Rance Howard
Known for: Acting
Born: November 17, 1928
Died: November 25, 2017
Place of birth: Newkirk, Oklahoma, USA
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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Filmography
167 movies · 69 TV shows, newest first
6.9
Dads
2019
5.0
The Christ Slayer
2019
6.0
Apple Seed
2019
4.3
Chasing the Star
2017
7.0
Broken Memories
2017
7.0
Kalebegiak
2016
5.6
Max Rose
2016
8.0
40 Nights
2016
NR
Talk Radio
2016
NR
Chez Upshaw
2015
6.0
Solemates
20151.8
Gone Dark
2013
7.4
Nebraska
2013
6.1
The Lone Ranger
2013
6.2
Second Chances
2013
4.3
Huff
2013
4.0
Easy Rider: The Ride Back
2012
4.9
Let Go
2011
4.5
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011
4.7
Rosewood Lane
2011
6.0
Spooky Buddies
2011
4.6
InSight
2011
4.2
Harley's Hill
2011
2.0
Night Club
2011
7.4
Workaholics
2011
5.9
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011
5.4
The Dilemma
2011
5.2
Once Fallen
2010
5.8
The Trial
2010
2.5
The Genesis Code
2010
5.0
Jonah Hex
2010
6.8
The Child Wanderers
2010
5.9
Valentine's Day
2010
7.5
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
6.7
Within
2009
6.7
Angels & Demons
2009
5.8
Play the Game
2009
7.9
Lie to Me
2009
6.3
Boppin' at the Glue Factory
2009
7.3
Frost/Nixon
2008
4.2
Ghost Town: The Movie
2008
7.0
Keith
2008
4.7
Grizzly Park
2008
5.8
Drillbit Taylor
2008
4.0
Audie & the Wolf
2008
6.6
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
4.5
Be My Baby
2007
6.0
Georgia Rule
2007
8.5
Twenty Good Years
2006
5.1
Sasquatch Mountain
2006NR
Harrison Bergeron
2006
10.0
Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story
2006
5.7
Miracle at Sage Creek
2005
8.1
Ghost Whisperer
2005
8.2
Bones
2005
7.6
Cinderella Man
2005
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005
5.1
Back By Midnight
2005
5.6
Toolbox Murders
2004
7.3
CSI: NY
2004
3.0
Ghost Rock
2004
5.8
The Alamo
2004
6.3
Death and Texas
2004
6.3
The Missing
2003
7.9
Arrested Development
2003
7.7
Cold Case
2003
4.3
The Long Ride Home
2003
5.4
Legend of the Phantom Rider
2003
7.2
That's So Raven
2003
7.5
Jumping for Joy
2002
6.0
That '80s Show
2002
5.6
D-Tox
2002
7.9
A Beautiful Mind
2001
5.7
Ping!
2001
6.3
Rat Race
2001
3.6
A Crack in the Floor
2001
5.7
Joe Dirt
2001
6.8
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000
5.6
The Huntress
2000
6.3
Son of the Beach
2000
6.2
Love & Sex
2000
3.4
Big Wind on Campus
2000
5.7
Happy, Texas
1999
7.9
Angel
1999
10.0
Abilene
1999
7.3
Malevolence
1999
5.1
Psycho
1998
5.1
Land of the Free
1998
6.9
Two of a Kind
1998
4.2
The Night Caller
1998
6.6
Small Soldiers
1998
3.6
Chairman of the Board
1998
6.4
Evasive Action
1998
8.0
Holiday in Your Heart
1997
6.1
The Second Civil War
1997
7.0
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997
6.0
Money Talks
1997
7.2
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
5.6
Traveller
1997
6.6
Just Shoot Me!
1997
3.4
Busted
1997
3.7
Where Truth Lies
1996
6.6
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
6.4
Mars Attacks!
1996
6.3
Clueless
1996
6.4
7th Heaven
1996
5.1
Tiger Heart
1996
6.9
Independence Day
1996
5.9
Sgt. Bilko
1996
6.2
Baywatch Nights
1995
5.5
The Colony
1995
4.8
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
1995
7.0
Killing Cupid
1995
7.5
Apollo 13
1995
4.8
Problem Child 3
1995
6.5
Little Giants
1994
7.5
Ed Wood
1994
5.4
Terminal Velocity
1994
7.8
ER
1994
6.0
Runaway Daughters
1994
8.0
Rebel Highway
1994
4.5
Forced to Kill
1994
6.6
The Paper
1994
8.0
Babylon 5
1994
5.1
Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter
1994
4.1
Snapdragon
1993
7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
6.9
Fearless
1993
5.7
Ticks
1993
8.4
The X-Files
1993
5.5
Ed and His Dead Mother
1993
6.3
Universal Soldier
1992
5.8
Melrose Place
1992
6.8
Far and Away
1992
5.0
I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore
1992
4.5
Boris and Natasha
1992
7.0
Switched at Birth
1991
9.0
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
1991
2.8
9 1/2 Ninjas!
1991
8.0
Trust Me
1989
4.5
Limit Up
1989
4.5
B.O.R.N.
1989
6.7
Parenthood
1989
8.3
Seinfeld
1989
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989
5.4
Listen to Me
1989
6.0
Baywatch
1989
8.0
Quantum Leap
1989
6.7
Coach
1989
6.8
The 'Burbs
1989
6.1
B.L. Stryker
1989
6.4
Superboy
1988
9.0
Dark Before Dawn
1988
6.6
Wiseguy
1987
6.8
Innerspace
1987
7.7
Married... with Children
1987
5.9
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986
6.2
Return to Mayberry
1986
10.0
Two Soldiers
1986
6.1
Gung Ho
19864.5
Gary Coleman: For Safety's Sake
1986
5.5
The Long Hot Summer
1985
6.1
Creator
1985
6.6
Cocoon
1985
6.2
A Death in California
1985
6.0
Playing with Fire
1985
5.8
Scandal Sheet
1985
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
6.8
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
6.3
Splash
1984
5.4
The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins
1984
6.2
The Lonely Guy
1984
7.0
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess
1983
9.5
Forever and Beyond
1983
5.6
Love Letters
1983
7.2
The Thorn Birds
1983
5.6
The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
1983
6.1
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
5.8
The Executioner's Song
1982
6.7
The Kid with the Broken Halo
19822.5
Through the Magic Pyramid
1981
8.5
The Miracle of Kathy Miller
1981
2.8
Smokey Bites the Dust
1981
6.5
Dynasty
1981
7.1
Skyward
1980
7.5
Scout's Honor
1980
6.4
The Kid from Left Field
1979
5.2
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979
7.8
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
1978
4.9
Cotton Candy
1978
7.1
Battlestar Galactica
1978
7.1
Mork & Mindy
1978
5.8
Mr. No Legs
1978
6.2
Huckleberry Finn
1978
6.0
Another Man, Another Chance
1977
5.3
Grand Theft Auto
1977
7.0
The Legend of Frank Woods
1977
8.0
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1976
5.8
Eat My Dust
1976
7.1
Laverne & Shirley
1976NR
Image in a Bottle
1976
6.6
Switch
1975
5.4
Locusts
1974
8.0
Little House on the Prairie
1974
7.9
Chinatown
1974
5.9
Where the Lilies Bloom
1974
7.6
Happy Days
1974
10.0
The Red Pony
1973
7.7
Kung Fu
1972
6.5
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
7.2
The Waltons
1972
6.9
The Rookies
1972
3.7
Bloody Trail
1972
6.3
Nichols
1971
6.0
The Wild Country
1970
7.8
Night Gallery
1970
7.2
Dan August
1970
5.2
Then Came Bronson
1969
7.7
Cool Hand Luke
1967
8.5
Gentle Giant
1967
6.7
Gentle Ben
1967
6.8
The Monroes
1966
7.4
An Eye for an Eye
1966
3.7
Village of the Giants
1965
5.6
The F.B.I.
1965
5.9
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1963
6.5
The Virginian
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
7.4
The Flintstones
1960
6.4
Bat Masterson
1958
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
7.0
Frontier Woman
1956
6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
6.2
The Danny Thomas Show
1953
7.8
Kraft Television Theatre
1947