Acting

Rance Howard

Born 1928-11-17 · Newkirk, Oklahoma, USADied 2017-11-2549 series186 films

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).

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Acting

2009Lie to MeJoe Metz1 ep.
2006Twenty Good YearsHenry1 ep.
2005Ghost WhispererDirk Abrams1 ep.
2005BonesJerold Norsky2 ep.
2004CSI: NYSamuel Cooper1 ep.
2003That's So RavenMurphy1 ep.
2002That '80s ShowMr. Bailey1 ep.
2000The Huntress1 ep.
2000Son of the Beach1 ep.
1999AngelMarcus Roscoe1 ep.
1998Two of a KindMr. Fillmore2 ep.
1997Beyond Belief: Fact or FictionReginald Hannon (segment "The Viewing")1 ep.
1997Just Shoot Me!Blind Flower Guy1 ep.
1996Clueless2 ep.
1995Baywatch Nights1 ep.
1994Rebel HighwayMinuteman1 ep.
1994Babylon 5David Sheridan3 ep.
1991Switched at BirthFrank Hill2 ep.
1989SeinfeldFarmer3 ep.
1989BaywatchFireman2 ep.
1989Quantum LeapDoc Graves1 ep.
1989B.L. Stryker1 ep.
1988SuperboyColonel1 ep.
1987WiseguyErnest Haynes1 ep.
1987Married... with ChildrenReverend2 ep.
1985The Long Hot SummerWilk2 ep.
1985A Death in CaliforniaRalph Lee2 ep.
1984Finder of Lost LovesHank1 ep.
1983The Thorn BirdsDoc Wilson1 ep.
1981Dynasty1 ep.
1978Battlestar GalacticaFarnes1 ep.
1978Mork & MindyGuard1 ep.
1976Laverne & Shirley1 ep.
1974Happy DaysMr. Burkhart3 ep.
1972Kung FuSheriff Byrd1 ep.
1972ABC Afterschool SpecialMyron Faraday1 ep.
1972The WaltonsDr. McIvers5 ep.
1972The Rookies1 ep.
1971NicholsDeputy1 ep.
1970Night GalleryCameraman (segment "The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes")1 ep.
1970Dan AugustHobbs1 ep.
1969Then Came BronsonCarl Mueller1 ep.
1967Gentle BenHenry Boomhauer56 ep.
1966The Monroes3 ep.
1960The Andy Griffith ShowTreasury agent4 ep.
1958Bat MastersonFletcher1 ep.
1953The Danny Thomas ShowTV Crewman1 ep.
1947Kraft Television Theatre2 ep.

Behind the camera

Guest appearances

2018Arrested DevelopmentRance Howard1 ep.
2016The X-FilesOld Man1 ep.
2014BonesJerold Norsky2 ep.
2013NCIS: Los AngelesEugene1 ep.
2012Grey's AnatomyMartin Carroll1 ep.
2011WorkaholicsJerry1 ep.
2009ERDr. Oliver Kostin1 ep.
2009Lie to MeJoe Metz1 ep.
2006CSI: NYSamuel Cooper1 ep.
2005Ghost WhispererDirk Abrams1 ep.
2004That's So RavenMurphy1 ep.
2004Cold CaseBuddie1 ep.
2002Son of the Beach1 ep.
2002That '80s ShowMr. Bailey1 ep.
2001AngelMarcus Roscoe1 ep.
2001The Huntress1 ep.
20007th HeavenOld Man in Park1 ep.
1999Just Shoot Me!Blind Flower Guy1 ep.
1998Two of a KindMr. Fillmore2 ep.
1998Clueless2 ep.
1996Babylon 5David Sheridan3 ep.
1997Beyond Belief: Fact or FictionReginald Hannon (segment "The Viewing")1 ep.
1996Married... with ChildrenEdwin, Reverend2 ep.
1997Baywatch Nights1 ep.
1996Melrose PlaceMotel Manager1 ep.
1993SeinfeldBlind Man, Farmer3 ep.
1994Tales from the CryptDes1 ep.
1994Rebel HighwayMinuteman1 ep.
1994Diagnosis: MurderDriver1 ep.
1993CoachHerman Van Dam1 ep.
1989BaywatchFireman, Joe2 ep.
1991Quantum LeapDoc Graves1 ep.
1989B.L. Stryker1 ep.
1989SuperboyColonel1 ep.
1988WiseguyErnest Haynes1 ep.
1984Murder, She WroteFillmore1 ep.
1984Finder of Lost LovesHank1 ep.
1984Dynasty1 ep.
1983The Thorn BirdsDoc Wilson1 ep.
1981Mork & MindyGuard1 ep.
1976Happy DaysMr. Burkhart3 ep.
1979Laverne & Shirley1 ep.
1978Battlestar GalacticaFarnes1 ep.
1977The Mike Douglas ShowSelf1 ep.
1977Little House on the PrairieSimpson1 ep.
1973The WaltonsDr. McIvers5 ep.
1975SwitchCollins1 ep.
1975The Rookies1 ep.
1975ABC Afterschool SpecialMyron Faraday1 ep.
1970GunsmokeFrank Benton, Judge Alan Franklin2 ep.
1973Kung FuSheriff Byrd1 ep.
1973The F.B.I.Ranger1 ep.
1972NicholsDeputy1 ep.
1971Night GalleryCameraman (segment "The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes")1 ep.
1970Dan AugustHobbs1 ep.
1970Then Came BronsonCarl Mueller1 ep.
1966The Monroes3 ep.
1966The VirginianLuka1 ep.
1960The Andy Griffith ShowBus Driver, TV Crewman, The Governor's Chauffeur, Treasury agent5 ep.
1960The Danny Thomas ShowTV Crewman1 ep.
1959Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreDeputy Shaker1 ep.
1959Bat MastersonFletcher1 ep.
1956Kraft Television Theatre2 ep.
—Twenty Good YearsHenry1 ep.

Also known as: Harold Engle Beckenholdt