Rance Howard
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).
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CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
The Andy Griffith Show
7.6
Son of the Beach
6.7
The Rookies
6.8
Kung Fu
7.6
Ghost Whisperer
8.1
Little House on the Prairie
7.937
Two of a Kind
7.1
Cold Case
7.774
Tales from the Crypt
7.949
Angel
7.9
CSI: NY
7.3
Dynasty
6.5
Happy Days
7.6
Clueless
6.2
Diagnosis: Murder
7.071
Quantum Leap
8
Laverne & Shirley
7.2
That '80s Show
6
Babylon 5
8.039
Gunsmoke
6.6
Night Gallery
7.8
Melrose Place
5.9
Superboy
6.4
Baywatch
5.9
7th Heaven
6.4
The Huntress
5.2
Just Shoot Me!
6.6
The Waltons
7.1
Wiseguy
6.5
ER
7.828
The Monroes
5.7
The Virginian
6.5
Then Came Bronson
4.8
The Thorn Birds
7.2
Bat Masterson
6.1
ABC Afterschool Special
6.429
Gentle Ben
6.3
B.L. Stryker
6
Seinfeld
8.257
Baywatch
5.9
Nichols
5
The Andy Griffith Show
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
7.6
Married... with Children
7.719
Gunsmoke
6.6
Arrested Development
7.928
The Long Hot Summer
5.4
Seinfeld
8.257
Lie to Me
7.905
Kraft Television Theatre
7.5
The F.B.I.
5.5
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
7.2
The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
The Waltons
7.1
Mork & Mindy
7.1
Finder of Lost Loves
5.7
Grey's Anatomy
8.225
Bones
8.215
That's So Raven
7.2
The X-Files
8.377
Coach
6.8
Dan August
6.8
Baywatch Nights
6.143
A Death in California
1.5
Murder, She Wrote
7.5
Battlestar Galactica
7.08
NCIS: Los Angeles
7.53
Switch
6.7
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
5.5
Movies
Big Wind on Campus
3
Spooky Buddies
6.075
Audie & the Wolf
4
Cotton Candy
4.5
Angels & Demons
6.715
Gung Ho
6
A Crack in the Floor
3.219
Runaway Daughters
6
Terra da Liberdade
5.3
Creator
6.2
Smokey Bites the Dust
2.214
I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore
4.6
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
5.75
Mr. No Legs
5.8
Toolbox Murders
5.596
Miracle at Sage Creek
5.556
The Red Pony
0
Be My Baby
4.357
Trust Me
6
Terminal Velocity
5.346
Grand Theft Auto
5.3
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
7.7
InSight
4.714
Skyward
6.9
The Kid with the Broken Halo
6
Dads
6.8
Splash
6.25
Locusts
4.8
Gone Dark
1.7
Dark Before Dawn
0
Problem Child 3
4.7
Holiday in Your Heart
10
Mars Attacks!
6.415
Rosewood Lane
4.758
Harrison Bergeron
0
Cool Hand Luke
7.728
Where the Lilies Bloom
6.091
Chinatown
7.917
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
5
Cocoon
6.623
The 'Burbs
6.762
Ticks
5.711
Tiger Heart
4.727
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
6.771
The Long Ride Home
3.3
Sasquatch Mountain
4.971
Grizzly Park
4.6
Frost/Nixon
7.278
Boppin' at the Glue Factory
4.5
Harley's Hill
4.417
Nebraska
7.443
Bloody Trail
2
Let Go
5.143
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess
6.3
Gentle Giant
0
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
6
Forever and Beyond
10
Where Truth Lies
3.9
Innerspace
6.823
Sgt. Bilko
5.8
Ping!
6
Another Man, Another Chance
6.235
The Miracle of Kathy Miller
7
Back By Midnight
4.773
Huff
4.344
Play the Game
5.8
Universal Soldier
6.336
The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins
4.8
The Colony
5.3
B.O.R.N.
3.8
The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
5
Scandal Sheet
5
Scout's Honor
5.5
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
0
A Beautiful Mind
7.855
The Kid from Left Field
5.8
Cinderella Man
7.6
Parenthood
6.694
The Missing
6.3
Ed Wood
7.5
Ghost Town: The Movie
4.2
An Eye for an Eye
7.5
Listen to Me
5.3
Airplane II: The Sequel
6.101
Drillbit Taylor
5.829
Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story
0
Little Giants
6.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
6.584
Snapdragon
3.56
Playing with Fire
6
Eat My Dust
5.65
Ghost Rock
2.429
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
4.7
Night Club
0
Death and Texas
6
The Lone Ranger
6.112
9 1/2 Ninjas!
2.4
The Night Caller
4
The Dilemma
5.326
Kalebegiak
7
Fearless
6.895
Frontier Woman
6
Talk Radio
0
The Child Wanderers
6.8
Legend of the Phantom Rider
4.333
Psycho
5.114
The Paper
6.6
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
5.9
40 Nights
4.5
The Legend of Frank Woods
0
Ed and His Dead Mother
5.4
Solemates
6
Broken Memories
7
Limit Up
3.667
Village of the Giants
3.603
Apollo 13
7.449
Forced to Kill
4.575
Chasing the Star
1.5
The Christ Slayer
8
The Genesis Code
2.6
Far and Away
6.783
The Wild Country
6
Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter
4.9
The Second Civil War
6.2
Evasive Action
6.4
Rat Race
6.3
Once Fallen
5.25
Love & Sex
6.141
The Trial
5.7
Busted
3.132
Switched at Birth
6
Second Chances
6.193
D-Tox
5.6
Killing Cupid
6
Return to Mayberry
6.2
Independence Day
6.893
Abilene
0
Traveller
5.548
Huckleberry Finn
6
Love Letters
5.652
Chairman of the Board
3.598
Joe Dirt
5.582
Jumping For Joy
0
The Alamo
5.766
Apple Seed
6
Keith
7.063
Jonah Hex
4.952
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
4
Small Soldiers
6.5
Money Talks
6.046
Georgia Rule
5.991
Valentine's Day
5.9
The Executioner's Song
5.817
Within
6.667
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
0
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
7
The Lonely Guy
6.3
Happy, Texas
5.727
Ghosts of Mississippi
6.593
Malevolence
6
Boris and Natasha
3.941
Two Soldiers
0
Easy Rider: The Ride Back
4.167
Gary Coleman: For Safety's Sake
4.5
Max Rose
5.6