Rance Howard
Known For
Acting
Born
1928-11-17 in Newkirk, Oklahoma, USA
Died
2017-11-25
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).
Most Known For
Grey's Anatomy
as Martin Carroll
Bones
as Jerold Norsky
The X-Files
as Old Man
Seinfeld
as Blind Man
Seinfeld
as Farmer
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Eugene
Married... with Children
as Edwin
Married... with Children
as Reverend
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
ER
as Dr. Oliver Kostin
Murder, She Wrote
as Fillmore
Arrested Development
as Rance Howard
Ghost Whisperer
as Dirk Abrams
Babylon 5
as David Sheridan
Happy Days
as Mr. Burkhart
CSI: NY
as Samuel Cooper
Angel
as Marcus Roscoe
Little House on the Prairie
as Simpson
Quantum Leap
as Doc Graves
Cold Case
as Buddie