Rance Howard

Known for ActingBorn 1928-11-17Died 2017-11-25Newkirk, Oklahoma, USA

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story

Abilene

Two Soldiers

The Red Pony

Forever and Beyond

Holiday in Your Heart

Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter

Dark Before Dawn

Twenty Good Years

The Miracle of Kathy Miller

The X-Files

Grey's Anatomy

Bones

Gentle Giant

40 Nights

Seinfeld

Ghost Whisperer

Babylon 5

Lie to Me

Arrested Development

Rebel Highway

Trust Me

Quantum Leap

A Beautiful Mind

Tales from the Crypt

Angel

Cold Case

The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe

ER

Little House on the Prairie

Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy

Chinatown

Cinderella Man

NCIS: Los Angeles

Married... with Children

Nebraska

Jumping for Joy

Workaholics

Night Gallery

Ed Wood

Kung Fu

Apollo 13

Cool Hand Luke

Murder, She Wrote

Frost/Nixon

CSI: NY

Happy Days

Malevolence