Rance Howard

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

2019
Dads poster

Dads

Movie · as Self

2019
The Christ Slayer poster

The Christ Slayer

Movie · as Devil as Old Man

2019
Apple Seed poster

Apple Seed

Movie · as Carl

2017
Broken Memories poster

Broken Memories

Movie · as Jasper

2017
Chasing the Star poster

Chasing the Star

Movie · as Devil as an Old Man

2016
Kalebegiak poster

Kalebegiak

Movie · as José Mari

2016
Talk Radio poster

Talk Radio

Movie · as Lou

2016
40 Nights poster

40 Nights

Movie · as Devil as an Old Man

2016
Max Rose poster

Max Rose

Movie · as Walter Prewitt

2015
Solemates poster

Solemates

Movie · as Older Man

2015
Chez Upshaw poster

Chez Upshaw

Movie · as Harry

2013
Gone Dark

Gone Dark

Movie · as Charles

2013
Nebraska poster

Nebraska

Movie · as Uncle Ray

2013
Huff poster

Huff

Movie · as Scotty

2013
The Lone Ranger poster

The Lone Ranger

Movie · as Engineer

2013
Second Chances poster

Second Chances

Movie · as Wilbur

2012
Easy Rider: The Ride Back poster

Easy Rider: The Ride Back

Movie · as Andrew Jackson Bennett

2011
Spooky Buddies poster

Spooky Buddies

Movie · as Mr. Johnson

2011
InSight poster

InSight

Movie · as Cemetery Presider

2011
Rosewood Lane poster

Rosewood Lane

Movie · as Fred Crumb

2011
Harley's Hill poster

Harley's Hill

Movie · as Charlie

2011
Let Go poster

Let Go

Movie · as Dimples

2011
Night Club poster

Night Club

Movie · as Chuck

2011
The Dilemma poster

The Dilemma

Movie · as Burt

2011
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 poster

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

Movie · as Preacher

2011
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead poster

Redemption: For Robbing the Dead

Movie · as Doctor

2011
Workaholics poster

Workaholics

TV · as Jerry · 1 ep

2010
The Child Wanderers poster

The Child Wanderers

Movie · as Old Knut

2010
The Genesis Code poster

The Genesis Code

Movie · as Dr. Tolley

2010
Once Fallen poster

Once Fallen

Movie · as Harry

2010
The Trial poster

The Trial

Movie · as Judge Danielson

2010
Jonah Hex poster

Jonah Hex

Movie · as Telegrapher

2010
Valentine's Day poster

Valentine's Day

Movie · as Bistro Gardens Diner

2009
Angels & Demons poster

Angels & Demons

Movie · as Cardinal Beck

2009
Boppin' at the Glue Factory poster

Boppin' at the Glue Factory

Movie · as Walker Bill

2009
Play the Game poster

Play the Game

Movie · as Mervin Lavine

2009
Within poster

Within

Movie · as Deli Owner

2009
Lie to Me poster

Lie to Me

TV · as Joe Metz · 1 ep

2009
NCIS: Los Angeles poster

NCIS: Los Angeles

TV · as Eugene · 1 ep

2008
Audie & the Wolf poster

Audie & the Wolf

Movie · as Dr. Maleosis

2008
Grizzly Park poster

Grizzly Park

Movie · as Ranger Howard

2008
Frost/Nixon poster

Frost/Nixon

Movie · as Ollie

2008
Ghost Town: The Movie poster

Ghost Town: The Movie

Movie · as Sheriff Tom Parker

2008
Drillbit Taylor poster

Drillbit Taylor

Movie · as Older Man

2008
Keith poster

Keith

Movie · as Old Man (uncredited)

2007
Be My Baby poster

Be My Baby

Movie · as Zippy

2007
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story poster

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Movie · as Preacher

2007
Georgia Rule poster

Georgia Rule

Movie · as Dog Bite Man

2006
Harrison Bergeron

Harrison Bergeron

Movie · as Narrator

2006
Sasquatch Mountain poster

Sasquatch Mountain

Movie · as Harris Zeff

2006
Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story poster

Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story

Movie · as James Kennedy

2006
Twenty Good Years poster

Twenty Good Years

TV · as Henry · 1 ep

2005
Miracle at Sage Creek poster

Miracle at Sage Creek

Movie · as Doctor Babcock

2005
Back By Midnight poster

Back By Midnight

Movie · as Priest

2005
Cinderella Man poster

Cinderella Man

Movie · as Announcer Al Fazin

2005
Ghost Whisperer poster

Ghost Whisperer

TV · as Dirk Abrams · 1 ep

2005
Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy

TV · as Martin Carroll · 1 ep

2005
Bones poster

Bones

TV · as Jerold Norsky · 2 eps

2004
Toolbox Murders poster

Toolbox Murders

Movie · as Chas Rooker

2004
Ghost Rock poster

Ghost Rock

Movie · as Cash

2004
Death and Texas poster

Death and Texas

Movie · as Circuit Court Judge

2004
The Alamo poster

The Alamo

Movie · as Governor Smith

2004
CSI: NY poster

CSI: NY

TV · as Samuel Cooper · 1 ep

2003
The Long Ride Home poster

The Long Ride Home

Movie · as Old Man

2003
The Missing poster

The Missing

Movie · as Telegraph Operator

2003
Legend of the Phantom Rider poster

Legend of the Phantom Rider

Movie · as Doc Fisher

2003
Cold Case poster

Cold Case

TV · as Buddie · 1 ep

2003
Arrested Development poster

Arrested Development

TV · as Rance Howard · 1 ep

2003
That's So Raven poster

That's So Raven

TV · as Murphy · 1 ep

2002
D-Tox poster

D-Tox

Movie · as Geezer

2002
Jumping for Joy poster

Jumping for Joy

Movie

2002
That '80s Show poster

That '80s Show

TV · as Mr. Bailey · 1 ep

2001
A Crack in the Floor poster

A Crack in the Floor

Movie · as Floyd Fryed

2001
Ping! poster

Ping!

Movie · as Old Man

2001
A Beautiful Mind poster

A Beautiful Mind

Movie · as White-Haired Patient

2001
Joe Dirt poster

Joe Dirt

Movie · as Bomb Squad Cop

2001
Rat Race poster

Rat Race

Movie · as Feed the Earth Spokesman

2000
Big Wind on Campus poster

Big Wind on Campus

Movie · as Grandpa Morton

2000
How the Grinch Stole Christmas poster

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Movie · as Elderly Timekeeper

2000
Love & Sex poster

Love & Sex

Movie · as Earl

2000
Son of the Beach poster

Son of the Beach

TV · 1 ep

2000
The Huntress poster

The Huntress

TV · 1 ep

1999
Abilene poster

Abilene

Movie · as Arliss

1999
Happy, Texas poster

Happy, Texas

Movie · as Ely

1999
Malevolence poster

Malevolence

Movie · as Dr. Burns

1999
Angel poster

Angel

TV · as Marcus Roscoe · 1 ep

1998
Land of the Free poster

Land of the Free

Movie · as Hotel Manager

1998
The Night Caller poster

The Night Caller

Movie · as Hank

1998
Psycho poster

Psycho

Movie · as Mr. Lowery

1998
Evasive Action poster

Evasive Action

Movie · as Train Engineer

1998
Chairman of the Board poster

Chairman of the Board

Movie · as Rev. Hatley

1998
Small Soldiers poster

Small Soldiers

Movie · as Husband

1998
Two of a Kind poster

Two of a Kind

TV · as Mr. Fillmore · 2 eps

1997
Holiday in Your Heart poster

Holiday in Your Heart

Movie · as Blind Man

1997
The Second Civil War poster

The Second Civil War

Movie · as Arnold Tooney, Jr.

1997
Busted poster

Busted

Movie · as Mayor Davies

1997
Traveller poster

Traveller

Movie · as Farmer

1997
Money Talks poster

Money Talks

Movie · as Reverend

1997
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest poster

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

Movie · as Jarvis Bean

1997
The Lay of the Land poster

The Lay of the Land

Movie · as Dr. Brown

1997
Just Shoot Me! poster

Just Shoot Me!

TV · as Blind Flower Guy · 1 ep

1997
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction poster

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

TV · as Reginald Hannon (segment "The Viewing") · 1 ep

1996
Mars Attacks! poster

Mars Attacks!

Movie · as Texan Investor

1996
Tiger Heart poster

Tiger Heart

Movie · as Mr. Johnson

1996
Where Truth Lies poster

Where Truth Lies

Movie · as Judge Bloom

1996
Sgt. Bilko poster

Sgt. Bilko

Movie · as Mr. Robbins

1996
Independence Day poster

Independence Day

Movie · as Chaplain

1996
Ghosts of Mississippi poster

Ghosts of Mississippi

Movie · as Ralph Hargrove

1996
Clueless poster

Clueless

TV · 2 eps

1996
7th Heaven poster

7th Heaven

TV · as Old Man in Park · 1 ep

1995
Problem Child 3 poster

Problem Child 3

Movie · as The Janitor

1995
The Colony poster

The Colony

Movie · as Stan Benson

1995
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest poster

Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest

Movie · as Employer

1995
Apollo 13 poster

Apollo 13

Movie · as Reverend

1995
Killing Cupid poster

Killing Cupid

Movie · as Zeke

1995
Baywatch Nights poster

Baywatch Nights

TV · 1 ep

1994
Runaway Daughters poster

Runaway Daughters

Movie · as Minute Man 3

1994
Terminal Velocity poster

Terminal Velocity

Movie · as Stunt Pilot/Chuck

1994
Ed Wood poster

Ed Wood

Movie · as Old Man McCoy

1994
Little Giants poster

Little Giants

Movie · as Father Kelly

1994
The Paper poster

The Paper

Movie · as Alicia's Doctor

1994
Forced to Kill poster

Forced to Kill

Movie · as Rance

1994
Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter poster

Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter

Movie · as Todd

1994
Babylon 5 poster

Babylon 5

TV · as David Sheridan · 3 eps

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Dr. Oliver Kostin · 1 ep

1994
Rebel Highway poster

Rebel Highway

TV · as Minuteman · 1 ep

1993
Ticks poster

Ticks

Movie · as Sheriff Parker

1993
Snapdragon poster

Snapdragon

Movie · as Priest

1993
Fearless poster

Fearless

Movie · as Bald Cabby

1993
Ed and His Dead Mother poster

Ed and His Dead Mother

Movie · as Rev. Praxton

1993
Diagnosis: Murder poster

Diagnosis: Murder

TV · as Driver · 1 ep

1993
The X-Files poster

The X-Files

TV · as Old Man · 1 ep

1992
I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore poster

I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore

Movie · as Elderly Man

1992
Universal Soldier poster

Universal Soldier

Movie · as John Devreux

1992
Far and Away poster

Far and Away

Movie · as Tomlin

1992
Boris and Natasha poster

Boris and Natasha

Movie · as Polygraph Man

1992
Melrose Place poster

Melrose Place

TV · as Motel Manager · 1 ep

1991
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter poster

Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter

Movie · as Bernie

1991
9 1/2 Ninjas! poster

9 1/2 Ninjas!

Movie · as Ninja Negotiator

1991
Switched at Birth poster

Switched at Birth

TV · as Frank Hill · 2 eps

1989
Trust Me poster

Trust Me

Movie · as Vern

1989
The 'Burbs poster

The 'Burbs

Movie · as Detective #2

1989
B.O.R.N. poster

B.O.R.N.

Movie · as Robert Morrison

1989
Parenthood poster

Parenthood

Movie · as Dean at College

1989
Listen to Me poster

Listen to Me

Movie

1989
Limit Up poster

Limit Up

Movie · as Chuck Feeney

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Des · 1 ep

1989
Quantum Leap poster

Quantum Leap

TV · as Doc Graves · 1 ep

1989
Baywatch poster

Baywatch

TV · as Joe, Fireman · 1 ep

1989
B.L. Stryker poster

B.L. Stryker

TV · 1 ep

1989
Seinfeld poster

Seinfeld

TV · as Blind Man, Farmer · 1 ep

1989
Coach poster

Coach

TV · as Herman Van Dam · 1 ep

1988
Dark Before Dawn poster

Dark Before Dawn

Movie · as Logan

1988
Superboy poster

Superboy

TV · as Colonel · 1 ep

1987
Innerspace poster

Innerspace

Movie · as Supermarket Customer

1987
Wiseguy poster

Wiseguy

TV · as Ernest Haynes · 1 ep

1987
Married... with Children poster

Married... with Children

TV · as Edwin, Reverend · 1 ep

1986
Gung Ho poster

Gung Ho

Movie · as Mayor Conrad Zwart

1986
A Smoky Mountain Christmas poster

A Smoky Mountain Christmas

Movie · as Dr. Jennings

1986
Return to Mayberry poster

Return to Mayberry

Movie · as Preacher

1986
Two Soldiers poster

Two Soldiers

Movie · as Paw

1986
Gary Coleman: For Safety's Sake

Gary Coleman: For Safety's Sake

Movie · as Captain Truck

1985
Creator poster

Creator

Movie · as Mr. Spencer

1985
Cocoon poster

Cocoon

Movie · as St. Petersburg Dectective

1985
Scandal Sheet poster

Scandal Sheet

Movie · as Mr. Bell

1985
Playing with Fire poster

Playing with Fire

Movie · as Fireman Goodwin

1985
The Long Hot Summer poster

The Long Hot Summer

TV · as Wilk · 2 eps

1985
A Death in California poster

A Death in California

TV · as Ralph Lee · 2 eps

1984
Splash poster

Splash

Movie · as McCullough

1984
The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins poster

The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins

Movie · as Policeman

1984
The Lonely Guy poster

The Lonely Guy

Movie · as Minister

1984
Finder of Lost Loves poster

Finder of Lost Loves

TV · as Hank · 1 ep

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Fillmore · 1 ep

1983
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess poster

Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess

Movie · as Still Photographer

1983
Forever and Beyond poster

Forever and Beyond

Movie · as Technician

1983
The Kid with the 200 I.Q. poster

The Kid with the 200 I.Q.

Movie · as Bus Driver

1983
Love Letters poster

Love Letters

Movie · as Joseph Chesley

1983
The Thorn Birds poster

The Thorn Birds

TV · as Doc Wilson · 1 ep

1982
The Kid with the Broken Halo poster

The Kid with the Broken Halo

Movie · as Coach Ramsdell

1982
Airplane II: The Sequel poster

Airplane II: The Sequel

Movie · as Person #1 (uncredited)

1982
The Executioner's Song poster

The Executioner's Song

Movie · as Lt. Nelson

1981
Smokey Bites the Dust poster

Smokey Bites the Dust

Movie · as Football Coach

1981
The Miracle of Kathy Miller poster

The Miracle of Kathy Miller

Movie · as Dr. Jewell

1981
Dynasty poster

Dynasty

TV · 1 ep

1980
Skyward poster

Skyward

Movie · as Pilot #2

1980
Scout's Honor poster

Scout's Honor

Movie · as The Captain

1979
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers poster

Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers

Movie · as Mr. Murray

1979
The Kid from Left Field poster

The Kid from Left Field

Movie · as Harry the Bartender

1978
Cotton Candy poster

Cotton Candy

Movie · as Mr. Bremmercamp

1978
Mr. No Legs poster

Mr. No Legs

Movie · as Lou

1978
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy poster

Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy

Movie · as Self

1978
Huckleberry Finn poster

Huckleberry Finn

Movie · as Pap Finn

1978
Mork & Mindy poster

Mork & Mindy

TV · as Guard · 1 ep

1978
Battlestar Galactica poster

Battlestar Galactica

TV · as Farnes · 1 ep

1977
Grand Theft Auto poster

Grand Theft Auto

Movie · as Ned Slinker

1977
Another Man, Another Chance poster

Another Man, Another Chance

Movie · as Wagonmaster

1977
The Legend of Frank Woods poster

The Legend of Frank Woods

Movie · as Howard Blacker

1976
Eat My Dust poster

Eat My Dust

Movie · as Clark

1976
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe poster

The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe

Movie

1976
Image in a Bottle

Image in a Bottle

Movie · as The Doctor

1976
Laverne & Shirley poster

Laverne & Shirley

TV · as Doctor

1975
Switch poster

Switch

TV · as Collins · 1 ep

1974
Locusts poster

Locusts

Movie · as Aaron

1974
Where the Lilies Bloom poster

Where the Lilies Bloom

Movie · as Roy Luther

1974
Chinatown poster

Chinatown

Movie · as Irate Farmer

1974
Little House on the Prairie poster

Little House on the Prairie

TV · as Simpson · 1 ep

1974
Happy Days poster

Happy Days

TV · as Mr. Burkhart · 3 eps

1973
The Red Pony poster

The Red Pony

Movie · as Sheriff Bill Smith

1972
Bloody Trail poster

Bloody Trail

Movie · as Jake

1972
The Rookies poster

The Rookies

TV · 1 ep

1972
Kung Fu poster

Kung Fu

TV · as Sheriff Byrd · 1 ep

1972
The Waltons poster

The Waltons

TV · as Dr. McIvers · 2 eps

1972
ABC Afterschool Special poster

ABC Afterschool Special

TV · as Myron Faraday · 1 ep

1971
Nichols poster

Nichols

TV · as Deputy · 1 ep

1970
The Wild Country poster

The Wild Country

Movie · as Cleve

1970
Night Gallery poster

Night Gallery

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

1970
Dan August poster

Dan August

TV · as Hobbs · 1 ep

1969
Then Came Bronson poster

Then Came Bronson

TV · as Carl Mueller · 1 ep

1967
Cool Hand Luke poster

Cool Hand Luke

Movie · as Sheriff

1967
Gentle Giant poster

Gentle Giant

Movie · as Tater Coughlin

1967
Gentle Ben poster

Gentle Ben

TV · as Henry Boomhauer · 56 eps

1966
An Eye for an Eye poster

An Eye for an Eye

Movie · as Harry

1966
The Monroes poster

The Monroes

TV · 3 eps

1965
Village of the Giants poster

Village of the Giants

Movie · as Deputy

1965
The F.B.I. poster

The F.B.I.

TV · as Ranger · 1 ep

1963
The Courtship of Eddie's Father poster

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

Movie · as Camp Counselor (uncredited)

1962
The Virginian poster

The Virginian

TV · as Luka · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1960
The Andy Griffith Show poster

The Andy Griffith Show

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

1958
Bat Masterson poster

Bat Masterson

TV · as Fletcher · 1 ep

1956
Frontier Woman poster

Frontier Woman

Movie · as Prewitt

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Deputy Shaker · 1 ep

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

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

1953
The Danny Thomas Show poster

The Danny Thomas Show

TV · as TV Crewman · 1 ep

1947
Kraft Television Theatre poster

Kraft Television Theatre

TV · 2 eps