Cast
Rance Howard
Acting
Cast
Rance Howard
Known for
Acting
Born
1928-11-17
From
Newkirk, Oklahoma, USA
Died
2017-11-25
Also known as Harold Engle Beckenholdt
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).
★6.9
MOVIE1996
Independence Day
as Chaplain
★7.9
MOVIE2001
A Beautiful Mind
as White-Haired Patient
★7.5
MOVIE1995
Apollo 13
as Reverend
★6.8
MOVIE2000
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
as Elderly Timekeeper
★6.6
MOVIE1998
Small Soldiers
as Husband
★6.4
MOVIE1996
Mars Attacks!
as Texan Investor
★6.7
MOVIE2009
Angels & Demons
as Cardinal Beck
★6.1
MOVIE2013
The Lone Ranger
as Engineer
★7.9
MOVIE1974
Chinatown
as Irate Farmer
★6.1
MOVIE1982
Airplane II: The Sequel
as Person #1 (uncredited)
★7.7
MOVIE1967
Cool Hand Luke
as Sheriff
★6.3
MOVIE2001
Rat Race
as Feed the Earth Spokesman
★5.9
MOVIE2010
Valentine's Day
as Bistro Gardens Diner
★6.4
MOVIE1992
Universal Soldier
as John Devreux
★7.6
MOVIE2005
Cinderella Man
as Announcer Al Fazin
★6.3
MOVIE1984
Splash
as McCullough
★7.5
MOVIE1994
Ed Wood
as Old Man McCoy
★6.8
MOVIE1989
The 'Burbs
as Detective #2
★5.6
MOVIE2001
Joe Dirt
as Bomb Squad Cop
★5.0
MOVIE2010
Jonah Hex
as Telegrapher
★6.8
MOVIE1987
Innerspace
as Supermarket Customer
★6.6
MOVIE1985
Cocoon
as St. Petersburg Dectective
★5.8
MOVIE2008
Drillbit Taylor
as Older Man
★5.3
MOVIE2011
The Dilemma
as Burt
★6.8
MOVIE1992
Far and Away
as Tomlin
★7.5
MOVIE2013
Nebraska
as Uncle Ray
★5.9
MOVIE2011
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
as Preacher
★6.6
MOVIE2007
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
as Preacher
★6.0
MOVIE1997
Money Talks
as Reverend
★5.8
MOVIE2004
The Alamo
as Governor Smith
★5.1
MOVIE1998
Psycho
as Mr. Lowery
★6.3
MOVIE2003
The Missing
as Telegraph Operator
★5.6
MOVIE2002
D-Tox
as Geezer
★6.7
MOVIE1989
Parenthood
as Dean at College
★6.1
MOVIE1986
Gung Ho
as Mayor Conrad Zwart
★6.0
MOVIE2007
Georgia Rule
as Dog Bite Man
★5.4
MOVIE1994
Terminal Velocity
as Stunt Pilot/Chuck
★6.2
MOVIE1984
The Lonely Guy
as Minister
★7.3
MOVIE2008
Frost/Nixon
as Ollie
★4.8
MOVIE1995
Problem Child 3
as The Janitor
★6.1
MOVIE2011
Spooky Buddies
as Mr. Johnson
★5.9
MOVIE1996
Sgt. Bilko
as Mr. Robbins
★6.1
MOVIE2000
Love & Sex
as Earl
★6.5
MOVIE1994
Little Giants
as Father Kelly
★6.6
MOVIE1994
The Paper
as Alicia's Doctor
★4.8
MOVIE1995
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
as Employer
MOVIE2006
Harrison Bergeron
as Narrator
★6.9
MOVIE1993
Fearless
as Bald Cabby
★5.7
MOVIE1993
Ticks
as Sheriff Parker
★4.1
MOVIE1993
Snapdragon
as Priest
★4.6
MOVIE2011
InSight
as Cemetery Presider
★5.4
MOVIE2003
Legend of the Phantom Rider
as Doc Fisher
★5.8
MOVIE1982
The Executioner's Song
as Lt. Nelson
★3.9
MOVIE1996
Where Truth Lies
as Judge Bloom
★5.6
MOVIE1983
Love Letters
as Joseph Chesley
★5.9
MOVIE1986
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
as Dr. Jennings
★5.4
MOVIE1989
Listen to Me
★6.1
MOVIE1985
Creator
as Mr. Spencer
★6.6
MOVIE1996
Ghosts of Mississippi
as Ralph Hargrove
★6.6
MOVIE1998
Evasive Action
as Train Engineer
★7.0
MOVIE2008
Keith
as Old Man (uncredited)
MOVIE2016
Talk Radio
as Lou
★2.8
MOVIE1981
Smokey Bites the Dust
as Football Coach
★6.1
MOVIE1997
The Second Civil War
as Arnold Tooney, Jr.
★6.2
MOVIE1977
Another Man, Another Chance
as Wagonmaster
★5.3
MOVIE1977
Grand Theft Auto
as Ned Slinker
★5.9
MOVIE2010
The Trial
as Judge Danielson
★4.7
MOVIE2011
Rosewood Lane
as Fred Crumb
★3.6
MOVIE1998
Chairman of the Board
as Rev. Hatley
★6.2
MOVIE2013
Second Chances
as Wilbur
★4.5
MOVIE1992
Boris and Natasha
as Polygraph Man
★5.6
MOVIE1983
The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
as Bus Driver
★6.1
MOVIE1970
The Wild Country
as Cleve
★3.7
MOVIE1965
Village of the Giants
as Deputy
★5.9
MOVIE1974
Where the Lilies Bloom
as Roy Luther
★4.2
MOVIE2011
Harley's Hill
as Charlie
★6.9
MOVIE2019
Dads
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE1994
Runaway Daughters
as Minute Man 3
★5.6
MOVIE2004
Toolbox Murders
as Chas Rooker
★5.0
MOVIE1992
I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore
as Elderly Man
★4.9
MOVIE2011
Let Go
as Dimples
★6.2
MOVIE1978
Huckleberry Finn
as Pap Finn
★5.7
MOVIE2001
Ping!
as Old Man
★9.0
MOVIE1988
Dark Before Dawn
as Logan
★5.2
MOVIE2010
Once Fallen
as Harry
★7.0
MOVIE1983
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess
as Still Photographer
★4.3
MOVIE2003
The Long Ride Home
as Old Man
★10.0
MOVIE1973
The Red Pony
as Sheriff Bill Smith
★5.1
MOVIE2006
Sasquatch Mountain
as Harris Zeff
★4.5
MOVIE1994
Forced to Kill
as Rance
★5.1
MOVIE1994
Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter
as Todd
★3.6
MOVIE2001
A Crack in the Floor
as Floyd Fryed
★5.1
MOVIE1996
Tiger Heart
as Mr. Johnson
★5.8
MOVIE1976
Eat My Dust
as Clark
★5.2
MOVIE1979
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
as Mr. Murray
★3.0
MOVIE2004
Ghost Rock
as Cash
★7.0
MOVIE1997
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
as Jarvis Bean
★6.0
MOVIE2015
Solemates
as Older Man
★5.5
MOVIE1993
Ed and His Dead Mother
as Rev. Praxton
★5.7
MOVIE1999
Happy, Texas
as Ely
★5.7
MOVIE2005
Miracle at Sage Creek
as Doctor Babcock
★4.2
MOVIE2008
Ghost Town: The Movie
as Sheriff Tom Parker
★5.8
MOVIE2009
Play the Game
as Mervin Lavine
★6.8
MOVIE2010
The Child Wanderers
as Old Knut
★3.4
MOVIE1997
Busted
as Mayor Davies
★4.7
MOVIE2008
Grizzly Park
as Ranger Howard
★6.7
MOVIE2009
Within
as Deli Owner
★5.5
MOVIE1995
The Colony
as Stan Benson
★6.7
MOVIE1982
The Kid with the Broken Halo
as Coach Ramsdell
★4.0
MOVIE2012
Easy Rider: The Ride Back
as Andrew Jackson Bennett
★6.3
MOVIE2004
Death and Texas
as Circuit Court Judge
★4.5
MOVIE1989
B.O.R.N.
as Robert Morrison
★4.5
MOVIE2011
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
as Doctor
★6.0
MOVIE1963
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
as Camp Counselor (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1986
Return to Mayberry
as Preacher
★5.6
MOVIE1997
Traveller
as Farmer
★7.4
MOVIE1966
An Eye for an Eye
as Harry
★2.9
MOVIE1991
9 1/2 Ninjas!
as Ninja Negotiator
★4.0
MOVIE2008
Audie & the Wolf
as Dr. Maleosis
★8.0
MOVIE1997
Holiday in Your Heart
as Blind Man
★5.1
MOVIE1998
Land of the Free
as Hotel Manager
★6.4
MOVIE1979
The Kid from Left Field
as Harry the Bartender
★5.8
MOVIE1985
Scandal Sheet
as Mr. Bell
★5.1
MOVIE2005
Back By Midnight
as Priest
★3.5
MOVIE2000
Big Wind on Campus
as Grandpa Morton
★4.3
MOVIE1998
The Night Caller
as Hank
★4.3
MOVIE2013
Huff
as Scotty
★4.5
MOVIE2007
Be My Baby
as Zippy
★6.0
MOVIE2019
Apple Seed
as Carl
★8.0
MOVIE1976
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
★7.0
MOVIE1995
Killing Cupid
as Zeke
★2.5
MOVIE2010
The Genesis Code
as Dr. Tolley
★5.4
MOVIE1984
The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins
as Policeman
★6.0
MOVIE1985
Playing with Fire
as Fireman Goodwin
★4.3
MOVIE2017
Chasing the Star
as Devil as an Old Man
★5.6
MOVIE2016
Max Rose
as Walter Prewitt
★7.5
MOVIE2002
Jumping for Joy
★9.0
MOVIE1991
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
as Bernie
★7.3
MOVIE1999
Malevolence
as Dr. Burns
★8.5
MOVIE1967
Gentle Giant
as Tater Coughlin
★4.9
MOVIE1978
Cotton Candy
as Mr. Bremmercamp
★8.5
MOVIE1981
The Miracle of Kathy Miller
as Dr. Jewell
★7.1
MOVIE1980
Skyward
as Pilot #2
★7.0
MOVIE2017
Broken Memories
as Jasper
★2.0
MOVIE2011
Night Club
as Chuck
★7.5
MOVIE1980
Scout's Honor
as The Captain
★7.8
MOVIE1978
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE1999
Abilene
as Arliss
★4.5
MOVIE1986
Gary Coleman: For Safety's Sake
as Captain Truck
★5.0
MOVIE2019
The Christ Slayer
as Devil as Old Man
★8.0
MOVIE1989
Trust Me
as Vern
★4.5
MOVIE1989
Limit Up
as Chuck Feeney
★7.0
MOVIE1977
The Legend of Frank Woods
as Howard Blacker
★9.5
MOVIE1983
Forever and Beyond
as Technician
★7.0
MOVIE2016
Kalebegiak
as José Mari
★7.0
MOVIE1956
Frontier Woman
as Prewitt
★5.3
MOVIE1974
Locusts
as Aaron
★3.7
MOVIE1972
Bloody Trail
as Jake
★8.0
MOVIE2016
40 Nights
as Devil as an Old Man
★6.3
MOVIE2009
Boppin' at the Glue Factory
as Walker Bill
★1.8
MOVIE2013
Gone Dark
as Charles
★5.9
MOVIE1978
Mr. No Legs
as Lou
★10.0
MOVIE2006
Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story
as James Kennedy
★10.0
MOVIE1986
Two Soldiers
as Paw