Rance Howard
- Acting
- November 17, 1928 · Newkirk, Oklahoma, USA
- November 25, 2017
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 · Self
- The Christ Slayer · Devil as Old Man
- Apple Seed · Carl
- Chasing the Star · Devil as an Old Man
- Broken Memories · Jasper
- Kalebegiak · José Mari
- Max Rose · Walter Prewitt
- 40 Nights · Devil as an Old Man
- Talk Radio · Lou
- Chez Upshaw · Harry
- Solemates · Older Man
- Gone Dark · Charles
- Nebraska · Uncle Ray
- The Lone Ranger · Engineer
- Second Chances · Wilbur
- Huff · Scotty
- Easy Rider: The Ride Back · Andrew Jackson Bennett
- Let Go · Dimples
- Redemption: For Robbing the Dead · Doctor
- Rosewood Lane · Fred Crumb
- Spooky Buddies · Mr. Johnson
- InSight · Cemetery Presider
- Harley's Hill · Charlie
- Night Club · Chuck
- Workaholics · Jerry
- Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 · Preacher
- The Dilemma · Burt
- Once Fallen · Harry
- The Trial · Judge Danielson
- The Genesis Code · Dr. Tolley
- Jonah Hex · Telegrapher
- The Child Wanderers · Old Knut
- Valentine's Day · Bistro Gardens Diner
- NCIS: Los Angeles · Eugene
- Within · Deli Owner
- Angels & Demons · Cardinal Beck
- Play the Game · Mervin Lavine
- Lie to Me · Joe Metz
- Boppin' at the Glue Factory · Walker Bill
- Frost/Nixon · Ollie
- Ghost Town: The Movie · Sheriff Tom Parker
- Keith · Old Man (uncredited)
- Grizzly Park · Ranger Howard
- Drillbit Taylor · Older Man
- Audie & the Wolf · Dr. Maleosis
- Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story · Preacher
- Be My Baby · Zippy
- Georgia Rule · Dog Bite Man
- Twenty Good Years · Henry
- Sasquatch Mountain · Harris Zeff
- Harrison Bergeron · Narrator
- Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story · James Kennedy
- Miracle at Sage Creek · Doctor Babcock
- Ghost Whisperer · Dirk Abrams
- Bones · Jerold Norsky
- Cinderella Man · Announcer Al Fazin
- Grey's Anatomy · Martin Carroll
- Back By Midnight · Priest
- Toolbox Murders · Chas Rooker
- CSI: NY · Samuel Cooper
- Ghost Rock · Cash
- The Alamo · Governor Smith
- Death and Texas · Circuit Court Judge
- The Missing · Telegraph Operator
- Arrested Development · Rance Howard
- Cold Case · Buddie
- The Long Ride Home · Old Man
- Legend of the Phantom Rider · Doc Fisher
- That's So Raven · Murphy
- Jumping for Joy
- That '80s Show · Mr. Bailey
- D-Tox · Geezer
- A Beautiful Mind · White-Haired Patient
- Ping! · Old Man
- Rat Race · Feed the Earth Spokesman
- A Crack in the Floor · Floyd Fryed
- Joe Dirt · Bomb Squad Cop
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas · Elderly Timekeeper
- The Huntress
- Son of the Beach