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Rance Howard

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).

Personal information

Birthday

1928-11-17

Birth Place

Newkirk, Oklahoma, USA

Movies and TV shows :

40 Nights

40 Nights

2016

4.5

Movie
poster

7th Heaven

1996

6.4

TV
9 1/2 Ninjas!

9 1/2 Ninjas!

1991

2.5

Movie
A Beautiful Mind

A Beautiful Mind

2001

7.9

Movie
A Crack in the Floor

A Crack in the Floor

2001

3.4

Movie
poster

A Death in California

1985

2.0

TV
A Smoky Mountain Christmas

A Smoky Mountain Christmas

1986

5.8

Movie
poster

ABC Afterschool Special

1972

6.4

TV
Abilene

Abilene

1999

0.0

Movie
Airplane II: The Sequel

Airplane II: The Sequel

1982

6.1

Movie
An Eye for an Eye

An Eye for an Eye

1966

7.5

Movie
poster

Angel

1999

7.9

TV
Angels & Demons

Angels & Demons

2009

6.7

Movie
Another Man, Another Chance

Another Man, Another Chance

1977

6.2

Movie
Apollo 13

Apollo 13

1995

7.5

Movie
Apple Seed

Apple Seed

2019

6.0

Movie
poster

Arrested Development

2003

8.0

TV
Audie & the Wolf

Audie & the Wolf

2008

4.4

Movie
poster

B.L. Stryker

1989

6.0

TV
B.O.R.N.

B.O.R.N.

1989

3.8

Movie
poster

Babylon 5

1994

8.0

TV
Back By Midnight

Back By Midnight

2005

5.2

Movie
poster

Bat Masterson

1958

6.3

TV
poster

Battlestar Galactica

1978

7.1

TV
poster

Baywatch

1989

5.9

TV
poster

Baywatch Nights

1995

5.7

TV
Be My Baby

Be My Baby

2007

4.6

Movie
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

2011

5.9

Movie
poster

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

1997

7.2

TV
Big Wind on Campus

Big Wind on Campus

2000

3.0

Movie
Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter

Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter

1994

4.9

Movie
Bloody Trail

Bloody Trail

1972

2.0

Movie
poster

Bones

2005

8.2

TV
Boppin' at the Glue Factory

Boppin' at the Glue Factory

2009

4.5

Movie
Boris and Natasha

Boris and Natasha

1992

4.1

Movie
Broken Memories

Broken Memories

2017

7.1

Movie
Busted

Busted

1997

3.3

Movie
Chairman of the Board

Chairman of the Board

1998

3.7

Movie
Chasing the Star

Chasing the Star

2017

0.0

Movie
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest

Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest

1995

4.7

Movie
Chinatown

Chinatown

1974

7.9

Movie
Cinderella Man

Cinderella Man

2005

7.6

Movie
poster

Clueless

1996

6.0

TV
poster

Coach

1989

6.9

TV
Cocoon

Cocoon

1985

6.6

Movie
poster

Cold Case

2003

7.8

TV
Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke

1967

7.7

Movie
Cotton Candy

Cotton Candy

1978

4.5

Movie
Creator

Creator

1985

6.2

Movie
poster

CSI: NY

2004

7.4

TV
D-Tox

D-Tox

2002

5.6

Movie
Dads

Dads

2019

6.9

Movie
poster

Dan August

1970

6.5

TV
Dark Before Dawn

Dark Before Dawn

1988

0.0

Movie
Death and Texas

Death and Texas

2004

6.0

Movie
poster

Diagnosis: Murder

1993

7.1

TV
Drillbit Taylor

Drillbit Taylor

2008

5.8

Movie
poster

Dynasty

1981

6.5

TV
Easy Rider: The Ride Back

Easy Rider: The Ride Back

2012

4.4

Movie
Eat My Dust

Eat My Dust

1976

5.7

Movie
Ed and His Dead Mother

Ed and His Dead Mother

1993

5.4

Movie
Ed Wood

Ed Wood

1994

7.5

Movie
poster

ER

1994

7.8

TV
Evasive Action

Evasive Action

1998

6.4

Movie
Far and Away

Far and Away

1992

6.8

Movie
Fearless

Fearless

1993

6.9

Movie
poster

Finder of Lost Loves

1984

5.7

TV
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers

Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers

1979

5.0

Movie
Forced to Kill

Forced to Kill

1994

4.6

Movie
Forever and Beyond

Forever and Beyond

1983

10.0

Movie
Frontier Woman

Frontier Woman

1956

6.0

Movie
Frost/Nixon

Frost/Nixon

2008

7.3

Movie
Gary Coleman: For Safety's Sake

Gary Coleman: For Safety's Sake

1986

4.5

Movie
poster

Gentle Ben

1967

6.3

TV
Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant

1967

0.0

Movie
Georgia Rule

Georgia Rule

2007

6.0

Movie
Ghost Rock

Ghost Rock

2004

2.7

Movie
Ghost Town: The Movie

Ghost Town: The Movie

2008

4.2

Movie
poster

Ghost Whisperer

2005

8.1

TV
Ghosts of Mississippi

Ghosts of Mississippi

1996

6.6

Movie
Gone Dark

Gone Dark

2013

1.7

Movie
Grand Theft Auto

Grand Theft Auto

1977

5.3

Movie
poster

Grey's Anatomy

2005

8.2

TV
Grizzly Park

Grizzly Park

2008

4.6

Movie
Gung Ho

Gung Ho

1986

6.0

Movie
poster

Gunsmoke

1955

6.5

TV
poster

Happy Days

1974

7.7

TV
Happy, Texas

Happy, Texas

1999

5.7

Movie
Harley's Hill

Harley's Hill

2011

4.6

Movie
Harrison Bergeron

Harrison Bergeron

2006

0.0

Movie
Holiday in Your Heart

Holiday in Your Heart

1997

10.0

Movie
How the Grinch Stole Christmas

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

2000

6.8

Movie
Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn

1975

6.0

Movie
Huff

Huff

2013

4.3

Movie
I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore

I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore

1992

4.6

Movie
Independence Day

Independence Day

1996

6.9

Movie
Innerspace

Innerspace

1987

6.8

Movie
InSight

InSight

2011

4.9

Movie
Joe Dirt

Joe Dirt

2001

5.6

Movie
Jonah Hex

Jonah Hex

2010

4.9

Movie
Jumping For Joy

Jumping For Joy

2002

0.0

Movie
poster

Just Shoot Me!

1997

6.7

TV
Kalebegiak

Kalebegiak

2016

7.0

Movie
Keith

Keith

2008

7.1

Movie
Killing Cupid

Killing Cupid

1995

6.0

Movie
poster

Kraft Television Theatre

1947

7.3

TV
poster

Kung Fu

1972

7.6

TV
Land of the Free

Land of the Free

1998

5.3

Movie
poster

Laverne & Shirley

1976

7.2

TV
Legend of the Phantom Rider

Legend of the Phantom Rider

2003

4.5

Movie
Let Go

Let Go

2011

5.3

Movie
poster

Lie to Me

2009

7.9

TV
Limit Up

Limit Up

1989

3.0

Movie
Listen to Me

Listen to Me

1989

5.6

Movie
Little Giants

Little Giants

1994

6.5

Movie
poster

Little House on the Prairie

1974

8.0

TV
Locusts

Locusts

1974

4.7

Movie
Love & Sex

Love & Sex

2000

6.1

Movie
Love Letters

Love Letters

1983

5.6

Movie
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter

Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter

1991

0.0

Movie
Malevolence

Malevolence

1999

6.0

Movie
poster

Married... with Children

1987

7.7

TV
Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks!

1996

6.4

Movie
Max Rose

Max Rose

2016

5.6

Movie
poster

Melrose Place

1992

5.9

TV
Miracle at Sage Creek

Miracle at Sage Creek

2005

5.6

Movie
Money Talks

Money Talks

1997

6.0

Movie
poster

Mork & Mindy

1978

7.0

TV
Mr. No Legs

Mr. No Legs

1978

5.8

Movie
poster

Murder, She Wrote

1984

7.5

TV
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

1997

6.9

Movie
poster

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009

7.5

TV
Nebraska

Nebraska

2013

7.4

Movie
poster

Nichols

1971

5.0

TV
Night Club

Night Club

2011

0.0

Movie
poster

Night Gallery

1970

7.8

TV
Once Fallen

Once Fallen

2010

5.0

Movie
Parenthood

Parenthood

1989

6.7

Movie
Ping!

Ping!

2001

6.2

Movie
Play the Game

Play the Game

2009

5.9

Movie
Playing with Fire

Playing with Fire

1985

6.0

Movie
Problem Child 3

Problem Child 3

1995

4.6

Movie
Psycho

Psycho

1998

5.1

Movie
poster

Quantum Leap

1989

8.0

TV
Rat Race

Rat Race

2001

6.3

Movie
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead

Redemption: For Robbing the Dead

2011

4.0

Movie
Return to Mayberry

Return to Mayberry

1986

6.2

Movie
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess

Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess

1983

6.3

Movie
Rosewood Lane

Rosewood Lane

2011

4.8

Movie
Runaway Daughters

Runaway Daughters

1994

6.0

Movie
Sasquatch Mountain

Sasquatch Mountain

2006

5.2

Movie
Scandal Sheet

Scandal Sheet

1985

5.5

Movie
Scout's Honor

Scout's Honor

1980

5.5

Movie
Second Chances

Second Chances

2013

6.2

Movie
poster

Seinfeld

1989

8.3

TV
Sgt. Bilko

Sgt. Bilko

1996

5.8

Movie
Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story

Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story

2006

0.0

Movie
Skyward

Skyward

1980

7.0

Movie
Small Soldiers

Small Soldiers

1998

6.5

Movie
Smokey Bites the Dust

Smokey Bites the Dust

1981

2.5

Movie
Snapdragon

Snapdragon

1993

3.7

Movie
Solemates

Solemates

2015

7.0

Movie
poster

Son of the Beach

2000

6.8

TV
Splash

Splash

1984

6.3

Movie
Spooky Buddies

Spooky Buddies

2011

6.1

Movie
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy

Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy

1978

7.8

Movie
poster

Superboy

1988

6.4

TV
Switched at Birth

Switched at Birth

1991

6.0

Movie
poster

Tales from the Crypt

1989

8.0

TV
Talk Radio

Talk Radio

2016

0.0

Movie
Terminal Velocity

Terminal Velocity

1994

5.3

Movie
poster

That '80s Show

2002

5.9

TV
poster

That's So Raven

2003

7.2

TV
The 'Burbs

The 'Burbs

1989

6.8

Movie
The Alamo

The Alamo

2004

5.8

Movie
poster

The Andy Griffith Show

1960

7.6

TV
The Child Wanderers

The Child Wanderers

2010

6.8

Movie
The Christ Slayer

The Christ Slayer

2019

8.0

Movie
The Colony

The Colony

1995

5.3

Movie
The Courtship of Eddie's Father

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

1963

6.0

Movie
The Dilemma

The Dilemma

2011

5.3

Movie
The Executioner's Song

The Executioner's Song

1982

5.8

Movie
poster

The F.B.I.

1965

5.4

TV
The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins

The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins

1984

4.8

Movie
The Genesis Code

The Genesis Code

2010

2.6

Movie
poster

The Huntress

2000

5.2

TV
The Kid from Left Field

The Kid from Left Field

1979

5.8

Movie
The Kid with the 200 I.Q.

The Kid with the 200 I.Q.

1983

5.0

Movie
The Kid with the Broken Halo

The Kid with the Broken Halo

1982

6.0

Movie
The Legend of Frank Woods

The Legend of Frank Woods

1977

0.0

Movie
The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger

2013

6.1

Movie
The Lonely Guy

The Lonely Guy

1984

6.3

Movie
poster

The Long Hot Summer

1985

5.4

TV
The Long Ride Home

The Long Ride Home

2003

4.0

Movie
poster

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

5.1

TV
The Miracle of Kathy Miller

The Miracle of Kathy Miller

1981

7.0

Movie
The Missing

The Missing

2003

6.3

Movie
poster

The Monroes

1966

5.7

TV
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe

The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe

1976

0.0

Movie
The Night Caller

The Night Caller

1998

4.6

Movie
The Paper

The Paper

1994

6.6

Movie
The Red Pony

The Red Pony

1973

0.0

Movie
poster

The Rookies

1972

6.9

TV
The Second Civil War

The Second Civil War

1997

6.2

Movie
poster

The Thorn Birds

1983

7.2

TV
The Trial

The Trial

2010

5.6

Movie
poster

The Virginian

1962

6.4

TV
poster

The Waltons

1972

7.1

TV
The Wild Country

The Wild Country

1970

6.0

Movie
poster

The X-Files

1993

8.4

TV
poster

Then Came Bronson

1969

4.8

TV
Ticks

Ticks

1993

5.7

Movie
Tiger Heart

Tiger Heart

1996

5.4

Movie
Toolbox Murders

Toolbox Murders

2004

5.6

Movie
Traveller

Traveller

1997

5.6

Movie
Trust Me

Trust Me

1989

6.0

Movie
poster

Two of a Kind

1998

7.1

TV
Two Soldiers

Two Soldiers

1986

0.0

Movie
Universal Soldier

Universal Soldier

1992

6.3

Movie
Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day

2010

5.9

Movie
Village of the Giants

Village of the Giants

1965

3.5

Movie
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

2007

6.6

Movie
Where the Lilies Bloom

Where the Lilies Bloom

1974

6.1

Movie
Where Truth Lies

Where Truth Lies

1996

3.9

Movie
poster

Wiseguy

1987

6.5

TV
Within

Within

2009

7.0

Movie