Rance Howard
Born: 1928-11-17
• 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).
Filmography
Dads
The Christ Slayer
Apple Seed
Chasing the Star
Broken Memories
Kalebegiak
Max Rose
40 Nights
Talk Radio
Solemates
No Image
Gone Dark
Nebraska
The Lone Ranger
Second Chances
Huff
Easy Rider: The Ride Back
Let Go
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
Rosewood Lane
Spooky Buddies
InSight
Harley's Hill
Night Club
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
The Dilemma
Once Fallen
The Trial
The Genesis Code
Jonah Hex
The Child Wanderers
Valentine's Day
Within
Angels & Demons
Play the Game
Boppin' at the Glue Factory
Frost/Nixon
Ghost Town: The Movie
Keith
Grizzly Park
Drillbit Taylor
Audie & the Wolf
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Be My Baby
Georgia Rule
Sasquatch Mountain
No Image
Harrison Bergeron
Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story
Miracle at Sage Creek
Cinderella Man
Back By Midnight
Toolbox Murders
Ghost Rock
The Alamo
Death and Texas
The Missing
The Long Ride Home
Legend of the Phantom Rider
Jumping for Joy
D-Tox
A Beautiful Mind
Ping!
Rat Race
A Crack in the Floor
Joe Dirt
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Love & Sex
Big Wind on Campus
Happy, Texas
Abilene
Malevolence
Psycho
Land of the Free
The Night Caller
Small Soldiers
Chairman of the Board
Evasive Action
Holiday in Your Heart
The Second Civil War
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Money Talks
Traveller
Busted
Where Truth Lies
Ghosts of Mississippi
Mars Attacks!
Tiger Heart
Independence Day
Sgt. Bilko
The Colony
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
Killing Cupid
Apollo 13
Problem Child 3
Little Giants
Ed Wood
Terminal Velocity
Runaway Daughters
Forced to Kill
The Paper
Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter