Rance Howard

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

Died: 2017-11-25

Known For: Acting

Biography

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

2019

Dads as Self
The Christ Slayer as Devil as Old Man
Apple Seed as Carl

2017

Chasing the Star as Devil as an Old Man
Broken Memories as Jasper

2016

Talk Radio as Lou
Max Rose as Walter Prewitt
40 Nights as Devil as an Old Man
Kalebegiak as José Mari

2015

Chez Upshaw as Harry
Solemates as Older Man

2013

The Lone Ranger as Engineer
Nebraska as Uncle Ray
Second Chances as Wilbur
Huff as Scotty
Gone Dark as Charles

2012

Easy Rider: The Ride Back as Andrew Jackson Bennett

2011

Workaholics as Jerry
The Dilemma as Burt
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 as Preacher
Spooky Buddies as Mr. Johnson
Rosewood Lane as Fred Crumb
Let Go as Dimples
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead as Doctor
InSight as Cemetery Presider
Harley's Hill as Charlie
Night Club as Chuck

2010

Valentine's Day as Bistro Gardens Diner
Jonah Hex as Telegrapher
The Trial as Judge Danielson
Once Fallen as Harry
The Genesis Code as Dr. Tolley
The Child Wanderers as Old Knut

2009

NCIS: Los Angeles as Eugene
Lie to Me as Joe Metz
Angels & Demons as Cardinal Beck
Play the Game as Mervin Lavine
Boppin' at the Glue Factory as Walker Bill
Within as Deli Owner

2008

Drillbit Taylor as Older Man
Frost/Nixon as Ollie
Keith as Old Man (uncredited)
Grizzly Park as Ranger Howard
Ghost Town: The Movie as Sheriff Tom Parker
Audie & the Wolf as Dr. Maleosis

2007

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story as Preacher
Georgia Rule as Dog Bite Man
Be My Baby as Zippy

2006

Twenty Good Years as Henry
Harrison Bergeron as Narrator
Sasquatch Mountain as Harris Zeff
Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story as James Kennedy

2005

Grey's Anatomy as Martin Carroll
Bones as Jerold Norsky
Ghost Whisperer as Dirk Abrams
Cinderella Man as Announcer Al Fazin
Back By Midnight as Priest
Miracle at Sage Creek as Doctor Babcock

2004

CSI: NY as Samuel Cooper
The Alamo as Governor Smith
Toolbox Murders as Chas Rooker
Ghost Rock as Cash
Death and Texas as Circuit Court Judge

2003

Cold Case as Buddie
Arrested Development as Rance Howard
That's So Raven as Murphy
The Missing as Telegraph Operator
Legend of the Phantom Rider as Doc Fisher
The Long Ride Home as Old Man

2002

That '80s Show as Mr. Bailey
D-Tox as Geezer
Jumping for Joy

2001

A Beautiful Mind as White-Haired Patient
Rat Race as Feed the Earth Spokesman
Joe Dirt as Bomb Squad Cop
A Crack in the Floor as Floyd Fryed
Ping! as Old Man

2000

How the Grinch Stole Christmas as Elderly Timekeeper
Son of the Beach
The Huntress
Love & Sex as Earl
Big Wind on Campus as Grandpa Morton

1999

Angel as Marcus Roscoe
Happy, Texas as Ely
Abilene as Arliss
Malevolence as Dr. Burns

1998

Small Soldiers as Husband
Two of a Kind as Mr. Fillmore
Psycho as Mr. Lowery
Land of the Free as Hotel Manager
Chairman of the Board as Rev. Hatley
Evasive Action as Train Engineer
The Night Caller as Hank

1997

Just Shoot Me! as Blind Flower Guy
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Reginald Hannon (segment "The Viewing")
Money Talks as Reverend
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Jarvis Bean
The Second Civil War as Arnold Tooney, Jr.
Traveller as Farmer
The Lay of the Land as Dr. Brown
Holiday in Your Heart as Blind Man
Busted as Mayor Davies

1996

7th Heaven as Old Man in Park
Independence Day as Chaplain
Clueless
Mars Attacks! as Texan Investor
Sgt. Bilko as Mr. Robbins
Ghosts of Mississippi as Ralph Hargrove
Tiger Heart as Mr. Johnson
Where Truth Lies as Judge Bloom

1995

Baywatch Nights
Apollo 13 as Reverend
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest as Employer
Problem Child 3 as The Janitor
The Colony as Stan Benson
Killing Cupid as Zeke

1994

ER as Dr. Oliver Kostin
Babylon 5 as David Sheridan
Rebel Highway as Minuteman
Ed Wood as Old Man McCoy
The Paper as Alicia's Doctor
Terminal Velocity as Stunt Pilot/Chuck
Little Giants as Father Kelly
Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter as Todd
Runaway Daughters as Minute Man 3
Forced to Kill as Rance

1993

The X-Files as Old Man
Diagnosis: Murder as Driver
Ticks as Sheriff Parker
Fearless as Bald Cabby
Ed and His Dead Mother as Rev. Praxton
Snapdragon as Priest

1992

Melrose Place as Motel Manager
Universal Soldier as John Devreux
Far and Away as Tomlin
Boris and Natasha as Polygraph Man
I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore as Elderly Man

1991

Switched at Birth as Frank Hill
9 1/2 Ninjas! as Ninja Negotiator
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter as Bernie

1989

Seinfeld as Blind Man
Quantum Leap as Doc Graves
Baywatch as Joe
Coach as Herman Van Dam
Tales from the Crypt as Des
The 'Burbs as Detective #2
B.L. Stryker
Parenthood as Dean at College
Listen to Me
B.O.R.N. as Robert Morrison
Trust Me as Vern
Limit Up as Chuck Feeney

1988

Superboy as Colonel
Dark Before Dawn as Logan

1987

Married... with Children as Edwin
Wiseguy as Ernest Haynes
Innerspace as Supermarket Customer

1986

Gung Ho as Mayor Conrad Zwart
A Smoky Mountain Christmas as Dr. Jennings
Return to Mayberry as Preacher
Gary Coleman: For Safety's Sake as Captain Truck
Two Soldiers as Paw

1985

Cocoon as St. Petersburg Dectective
The Long Hot Summer as Wilk
A Death in California as Ralph Lee
Creator as Mr. Spencer
Scandal Sheet as Mr. Bell
Playing with Fire as Fireman Goodwin

1980

Scout's Honor as The Captain
Skyward as Pilot #2

1979

Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers as Mr. Murray
The Kid from Left Field as Harry the Bartender

1978

Mork & Mindy as Guard
Battlestar Galactica as Farnes
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy as Self
Huckleberry Finn as Pap Finn
Mr. No Legs as Lou
Cotton Candy as Mr. Bremmercamp

1977

Grand Theft Auto as Ned Slinker
Another Man, Another Chance as Wagonmaster
The Legend of Frank Woods as Howard Blacker

1976

1975

Switch as Collins

1974

Little House on the Prairie as Simpson
Happy Days as Mr. Burkhart
Chinatown as Irate Farmer
Where the Lilies Bloom as Roy Luther
Locusts as Aaron

1973

The Red Pony as Sheriff Bill Smith

1972

The Waltons
The Rookies
ABC Afterschool Special as Myron Faraday
Kung Fu as Sheriff Byrd
Bloody Trail as Jake

1971

Nichols as Deputy

1970

Night Gallery as Cameraman (segment "The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes")
Dan August as Hobbs
The Wild Country as Cleve

1969

Then Came Bronson as Carl Mueller

1967

Gentle Ben as Henry Boomhauer
Cool Hand Luke as Sheriff
Gentle Giant as Tater Coughlin

1966

The Monroes
An Eye for an Eye as Harry

1965

The F.B.I. as Ranger
Village of the Giants as Deputy

1963

The Courtship of Eddie's Father as Camp Counselor (uncredited)

1962

The Virginian as Luka

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self

1960

The Andy Griffith Show as Treasury agent
The Flintstones ... (Writer)

1958

Bat Masterson as Fletcher

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Deputy Shaker
Frontier Woman as Prewitt

1955

Gunsmoke as Judge Alan Franklin

1953

The Danny Thomas Show as TV Crewman

1947

Kraft Television Theatre