Clinton Engle Howard (born April 20, 1959) is an American character
actor and comedian. He is the younger brother of actor and director
Ron Howard. He had roles in the films The Waterboy and Apollo 13, as
well as on TV shows, playing characters such as Mark Wedloe on Gentle
Ben, Stanley on The Baileys of Balboa (1964â€"1965), Steve on The
Cowboys (1974), and as Creepy Rodney on My Name Is Earl (2006â€"2008).
He has appeared in many films directed by his brother, Ron, as well as
many low-budget cult films.Born in Burbank, California, Howard's
parents are actors Rance Howard and Jean Speegle Howard and his older
brother is actor and filmmaker Ron Howard.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 thanks, Leon." 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, "Home is the Hunted" (1964).
actor and comedian. He is the younger brother of actor and director
Ron Howard. He had roles in the films The Waterboy and Apollo 13, as
well as on TV shows, playing characters such as Mark Wedloe on Gentle
Ben, Stanley on The Baileys of Balboa (1964â€"1965), Steve on The
Cowboys (1974), and as Creepy Rodney on My Name Is Earl (2006â€"2008).
He has appeared in many films directed by his brother, Ron, as well as
many low-budget cult films.Born in Burbank, California, Howard's
parents are actors Rance Howard and Jean Speegle Howard and his older
brother is actor and filmmaker Ron Howard.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 thanks, Leon." 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, "Home is the Hunted" (1964).
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