Basic Information About Rance Howard
| Category | Celebrities › Actors |
|---|---|
| Professions | Actor, Screenwriter, Film Producer |
| Net worth | $6,000,000 |
| Date of birth | 1928-11-17 |
| Place of birth | Duncan |
| Date of death | 2017-11-25 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Curiosities and Trademarks | Soft spoken midwestern farmer's accent. |
| Spouse | Judy Howard - (29 June 2001 - 17 January 2017) (her death) Jean Speegle Howard - (5 October 1949 - 2 September 2000) (her death) (2 children) |
| Gender | Male |
| Social Media | ↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did Rance Howard win?
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rance Howard roles
| Movie / Series | Role |
|---|---|
| Apollo 13 | Reverend |
| Money Talks | Reverend |
| Nebraska | Uncle Ray |
| Splash | McCullough |
| Cool Hand Luke | Sheriff (uncredited) |
| Cocoon | St. Petersburg Detective |
| Mars Attacks! | Texan Investor |
| Chinatown | Irate Farmer |
| Independence Day | Chaplain |
| A Beautiful Mind | White-Haired Patient |
| Angels & Demons | Cardinal Beck |
| Parenthood | Dean at College |
| Joe Dirt | Bomb Squad Cop |
| Cinderella Man | Announcer Al Fazin |
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Elderly Timekeeper |
| The 'Burbs | Detective |
| Little Giants | Priest |
| Ed Wood | Old Man McCoy |
| Rat Race | Feed the Earth Spokesman |
| Jonah Hex | Telegrapher |
| Far and Away | Tomlin |
| Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | Preacher |
| Innerspace | Supermarket Customer |
| The Missing | Telegraph Operator |
| Universal Soldier | John Devreux |
| The Lone Ranger | Engineer |
| Valentine's Day | Bistro Gardens Diner |
| Small Soldiers | Husband |
| The Dilemma | Burt |
| Psycho | Mr. Lowery |
| The Music Man | Oscar Jackson (uncredited) |
| Frost/Nixon | Ollie |
| Airplane II: The Sequel | Person #1 (uncredited) |
| The Alamo | Governor Smith |
| Fearless | Bald Cabby |
| Drillbit Taylor | Older Man |
| D-Tox | Geezer |
| The Cowboy Way | Old Gentleman |
| Ghosts of Mississippi | Ralph Hargrove |
| Georgia Rule | Dog Bite Man |
| Love & Sex | Earl |
| Gung Ho | Mayor Conrad Zwart |
| Eulogy | Lance Sommers |
| Lie to Me | Joe Metz 1 episode, 2009 |
| Grey's Anatomy | Martin Carroll 1 episode, 2012 |
| The Waltons | Dr. McIvers 5 episodes, 1973-1975 |
| Quantum Leap | Doc Graves 1 episode, 1991 |
| Ghost Whisperer | Dirk Abrams 1 episode, 2005 |
| The X Files | Old Man 1 episode, 2015 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Des 1 episode, 1994 |
Interesting Facts about Rance Howard
- Son of Engle Beckenholdt and Ethel Cleo Tomlin.
- Grandfather of actress Bryce Dallas Howard and Paige Howard.
- Father-in-law of actress Cheryl Howard.
- Portrayed a priest or reverend at least once a year from 1993-1998.
- Became a great-grandfather when his granddaughter, Bryce Dallas Howard, had a baby boy on February 16, 2007.
- Father of actors Clint Howard and Ron Howard.
- The name Rance Howard was given to a character on the CBS show, The Mentalist (2008). The character was a deceased law enforcement officer with a personal connection to Captain Hightower, in the 2010-2011 Season Finale.
- He has appeared in fifteen films directed by his son Ron Howard: Grand Theft Auto (1977), Splash (1984), Cocoon (1985), Gung Ho (1986), Parenthood (1989), Far and Away (1992), The Paper (1994), Apollo 13 (1995), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), A Beautiful Mind (2001), The Missing (2003), Cinderella Man (2005), Frost/Nixon (2008), Angels & Demons (2009) and The Dilemma (2011).
- His father was of German descent, and his mother had English and Scottish ancestry.
- He appeared in six films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Music Man (1962),Chinatown (1974), Apollo 13 (1995), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Frost/Nixon (2008) and Nebraska (2013). Of those, A Beautiful Mind (2001) is a winner in the category.
- He was best friends with one of his son's ([Ron Howard]) acting mentors, [Andy Griffith], for over 50 years, until Griffith's death on July 3, 2012.
