Rance Howard Rance Howard Rance Howard (born Harold Rance 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 the actresses Bryce Dallas Howard and Paige Howard. Howard appeared in many notable 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). For co-produced the television film "The Time Crystal" (1981),
Charlie Sheen film "Eight Men Out" as outfielder Happy Felsch. Also in 1988, he appeared opposite his brother Emilio in "Young Guns" and again in 1990 in "Men at Work". In 1989, Sheen, John Fusco, Christopher Cain, Lou Diamond Phillips, Emilio Estévez and Kiefer Sutherland were honored with a Bronze Wrangler for their work on the film "Young Guns". In 1990, he starred alongside his father in "Cadence" as a rebellious inmate in a military stockade and with Clint Eastwood in the buddy cop film "The Rookie". The films were directed by Martin Sheen and Eastwood, respectively. In 1992, he featured in