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Rance Howard

1928 - 2017

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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, and Max Rose (both 2013). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rance Howard has received more than 3,690,600 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Rance Howard is the 4,304th most popular actor (down from 4,220th in 2019), the 6,310th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,334th in 2019) and the 1,925th most popular American Actor.

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  • 48.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Rance Howard ranks 4,304 out of 13,578. Before her are Mary Carlisle, Dominic Cooper, Alma Rubens, Simon McBurney, James Donald, and Maurizio Arena. After her are Gary Lockwood, Gary Lewis, Alan Cumming, Eva Le Gallienne, Oleg Anofriyev, and Anne Jackson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Rance Howard ranks 382. Before her are Jorge Ibargüengoitia, Léon Glovacki, Germà Colón, Belaid Abdessalam, Jean Barraqué, and Horst Stein. After her are Garry Winogrand, Lucho Gatica, Klaus von Dohnanyi, Jan Pieter Schotte, Stanley Baker, and Vladimir Toporov. Among people deceased in 2017, Rance Howard ranks 333. Before her are Martin McGuinness, Ángel Berni, Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton, Yambo Ouologuem, Míriam Colón, and Ezio Pascutti. After her are Vyacheslav Ivanov, Karl-Erik Nilsson, Eduard Mudrik, Kim Joo-hyuk, Mervyn Rose, and Redha Malek.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rance Howard ranks 6,310 out of 20,380. Before her are Zero Mostel (1915), Mary Carlisle (1914), Morris Kirksey (1895), Alma Rubens (1897), Paul H. O'Neill (1935), and Xzibit (1974). After her are Gary Lockwood (1937), Edward Marsh (1874), William Merritt Chase (1849), Letitia Christian Tyler (1790), Miriam Stevenson (1933), and Marvin Hart (1876).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Rance Howard ranks 1,925. Before her are David Wayne (1914), John Wesley Shipp (1955), Holt McCallany (1963), Zero Mostel (1915), Mary Carlisle (1914), and Alma Rubens (1897). After her are Gary Lockwood (1937), Anne Jackson (1925), Anna Kendrick (1985), Charles Hallahan (1943), Richard Portnow (1947), and Tracey Walter (1947).

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Television and Movie Roles

How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Elderly Timekeeper
The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and her family may be enough to melt his heart...
Nov 17o 20006.8 / 10
Angels & Demons
Cardinal Beck
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati - a secret, underground organization - after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave.
Apr 23o 20096.7 / 10
A Beautiful Mind
White-Haired Patient
Brilliant mathematician, John Nash, is on the brink of international acclaim when he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy.
Dec 14o 20017.9 / 10