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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PHOTOS
TV Series
The Andy Griffith Show
7.633
Son of the Beach
6.638
The Rookies
6.8
Kung Fu
7.7
Ghost Whisperer
8.1
Little House on the Prairie
7.938
Two of a Kind
7.1
Cold Case
7.8
Tales from the Crypt
7.953
Angel
7.875
CSI: NY
7.4
Dynasty
6.504
Happy Days
7.629
Clueless
6.2
Diagnosis: Murder
7.1
Quantum Leap
8.025
Laverne & Shirley
7.2
That '80s Show
6
Babylon 5
8.044
Gunsmoke
6.558
Night Gallery
7.797
Melrose Place
5.886
Superboy
6.4
Baywatch
6
7th Heaven
6.357
The Huntress
5.2
Just Shoot Me!
6.616
The Waltons
7.1
Wiseguy
6.5
ER
7.824
The Monroes
5.7
The Virginian
6.344
The Thorn Birds
7.2
Bat Masterson
6.071
ABC Afterschool Special
6.429
Gentle Ben
6.3
B.L. Stryker
6
Seinfeld
8.261
Baywatch
6
Nichols
5
The Andy Griffith Show
7.633
The Andy Griffith Show
7.633
Married... with Children
7.719
Gunsmoke
6.558
Arrested Development
7.927
The Long Hot Summer
5.5
Seinfeld
8.261
Lie to Me
7.897
Kraft Television Theatre
7.5
The F.B.I.
5.455
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
7.205
The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
The Waltons
7.1
Mork & Mindy
7.1
Finder of Lost Loves
5.7
Grey's Anatomy
8.221
Bones
8.2
That's So Raven
7.163
The X-Files
8.378
Coach
6.714
Dan August
6.8
Baywatch Nights
6.189
A Death in California
1.5
Murder, She Wrote
7.5
Battlestar Galactica
7.091
NCIS: Los Angeles
7.532
Switch
6.7
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
5.5
Then Came Bronson
4.8
Workaholics
7.462
Movies
Big Wind on Campus
3
Spooky Buddies
6.075
Audie & the Wolf
4
Cotton Candy
4.5
Angels & Demons
6.716
Gung Ho
6.044
A Crack in the Floor
3.219
Runaway Daughters
6
Land of the Free
5.3
Creator
6.2
Smokey Bites the Dust
2.2
I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore
4.556
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
5.8
Mr. No Legs
5.8
Toolbox Murders
5.596
Miracle at Sage Creek
5.6
The Red Pony
0
Be My Baby
4.357
Trust Me
6
Terminal Velocity
5.337
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
6.758
Splash
6.257
Locusts
4.8
Gone Dark
1.7
Dark Before Dawn
0
Problem Child 3
4.7
Holiday in Your Heart
10
Mars Attacks!
6.414
Rosewood Lane
4.75
Harrison Bergeron
0
Cool Hand Luke
7.732
Where the Lilies Bloom
6.091
Chinatown
7.9
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
4.667
Cocoon
6.6
The 'Burbs
6.758
Ticks
5.716
Tiger Heart
4.727
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
6.8
The Long Ride Home
3.3
Sasquatch Mountain
4.971
Grizzly Park
4.6
Frost/Nixon
7.279
Boppin' at the Glue Factory
4.5
Harley's Hill
4.417
Nebraska
7.446
Bloody Trail
2
Let Go
5.1
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
6.821
Sgt. Bilko
5.846
Ping!
6
Another Man, Another Chance
6
The Miracle of Kathy Miller
8.5
Back By Midnight
4.773
Huff
4.344
Play the Game
5.779
Universal Soldier
6.338
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
7.562
Parenthood
6.69
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
6.1
Drillbit Taylor
5.827
Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story
0
Little Giants
6.5
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
6.586
Snapdragon
3.7
Playing with Fire
6
Eat My Dust
5.65
Ghost Rock
2.429
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
4.679
Night Club
0
Death and Texas
6
The Lone Ranger
6.114
9 1/2 Ninjas!
2.4
The Night Caller
4
The Dilemma
5.33
Kalebegiak
7
Fearless
6.88
Frontier Woman
6
Talk Radio
0
The Child Wanderers
6.8
Legend of the Phantom Rider
4.333
Psycho
5.1
The Paper
6.6
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
5.9
40 Nights
8
The Legend of Frank Woods
0
Ed and His Dead Mother
5.462
Solemates
6
Broken Memories
7
Limit Up
3.667
Village of the Giants
3.603
Apollo 13
7.448
Forced to Kill
4.575
Chasing the Star
1.5
The Christ Slayer
8
The Genesis Code
2.6
Far and Away
6.8
The Wild Country
6
Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter
4.9
The Second Civil War
6.125
Evasive Action
6.4
Rat Race
6.3
Once Fallen
5.25
Love & Sex
6.1
The Trial
5.7
Busted
3.1
Switched at Birth
6.571
Second Chances
6.2
D-Tox
5.57
Killing Cupid
6
Return to Mayberry
6.2
Independence Day
6.9
Abilene
0
Traveller
5.5
Huckleberry Finn
6
Love Letters
5.667
Chairman of the Board
3.598
Joe Dirt
5.597
Jumping For Joy
0
The Alamo
5.8
Apple Seed
6
Keith
7.063
Jonah Hex
4.951
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
4
Small Soldiers
6.5
Money Talks
6.1
Georgia Rule
6
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
6.241
Happy, Texas
5.7
Ghosts of Mississippi
6.6
Malevolence
6
Boris and Natasha
3.941
Two Soldiers
0
Easy Rider: The Ride Back
4
Gary Coleman: For Safety's Sake
4.5
Max Rose
5.6