Rance Howard
Actor
- Born
- November 17, 1928 · Newkirk, Oklahoma, USA
- Died
- November 25, 2017 (age 89)
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
A Beautiful Mind
December 14, 2001
Independence Day
July 2, 1996
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
November 17, 2000
Angels & Demons
April 20, 2009
The Lone Ranger
July 3, 2013
Apollo 13
June 30, 1995
Mars Attacks!
December 13, 1996
Chinatown
June 20, 1974
Valentine's Day
February 10, 2010
Ed Wood
September 28, 1994
Cinderella Man
June 2, 2005
Small Soldiers
July 10, 1998
Acting167
- 2019Dads as Self
- 2019The Christ Slayer as Devil as Old Man
- 2019Apple Seed as Carl
- 2017Chasing the Star as Devil as an Old Man
- 2017Broken Memories as Jasper
- 2016Kalebegiak as José Mari
- 2016Max Rose as Walter Prewitt
- 201640 Nights as Devil as an Old Man
- 2016Talk Radio as Lou
- 2015Chez Upshaw as Harry