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Rance Howard

Rance Howard, born Harold Engle Beckenholdt, was an American character actor whose six-decade career spanned more than 250 film and television credits. He was the father of Ron and Clint Howard.

Rancho Notorious

Rancho Notorious (1952) is Fritz Lang's third and final Western, a Technicolor revenge tale starring Marlene Dietrich as outlaw-ranch owner Altar Keane, with Arthur Kennedy; known for its ballad narration and Chuck-a-Luck hideout.

Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany

Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany (born 1983), Irish peer, film director and rewilding advocate; heir to Dunsany Castle's 1,600-acre Meath estate, founder of Dunsany Productions, director of The Green Sea (2021), and vegan rewilding ('V-Wilding') pioneer.

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), aka My Partner the Ghost, is a 1969-70 ITC British detective series in which murdered private eye Marty Hopkirk returns as a ghost visible only to partner Jeff Randall; 26 episodes, remade by the BBC in 2000 with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer.

Randall Batinkoff

Randall Batinkoff (born 1968, Monticello, New York) is an American actor, producer, and director, known for For Keeps, School Ties, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Christy, and directing 37: A Final Promise and Inside Game.

Randall Duk Kim

Randall Duk Kim (김덕문), born 1943 in Honolulu, is a Korean-Chinese American actor: Keymaker in The Matrix Reloaded, voice of Master Oogway in Kung Fu Panda, and co-founder of American Players Theatre.

Randall Einhorn

Randall Einhorn, also credited as Randall Bain Einhorn, is an American TV director, cinematographer, and producer from Cincinnati, known for The Office, Wilfred, Fargo, and Abbott Elementary, with nine Primetime Emmy nominations.

Randall Emmett

Randall Emmett (Randall Ives Emmett, aka Ives, born 1971), American film producer and director, co-founder of Emmett/Furla Films, producer of Lone Survivor and The Irishman, later directing as Ives amid scandal coverage.

Randall Park

Randall Park, American actor, comedian, writer, and director born 1974 in Los Angeles to Korean immigrant parents; known as Louis Huang on Fresh Off the Boat, Kim Jong-un in The Interview, Jimmy Woo in the MCU, and director of Shortcomings.

Randall Wallace

Randall Wallace is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist best known for writing Braveheart, the 1995 Oscar-winning epic that brought him Academy and Golden Globe nominations.

Randee Heller

Randee Heller (born Randee Antzis, 1947, Brooklyn) is an American character actress: Alice on Soap, Lucille LaRusso in The Karate Kid films and Cobra Kai, and Emmy-nominated Miss Blankenship on Mad Men.

Randeep Hooda (रणदीप हुड्डा)

Randeep Hooda (रणदीप हुड्डा), born 1976 in Rohtak, Haryana, is a Hindi film actor, equestrian medalist, and director known for Monsoon Wedding, Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, Highway, Sarbjit, Extraction, and directing Swatantrya Veer Savarkar (2024).

Randhir Kapoor (रणधीर राज कपूर)

Randhir Kapoor (रणधीर राज कपूर), born 1947, is a Hindi film actor, producer, and director, eldest son of Raj Kapoor; debut Kal Aaj Aur Kal (1971), hits Jawani Diwani, produced Ram Teri Ganga Maili, directed Henna, head of RK Studios.

Randi Oakes

Randi Oakes (Betty Lee Oakes, born 1951, Sumner, Iowa) is a retired American actress and former model, best known as Officer Bonnie Clark on CHiPs (1979-1982) and as the wife of actor Gregory Harrison.

Randolph Mantooth

Randolph (Randy) Mantooth (1945–2026), American actor known as Johnny Gage on NBC's Emergency! (1972), later Loving and As the World Turns; lifelong EMS advocate who died July 9, 2026, in Ventura, California, age 80.

Randolph Scott

Randolph Scott (George Randolph Scott, 1898-1987) was an American film actor, star of more than 60 Westerns including the Ranown cycle with Budd Boetticher and Ride the High Country.

Random Hearts

Random Hearts is a 1999 American romantic drama directed by Sydney Pollack. It stars Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas as two strangers whose spouses die in a plane crash.

Randy Brooks (actor)

Randy Brooks (Frederick Randolph Brooks), American actor born 1950 in New York City; played Holdaway in Reservoir Dogs, Ron Delaney in Colors, and Nathan Hastings on The Young and the Restless; not the bandleader or Rand Brooks.

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, Disney XD animated series by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas (2012–2015, 100 episodes), about a freshman ninja protecting Norrisville from an 800-year-old Sorcerer, voiced by Ben Schwartz; produced by Titmouse and Boulder Media, now on Disney+.

Randy Harrison

Randy Harrison (Randolph Clarke Harrison), American actor born 1977 in Nashua, New Hampshire; Justin Taylor in Showtime's Queer as Folk (2000–2005); BFA from Cincinnati CCM; Broadway Wicked Boq, Cabaret Emcee, Berkshire Theatre Festival.

Randy Havens

Randy Havens (also credited Randall P. Havens), American character actor born 1977, best known as Mr. Scott Clarke on Netflix's Stranger Things; Atlanta-based, with credits in Halt and Catch Fire, Stargirl, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

Randy Meeks

Randy Meeks, also Randy Meeks rules character, is the horror-movie-geek played by Jamie Kennedy in Scream and Scream 2, famous for reciting the rules of surviving a horror film and killed in Scream 2.

Randy Quaid

Randy Quaid, also Randall R. Quaid, is an American actor born 1950, Oscar-nominated for The Last Detail, known for Cousin Eddie and Independence Day, whose later legal troubles and "star whackers" claims ended his Hollywood career.

Randy Spears

Randy Spears (Gregory Allan Deuschle, born 1961) is an American retired pornographic actor and director, AVN and XRCO Hall of Famer, Wicked Pictures contract star, and later ordained minister in Texas.

Randy Wagstaff

Randy Wagstaff, played by Maestro Harrell, is a fictional middle-school student in The Wire seasons 4-5, whose foster-care arc ends in a group home; David Simon confirmed Cheese Wagstaff is his father.

Randy Zisk

Randy Zisk (Randall Zisk), American TV director, producer, and writer born 1959 in Dallas; known for Monk (35 episodes, Emmy-nominated 2005), Lois & Clark, Bones, and Mr. Monk's Last Case (2023).

Rang De (రంగ్ దే)

Rang De (రంగ్ దే), also known as Mr & Mrs. Arjun, is a 2021 Telugu romantic comedy-drama directed by Venky Atluri, starring Nithiin and Keerthy Suresh as feuding neighbors who marry, released 26 March 2021 by Sithara Entertainments.

Rang De Basanti (रंग दे बसंती)

Rang De Basanti (रंग दे बसंती), also Paint It Yellow, is Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 2006 Hindi drama starring Aamir Khan, in which Delhi students cast as 1930s revolutionaries turn to real activism after a friend's MiG crash; it won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film and was India's 2006 Oscar entry.

Rang Ni Song Waimai, Ni Zhaixia Gaoling Zhihua

Rang Ni Song Waimai, Ni Zhaixia Gaoling Zhihua (让你送外卖,你摘下高岭之花) is a 2025 Chinese 91-episode short drama directed by Chen Yuezhen, starring Li Yuan and Tang Yanli, about a deliveryman in a contract marriage with a CEO; streamed on Hongguo and iQiyi.

Rang Rasiya (रंग रसिया)

Rang Rasiya (रंग रसिया), also Colours of Passion, is Ketan Mehta's 2014 Hindi biopic of painter Raja Ravi Varma, starring Randeep Hooda and Nandana Sen; delayed from 2008, it flopped with ₹4.8 crore nett and has no TV serial connection.