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Rance Howard

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Rance Howard

Nov 17, 1928 – Nov 25, 2017235 titles 166 movies · 69 TV
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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).

Also known as

Harold Engle Beckenholdt

Born

Nov 17, 1928 – Nov 25, 2017

Newkirk, Oklahoma, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

233

Acting credits

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Directing

6

Writing

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