Rance Howard

Rance Howard
Howard in 2007
Born
Harold Engle Beckenholdt

(1928-11-17)November 17, 1928
DiedNovember 25, 2017(2017-11-25) (aged 89)
Resting placeHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Oklahoma
OccupationActor
Years active1948–2017
Spouses
  • (m. 1949; died 2000)
  • Judy Howard
    (m. 2001; died 2017)
Children
Relatives
Signature

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, and Max Rose (both 2013). He received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program for co-producing the television film The Time Crystal (1981).