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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 (2013), and Max Rose (2016). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rance Howard has received more than 3,444,412 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Rance Howard is the 4,227th most popular actor (down from 3,348th in 2019), the 6,347th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,314th in 2019) and the 1,975th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Rance Howard ranks 4,227 out of 9,996Before her are Nicholas Clay, Markie Post, Mischa Auer, Sunny Deol, Kurt Fuller, and Jean-François Stévenin. After her are Minami Takayama, Anna Paquin, Maurizio Arena, Ricardo Antonio Chavira, Jang Dong-gun, and Çolpan İlhan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Rance Howard ranks 358Before her are Flóra Kádár, Gerhard Stoltenberg, Károly Sándor, Ann Blyth, Dara Singh, and Pierre Tchernia. After her are Miroslav Filip, Garry Winogrand, Harold Becker, Kenny Drew, Paul Dooley, and Irena Veisaitė. Among people deceased in 2017, Rance Howard ranks 320Before her are Attilio Nicora, Katalin Szőke, Armando Calderón Sol, Tankred Dorst, Kito Lorenc, and Peter Härtling. After her are Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Dina Merrill, Eduard Mudrik, Viktor Tsaryov, Glenne Headly, and Peter Sarstedt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rance Howard ranks 6,347 out of 18,182Before her are Fred Williamson (1938), Markie Post (1950), Aaron Norris (1951), Ron Asheton (1948), Althea Gibson (1927), and Kurt Fuller (1953). After her are Bob Backlund (1949), Ricardo Antonio Chavira (1971), Randy Jackson (1961), Helen Thomas (1920), George Moscone (1929), and Erik Olin Wright (1947).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Rance Howard ranks 1,975Before her are Penn Badgley (1986), Phyllis Allen (1861), Meg Tilly (1960), Fred Williamson (1938), Markie Post (1950), and Kurt Fuller (1953). After her are Ricardo Antonio Chavira (1971), Greg Germann (1958), Eddie Cantor (1892), Chris Mulkey (1948), Dina Merrill (1923), and Kevin Conway (1942).

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