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).
232 acting credits
Acting · 232
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Bones
2005
The X-Files
1993
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
Seinfeld
1989
ER
1994
CSI: NY
2004
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Ghost Whisperer
2005
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Married... with Children
1987
Cold Case
2003
Melrose Place
1992
Dynasty
1981
Babylon 5
1994
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Baywatch
1989
Angel
1999
Arrested Development
2003
Quantum Leap
1989
The Waltons
1972
The Virginian
1962
Coach
1989
Happy Days
1974
Lie to Me
2009
The F.B.I.
1965
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Night Gallery
1970
That's So Raven
2003
The Rookies
1972
7th Heaven
1996
Just Shoot Me!
1997
Laverne & Shirley
1976
Bat Masterson
1958
Wiseguy
1987
Workaholics
2011
Gunsmoke
1955
Battlestar Galactica
1978
Switch
1975
Baywatch Nights
1995
Independence Day
1996
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
Mork & Mindy
1978
Clueless
1996
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
The Danny Thomas Show
1953
A Beautiful Mind
2001
Nichols
1971
Son of the Beach
2000
Mars Attacks!
1996
Angels & Demons
2009
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
The Thorn Birds
1983
Rebel Highway
1994
Then Came Bronson
1969
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000
The Huntress
2000
Apollo 13
1995
Gentle Ben
1967
Superboy
1988
The Monroes
1966
Chinatown
1974
Two of a Kind
1998
Parenthood
1989
Dan August
1970
Splash
1984
Universal Soldier
1992
The Lone Ranger
2013
The 'Burbs
1989
Cool Hand Luke
1967
Innerspace
1987
Small Soldiers
1998
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
Drillbit Taylor
2008
B.L. Stryker
1989
Problem Child 3
1995
That '80s Show
2002
Far and Away
1992
Rat Race
2001
Cinderella Man
2005
Jonah Hex
2010
Cocoon
1985
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
Joe Dirt
2001
Valentine's Day
2010
Twenty Good Years
2006
The Missing
2003
Ed Wood
1994
Psycho
1998
Frost/Nixon
2008
D-Tox
2002
The Paper
1994
Love & Sex
2000
Nebraska
2013
Little Giants
1994
Gung Ho
1986
Money Talks
1997
The Alamo
2004
Love Letters
1983
The Dilemma
2011
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011
The Long Hot Summer
1985
The Trial
2010
Fearless
1993
Terminal Velocity
1994
Sgt. Bilko
1996
Georgia Rule
2007
Traveller
1997
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
Spooky Buddies
2011
Listen to Me
1989
Dads
2019
Ticks
1993
Let Go
2011
InSight
2011
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
1995
Switched at Birth
1991
Kung Fu
1972
A Death in California
1985
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997
The Second Civil War
1997
Return to Mayberry
1986
Ping!
2001
Once Fallen
2010
An Eye for an Eye
1966
Creator
1985
Snapdragon
1993
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1963
The Executioner's Song
1982
Grand Theft Auto
1977
Busted
1997
Rosewood Lane
2011
Keith
2008
Boris and Natasha
1992
Happy, Texas
1999
Toolbox Murders
2004
Grizzly Park
2008
Skyward
1980
Chairman of the Board
1998
Second Chances
2013
Sasquatch Mountain
2006
Evasive Action
1998
The Lonely Guy
1984
Back By Midnight
2005
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011
Ghost Town: The Movie
2008
Village of the Giants
1965
Where the Lilies Bloom
1974
Tiger Heart
1996
The Genesis Code
2010
Another Man, Another Chance
1977
Easy Rider: The Ride Back
2012
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979
Ghost Rock
2004
Play the Game
2009
Scout's Honor
1980
Land of the Free
1998
Malevolence
1999
Within
2009
Abilene
1999
The Long Ride Home
2003
The Red Pony
1973
The Wild Country
1970
Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter
1994
Gentle Giant
1967
Playing with Fire
1985
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1976
Miracle at Sage Creek
2005
Eat My Dust
1976
A Crack in the Floor
2001
Ed and His Dead Mother
1993
Max Rose
2016
The Christ Slayer
2019
The Colony
1995
Apple Seed
2019
Scandal Sheet
1985
Gone Dark
2013
Runaway Daughters
1994
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
1978
The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins
1984
Smokey Bites the Dust
1981
Trust Me
1989
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986
Death and Texas
2004
Where Truth Lies
1996
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess
1983
The Miracle of Kathy Miller
1981
Mr. No Legs
1978
Night Club
2011
Big Wind on Campus
2000
The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
1983
Cotton Candy
1978
9 1/2 Ninjas!
1991
Solemates
2015
Audie & the Wolf
2008
Harley's Hill
2011
B.O.R.N.
1989
Chasing the Star
2017
Limit Up
1989
The Kid with the Broken Halo
1982
The Night Caller
1998
Forced to Kill
1994
I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore
1992
Forever and Beyond
1983
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
1991
Locusts
1974
Be My Baby
2007
Huff
2013
Two Soldiers
1986
Dark Before Dawn
1988
Killing Cupid
1995
40 Nights
2016
Legend of the Phantom Rider
2003
Talk Radio
2016
Holiday in Your Heart
1997
The Child Wanderers
2010
Boppin' at the Glue Factory
2009
Gary Coleman: For Safety's Sake
1986
Kalebegiak
2016
Huckleberry Finn
1978
Bloody Trail
1972
Broken Memories
2017
Frontier Woman
1956
The Legend of Frank Woods
1977
Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story
2006
Jumping for Joy
2002
The Kid from Left Field
1979
Harrison Bergeron
2006