Clint Howard, or Clinton Engle Howard, has been in the film industry since he was two years old. With loads of experience as an actor, both as a child and an adult, Clint Howard surely is a veteran in the industry. Both his parents were actors, and his brother, Ron Howard, is a director, producer, and actor with whom Clint has collaborated multiple times.
Clint Howard has acted in several films and television shows as well as lending his voice to many shows and films as a child actor. He has bagged several awards throughout his career.
Although he has a very private married life which has been little revealed to the public, Clint Howard’s political viewpoints are quite well known and have been discussed mainly because they are opposite to those of his brother’s.
Clint Howard Net Worth and Overview
Net Worth | $7 million |
Date of Birth | April 20, 1959 |
Age | 62 |
Height | 5 feet 6 inches |
Source of Wealth | Acting and film direction |
Country of Origin | United States of America |
Last Updated | 2021 |
Early Life
Clint Howard was born in Burbank, California, the USA into an acting-centric family. His father, Rance Howard, and his mother, Jean Speegle Howard, were both actors. His brother, Ron Howard, is also a film director, producer, and actor.
Ron is five years older than Clint, and they have collaborated on multiple projects together. Clint Howard went to R. L. Stevenson Elementary for his education. His nieces, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Paige Howard are also actors.
Career
Clint Howard started his film career at a very young age. When he was two, he made his film debut in the “The Jinx” episode of season two of “The Andy Griffith Show” which is a CBS sitcom. Since then, he starred in four other episodes of the sitcom. At that time, his brother, Ron Howard was also starring in the show as Opie Taylor.
He made his film debut in “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father” when he was three. During 1964 and 1965, Howard also took part in 26 episodes of “The Baileys of Balboa” which was another sitcom playing on CBS. He was also featured in “Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree” as the voice of Roo in 1966.
In 1967, he was featured as the voice of Hathi Jr. in Walt Disney’s “The Jungle Book”. He then continued featuring as the voice of Roo in the 1968 animated film “Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day” and the 1977 film “The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh”.
In 1977, Clint Howard took part in his brother, Ron’s first film as a director, “Grand Theft Auto”. Since then, he has collaborated with his brother in multiple projects, including films such as Splash, Backdraft, Far and Away, Apollo 13, and Solo: A Star Wars Story.
Howard has also made a multitude of guest appearances in television shows. He also took part in numerous Star Trek episodes. He has won several awards in his career. Most notably, he has bagged the MTC Movie Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998. His latest work has been American Pie Presents: Girls’ Rules that came out in 2020.
Highlights and Achievements
Clint Howard’s career had its fair share of highlights and achievements, and he received multiple awards. Below are the major highlights from Clint Howard’s career:
- In 1998, Clint Howard won the MTV Movie Award Lifetime Achievement
- In 2017, Howard won the Shocker Award of The Year in the Shockfest Film Festival, US for his movie Puppets.
- In 2015, Howard earned a nomination for the Best Actor Festival Award in the Horror hound Film Festival for his role in The Funhouse Massacre.
- In 2014, Howard earned a nomination for the Best Supporting Actor for his role in Sand Castles.
Age, Height, and Weight
Born on April 20, 1959, Clint Howard is 62 years old. His height is 5 feet and 6 inches, and he weighs 72 kilograms or 158 lbs.
Personal Life
Clint Howard has been married twice so far. His first wife is Melanie Sorich, with whom he tied the knot on October 29, 1995. Very little has been revealed about Melanie Sorich or their married life to the public life.
However, in 2017, Clint files for a divorce, and the case is still going on in court. In 2020, Howard got married to Kat C. Howard in a private ceremony in The Little Church of West in Las Vegas. Clint Howard does not have any children.
Howard often spends his leisure time golfing but had to halt the game due to a bad hip which led him to go through a replacement surgery.
Howard is also interested in making snow globes in the political arena, Clint Howard is a supporter of the Republican party while his brother, Ron, is a Democrat. In particular, he has been an advocate for US Senator Ted Cruz for Texas.
Criticism
There has not been much criticism in the media regarding Clint Howard because of his general clean slate with the law, and his super secretive private lives.
However, his political views, especially his political stance against his brother Ron Howard, have come into the limelight of discussion often. Clint Howard has been very open about his conservative political stance in public.
Clint Howard Net Worth in 2021
Clint Howard’s net worth as of 2021 is $7 million. His annual income is $3 million. The primary source of his earnings is the money he receives from royalties of his old films that he did, revenue from new projects, and sponsorship deals.
Although he worked a lot as a child actor, much of the work is now dated and it is likely that he does not receive much from those projects that are way back in the past. Yet, Clint Howard remains a big figure in Hollywood.
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