As child actors in the 1960s and '70s, Ron and Clint Howard spent as much time on Hollywood soundstages as on playgrounds - Ron starring in The Andy Griffith Show and Happy Days, and Clint in Gentle Ben.It wasn't always easy. Ron suffered from bullying at school. Clint rebelled and spiraled into substance abuse when the jobs stopped coming. But the strength of the Howard family held fast, thanks to the brothers' Oklahoma-born parents, Rance and Jean. The Boys is the candid, surprising, funny, and heartwarming story of an all-American family whose kids just happened to grow up on TV.en.