Clint Howard Biography

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Clinton E. "Clint" Howard (born April 20, 1959) is an American character actor who is known for his portrayal of Balok in the original Star Trek series and Johnson Ritter in the Austin Powers series. Since then, he has continued to make numerous appearances in television and radio, including many parts in films directed by his brother, actor and director Ron Howard.

Personal life

Howard was born in Burbank, California as the son of actors Rance Howard and Jean Speegle Howard, and the younger brother of actor-director Ron Howard. He attended Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary in Burbank. Howard has been married twice. His first marriage was from 1986 to 1987. He married Melanie Howard in 1995. An avid golfer, Howard boasts of playing 150 rounds a year. He is also known for his activity in the game World of Warcraft in which he plays under the name Extas of the guild "Peekay" on the Dark Iron realm.

Television

After starring on Gentle Ben, Howard appeared in 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. He was sometimes seen on The Andy Griffith Show as Leon, a toddler in a cowboy outfit who wandered freely around Mayberry and silently offered people a bite of his sandwich, to which they would respond, "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 played little Billy Taft the nephew of Dr, Richard Kimble in the season one episode of The Fugitive, "The Home is the Hunted" (1964). He also starred on Rod Serling's Night Gallery as Herbie: a ten-year-old boy who could predict the near future. In 1966, he guest starred in the short-lived The Jean Arthur Show sitcom on CBS in the episode entitled "My Client, the Rooster". One of Howard's other roles as a child actor was the voice of the elephant Hathi's son Hathi Jr. in the 1967 Walt Disney animated film The Jungle Book and the voice of Roo in Disney's animated featurettes 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).

Howard appeared in various Star Trek episodes:

• "The Corbomite Maneuver," a season one episode of Star Trek: The Original Series " He briefly reprised the character he played, Balok, 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

In 2003, he 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. Also, he 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". As a nod to 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 as the mysterious character he was discussing.) In 2012, Howard was featured in a television commercial for Amdro, an insecticide product.

Film

Clint appeared in 17 films that were directed by his brother, Ron Howard, including the first movie directed by his older brother"?a short film called Old Paint"?when Clint was 10. He also starred in Ron's first full-length feature, Grand Theft Auto. Other roles in the elder Howard's films include: a retirement home worker in Cocoon (1985), in both the 1986 film Gung Ho and the television series, a morgue attendant in Backdraft (1991), a Little League parent who taunts Steve Martin in Parenthood, a factory overseer in Far and Away (1992), flight controller Seymour Liebergot in Apollo 13 (1995), a television director in EDtv (1999), the mayor's assistant in How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000). In 2003, he had a part in the movie The Missing, as Ollie in 2008's Frost/Nixon, and a plant specialist in the 2011 comedy The Dilemma. He also played the role of 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 the original Eaglebaur in the 1979 film Rock 'n' Roll High School; appeared as the head usher in Get Crazy; a Southern-fried college football fan in The Waterboy; a father of one of the main characters in Uwe Boll's Heart of America; Played Slinky as Sylvester Stallone's cellmate in "Tango & Cash"; a radio DJ in That Thing You Do!; a space tracking agent in the Austin Powers series; another flight controller Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian; a cross-dressing man named 'Nipples' in Little Nicky; the title character in the 1995 low-budget comedy-horror film Ice Cream Man; he played Rughead, a nervous and often annoying auto technician in the 1986 science fiction film The Wraith; the title role of Stanley Coopersmith in the horror movie Evilspeak; Kate the Caterer in The Cat in the Hat; featured briefly in Rob Zombie's Halloween; and appeared in the romantic comedies Play the Game and Speed-Dating. Clint also played Sanders on Alabama Moon. Howard played Dr. Owen in the independent horror film Nobody Gets Out Alive which was written and directed by filmmaker Jason Christopher and was released nationwide on February 26, 2013. The film made it rounds in the film festival circuit in 2012 and has won two best feature awards, a best director award, and a best actor award.

Music

In 1981, Clint formed The Kempsters, a New Wave rock and roll group. The band was composed mostly of Clint's friends who were neighbors with him on Kemp Street, hence the band's name. In 1982, their original drummer, Mike "Spooner" Bauer, was replaced by Tony Rodriquez, and the band began to play regularly at Madame Wong's West. Clint retired the band in 1983. Although The Kempsters never released an album while together, Clint Howard has recently begun distributing a CD featuring four tracks the band recorded in various studios and seven tracks recorded live on October 17, 1982 at Madame Wong's. Clint is currently selling autographed copies of the album, which is titled No Brains At All.

Recognition

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

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1963	The Courtship of Eddie's Father	Child Party Guest	Film debut, uncredited
1966	Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree	Roo	voice
1967	The Jungle Book	Hathi Jr.	voice
1976	Eat My Dust!	George Poole Jr.
1977	Grand Theft Auto	Ace
	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
	The Wraith	Rughead
1987	End of the Line	Les Sullivan
1988	Freeway	Ronnie
1989	Parenthood	Lou
	Tango & Cash	Slinky
1990	Disturbed	Brian
1991	Backdraft	Ricco
	The Rocketeer	Mark
1992	Far and Away	Flynn
1993	Carnosaur	'Slim' Friar
1994	Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter	Gary
	The Paper	Ray Blaisch
	Leprechaun 2	Tourist
1995	Ice Cream Man	Gregory Tudor
	Forget Paris	Exterminator
	Apollo 13	Sy Liebergot
1996	Barb Wire	Schmitz
	Unhook the Stars	Gus
	That Thing You Do!	KJZZ Disc Jockey
	Santa with Muscles	Hinkley
1997	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	Johnson Ritter
1998	Twilight	EMS Worker
	Telling You	Customer	uncredited
	Addams Family Reunion	Dogcatcher	uncredited
	Chow Bella	Clint
	The Waterboy	Paco
	The Dentist 2	Mr. Toothache
1999	EDtv	Ken
	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	Johnson Ritter
2000	My Dog Skip	Millard
	The Million Dollar Kid	Harvey
	Little Nicky	Nipples
	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Whobris
2001	Blackwoods	Greg
2002	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Johnson Ritter
	Heart of America	Artie Lynne
	100 Women	Mr. Willens
2003	Pauly Shore is Dead	Pauly's Business Manager
	House of the Dead	Salish
	The Cat in the Hat	Kate the Caterer
	The Missing	Sheriff Purdy
2004	Raising Genius	Mr. Goss
2005	River's End	Mr. Powell
	My Big Fat Independent Movie	The Mechanic
	Cinderella Man	Referee
	Fun with Dick and Jane	INS Agent
2006	Church Ball	Gene Jensen
	Curious George	Balloon Man	voice
	How to Eat Fried Worms	Uncle Ed
	Big Bad Wolf	Fulton Chaney
2007	Music Within	Clerk
	Halloween	Dr. Koplenson
	A Plumm Summer	Binky the Clown
2008	Foreign Exchange	Long Larry
	Frost/Nixon	Lloyd Davis
2009	London Betty	Narrator	voice
	Play the Game	Dick
	Super Capers	Mugger
	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Air and Space Mission Control Tech #1
	Alabama Moon	Constable Sanders
	The Haunted World of El Superbeasto	Cthulu	Voice
2010	Holyman Undercover	Roy Sr.
	Speed-Dating	Dom
2011	The Dilemma	Herbert Trimpy
	Blubberella	Dr. Mangler
2013	Last Call	George
2014	Sand Castles	Todd Carlson

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1962"64	The Andy Griffith Show	Leon	4 episodes
1964"65	The Baileys of Balboa	Stanley
1966	The Virginian	Manny	Episode: "Ride a Cock-Horse to Laramie Cross"
1966	The Jean Arthur Show	Robbie Fielding	Episode: "My Client, the Rooster"
1967"69	Gentle Ben	Mark Wedloe
1967	Star Trek: The Original Series	Balok	Episode: "The Corbomite Maneuver"
1970	The Odd Couple	Randy Granger	Episode: "The Big Brothers"
1971	The Mod Squad	Davey Carr	Episode: "The Price of Love"
1973	The Red Pony Streets of San Francisco	Jody Tiflin Billy Rudolph	TV film Episode: "The House on Hyde Street"
1975	Huckleberry Finn	Arch	TV film
1976	Happy Days	Moose	Episode: "Bringing Up Spike"
1977	The Death of Richie	Peanuts	TV film
1978	The Fitzpatricks	D'Annunzio	Episode: "A Living Wage"
1986"87	Gung Ho	Googie
1987	Sledge Hammer!	Police Officer	Episode: "State of Sledge"
1992	Seinfeld	Tobias Lehigh Nagy	Episode: "The Trip" Part 2
1993"94	Space Rangers	Mimmer
1994	Cheyenne Warrior	Otto Nielsen	TV film
1995	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Grady	Episode: "Past Tense"
	Married... with Children	Mullen	Episode: "And Bingo Was Her Game-O"
2002	Star Trek: Enterprise	Muk	Episode: "Acquisition"
	Everybody Loves Raymond	Himself	Episode: "The First Six Years"
2003	Arrested Development	Johnny Bark	Episode: "Key Decisions"
2005	My Name Is Earl	Creepy Rodney	2 episodes
2009	Fringe	Emmanuel Grayson	Episode: "The Road Not Taken"
2011	Workaholics	Replacement for Adam Demamp	Episode: "The Strike"

Direct-to-video

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1990	Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation	Ricky
1991	Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker	Ricky
1995	Fist of the North Star	Stalin
2003	Beethoven's 5th	Owen Tuttle
2009	The Haunted World of El Superbeasto	Joe Chtulu
2010	Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!	Farmer Dan
	BloodRayne: The Third Reich	Dr. Mangler
2013	Nobody Gets Out Alive	Dr. Owen	VOD and DVD