
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).

Independence Day
1996 · as Chaplain

Small Soldiers
1998 · as Husband

Angels & Demons
2009 · as Cardinal Beck

Apollo 13
1995 · as Reverend

A Beautiful Mind
2001 · as White-Haired Patient

The Lone Ranger
2013 · as Engineer

Cinderella Man
2005 · as Announcer Al Fazin

Joe Dirt
2001 · as Bomb Squad Cop

How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000 · as Elderly Timekeeper

Frost/Nixon
2008 · as Ollie

Mars Attacks!
1996 · as Texan Investor

Far and Away
1992 · as Tomlin

The 'Burbs
1989 · as Detective #2

Rat Race
2001 · as Feed the Earth Spokesman

Chinatown
1974 · as Irate Farmer

Cool Hand Luke
1967 · as Sheriff

Drillbit Taylor
2008 · as Older Man

Splash
1984 · as McCullough