Rance Howard
Acting Born Nov 17, 1928 Newkirk, Oklahoma, USA 24 credits
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).
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- Grey's Anatomy (2005) as Martin Carroll
- Bones (2005) as Jerold Norsky
- Seinfeld (1989) as Blind Man
- Seinfeld (1989) as Farmer
- The X-Files (1993) as Old Man
- NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) as Eugene
- ER (1994) as Dr. Oliver Kostin
- CSI: NY (2004) as Samuel Cooper
- The Andy Griffith Show (1960) as Treasury agent
- The Andy Griffith Show (1960) as The Governor's Chauffeur
- The Andy Griffith Show (1960) as Bus Driver
- Married... with Children (1987) as Edwin
- Married... with Children (1987) as Reverend
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Fillmore
- Ghost Whisperer (2005) as Dirk Abrams
- Melrose Place (1992) as Motel Manager
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- Babylon 5 (1994) as David Sheridan
- Cold Case (2003) as Buddie
- Diagnosis: Murder (1993) as Driver
- Quantum Leap (1989) as Doc Graves
- Dynasty (1981)
- Baywatch (1989) as Joe
- Baywatch (1989) as Fireman