Rance Howard
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1928-11-17
Place of Birth: Newkirk, Oklahoma, USA
Popularity: 1.0
Biography
Rance Howard (born Harold Engle Beckenholdt; November 17, 1928 – November 25, 2017) was an American actor who starred in film and on television. He was the father of actor and filmmaker Ron Howard and actor Clint Howard, and grandfather of actresses Bryce Dallas Howard and Paige Howard. Howard appeared in films such as Cool Hand Luke (1967), Chinatown (1974), Splash (1984), Ed Wood (1994), Apollo 13 (1995), Independence Day (1996), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Cinderella Man (2005), Frost/Nixon (2008), Nebraska (2013), and Max Rose (2016). He received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program for co-producing the television film The Time Crystal (1981).
Known For Filmography
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Bones
2005
Seinfeld
1989
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
The X-Files
1993
ER
1994
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
CSI: NY
2004
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
Ghost Whisperer
2005
Married... with Children
1987
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Melrose Place
1992
Quantum Leap
1989
Cold Case
2003
Babylon 5
1994
Angel
1999
Baywatch
1989
Arrested Development
2003
Dynasty
1981
Little House on the Prairie
1974
The Waltons
1972
Lie to Me
2009
The Virginian
1962
Coach
1989
Happy Days
1974
The F.B.I.
1965
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
7th Heaven
1996
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Just Shoot Me!
1997
That's So Raven
2003
Laverne & Shirley
1976
Gunsmoke
1955
The Rookies
1972
Bat Masterson
1958
Night Gallery
1970
Wiseguy
1987
Independence Day
1996
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000
Workaholics
2011
Switch
1975
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
Battlestar Galactica
1978
Baywatch Nights
1995
Mork & Mindy
1978
Apollo 13
1995
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Clueless
1996
A Beautiful Mind
2001
Son of the Beach
2000
Rebel Highway
1994
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
Angels & Demons
2009
The Danny Thomas Show
1953
The Huntress
2000
The Thorn Birds
1983
Then Came Bronson
1969
Nichols
1971
Chinatown
1974
The Lone Ranger
2013
Mars Attacks!
1996
The Monroes
1966
Two of a Kind
1998
Valentine's Day
2010
Superboy
1988
B.L. Stryker
1989
Gentle Ben
1967
Small Soldiers
1998
Splash
1984
The 'Burbs
1989
Cool Hand Luke
1967
Rat Race
2001
Cinderella Man
2005
Universal Soldier
1992
Dan August
1970
That '80s Show
2002
Jonah Hex
2010
Joe Dirt
2001
Innerspace
1987
Drillbit Taylor
2008
Ed Wood
1994
Far and Away
1992
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
Cocoon
1985
Twenty Good Years
2006
D-Tox
2002
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
The Dilemma
2011
Money Talks
1997
The Missing
2003
Psycho
1998
The Long Hot Summer
1985
Sgt. Bilko
1996
The Alamo
2004
Georgia Rule
2007
Parenthood
1989
Little Giants
1994
Love & Sex
2000
Problem Child 3
1995
Gung Ho
1986
Frost/Nixon
2008
Nebraska
2013
Fearless
1993
The Paper
1994
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
A Death in California
1985
Spooky Buddies
2011
Listen to Me
1989
Terminal Velocity
1994
Ping!
2001
Dads
2019
Switched at Birth
1991
Let Go
2011
The Trial
2010
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1963
Love Letters
1983
Snapdragon
1993
Rosewood Lane
2011
Once Fallen
2010
Back By Midnight
2005
Second Chances
2013
The Lonely Guy
1984
Kung Fu
1972
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
1995
Grizzly Park
2008
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997
The Second Civil War
1997
Be My Baby
2007
Grand Theft Auto
1977
The Executioner's Song
1982
Chairman of the Board
1998
Creator
1985
Smokey Bites the Dust
1981
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986
Traveller
1997
InSight
2011
Toolbox Murders
2004
Easy Rider: The Ride Back
2012
An Eye for an Eye
1966
Ticks
1993
Busted
1997
Happy, Texas
1999
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979
Land of the Free
1998
Eat My Dust
1976
Keith
2008
Ghost Rock
2004
Another Man, Another Chance
1977
Evasive Action
1998
Return to Mayberry
1986
Skyward
1980
B.O.R.N.
1989
Scout's Honor
1980
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1976
I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore
1992
Boris and Natasha
1992
Scandal Sheet
1985
Max Rose
2016
The Wild Country
1970
The Red Pony
1973
The Colony
1995
Tiger Heart
1996
Death and Texas
2004
40 Nights
2016
Village of the Giants
1965
Huckleberry Finn
1978
Limit Up
1989
The Kid with the Broken Halo
1982
Where the Lilies Bloom
1974
Play the Game
2009
Night Club
2011
Ed and His Dead Mother
1993
Miracle at Sage Creek
2005
Chasing the Star
2017
Within
2009No Photo
Gone Dark
2013
The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins
1984
Gentle Giant
1967
Forced to Kill
1994
Runaway Daughters
1994
Killing Cupid
1995
Malevolence
1999
Trust Me
1989
Abilene
1999
Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter
1994
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
1978
The Genesis Code
2010
Where Truth Lies
1996
Cotton Candy
1978
Mr. No Legs
1978
A Crack in the Floor
2001
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess
1983
Sasquatch Mountain
2006
Huff
2013
The Night Caller
1998
Locusts
1974
Kalebegiak
2016
The Christ Slayer
2019
Legend of the Phantom Rider
2003
Ghost Town: The Movie
2008
Playing with Fire
1985No Photo
Gary Coleman: For Safety's Sake
1986
9 1/2 Ninjas!
1991
The Long Ride Home
2003
Apple Seed
2019
Jumping for Joy
2002
The Legend of Frank Woods
1977
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
1991
Big Wind on Campus
2000
Dark Before Dawn
1988
The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
1983
The Miracle of Kathy Miller
1981
Boppin' at the Glue Factory
2009
The Child Wanderers
2010
Forever and Beyond
1983
Holiday in Your Heart
1997
Harley's Hill
2011
The Kid from Left Field
1979
Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story
2006
Two Soldiers
1986
Broken Memories
2017
Bloody Trail
1972
Frontier Woman
1956
Solemates
2015
Audie & the Wolf
2008
Talk Radio
2016No Photo