Rance Howard was the father of actor and filmmaker Ron Howard and actor Clint Howard, and grandfather of actresses Bryce Dallas Howard and Paige Howard.
17 Facts About Rance Howard
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Rance Howard received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program for co-producing the television film The Time Crystal.
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Rance Howard was born Harold Engle Beckenholdt in Newkirk, Kay County, Oklahoma, the son of Ethel Cleo and Engel Beckenholdt, a farmer.
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Rance Howard changed his name to "Rance Howard" when he became an actor.
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Rance Howard graduated from Shidler High School in 1946 and studied at the University of Oklahoma.
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Rance Howard's professional acting career began in 1948 when he went to New York City, auditioned, and landed a job in a children's touring company.
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Rance Howard was known best for his role on television in 25 episodes of the 1960s TV series Gentle Ben starring his younger son, Clint.
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Rance Howard played Henry Boomhauer, a backwoodsman who befriended the family.
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Rance Howard starred in the short-lived 2000 TV series Driving Me Crazy.
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Rance Howard appeared in over 100 films, including the 1967 movie Cool Hand Luke, The Music Man, and many other films.
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Rance Howard appeared as Dottie and Kit's father in A League of Their Own.
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Rance Howard often took parts as a priest or minister, county sheriff, or western marshal, and made numerous appearances in films by Joe Dante.
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Rance Howard plays the role of Carl Robbins in the Michael Worth road-trip drama, Apple Seed, playing on film for the first time the father of his real-life son Clint.
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Rance Howard married actress Jean Speegle Rance Howard in Burbank, California, in 1949.
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Rance Howard was the grandfather of actresses Bryce Dallas Howard and Paige Howard.
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Judy Rance Howard died in January 2017 in Burbank, 10 months before Rance Howard's death.
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Rance Howard died on the morning of November 25,2017, in Los Angeles, California from heart failure spurred on by a West Nile virus infection.