Clint Howard

Clint Howard
Howard in Gentle Ben (1967)
Born	April 20, 1959 Burbank, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1962–present
Spouse(s)	Melanie Howard (m. 1995)
Parent(s)	Jean Speegle Howard Rance Howard
Relatives	Ron Howard (brother) Bryce Dallas Howard (niece) Paige Howard (niece)

Clinton "Clint" Howard (born April 20, 1959) is an American actor. He is the younger brother of actor and director Ron Howard.

Early life

Howard was born in Burbank, California, the son of actors Rance Howard and Jean Speegle Howard, and the younger brother of actor-director-producer Ron Howard.

Career

Television

Howard began his career when he was two, appearing in five episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, then starring his older brother Ron. He played Leon, a toddler in a cowboy outfit who wandered around Mayberry and silently offered people a bite of his sandwich, to which they would respond "no, thank you". Other early notable roles include his appearance on The Streets of San Francisco in the episode entitled "The House on Hyde Street", and The Virginian as Tommy, the proud owner of a new litter of pups in the episode entitled "Melanie". In 1963, he appeared in the ABC medical drama Breaking Point in the role of four-year-old Mikey in the episode "The Gnu, Now Almost Extinct". He also played little Billy Taft, the nephew of Dr. Richard Kimble, in the season one episode of The Fugitive, "The Home is the Hunted" (1964). His first prominent role was as a regular on the series Gentle Ben (1967–69). He also starred in an episode of Rod Serling's Night Gallery as Herbie, a ten-year-old boy who predicts the near future, and played Billy in the made-for-TV version of John Steinbeck's The Red Pony, with Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara.

Howard appeared in various Star Trek episodes:

• In 1966, he appeared as the powerful but childlike alien Balok in "The Corbomite Maneuver," a season one episode of Star Trek: The Original Series (although not the first episode broadcast, it was the first episode of season one to be produced after the pilot episodes). The appearance is a well-remembered one in Star Trek history, and he briefly reprised the character in 2006 on Comedy Central's roast of William Shatner
• "Past Tense Part II," a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode
• "Acquisition," a season one episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
• As a nod to Howard's prominent place in Star Trek culture, he played a part in Star Trek director J. J. Abrams' series Fringe; in the season one episode, "The Road Not Taken", playing a man who thought he was the son of Sarek of Vulcan. (In the next episode, Leonard Nimoy was revealed to be the mysterious character he was discussing.)

In 2003, Howard played Johnny Bark on Arrested Development in the season one episode Key Decisions, which was produced and narrated by his brother, Ron. He was seen in an episode of Married... with Children as a creepy janitor. He played a car thief/murderer in the season four Seinfeld episode "The Trip". Howard played Creepy Rodney in the season one My Name Is Earl episode "Stole a Badge", and he was a guest star in the season three episode of the NBC show Heroes "I Am Sylar".^[1]

Film

In his film debut The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963), he played a child party guest standing on a table at his birthday party, that Shirley Jones put an Indian headdress on his head. Howard also voiced Roo in Disney's animated shorts Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966) and Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968), which were later incorporated into The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977), and Hathi's son Hathi Jr. in The Jungle Book (1967).

Howard appeared in seventeen films directed by his brother, Ron Howard, including Ron's first directorial effort—a short film called Old Paint—when Clint was ten. He also starred in Ron's first full-length feature, Grand Theft Auto. Other roles in the elder Howard's films include: John Dexter in Cocoon (1985), Paul in Gung Ho (both film and TV series), pathologist Ricco in Backdraft (1991), Lou in Parenthood, Flynn in Far and Away (1992), flight controller Seymour Liebergot in Apollo 13 (1995), Ken in EDtv (1999), and Whobris in How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000). He also played Sheriff Purdy in The Missing (2003), Lloyd Davis in Frost/Nixon (2008), Herbert Trimpy in The Dilemma, and Paul Lucas in the episodes "Spider" and "We Interrupt This Program" of the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, which was produced by brother Ron. He played Eaglebaur in Rock 'n' Roll High School, Usher in Get Crazy, Paco in The Waterboy, Arthur Lynne in Uwe Boll's Heart of America, cellmate Slinky in Tango & Cash, CJZZ Disk Jockey in That Thing You Do!, Johnson Ritter in the Austin Powers series, another flight controller in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Nipples in Little Nicky (2000), Gregory Tudor in the low-budget film Ice Cream Man (1995), Rughead in The Wraith (1986), Stanley Coopersmith in Evilspeak (1981), Kate the Caterer in The Cat in the Hat, Doctor Koplenson in Halloween (2007), and appeared in the romantic comedies, Play the Game and Speed-Dating. He also played Sanders in Alabama Moon and Dr. Owen in Nobody Gets Out Alive, which was written and directed by filmmaker Jason Christopher and was released nationwide on February 26, 2013. The film made rounds of the festival circuit in 2012, and won two best feature awards, a best director award and a best actor award.^[2]

Music

In 1981, Howard formed The Kempsters, a new wave rock and roll group that was composed mostly of his friends who were neighbors with him on Kemp Street. In 1982, their original drummer, Mike "Spooner" Bauer, was replaced by Tony Rodriquez and the band played regularly at Madame Wong's West. The band retired in 1983. Although The Kempsters never released an album while together, Howard has recently begun distributing No Brains At All, a CD featuring four tracks the band recorded in various studios, and seven tracks recorded live on October 17, 1982 at Madame Wong's.

Personal life

Howard married Melanie in 1995. Howard is an avid golfer who played 150 rounds a year.

Howard is a Republican (contrasting with his brother, Ron, a Democrat).^[3] On January 29, 2016, three days before the Iowa Caucuses, he endorsed United States Senator Ted Cruz of Texas for the Republican presidential nomination.^[4]

Recognition

In 1998, Howard won the MTV Lifetime Achievement Award at the MTV Movie Awards. During the ceremony at which he received it, a montage of other actors and celebrities that provided testimonials about him was shown, in which they referred to him only as "Clint", giving the impression they referred to Clint Eastwood. It was not until the end of the montage and it was revealed that Howard was the actual recipient.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1963	The Courtship of Eddie's Father	Child Party Guest	Uncredited
1966	Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree	Roo (voice)	Short film
1966	An Eye for an Eye	Jo-Hi Quince – Brian's Son
1967	The Jungle Book	Hathi Jr. (voice)
1967	Gentle Giant	Mark Wedloe
1968	Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day	Roo (voice)	Short film
1970	The Wild Country	Andrew Tanner
1976	Eat My Dust!	George Poole Jr.
1977	The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh	Roo (voice)
1977	Grand Theft Auto	Ace
1977	I Never Promised You a Rose Garden	Baseball Catcher
1978	Harper Valley PTA	Corley
1979	Rock 'n' Roll High School	Eaglebauer
1981	Evilspeak	Stanley Coopersmith
1982	Night Shift	Jefferey
1983	Get Crazy	Usher
1984	Splash	Wedding Guest
1985	Cocoon	John Dexter
1986	Gung Ho	Paul
1986	The Wraith	Rughead
1987	End of the Line	Les Sullivan
1988	Freeway	Ronnie
1989	Parenthood	Lou
1989	Tango & Cash	Slinky
1990	Disturbed	Brian
1991	Backdraft	Ricco
1991	The Rocketeer	Mark
1992	Far and Away	Flynn
1993	Carnosaur	'Slim' Friar
1993	Ticks	Jarvis Tanner
1994	The Paper	Ray Blaisch
1994	Leprechaun 2	Tourist
1994	Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter	Gary
1995	Fist of the North Star	Stalin
1995	Ice Cream Man	Gregory Tudor
1995	Forget Paris	Exterminator
1995	Apollo 13	Sy Liebergot
1996	Barb Wire	Schmitz
1996	Unhook the Stars	Gus
1996	That Thing You Do!	KJZZ Disc Jockey
1996	Santa with Muscles	Hinkley
1997	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	Johnson Ritter
1998	Twilight	EMS Worker
1998	The Dentist 2	Mr. Toothache
1998	Telling You	Customer	Uncredited
1998	The Waterboy	Paco
1998	Evasive Action	Hector Miller
1999	EDtv	Ken
1999	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	Johnson Ritter
2000	My Dog Skip	Millard
2000	The Million Dollar Kid	Harvey
2000	Little Nicky	Nipples
2000	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Whobris
2001	Blackwoods	Greg
2002	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Johnson Ritter
2002	Heart of America	Artie Lynne
2002	100 Women	Mr. Willens
2003	Pauly Shore is Dead	Pauly's Business Manager
2003	House of the Dead	Salish
2003	The Cat in the Hat	Kate the Caterer
2003	The Missing	Sheriff Purdy
2004	Raising Genius	Mr. Goss
2005	River's End	Mr. Powell
2005	My Big Fat Independent Movie	The Mechanic
2005	Cinderella Man	Referee
2005	Fun with Dick and Jane	INS Agent
2006	Church Ball	Gene Jensen
2006	Curious George	Balloon Man (voice)
2006	How to Eat Fried Worms	Uncle Ed
2006	Big Bad Wolf	Fulton Chaney
2007	Music Within	Clerk
2007	Halloween	Dr. Koplenson
2007	A Plumm Summer	Binky the Clown
2008	Foreign Exchange	Long Larry
2008	Frost/Nixon	Lloyd Davis
2009	London Betty	Narrator (voice)
2009	Play the Game	Dick
2009	Super Capers	Mugger
2009	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Air and Space Mission Control Tech #1
2009	Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!	Farmer Dan (voice)
2009	The Haunted World of El Superbeasto	Cthulu (voice)
2009	Alabama Moon	Constable Sanders
2010	Holyman Undercover	Roy Sr.
2010	Speed-Dating	Dom
2011	The Dilemma	Herbert Trimpy
2011	BloodRayne: The Third Reich	Dr. Mangler
2011	Blubberella	Dr. Mangler
2012	Last Call	George
2013	Assault on Wall Street	Chuck
2013	The Profane Exhibit	Bob	Segment: "Basement"
2014	Sand Castles	Todd Carlson
2014	Balls Out	Philip
2015	The Funhouse Massacre	Taxidermist

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1962–1964	The Andy Griffith Show	Leon / Boy at Church Social (uncredited)	5 episodes
1963	Breaking Point	Mikey	Episode: "The Gnu, Now Almost Extinct"
1964–1965	The Baileys of Balboa	Stanley	26 episodes
1964, 1965	The Fugitive	Billy Taft / Johnny Stransel	Episodes: "Home Is the Hunted" / "Set Fire to a Straw Man"
1965	Bonanza	Michael Thorpe	Episode: "All Ye His Saints"
1966	The Patty Duke Show	Ralphie	Episode: "Three Little Kittens"
1965, 1966	Please Don't Eat the Daisies	David / Davey	3 episodes
1965, 1970	The F.B.I.	Alan Ellwood / Josh Cobb	Episodes: "An Elephant Is Like a Rope" / "Incident in the Desert"
1966/67/71	The Virginian	Will / Tommy / Manuel	3 episodes
1966	The Jean Arthur Show	Robbie Fielding	Episode: "My Client, the Rooster"
1966	Star Trek: The Original Series	Balok	Episode: "The Corbomite Maneuver"
1966	Laredo	Midj	Episode: "Leave It to Dixie"
1967	The Monoroes	Jody Larson	Episode: "Teaching the Tiger to Purr"
1967	Judd for the Defense	Tim Oliver	Episode: "A Civil Case of Murder"
1967–1969	Gentle Ben	Mark Wedloe	56 episodes
1970	Lancer	Willie Sharpe	Episode: "Blue Skies for Willie Sharpe"
1970	Love, American Style	David Kaufman	Episode: "Love and the Coed Dorm/Love and the Optimist/Love and the Teacher"
1970	The Red Skelton Show	Lemonade Stand Proprietor	Episode: "Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make: So They Added Iron Bars"
1970	The Odd Couple	Randy Granger	Episode: "The Big Brothers"
1970	Family Affair	Tom Richards	Episode: "Say Uncle"
1971	Gunsmoke	Lonny	Episode: "Murdoch"
1971	The Mod Squad	Davey Carr	Episode: "The Price of Love"
1971	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Kimmy Rolf	Episode: "Tender Comrade"
1971	Night Gallery	Herbie Bittman	"The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes"
1971	Nanny and the Professor	Timmy McGovern	Episode: "One for the Road"
1971, 1973	Insight	Larry Gilprin	2 episodes
1973	The Rookies	Dennis Palmer	Episode: "Crossfire"
1973	The Red Pony	Jody Tiflin	Television film
1973–1974	The Streets of San Francisco	Billy Rudolph	2 episodes
1974	Doc Elliot	Paul Scarne	Episode: "A Small Hand of Friendship"
1974	The Cowboys	Steve	12 episodes
1974	Movin' On	Mark	Episode: "Life Line"
1975	Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	Andrew	Episode: "Wild Country: Part 2"
1975	Huckleberry Finn	Arch	Television film
1976, 1980	Happy Days	Moose	2 episodes
1977	The Death of Richie	Peanuts	Television film
1978	The Fitzpatricks	D'Annunzio	Episode: "A Living Wage"
1978	Cotton Candy	Corky Macpherson	Television film
1982	Lou Grant	Jerry Kovacovich	Episode: "Recovery"
1986–87	Gung Ho	Googie	9 episodes
1987	Sledge Hammer!	Police Officer	Episode: "State of Sledge"
1987	Santa Barbara	Marshall	Episode: "#1.677"
1990	Hunter	Man in Restaurant	Episode: "Kill Zone"
1992	Seinfeld	Tobias Lehigh Nagy	Episode: "The Trip" Part 2
1993–1994	Space Rangers	Mimmer	6 episodes
1994	Cheyenne Warrior	Otto Nielsen	Television film
1995	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Grady	Episode: "Past Tense"
1995	Married... with Children	Mullen	Episode: "And Bingo Was Her Game-O"
1995	Silk Stalkings	Craig P. Sykes	Episode: "Kill Shot"
1996	The Outer Limits	Dennis	Episode: "First Anniversary"
1996	Humanoids from the Deep	Deputy	Television film
1997	Gun	The Homeless Guy	Episode: "The Shot"
1998	From the Earth to the Moon	Paul Lucas	Miniseries
1998	Addams Family Reunion	Dogcatcher (uncredited)	Television film
1999	Total Recall 2070	Pontifex	Episode: "Baby Lottery"
1999	The Pretender	Smitty	Episode: "Qallupilluit"
2002	Star Trek: Enterprise	Muk	Episode: "Acquisition"
2003	Crossing Jordan	Gil Runkis	Episode: "The First Six Years"
2003, 2013	Arrested Development	Johnny Bark	2 episodes
2006, 2008	My Name Is Earl	Creepy Rodney	2 episodes
2009	Heroes	Tom Miller	Episode: "I Am Sylar"
2009	Fringe	Emmanuel Grayson	Episode: "The Road Not Taken"
2011	Workaholics	Replacement for Adam Demamp	Episode: "The Strike"
2013	Call Me Crazy: A Five Film	Harold	Television film
2013	Hawaii Five-0	Superintendent	Episode: "Kupouli 'la"; uncredited
2014	Key and Peele	Aerobic Director	Episode: "Aerobics Meltdown"
2014	The Birthday Boys	Traffic Control Operator	Episode: "Plight of the Working Class"

Direct-to-video

Year	Title	Role
1990	Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation	Ricky
1991	Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker	Ricky
2003	Beethoven's 5th	Owen Tuttle

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
1998	Tex Murphy: Overseer	Larry Hammond

References

1. "NBC Universal Media Village". NBC. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
2. http://www.amazon.com/Nobody-Gets-Alive-Clint-Howard/dp/B00A6SZRO0
3. "Conservative actors bemoan "intolerant" Hollywood". Retrieved January 30, 2011.
4. "Clint Howard Endorses Ted Cruz for President". tedcruz.org. Retrieved January 29, 2016.

External links

• Clint Howard at the Internet Movie Database
• Clint Howard at AllMovie