
Rance Howard
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 17, 1928
- Died
- November 25, 2017 (aged 89)
- Birthplace
- 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 Children's Program for co-producing the television film The Time Crystal (1981).
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Filmography

Dads
Movie · as Self

The Christ Slayer
Movie · as Devil as Old Man

Apple Seed
Movie · as Carl

Broken Memories
Movie · as Jasper

Chasing the Star
Movie · as Devil as an Old Man

Kalebegiak
Movie · as José Mari

Talk Radio
Movie · as Lou

40 Nights
Movie · as Devil as an Old Man

Max Rose
Movie · as Walter Prewitt

Solemates
Movie · as Older Man

Chez Upshaw
Movie · as Harry
Gone Dark
Movie · as Charles

Nebraska
Movie · as Uncle Ray

Huff
Movie · as Scotty

The Lone Ranger
Movie · as Engineer

Second Chances
Movie · as Wilbur

Easy Rider: The Ride Back
Movie · as Andrew Jackson Bennett

Spooky Buddies
Movie · as Mr. Johnson

InSight
Movie · as Cemetery Presider

Rosewood Lane
Movie · as Fred Crumb

Harley's Hill
Movie · as Charlie

Let Go
Movie · as Dimples

Night Club
Movie · as Chuck

The Dilemma
Movie · as Burt

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
Movie · as Preacher

Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
Movie · as Doctor

Workaholics
TV · as Jerry · 1 ep

The Child Wanderers
Movie · as Old Knut

The Genesis Code
Movie · as Dr. Tolley

Once Fallen
Movie · as Harry

The Trial
Movie · as Judge Danielson

Jonah Hex
Movie · as Telegrapher

Valentine's Day
Movie · as Bistro Gardens Diner

Angels & Demons
Movie · as Cardinal Beck

Boppin' at the Glue Factory
Movie · as Walker Bill

Play the Game
Movie · as Mervin Lavine

Within
Movie · as Deli Owner

Lie to Me
TV · as Joe Metz · 1 ep

NCIS: Los Angeles
TV · as Eugene · 1 ep

Audie & the Wolf
Movie · as Dr. Maleosis

Grizzly Park
Movie · as Ranger Howard

Frost/Nixon
Movie · as Ollie

Ghost Town: The Movie
Movie · as Sheriff Tom Parker

Drillbit Taylor
Movie · as Older Man

Keith
Movie · as Old Man (uncredited)

Be My Baby
Movie · as Zippy

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Movie · as Preacher

Georgia Rule
Movie · as Dog Bite Man
Harrison Bergeron
Movie · as Narrator

Sasquatch Mountain
Movie · as Harris Zeff

Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story
Movie · as James Kennedy

Twenty Good Years
TV · as Henry · 1 ep

Miracle at Sage Creek
Movie · as Doctor Babcock

Back By Midnight
Movie · as Priest

Cinderella Man
Movie · as Announcer Al Fazin

Ghost Whisperer
TV · as Dirk Abrams · 1 ep

Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Martin Carroll · 1 ep

Bones
TV · as Jerold Norsky · 2 eps

Toolbox Murders
Movie · as Chas Rooker

Ghost Rock
Movie · as Cash

Death and Texas
Movie · as Circuit Court Judge

The Alamo
Movie · as Governor Smith

CSI: NY
TV · as Samuel Cooper · 1 ep

The Long Ride Home
Movie · as Old Man

The Missing
Movie · as Telegraph Operator

Legend of the Phantom Rider
Movie · as Doc Fisher

Cold Case
TV · as Buddie · 1 ep

Arrested Development
TV · as Rance Howard · 1 ep

That's So Raven
TV · as Murphy · 1 ep

D-Tox
Movie · as Geezer

Jumping for Joy
Movie

That '80s Show
TV · as Mr. Bailey · 1 ep

A Crack in the Floor
Movie · as Floyd Fryed

Ping!
Movie · as Old Man

A Beautiful Mind
Movie · as White-Haired Patient

Joe Dirt
Movie · as Bomb Squad Cop

Rat Race
Movie · as Feed the Earth Spokesman

Big Wind on Campus
Movie · as Grandpa Morton

How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Movie · as Elderly Timekeeper

Love & Sex
Movie · as Earl

Son of the Beach
TV · 1 ep

The Huntress
TV · 1 ep

Abilene
Movie · as Arliss

Happy, Texas
Movie · as Ely

Malevolence
Movie · as Dr. Burns

Angel
TV · as Marcus Roscoe · 1 ep

Land of the Free
Movie · as Hotel Manager

The Night Caller
Movie · as Hank

Psycho
Movie · as Mr. Lowery

Evasive Action
Movie · as Train Engineer

Chairman of the Board
Movie · as Rev. Hatley

Small Soldiers
Movie · as Husband

Two of a Kind
TV · as Mr. Fillmore · 2 eps

Holiday in Your Heart
Movie · as Blind Man

The Second Civil War
Movie · as Arnold Tooney, Jr.

Busted
Movie · as Mayor Davies

Traveller
Movie · as Farmer

Money Talks
Movie · as Reverend

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Movie · as Jarvis Bean

The Lay of the Land
Movie · as Dr. Brown

Just Shoot Me!
TV · as Blind Flower Guy · 1 ep

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
TV · as Reginald Hannon (segment "The Viewing") · 1 ep

Mars Attacks!
Movie · as Texan Investor

Tiger Heart
Movie · as Mr. Johnson

Where Truth Lies
Movie · as Judge Bloom

Sgt. Bilko
Movie · as Mr. Robbins

Independence Day
Movie · as Chaplain

Ghosts of Mississippi
Movie · as Ralph Hargrove

Clueless
TV · 2 eps

7th Heaven
TV · as Old Man in Park · 1 ep

Problem Child 3
Movie · as The Janitor

The Colony
Movie · as Stan Benson

Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
Movie · as Employer

Apollo 13
Movie · as Reverend

Killing Cupid
Movie · as Zeke

Baywatch Nights
TV · 1 ep

Runaway Daughters
Movie · as Minute Man 3

Terminal Velocity
Movie · as Stunt Pilot/Chuck

Ed Wood
Movie · as Old Man McCoy

Little Giants
Movie · as Father Kelly

The Paper
Movie · as Alicia's Doctor

Forced to Kill
Movie · as Rance

Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter
Movie · as Todd

Babylon 5
TV · as David Sheridan · 3 eps

ER
TV · as Dr. Oliver Kostin · 1 ep

Rebel Highway
TV · as Minuteman · 1 ep

Ticks
Movie · as Sheriff Parker

Snapdragon
Movie · as Priest

Fearless
Movie · as Bald Cabby

Ed and His Dead Mother
Movie · as Rev. Praxton

Diagnosis: Murder
TV · as Driver · 1 ep

The X-Files
TV · as Old Man · 1 ep

I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore
Movie · as Elderly Man

Universal Soldier
Movie · as John Devreux

Far and Away
Movie · as Tomlin

Boris and Natasha
Movie · as Polygraph Man

Melrose Place
TV · as Motel Manager · 1 ep

Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
Movie · as Bernie

9 1/2 Ninjas!
Movie · as Ninja Negotiator

Switched at Birth
TV · as Frank Hill · 2 eps

Trust Me
Movie · as Vern

The 'Burbs
Movie · as Detective #2

B.O.R.N.
Movie · as Robert Morrison

Parenthood
Movie · as Dean at College

Listen to Me
Movie

Limit Up
Movie · as Chuck Feeney

Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Des · 1 ep

Quantum Leap
TV · as Doc Graves · 1 ep

Baywatch
TV · as Joe, Fireman · 1 ep

B.L. Stryker
TV · 1 ep

Seinfeld
TV · as Blind Man, Farmer · 1 ep

Coach
TV · as Herman Van Dam · 1 ep

Dark Before Dawn
Movie · as Logan

Superboy
TV · as Colonel · 1 ep

Innerspace
Movie · as Supermarket Customer

Wiseguy
TV · as Ernest Haynes · 1 ep

Married... with Children
TV · as Edwin, Reverend · 1 ep

Gung Ho
Movie · as Mayor Conrad Zwart

A Smoky Mountain Christmas
Movie · as Dr. Jennings

Return to Mayberry
Movie · as Preacher

Two Soldiers
Movie · as Paw
Gary Coleman: For Safety's Sake
Movie · as Captain Truck

Creator
Movie · as Mr. Spencer

Cocoon
Movie · as St. Petersburg Dectective

Scandal Sheet
Movie · as Mr. Bell

Playing with Fire
Movie · as Fireman Goodwin

The Long Hot Summer
TV · as Wilk · 2 eps

A Death in California
TV · as Ralph Lee · 2 eps

Splash
Movie · as McCullough

The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins
Movie · as Policeman

The Lonely Guy
Movie · as Minister

Finder of Lost Loves
TV · as Hank · 1 ep

Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Fillmore · 1 ep

Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess
Movie · as Still Photographer

Forever and Beyond
Movie · as Technician

The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
Movie · as Bus Driver

Love Letters
Movie · as Joseph Chesley

The Thorn Birds
TV · as Doc Wilson · 1 ep

The Kid with the Broken Halo
Movie · as Coach Ramsdell

Airplane II: The Sequel
Movie · as Person #1 (uncredited)

The Executioner's Song
Movie · as Lt. Nelson

Smokey Bites the Dust
Movie · as Football Coach

The Miracle of Kathy Miller
Movie · as Dr. Jewell

Dynasty
TV · 1 ep

Skyward
Movie · as Pilot #2

Scout's Honor
Movie · as The Captain

Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
Movie · as Mr. Murray

The Kid from Left Field
Movie · as Harry the Bartender

Cotton Candy
Movie · as Mr. Bremmercamp

Mr. No Legs
Movie · as Lou

Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
Movie · as Self

Huckleberry Finn
Movie · as Pap Finn

Mork & Mindy
TV · as Guard · 1 ep

Battlestar Galactica
TV · as Farnes · 1 ep

Grand Theft Auto
Movie · as Ned Slinker

Another Man, Another Chance
Movie · as Wagonmaster

The Legend of Frank Woods
Movie · as Howard Blacker

Eat My Dust
Movie · as Clark

The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
Movie
Image in a Bottle
Movie · as The Doctor

Laverne & Shirley
TV · as Doctor

Switch
TV · as Collins · 1 ep

Locusts
Movie · as Aaron

Where the Lilies Bloom
Movie · as Roy Luther

Chinatown
Movie · as Irate Farmer

Little House on the Prairie
TV · as Simpson · 1 ep

Happy Days
TV · as Mr. Burkhart · 3 eps

The Red Pony
Movie · as Sheriff Bill Smith

Bloody Trail
Movie · as Jake

The Rookies
TV · 1 ep

Kung Fu
TV · as Sheriff Byrd · 1 ep

The Waltons
TV · as Dr. McIvers · 2 eps

ABC Afterschool Special
TV · as Myron Faraday · 1 ep

Nichols
TV · as Deputy · 1 ep

The Wild Country
Movie · as Cleve

Night Gallery
TV · as Cameraman (segment "The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes") · 1 ep

Dan August
TV · as Hobbs · 1 ep

Then Came Bronson
TV · as Carl Mueller · 1 ep

Cool Hand Luke
Movie · as Sheriff

Gentle Giant
Movie · as Tater Coughlin

Gentle Ben
TV · as Henry Boomhauer · 56 eps

An Eye for an Eye
Movie · as Harry

The Monroes
TV · 3 eps

Village of the Giants
Movie · as Deputy

The F.B.I.
TV · as Ranger · 1 ep

The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Movie · as Camp Counselor (uncredited)

The Virginian
TV · as Luka · 1 ep

The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Andy Griffith Show
TV · as Treasury agent, Bus Driver, The Governor's Chauffeur · 2 eps

Bat Masterson
TV · as Fletcher · 1 ep

Frontier Woman
Movie · as Prewitt

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Deputy Shaker · 1 ep

Gunsmoke
TV · as Judge Alan Franklin, Frank Benton · 1 ep

The Danny Thomas Show
TV · as TV Crewman · 1 ep

Kraft Television Theatre
TV · 2 eps

