Clint Howard - Television

Television

As a child actor, Howard starred on Gentle Ben. He also 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 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.