Actor info
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Name :
Rance Howard
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Born :
November 17, 1928 in Newkirk, Oklahoma, USA (89 years at death)
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Died :
November 25, 2017
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
164 films (1956–2019)
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Also known as :
Harold Engle Beckenholdt
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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).
Notable films
- Angels & Demons (2009) as Cardinal Beck
- Cinderella Man (2005) as Announcer Al Fazin
- Joe Dirt (2001) as Bomb Squad Cop
- Independence Day (1996) as Chaplain
- Apollo 13 (1995) as Reverend
