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