Place of Birth:
Newkirk, Oklahoma, USA
Date of Birth:
11/17/1928
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).
Big Wind on Campus
Spooky Buddies
Audie & the Wolf
Cotton Candy
Angels & Demons
Gung Ho
A Crack in the Floor
Runaway Daughters
Land of the Free
Creator
Smokey Bites the Dust
I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
Mr. No Legs
Toolbox Murders
Miracle at Sage Creek
The Red Pony
Be My Baby
Trust Me
Terminal Velocity
Grand Theft Auto
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
InSight
Skyward
The Kid with the Broken Halo
Dads
Splash
Locusts
Gone Dark
Dark Before Dawn
Problem Child 3
Holiday in Your Heart
Mars Attacks!
Rosewood Lane
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
Sasquatch Mountain
Grizzly Park
Ticks
Cocoon
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Harley's Hill
Harrison Bergeron
The 'Burbs
Tiger Heart
Boppin' at the Glue Factory
Bloody Trail
Frost/Nixon
Nebraska
Cool Hand Luke
Where the Lilies Bloom
Chinatown
The Long Ride Home
Let Go
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess
Gentle Giant
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Forever and Beyond
Where Truth Lies
Innerspace
Sgt. Bilko
Ping!
Another Man, Another Chance
The Miracle of Kathy Miller
Back By Midnight
Huff
Play the Game
Universal Soldier
The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins
The Colony
B.O.R.N.
The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
Scandal Sheet
Scout's Honor
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
A Beautiful Mind
The Kid from Left Field
Cinderella Man
Parenthood
The Missing
Ed Wood
Ghost Town: The Movie
An Eye for an Eye
Listen to Me
Airplane II: The Sequel
Drillbit Taylor
Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story
Little Giants
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Snapdragon
Playing with Fire
Eat My Dust
Ghost Rock
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
Night Club
Death and Texas
The Lone Ranger
9 1/2 Ninjas!
The Night Caller
The Dilemma
Kalebegiak
Fearless
Frontier Woman
Talk Radio
The Child Wanderers
Legend of the Phantom Rider
Psycho
The Paper
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
40 Nights
The Legend of Frank Woods
Ed and His Dead Mother
Solemates
Broken Memories
Limit Up
Village of the Giants
Apollo 13
Forced to Kill
Chasing the Star
The Christ Slayer
The Genesis Code
Far and Away
The Wild Country
Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter
The Second Civil War
Evasive Action
Rat Race
Once Fallen
Love & Sex
The Trial
Busted
Switched at Birth
Second Chances
D-Tox
Killing Cupid
Return to Mayberry
Independence Day
Abilene
Traveller
Huckleberry Finn
Chairman of the Board
Love Letters
Joe Dirt
The Alamo
Jumping For Joy
Keith
Apple Seed
Jonah Hex
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
Small Soldiers
Money Talks
Georgia Rule
Valentine's Day
The Executioner's Song
Within
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
The Lonely Guy
Happy, Texas
Ghosts of Mississippi
Malevolence
Boris and Natasha
Two Soldiers
Easy Rider: The Ride Back
Gary Coleman: For Safety's Sake
Max Rose