Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater
University of Oklahoma
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1948–2017
Spouses
Jean Speegle
(m. 1949; died 2000)
Judy Howard
(m. 2001; died 2017)
Children
Ron
Clint
Relatives
Bryce Dallas Howard (granddaughter)
Paige Howard (granddaughter)
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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).
RanceHoward (born Harold Engle Beckenholdt; November 17, 1928 – November 25, 2017) was an American actor who starred in film and on television. He was...
Clinton Engle Howard (born April 20, 1959) is an American actor. He is the second son born to American actors Rance and Jean Howard, and younger brother...
name "Howard" in 1948 for his acting career. RanceHoward was serving three years in the United States Air Force at the time of Ron's birth. Howard was...
alongside husband RanceHoward and young son Ron Howard. In 1975, the entire family would act in the television film Huckleberry Finn. Howard appeared in a...
Bryce is a granddaughter of actors RanceHoward and Jean Speegle Howard, as well as a niece of actor Clint Howard. Her godfather is actor Henry Winkler...
glasses are women's glasses, so he tries to trade frames with a blind man. RanceHoward appears as the blind man in this episode, while Anna Gunn plays Amy....
rance in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rance may refer to: Rance (river), northwestern France Rancé, a commune in eastern France, near Lyon Ranče,...
Ferrell, Albert Finney, Carmen Filpi, Eva Green, Pat Hingle, Jan Hooks, RanceHoward, Jeffrey Jones, O-Lan Jones, Michael Keaton, Martin Landau, Lisa Marie...
included RanceHoward, Ron Howard's real-life father, who had made appearances in various supporting roles on The Andy Griffith Show, and Clint Howard, Ron's...
by William A. Graham and starring Julie Gholson, Harry Dean Stanton, RanceHoward, and Jan Smithers. Based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Bill and...
distributed by Freestyle Digital Media. The film stars Ivan Sergei, RanceHoward, Kelly Greyson and Cerina Vincent. The film premiered at the Writers...
mid-1940s, it was Weaver who had introduced Clint's parents, RanceHoward and Jean Speegle Howard, to one another when the three of them were theater students...
Kevin Farley as Officer Doughrity John P. Farley as KXLA security guard RanceHoward as Bomb squad cop Steven Brill as Crime scene cop Richard Riehle as Car...
the caravan and the puppies. Harland Williams as Warwick the Warlock RanceHoward as Mr. Joseph Johnston Pat Finn as Mr. Carroll / Frankendude Jennifer...
Barrows Brent Roam as Steven Barrows Marco Rodríguez as Luis Saucedo RanceHoward as Charles "Chas" Rooker Juliet Landau as Julia Cunningham Adam Gierasch...
Earl Holliman Rex Holman Dennis Hopper William Hopper Clint HowardRanceHoward Ron Howard Clyde Howdy Clegg Hoyt John Hoyt David Huddleston Marsha Hunt...
Picardo as Ralph Quist Jonathan Bouck as Brad Belinda Balaski as Neighbor RanceHoward as Husband Jackie Joseph as Wife Small Soldiers was Hartman's last on-screen...
Harry Shearer as Announcer Cliff Parsons Mark Holton as Mr. Zolteck RanceHoward as Priest Dabbs Greer as Wilbur Harry Fleer as Orville Pat Crawford Brown...
in several of the episodes and was played by Clint's real-life father RanceHoward (who also wrote episodes for the show). Other recurring characters included...
Brody the Bear in his film debut. Glenn Morshower, Whitney Cummings, and RanceHoward appear in supporting roles. Grizzly Park was released February 8, 2008...
Andrea Martin have cameos as waiting room patients. Chuck Jones and RanceHoward appear briefly as grocery shoppers in one scene. The film began as an...
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