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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.

Television

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. 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 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.

Film

Howard appears in minor or supporting roles in many of his brother's films; as of 2006, the Internet Movie Database lists eighteen such films.

Among his more prominent roles was as a television director who lives by the job in EdTV, a southern fried college football fan in The Waterboy, a character based on Seymour Liebergot in Apollo 13, and a veteran morgue doctor in Backdraft. He also played the father of one of the main characters in Uwe Boll's Heart of America.

He has also appeared in each of the Austin Powers movies.

Clint has also had major roles in many low-budget horror movies including the title role of the Ice Cream Man, Ricky in part 4 and five of the Silent Night, Deadly Night series, and a role in House of the Dead.

Recognition

In 1998, Clint Howard was awarded the MTV Lifetime Achievement Award. In previous years the award was given as a joke. However, MTV realized that by giving the award to Clint they had legitimized the category and so they removed the category the following year.

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.http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid7852.html

Mad Magazine spoofed his cameo appearance in his brother's films with the article "The Clint Howard Collection".

References

External links

• About Me, Howard's biographical page from the website for The Clint Howard Variety Show

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