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God bless you, Rance!
You were the father to several great men who loved you and will care for your following.
R. I. P.
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Rance Howard and his son Ron made their feature film debuts in the 1956 outdoor drama FRONTIER WOMAN. Rance played an unscrupulous trader named "Prewitt." Ron Ormond directed the film, which had an unreleased score by Walter Greene.
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Ron Howard got his big break in features playing "Winthrop Paroo" in 1962's THE MUSIC MAN. His father Rance had the smaller role of "Oscar Jackson." Morton DaCosta directed the film. Meredith Willson's score was released on a Warner Bros. LP and reissued on CD in 1990.
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Rance Howard worked again with Shirley Jones (THE MUSIC MAN), and of course, his son Ron, in the 1963 romantic comedy THE COURTSHIP OF EDDIE'S FATHER. Rance played a camp counselor in the film. Vincente Minnelli directed the picture, which had an unreleased score by George E. Stoll.
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Rance Howard played a deputy in the 1965 sci-fi film VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS. Bert I. Gordon directed and co-wrote the film, which was based on H.G. Wells' Food of the Gods. The picture marked the film scoring debut of Jack Nitzsche.
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In THE DESERT RAVEN, a gang of outlaws, among them "Bert" (Robert Terry), the leader; trigger man "Ed Crane" (Robert Ward); stripper "Margo" (Rosalind C. Roberts); and "Reggie" (Rance Howard), flees to the desert after robbing and killing a wealthy old woman. Alan S. Lee directed this 1965 crime drama. Richard La Salle provided the unreleased score.
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Ron Howard starred in the 1976 car chase film EAT MY DUST. Brother Clint ("George Poole Jr.") and father Rance ("Clark") had supporting roles. Charles B. Griffith wrote and directed the film. David Grisman wrote the unreleased score and performed it with The David Grisman Quintet.
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Rance Howard played a wagon master in 1977's ANOTHER MAN, ANOTHER CHANCE, a film that director Claude Lelouch wrote to translate the theme of A MAN AND A WOMAN (1966), his most successful film, “to pioneer America.” Kritzerland re-issued the United Artists LP of Francis Lai's score on CD in 2011.
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SMOKEY BITES THE DUST was another Roger Corman car destruction film, which followed the rivalry between a small-town southern sheriff (Walter Barnes) and a small-town teen aged thief (Jimmy McNichol) who steals cars and destroys them, with the sheriff's daughter (Janet Julian) by his side. Working again with director Charles B. Griffith (EAT MY DUST), Rance Howard played a school coach in the 1981 film. The score, by Bent Myggen, has not had a release.
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Rance Howard played a minister in the 1984 Steve Martin comedy THE LONELY GUY. Arthur Hiller ditrected the film. MCA Records released a six-track mini-album of the film's music on LP and cassette, with four songs and two tracks (5 minutes) of Jerry Goldsmith's score. No music from the film has been released on CD.
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