollywood, he recalled to The New York Times, "kids would taunt me." Howard added, "I got bullied and stuff in school because I was 'Dopey Opie,'" referencing his "The Andy Griffith Show" character. As a result of the bullies, Howard said he became an introvert and "very good at wrestling." He also became very good at making money, purchasing a home in Encino, Los Angeles for over half a million dollars in 1979, according to the Los Angeles Times. He sold the property in 1986, then, Howard and his wife Cheryl bought an impressive compound in Connecticut in 1991 before selling it in 2014, per the Los Angeles Times.
Other real estate holdings included his purchase of a West Village apartment in 2002 and then in 2004, an apartment in the Eldorado building, bordering Central Park in Upper Manhattan, Variety reported. In California, Howard reportedly owned a 2,474-square-foot condo — complete with ocean views — in Santa Monica that he bought in 2006 for $2.75 million.
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