Rance Howard
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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Movies (168)
Dads
2019 · Self
The Christ Slayer
2019 · Devil as Old Man
Apple Seed
2019 · Carl
Persiguiendo la Estrella
2017 · Devil as an Old Man
Broken Memories
2017 · Jasper
Kalebegiak
2016 · José Mari
Max Rose
2016 · Walter Prewitt
Cuarenta Noches
2016 · Devil as an Old Man
Talk Radio
2016 · Lou
Chez Upshaw
2015 · Harry
Solemates
2015 · Older Man
Gone Dark
2013 · Charles
Nebraska
2013 · Uncle Ray
El Llanero Solitario
2013 · Engineer
Second Chances
2013 · Wilbur
Huff
2013 · Scotty
Easy Rider: The Ride Back
2012 · Andrew Jackson Bennett
Let Go
2011 · Dimples
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011 · Doctor
La Maldicion de Rosewood Lane
2011 · Fred Crumb
Spooky Buddies
2011 · Mr. Johnson
InSight
2011 · Cemetery Presider
Mi amigo Harley
2011 · Charlie
Night Club
2011 · Chuck
Una chihuahua de Beverly Hills 2
2011 · Preacher
El dilema
2011 · Burt
Once Fallen
2010 · Harry
The Trial
2010 · Judge Danielson
The Genesis Code
2010 · Dr. Tolley
Jonah Hex
2010 · Telegrapher
The Child Wanderers
2010 · Old Knut
Día de los Enamorados
2010 · Bistro Gardens Diner
Within
2009 · Deli Owner
Ángeles y demonios
2009 · Cardinal Beck
Play the Game
2009 · Mervin Lavine
Boppin' at the Glue Factory
2009 · Walker Bill
Frost/Nixon
2008 · Ollie
Ghost Town: The Movie
2008 · Sheriff Tom Parker
Keith
2008 · Old Man (uncredited)
Grizzly Park
2008 · Ranger Howard
Drillbit Taylor - Guardaespaldas escolar
2008 · Older Man
Audie & the Wolf
2008 · Dr. Maleosis
Camino Duro: La Historia de Dewey Cox
2007 · Preacher
Be My Baby
2007 · Zippy
Georgia Rule
2007 · Dog Bite Man
Sasquatch Mountain
2006 · Harris Zeff
Harrison Bergeron
2006 · Narrator
Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story
2006 · James Kennedy
Miracle at Sage Creek
2005 · Doctor Babcock
El Luchador
2005 · Announcer Al Fazin
Back By Midnight
2005 · Priest
Hotel Terror
2004 · Chas Rooker
Ghost Rock
2004 · Cash
The Alamo
2004 · Governor Smith
Death and Texas
2004 · Circuit Court Judge
Las desapariciones
2003 · Telegraph Operator
The Long Ride Home
2003 · Old Man
Legend of the Phantom Rider
2003 · Doc Fisher
Jumping for Joy
2002
D-Tox
2002 · Geezer
Una Mente Brillante
2001 · White-Haired Patient
Ping!
2001 · Old Man
El Mundo está Loco Loco
2001 · Feed the Earth Spokesman
A Crack in the Floor
2001 · Floyd Fryed
Joe Dirt
2001 · Bomb Squad Cop
El Grinch
2000 · Elderly Timekeeper
Love & Sex
2000 · Earl
Big Wind on Campus
2000 · Grandpa Morton
Happy, Texas
1999 · Ely
Abilene
1999 · Arliss
Malevolence
1999 · Dr. Burns
Psycho
1998 · Mr. Lowery
Land of the Free
1998 · Hotel Manager
The Night Caller
1998 · Hank
Small Soldiers
1998 · Husband
Chairman of the Board
1998 · Rev. Hatley
Evasive Action
1998 · Train Engineer
Holiday in Your Heart
1997 · Blind Man
The Second Civil War
1997 · Arnold Tooney, Jr.
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997 · Jarvis Bean
The Lay of the Land
1997 · Dr. Brown
Money Talks
1997 · Reverend
Traveller
1997 · Farmer
Busted
1997 · Mayor Davies
Where Truth Lies
1996 · Judge Bloom
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996 · Ralph Hargrove
Mars Attacks!
1996 · Texan Investor
Tiger Heart
1996 · Mr. Johnson
Independence Day
1996 · Chaplain
Sgt. Bilko
1996 · Mr. Robbins
The Colony
1995 · Stan Benson
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
1995 · Employer
Killing Cupid
1995 · Zeke
Apollo 13
1995 · Reverend
Problem Child 3
1995 · The Janitor
Little Giants
1994 · Father Kelly
Ed Wood
1994 · Old Man McCoy
Terminal Velocity
1994 · Stunt Pilot/Chuck
Runaway Daughters
1994 · Minute Man 3
Forced to Kill
1994 · Rance
The Paper
1994 · Alicia's Doctor
Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter
1994 · Todd
Snapdragon
1993 · Priest
Fearless
1993 · Bald Cabby
Ticks
1993 · Sheriff Parker
Ed and His Dead Mother
1993 · Rev. Praxton
Universal Soldier
1992 · John Devreux
Far and Away
1992 · Tomlin
I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore
1992 · Elderly Man
Boris and Natasha
1992 · Polygraph Man
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
1991 · Bernie
9 1/2 Ninjas!
1991 · Ninja Negotiator
Trust Me
1989 · Vern
Limit Up
1989 · Chuck Feeney
B.O.R.N.
1989 · Robert Morrison
Parenthood
1989 · Dean at College
Listen to Me
1989
The 'Burbs
1989 · Detective #2
Dark Before Dawn
1988 · Logan
Innerspace
1987 · Supermarket Customer
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986 · Dr. Jennings
Return to Mayberry
1986 · Preacher
Two Soldiers
1986 · Paw
Gung Ho
1986 · Mayor Conrad Zwart
Gary Coleman: For Safety's Sake
1986 · Captain Truck
Creator
1985 · Mr. Spencer
Cocoon
1985 · St. Petersburg Dectective
Playing with Fire
1985 · Fireman Goodwin
Scandal Sheet
1985 · Mr. Bell
Splash
1984 · McCullough
The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins
1984 · Policeman
The Lonely Guy
1984 · Minister
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess
1983 · Still Photographer
Forever and Beyond
1983 · Technician
Love Letters
1983 · Joseph Chesley
The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
1983 · Bus Driver
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982 · Person #1 (uncredited)
The Executioner's Song
1982 · Lt. Nelson
The Kid with the Broken Halo
1982 · Coach Ramsdell
Through the Magic Pyramid
1981 · Producer, Writer
The Miracle of Kathy Miller
1981 · Dr. Jewell
Smokey Bites the Dust
1981 · Football Coach
Skyward
1980 · Pilot #2
Scout's Honor
1980 · The Captain
The Kid from Left Field
1979 · Harry the Bartender
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979 · Mr. Murray
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
1978 · Self
Cotton Candy
1978 · Mr. Bremmercamp, Co-Producer
Mr. No Legs
1978 · Lou
Huckleberry Finn
1978 · Pap Finn
Another Man, Another Chance
1977 · Wagonmaster
Grand Theft Auto
1977 · Ned Slinker, Writer, Associate Producer
The Legend of Frank Woods
1977 · Howard Blacker
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1976
Eat My Dust
1976 · Clark
Image in a Bottle
1976 · The Doctor
Locusts
1974 · Aaron
Chinatown
1974 · Irate Farmer
Where the Lilies Bloom
1974 · Roy Luther
The Red Pony
1973 · Sheriff Bill Smith
Bloody Trail
1972 · Jake
The Wild Country
1970 · Cleve
Cool Hand Luke
1967 · Sheriff
Gentle Giant
1967 · Tater Coughlin
An Eye for an Eye
1966 · Harry
Village of the Giants
1965 · Deputy
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1963 · Camp Counselor (uncredited)
Frontier Woman
1956 · Prewitt
TV shows (69)
Workaholics
2011 · Jerry
NCIS: Los Ángeles
2009 · Eugene
Miénteme (Lie to Me)
2009 · Joe Metz
Twenty Good Years
2006 · Henry
Almas perdidas
2005 · Dirk Abrams
Bones
2005 · Jerold Norsky
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Martin Carroll
CSI: Nueva York
2004 · Samuel Cooper
Arrested Development
2003 · Rance Howard
Caso Cerrado
2003 · Buddie
Es Tan Raven
2003 · Murphy
That '80s Show
2002 · Mr. Bailey
The Huntress
2000
Son of the Beach
2000
Angel
1999 · Marcus Roscoe
Two of a Kind
1998 · Mr. Fillmore
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997 · Reginald Hannon (segment "The Viewing")
Just Shoot Me!
1997 · Blind Flower Guy
Clueless
1996
7th Heaven
1996 · Old Man in Park
Baywatch Nights
1995
ER
1994 · Dr. Oliver Kostin
Rebel Highway
1994 · Minuteman
Babylon 5
1994 · David Sheridan
Diagnosis: Murder
1993 · Driver
The X-Files
1993 · Old Man
Melrose Place
1992 · Motel Manager
Switched at Birth
1991 · Frank Hill
Seinfeld
1989 · Blind Man, Farmer
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Des
Baywatch
1989 · Joe, Fireman
Quantum Leap
1989 · Doc Graves
Coach
1989 · Herman Van Dam
B.L. Stryker
1989
Superboy
1988 · Colonel
Wiseguy
1987 · Ernest Haynes
Married... with Children
1987 · Edwin, Reverend
The Long Hot Summer
1985 · Wilk
A Death in California
1985 · Ralph Lee
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Fillmore
Finder of Lost Loves
1984 · Hank
The Thorn Birds
1983 · Doc Wilson
Dynasty
1981
Battlestar Galactica
1978 · Farnes
Mork & Mindy
1978 · Guard
Laverne & Shirley
1976
Switch
1975 · Collins
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · Simpson
Happy Days
1974 · Mr. Burkhart
Kung Fu
1972 · Sheriff Byrd
ABC Afterschool Special
1972 · Myron Faraday
The Waltons
1972 · Dr. McIvers
The Rookies
1972 · Writer
Nichols
1971 · Deputy
Night Gallery
1970 · Cameraman (segment "The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes")
Dan August
1970 · Hobbs
Then Came Bronson
1969 · Carl Mueller
Gentle Ben
1967 · Henry Boomhauer, Writer
The Monroes
1966
The F.B.I.
1965 · Ranger
The Virginian
1962 · Luka
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Treasury agent, Bus Driver, The Governor's Chauffeur, Writer
The Flintstones
1960 · Writer
Bat Masterson
1958 · Fletcher
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Deputy Shaker
Gunsmoke
1955 · Judge Alan Franklin, Frank Benton
The Danny Thomas Show
1953 · TV Crewman
Kraft Television Theatre
1947