Clinton E. "Clint" Howard (born April 20, 1959) is an American film and television actor. He is a seasoned character actor with numerous brief appearances on television and films, usually noted for his unusual appearance. He has played many bit parts in movies directed by his brother, actor-turned-director Ron Howard. He is also the uncle of actress Bryce Dallas Howard.
Howard was born Clinton E. Howard in Burbank, California; the son of actors R...
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Clinton E. "Clint" Howard (born April 20, 1959) is an American film and television actor. He is a seasoned character actor with numerous brief appearances on television and films, usually noted for his unusual appearance. He has played many bit parts in movies directed by his brother, actor-turned-director Ron Howard. He is also the uncle of actress Bryce Dallas Howard.
Howard was born Clinton E. Howard in Burbank, California; the son of actors Rance Howard and Jean Speegle Howard, and the younger brother of actor-turned-director Ron Howard.
As a child actor, Howard starred on 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, to which they would respond saying "No thank you". 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 starred on Rod Serling...
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