

Rance Howard
Acting
November 17, 1928
Newkirk, Oklahoma, USA
November 25, 2017
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).
The Filmography


Nebraska

Second Chances

Huff

Redemption: For Robbing the Dead

Rosewood Lane

The Dilemma

The Trial

The Genesis Code

Sasquatch Mountain

Toolbox Murders

Ghost Rock

Death and Texas

Legend of the Phantom Rider

A Crack in the Floor

Big Wind on Campus

Psycho

The Night Caller

Holiday in Your Heart
