Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
17 Nov, 1928 (96 years old)
Death date
25 Nov, 2017
Rance Howard
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
Acting
2019
Dads
2019
The Christ Slayer
2019
Apple Seed
2017
Chasing the Star
2017
Broken Memories
2016
Max Rose
2013
Nebraska
2013
The Lone Ranger
2013
Second Chances
2013
Huff
2012
Easy Rider: The Ride Back
2011
Let Go
2011
Rosewood Lane
2011
Spooky Buddies
2011
InSight
2011
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011
The Dilemma
2010
Once Fallen
2010
The Genesis Code
2010
Jonah Hex
2010
Valentine's Day
2009
Within
2009
Angels & Demons
2009
Play the Game
2008
Frost/Nixon
2008
Keith
2008
Grizzly Park
2008
Drillbit Taylor
2007
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
Georgia Rule
2006
Sasquatch Mountain
2005
Miracle at Sage Creek
2005
Cinderella Man
2005
Back By Midnight
2004
Toolbox Murders
2004
The Alamo
2004
Death and Texas
2003
The Missing
2002
D-Tox
2001
A Beautiful Mind
2001
Ping!
2001
Rat Race
2001
Joe Dirt
2000
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000
Love & Sex
1999
Happy, Texas
1998
Psycho
1998
Land of the Free
1998
Small Soldiers
1998
Chairman of the Board
1997
The Second Civil War
1997
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997
Money Talks
1997
Traveller
1997
Busted
1996
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
Mars Attacks!
1996
Tiger Heart
1996
Independence Day
1996
Sgt. Bilko
1995
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
1995
Apollo 13
1995
Problem Child 3
1994
Little Giants
1994
Ed Wood
1994
Terminal Velocity
1994
The Paper
1993
Snapdragon
1993
Fearless
1993
Ticks
1993
Ed and His Dead Mother
1992
Universal Soldier
1992
Far and Away
1992
Boris and Natasha
1989
Parenthood
1989
Listen to Me
1989
The 'Burbs
1987
Innerspace
1986
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986
Return to Mayberry
1986
Gung Ho
1985
Creator
1985
Cocoon
1984
Splash
1984
The Lonely Guy
1983
Love Letters
1983
The Thorn Birds
1982
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
The Executioner's Song
1978
Mr. No Legs
1977
Grand Theft Auto
1976
Eat My Dust
1974
Chinatown
1974
Where the Lilies Bloom
1970
The Wild Country
1967
Cool Hand Luke
1967
Gentle Giant
1966
An Eye for an Eye
1965
Village of the Giants
1963
The Courtship of Eddie's Father