Rance Howard
1928-2017
Known for How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Beautiful Mind, Angels & Demons.
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).
Movie Credits
Apple Seed (2019)
Broken Memories (2017)
Toolbox Murders (2004)
Nebraska (2013)
Rosewood Lane (2011)
Death and Texas (2004)
Snapdragon (1993)
The Dilemma (2011)
The Trial (2010)
Holiday in Your Heart (1997)
Max Rose (2013)
Second Chances (2013)
Easy Rider: The Ride Back (2012)
Be My Baby (2007)
Traveller (1997)
Love & Sex (2000)
Ticks (1993)
Universal Soldier (1992)
Dads (2019)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Gung Ho (1986)
InSight (2011)
Village of the Giants (1965)
The Missing (2003)
The 'Burbs (1989)
Terminal Velocity (1994)
Let Go (2011)
Little Giants (1994)
The Executioner's Song (1982)
D-Tox (2002)
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011)
Georgia Rule (2007)
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)
Runaway Daughters (1994)
Fearless (1993)
Parenthood (1989)
Return to Mayberry (1986)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
The Alamo (2004)
Splash (1984)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
Sgt. Bilko (1996)
Chinatown (1974)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Small Soldiers (1998)
The Lone Ranger (2013)
Joe Dirt (2001)
Cocoon (1985)
The Lonely Guy (1984)
Innerspace (1987)
Money Talks (1997)
Drillbit Taylor (2008)
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Jonah Hex (2010)
Ed Wood (1994)
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
Far and Away (1992)
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Rat Race (2001)
Independence Day (1996)
