Even at 21, Howard had no doubts about marrying his high school sweetheart: "I was just so sure," he tells PEOPLE Fifty years ago, on June 27, 1975, Ron Howard put on a sky blue tux to marry his high ...

The actor and director married his high school sweetheart in 1975. But in a new interview with People magazine, Howard, 71, revealed that his wedding to Cheryl Alley was “a small, very modest” affair.

Ron Howard achieved early fame as a child star on The Andy Griffith Show and as a teen on the hit ABC sitcom Happy Days, where he played Richie Cunningham. By the time his wedding day to his high ...