Rance Howard 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, Chinatown, Splash, Ed Wood, Apollo 13, Independence Day, A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man, Frost/Nixon, Nebraska, and Max Rose. For co-produced the television film The Time Crystal, he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program.