Rance Howard
Acting
Born: 1928-11-17 in Newkirk, Oklahoma, USA
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).
Known For
Grey's Anatomy
Martin Carroll
Bones
Jerold Norsky
The X-Files
Old Man
Married... with Children
Edwin
Married... with Children
Reverend
NCIS: Los Angeles
Eugene
Seinfeld
Blind Man
Seinfeld
Farmer
Ghost Whisperer
Dirk Abrams
Melrose Place
Motel Manager
Babylon 5
David Sheridan
Cold Case
Buddie
Diagnosis: Murder
Driver
Murder, She Wrote
Fillmore
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
ER
Dr. Oliver Kostin
CSI: NY
Samuel Cooper
The Andy Griffith Show
Treasury agent
The Andy Griffith Show
Bus Driver
The Andy Griffith Show
The Governor's Chauffeur
Quantum Leap
Doc Graves
Coach
Herman Van Dam
Dynasty
Arrested Development
Rance Howard
Baywatch
Joe
Baywatch
Fireman
Little House on the Prairie
Simpson
The Waltons
The Waltons
Dr. McIvers
Happy Days
Mr. Burkhart
Angel
Marcus Roscoe
The Virginian
Luka
Lie to Me
Joe Metz
D-Tox
Geezer
Just Shoot Me!
Blind Flower Guy
Tales from the Crypt
Des
Drillbit Taylor
Older Man
That's So Raven
Murphy
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Deputy Shaker
Gunsmoke
Judge Alan Franklin