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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).

Known For: Acting

Born: Newkirk, Oklahoma, USA, 1928-11-17

Died: 2017-11-25

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	Frontier Woman	Prewitt	60
2	1963	The Courtship of Eddie's Father	Camp Counselor (uncredited)	60
3	1965	Village of the Giants	Deputy	36
4	1966	An Eye for an Eye	Harry	75
5	1967	Gentle Giant	Tater Coughlin	0
6	1967	Cool Hand Luke	Sheriff	77
7	1970	The Wild Country	Cleve	60
8	1972	Bloody Trail	Jake	20
9	1973	The Red Pony	Sheriff Bill Smith	0
10	1974	Where the Lilies Bloom	Roy Luther	61
11	1974	Chinatown	Irate Farmer	79
12	1974	Locusts	Aaron	48
13	1975	Huckleberry Finn	Pap Finn	60
14	1976	Eat My Dust	Clark	57
15	1976	The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe		0
16	1977	The Legend of Frank Woods	Howard Blacker	0
17	1977	Grand Theft Auto	Ned Slinker	53
18	1977	Another Man, Another Chance	Wagonmaster	60
19	1978	Mr. No Legs	Lou's Sidekick	58
20	1978	Cotton Candy	Mr. Bremmercamp	45
21	1978	Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy	Self	77
22	1979	Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers	Mr. Murray	47
23	1979	The Kid from Left Field	Harry the Bartender	58
24	1980	Scout's Honor	The Captain	55
25	1980	Skyward	Pilot #2	69
26	1981	Smokey Bites the Dust	Football Coach	22
27	1981	The Miracle of Kathy Miller	Dr. Jewell	85
28	1982	The Kid with the Broken Halo	Coach Ramsdell	60
29	1982	The Executioner's Song	Lt. Nelson	58
30	1982	Airplane II: The Sequel	Person #1 (uncredited)	61
31	1983	The Kid with the 200 I.Q.		50
32	1983	Love Letters	Joseph Chesley	57
33	1983	Forever and Beyond	Technician	100
34	1983	Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess	Still Photographer	63
35	1984	The Lonely Guy	Minister	63
36	1984	The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins	Policeman	48
37	1984	Splash	McCullough	63
38	1985	Scandal Sheet	Mr. Bell	50
39	1985	Playing with Fire	Fireman Goodwin	60
40	1985	Cocoon	St. Petersburg Dectective	66
41	1985	Creator	Mr. Spencer	62
42	1986	Gary Coleman: For Safety's Sake	Captain Truck	45
43	1986	Gung Ho	Mayor Conrad Zwart	60
44	1986	Two Soldiers	Paw	0
45	1986	Return to Mayberry	Preacher	62
46	1986	A Smoky Mountain Christmas	Dr. Jennings	58
47	1987	Innerspace	Supermarket Customer	68
48	1988	Dark Before Dawn	Logan	0
49	1989	The 'Burbs	Detective #2	68
50	1989	Listen to Me		53
51	1989	Parenthood	Dean at College	67
52	1989	B.O.R.N.	Robert Morrison	38
53	1989	Limit Up	Chuck Feeney	37
54	1989	Trust Me	Vern	60
55	1991	9 1/2 Ninjas!	Ninja Negotiator	24
56	1991	Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter	Bernie	0
57	1991	Switched at Birth	Frank Hill	66
58	1992	Boris and Natasha	Polygraph Man	39
59	1992	I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore	Elderly Man	46
60	1992	Far and Away	Tomlin	68
61	1992	Universal Soldier	John Devreux	63
62	1993	Ed and His Dead Mother	Rev. Praxton	55
63	1993	Ticks	Sheriff Parker	57
64	1993	Fearless	Bald Cabby	69
65	1993	Snapdragon	Priest	36
66	1994	Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter	Todd	49
67	1994	The Paper	Alicia's Doctor	66
68	1994	Forced to Kill	Rance	46
69	1994	Runaway Daughters	Minute Man 3	60
70	1994	Terminal Velocity	Stunt Pilot/Chuck	53
71	1994	Ed Wood	Old Man McCoy	75
72	1994	Little Giants	Father Kelly	65
73	1995	Problem Child 3	The Janitor	47
74	1995	Apollo 13	Reverend	75
75	1995	Killing Cupid	Zeke	60
76	1995	Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest	Employer	47
77	1995	The Colony	Stan Benson	53
78	1996	Sgt. Bilko	Mr. Robbins	58
79	1996	Independence Day	Chaplain	69
80	1996	Tiger Heart	Mr. Johnson	47
81	1996	Mars Attacks!	Texan Investor	64
82	1996	Ghosts of Mississippi	Ralph Hargrove	66
83	1996	Where Truth Lies	Judge Bloom	39
84	1997	Busted	Mayor Davies	31
85	1997	Traveller	Farmer	55
86	1997	Money Talks	Reverend	60
87	1997	Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest	Jarvis Bean	70
88	1997	The Second Civil War	Arnold Tooney, Jr.	61
89	1997	Holiday in Your Heart	Blind Man	100
90	1998	Evasive Action	Train Engineer	64
91	1998	Chairman of the Board	Rev. Hatley	36
92	1998	Small Soldiers	Husband	65
93	1998	The Night Caller	Hank	40
94	1998	Land of the Free	Hotel Manager	53
95	1998	Psycho	Mr. Lowery	51
96	1999	Malevolence	Dr. Burns	60
97	1999	Abilene	Arliss	0
98	1999	Happy, Texas	Ely	57
99	2000	Big Wind on Campus	Grandpa Morton	30
100	2000	Love & Sex	Earl	61
101	2000	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Elderly Timekeeper	68
102	2001	Joe Dirt	Bomb Squad Cop	56
103	2001	A Crack in the Floor	Floyd Fryed	32
104	2001	Rat Race	Feed the Earth Spokesman	63
105	2001	Ping!	Old Man	60
106	2001	A Beautiful Mind	White-Haired Patient	79
107	2002	D-Tox	Geezer	56
108	2002	Jumping For Joy		0
109	2003	Legend of the Phantom Rider	Doc Fisher	43
110	2003	The Long Ride Home	Old Man	33
111	2003	The Missing	Telegraph Operator	63
112	2004	Death and Texas	Circuit Court Judge	60
113	2004	The Alamo	Governor Smith	58
114	2004	Ghost Rock	Cash	24
115	2004	Toolbox Murders	Chas Rooker	56
116	2005	Back By Midnight	Priest	48
117	2005	Cinderella Man	Announcer Al Fazin	76
118	2005	Miracle at Sage Creek	Doctor Babcock	56
119	2006	Harrison Bergeron	Narrator	0
120	2006	Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story	James Kennedy	0
121	2006	Sasquatch Mountain	Harris Zeff	50
122	2007	Georgia Rule	Dog Bite Man	60
123	2007	Be My Baby	Zippy	44
124	2007	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Preacher	66
125	2008	Audie & the Wolf	Dr. Maleosis	40
126	2008	Drillbit Taylor	Older Man	58
127	2008	Grizzly Park	Ranger Howard	46
128	2008	Keith	Old Man (uncredited)	71
129	2008	Ghost Town: The Movie	Sheriff Tom Parker	42
130	2008	Frost/Nixon	Ollie	73
131	2009	Boppin' at the Glue Factory	Walker Bill	45
132	2009	Play the Game	Mervin Lavine	58
133	2009	Angels & Demons	Cardinal Beck	67
134	2009	Within	Deli Owner	67
135	2010	Valentine's Day	Bistro Gardens Diner	59
136	2010	The Child Wanderers	Old Knut	68
137	2010	Jonah Hex	Telegrapher	50
138	2010	The Genesis Code	Dr. Tolley	26
139	2010	The Trial	Judge Danielson	57
140	2010	Once Fallen	Harry	53
141	2011	The Dilemma	Burt	53
142	2011	Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2	Preacher	59
143	2011	Night Club	Chuck	0
144	2011	Harley's Hill	Charlie	44
145	2011	InSight	Cemetery Presider	47
146	2011	Spooky Buddies	Mr. Johnson	61
147	2011	Rosewood Lane	Fred Crumb	48
148	2011	Redemption: For Robbing the Dead	Doctor	40
149	2011	Let Go	Dimples	51
150	2012	Easy Rider: The Ride Back	Andrew Jackson Bennett	42
151	2013	Huff	Scotty	43
152	2013	Second Chances	Wilbur	62
153	2013	The Lone Ranger	Engineer	61
154	2013	Nebraska	Uncle Ray	74
155	2013	Gone Dark	Charles	17
156	2015	Solemates	Older Man	60
157	2016	Talk Radio	Lou	0
158	2016	40 Nights	Devil as an Old Man	45
159	2016	Max Rose	Walter Prewitt	56
160	2016	Kalebegiak	José Mari	70
161	2017	Broken Memories	Jasper	70
162	2017	Chasing the Star	Devil as an Old Man	15
163	2019	Apple Seed	Carl	60
164	2019	The Christ Slayer	Devil as Old Man	80
165	2019	Dads	Self	68

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1947	Kraft Television Theatre		75
2	1955	Gunsmoke	Judge Alan Franklin	66
3	1955	Gunsmoke	Frank Benton	66
4	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Deputy Shaker	55
5	1958	Bat Masterson	Fletcher	61
6	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Treasury agent	76
7	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	The Governor's Chauffeur	76
8	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Bus Driver	76
9	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
10	1962	The Virginian	Luka	65
11	1965	The F.B.I.	Ranger	55
12	1966	The Monroes		57
13	1967	Gentle Ben	Henry Boomhauer	63
14	1969	Then Came Bronson		48
15	1970	Dan August	Hobbs	68
16	1970	Night Gallery	Cameraman (segment "The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes")	78
17	1971	Nichols	Deputy	50
18	1972	The Rookies		68
19	1972	The Waltons		71
20	1972	The Waltons	Dr. McIvers	71
21	1972	ABC Afterschool Special	Myron Faraday	64
22	1972	Kung Fu	Sheriff Byrd	77
23	1974	Happy Days		76
24	1974	Little House on the Prairie		79
25	1975	Switch	Collins	67
26	1976	Laverne & Shirley		73
27	1978	Mork & Mindy	Guard	71
28	1978	Battlestar Galactica	Farnes	71
29	1981	Dynasty		65
30	1983	The Thorn Birds	Doc Wilson	72
31	1984	Finder of Lost Loves	Hank	57
32	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Fillmore	75
33	1985	A Death in California	Ralph Lee	15
34	1985	The Long Hot Summer	Wilk	54
35	1987	Married... with Children	Edwin	77
36	1987	Wiseguy	Ernest Haynes	65
37	1988	Superboy		64
38	1989	B.L. Stryker		60
39	1989	Coach	Herman Van Dam	68
40	1989	Quantum Leap	Doc Graves	80
41	1989	Baywatch	Joe	60
42	1989	Baywatch	Fireman	60
43	1989	Tales from the Crypt	Des	80
44	1989	Seinfeld	Blind Man	83
45	1989	Seinfeld	Farmer	83
46	1992	Melrose Place	Motel Manager	59
47	1993	The X-Files	Old Man	84
48	1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Driver	71
49	1994	Babylon 5	David Sheridan	80
50	1994	ER	Dr. Oliver Kostin	78
51	1995	Baywatch Nights		61
52	1996	7th Heaven	Old Man in Park	64
53	1996	Clueless		62
54	1997	Just Shoot Me!	Blind Flower Guy	66
55	1997	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	Reginald Hannon (segment "The Viewing")	72
56	1998	Two of a Kind	Mr. Fillmore	71
57	1999	Angel	Marcus Roscoe	79
58	2000	Son of the Beach		66
59	2000	The Huntress		52
60	2002	That '80s Show		60
61	2003	That's So Raven	Murphy	72
62	2003	Cold Case	Buddie	78
63	2003	Arrested Development	Rance Howard	79
64	2004	CSI: NY	Samuel Cooper	74
65	2005	Grey's Anatomy	Martin Carroll	82
66	2005	Bones	Jerold Norsky	82
67	2005	Ghost Whisperer	Dirk Abrams	81
68	2009	Lie to Me	Joe Metz	79
69	2009	NCIS: Los Angeles	Eugene	75