Rance Howard
Acting
Born November 17, 1928 · Newkirk, Oklahoma, USA
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 Childr…
Known For · 40 titles
Grey's Anatomy
Bones
ER
Seinfeld
The Mike Douglas Show
NCIS: Los Angeles
Married... with Children
The X-Files
Ghost Whisperer
Quantum Leap
Coach
Melrose Place
The Andy Griffith Show
Murder, She Wrote
Cold Case
Arrested Development
Babylon 5
Diagnosis: Murder
CSI: NY
Little House on the Prairie
The Virginian
Baywatch
The Waltons
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Angel
Dynasty
Lie to Me
Happy Days
Tales from the Crypt
Just Shoot Me!
That's So Raven
Workaholics
Bat Masterson
Gunsmoke
The F.B.I.
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Night Gallery
ABC Afterschool Special
Laverne & Shirley
Kraft Television Theatre