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