Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/17/1928
Place of Birth
Newkirk, Oklahoma, USA
Also Known As
Harold Engle Beckenholdt
Rance Howard
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 Childr...
Known For
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
as Elderly Timekeeper
Angels & Demons
as Cardinal Beck
Joe Dirt
as Bomb Squad Cop
A Beautiful Mind
as White-Haired Patient
Splash
as McCullough
Fearless
as Bald Cabby
Ed Wood
as Old Man McCoy
Cocoon
as St. Petersburg Dectective
Cinderella Man
as Announcer Al Fazin
Runaway Daughters
as Minute Man 3
Skyward
as Pilot #2
Innerspace
as Supermarket Customer
Independence Day
as Chaplain
Happy, Texas
as Ely
The Missing
as Telegraph Operator
Love Letters
as Joseph Chesley
The Dilemma
as Burt
Second Chances
as Wilbur
The Trial
as Judge Danielson
Rat Race
as Feed the Earth Spokesman
Career Timeline
2016
2013
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2001
2000
1998
1997
Holiday in Your Heart
as Blind Man
The Second Civil War
as Arnold Tooney, Jr.
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
as Jarvis Bean
Money Talks
as Reverend
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
as Reginald Hannon (segment "The Viewing")
Traveller
as Farmer
Just Shoot Me!
as Blind Flower Guy
Busted
as Mayor Davies
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1989
Trust Me
as Vern
Limit Up
as Chuck Feeney
B.O.R.N.
as Robert Morrison
Parenthood
as Dean at College
Seinfeld
as Blind Man
Seinfeld
as Farmer
Tales from the Crypt
as Des
Listen to Me
Role unknown
Baywatch
as Joe
Baywatch
as Fireman
Quantum Leap
as Doc Graves
Coach
as Herman Van Dam
The 'Burbs
as Detective #2
B.L. Stryker
Role unknown