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Clint Howard
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| Clint Howard | |
| Born | April 20, 1959 (age 47) Burbank, California |
Clint Howard (born April 20, 1959) is an American actor. He was born in Burbank, California, the son of actor Rance Howard and the younger brother of actor-turned-director Ron Howard.
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As a child actor, Howard was the star of Gentle Ben. He was sometimes seen on The Andy Griffith Show as Leon, a toddler in a cowboy outfit who wandered freely around Mayberry and would silently offer people a bite of his sandwich. One of Howard's other roles as a child actor was the voice of the elephant Hathi's son Hathi, Jr. in 1967's The Jungle Book from Disney. He also was the voice of Roo in Disney's The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
Howard appeared in various Star Trek episodes:
- The Corbomite Maneuver, a first-season episode of Star Trek. He briefly reprises the character Balok he played on Comedy Central's roast of William Shatner;
- Past Tense Part II, a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode;
- "Acquisition", a first-season episode of Star Trek: Enterprise.
Howard appeared as a crazy thief, "Creepy Rodney", in an episode of My Name Is Earl, and as a serial killer on Seinfeld.
He also appeared as the character Johnny Bark in a first-season episode of Arrested Development, which was produced by his brother.
He appeared in an episode of Married...With Children as a creepy janitor.
Howard has appeared in many of his brother's films. Howard often plays unpleasant characters, including a callous morgue attendant in Backdraft, a sour Little League parent who taunts Steve Martin in Parenthood, an uncaring retirement home worker in Cocoon, and Flynn, a demanding, abusive factory overseer in Far and Away. He also appeared as the head usher in Get Crazy, a television director in EdTV, a Southern-fried college football fan in The Waterboy, Seymour Liebergot in Apollo 13, and a father of one of the main characters in Uwe Boll's Heart of America. He also had a recurring role in each of the Austin Powers movies. His unique looks have also garnered him both supporting and lead roles in various low budget horror films, including the title role of the Ice Cream Man, Ricky in parts 4 and five, and a role in House of the Dead.
In 1998, Clint Howard was awarded the MTV Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Phoenix, a Boston-based newspaper, listed Howard as 22nd in their list of "100 unsexiest men in the world," one spot behind his brother Ron.[1]
Mad magazine spoofed his cameo appearance in his brother's films with the article "The Clint Howard Collection".
- Clint plays a Level 70 Orc Hunter named Extas in World of Warcraft on the Dark Iron Server.
- Clint Howard at the Internet Movie Database
- About Me, Howard's biographical page from the website for The Clint Howard Variety Show
- Clint Howard article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.