Actor

Rance Howard

1956–present1928–2017DramaComedyThriller

Chronicler of the Human Condition

Also wrote 2 screenplays ↗

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Known For

164 acting credits

as White-Haired Patient

A Beautiful Mind

as White-Haired Patient

2001

A Beautiful Mind

as Irate Farmer

Chinatown

as Irate Farmer

1974

Chinatown

Filmography

2019DadsSelf6.9 2019The Christ SlayerDevil as Old Man5.0 2019Apple SeedCarl6.0 2017Broken MemoriesJasper7.0 2017Chasing the StarDevil as an Old Man4.3 2016KalebegiakJosé Mari7.0

About

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).

As Screenwriter

Full writer page ↗

1977Grand Theft Auto 1981Through the Magic Pyramid

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