Rance Howard
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).
Movies (161)
Dads
2019
The Christ Slayer
2019
Apple Seed
2019
Chasing the Star
2017
Broken Memories
2017
Kalebegiak
2016
Max Rose
2016
40 Nights
2016
Talk Radio
2016
Solemates
2015
Nebraska
2013
The Lone Ranger
2013
Second Chances
2013
Huff
2013
Easy Rider: The Ride Back
2012
Let Go
2011
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011
Rosewood Lane
2011
Spooky Buddies
2011
InSight
2011
Harley's Hill
2011
Night Club
2011
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011
The Dilemma
2011
Once Fallen
2010
The Trial
2010
The Genesis Code
2010
Jonah Hex
2010
The Child Wanderers
2010
Valentine's Day
2010
Within
2009
Angels & Demons
2009
Play the Game
2009
Boppin' at the Glue Factory
2009
Frost/Nixon
2008
Ghost Town: The Movie
2008
Keith
2008
Grizzly Park
2008
Drillbit Taylor
2008
Audie & the Wolf
2008
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
Be My Baby
2007
Georgia Rule
2007
Sasquatch Mountain
2006
Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story
2006
Miracle at Sage Creek
2005
Cinderella Man
2005
Back By Midnight
2005
Toolbox Murders
2004
Ghost Rock
2004
The Alamo
2004
Death and Texas
2004
The Missing
2003
The Long Ride Home
2003
Legend of the Phantom Rider
2003
Jumping for Joy
2002
D-Tox
2002
A Beautiful Mind
2001
Ping!
2001
Rat Race
2001
A Crack in the Floor
2001
Joe Dirt
2001
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000
Love & Sex
2000
Big Wind on Campus
2000
Happy, Texas
1999
Abilene
1999
Malevolence
1999
Psycho
1998
Land of the Free
1998
The Night Caller
1998
Small Soldiers
1998
Chairman of the Board
1998
Evasive Action
1998
Holiday in Your Heart
1997
The Second Civil War
1997
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997
Money Talks
1997
Traveller
1997
Busted
1997
Where Truth Lies
1996
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
Mars Attacks!
1996
Tiger Heart
1996
Independence Day
1996
Sgt. Bilko
1996
The Colony
1995
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
1995
Killing Cupid
1995
Apollo 13
1995
Problem Child 3
1995
Little Giants
1994
Ed Wood
1994
Terminal Velocity
1994
Runaway Daughters
1994
Forced to Kill
1994
The Paper
1994
Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter
1994
Snapdragon
1993
Fearless
1993
Ticks
1993
Ed and His Dead Mother
1993
Universal Soldier
1992
Far and Away
1992
I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore
1992
Boris and Natasha
1992
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
1991
9 1/2 Ninjas!
1991
Trust Me
1989
Limit Up
1989
B.O.R.N.
1989
Parenthood
1989
Listen to Me
1989
The 'Burbs
1989
Dark Before Dawn
1988
Innerspace
1987
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986
Return to Mayberry
1986
Two Soldiers
1986
Gung Ho
1986
Creator
1985
Cocoon
1985
Playing with Fire
1985
Scandal Sheet
1985
Splash
1984
The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins
1984
The Lonely Guy
1984
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess
1983
Forever and Beyond
1983
Love Letters
1983
The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
1983
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
The Executioner's Song
1982
The Kid with the Broken Halo
1982
The Miracle of Kathy Miller
1981
Smokey Bites the Dust
1981
Skyward
1980
Scout's Honor
1980
The Kid from Left Field
1979
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
1978
Cotton Candy
1978
Mr. No Legs
1978
Huckleberry Finn
1978
Another Man, Another Chance
1977
Grand Theft Auto
1977
The Legend of Frank Woods
1977
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1976
Eat My Dust
1976
Locusts
1974
Chinatown
1974
Where the Lilies Bloom
1974
The Red Pony
1973
Bloody Trail
1972
The Wild Country
1970
Cool Hand Luke
1967
Gentle Giant
1967
An Eye for an Eye
1966
Village of the Giants
1965
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1963
Frontier Woman
1956
TV Shows (75)
Workaholics
2011
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
Lie to Me
2009
Twenty Good Years
2006
Ghost Whisperer
2005
Bones
2005
Grey's Anatomy
2005
CSI: NY
2004
Arrested Development
2003
Cold Case
2003
That's So Raven
2003
That '80s Show
2002
The Huntress
2000
Son of the Beach
2000
Angel
1999
Two of a Kind
1998
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
Just Shoot Me!
1997
Clueless
1996
7th Heaven
1996
Baywatch Nights
1995
ER
1994
Rebel Highway
1994
Babylon 5
1994
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
The X-Files
1993
Melrose Place
1992
Switched at Birth
1991
Seinfeld
1989
Seinfeld
1989
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Baywatch
1989
Baywatch
1989
Quantum Leap
1989
Coach
1989
B.L. Stryker
1989
Superboy
1988
Wiseguy
1987
Married... with Children
1987
Married... with Children
1987
The Long Hot Summer
1985
A Death in California
1985
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
The Thorn Birds
1983
Dynasty
1981
Battlestar Galactica
1978
Mork & Mindy
1978
Laverne & Shirley
1976
Switch
1975
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Happy Days
1974
Kung Fu
1972
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
The Waltons
1972
The Waltons
1972
The Rookies
1972
Nichols
1971
Night Gallery
1970
Dan August
1970
Then Came Bronson
1969
Gentle Ben
1967
The Monroes
1966
The F.B.I.
1965
The Virginian
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Bat Masterson
1958
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
The Danny Thomas Show
1953
Kraft Television Theatre
1947