Role for Ronny Howard (4)

I believe the answer is:

opie

'role for ronny howard' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Another definition for opie that I've seen is " painter".)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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