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