- Born: Dec 30, 1942 in San Diego, California
- Occupation: Actor
- Active: '80s-2000s
- Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
- Career Highlights: The Right Stuff, Thunderheart, Miami Blues
- First Major Screen Credit: Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
| Actor: Fred Ward |
| Filmography: Fred Ward |
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| Born | Freddie Joe Ward December 30, 1942 San Diego, California, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Marie-France Ward Silvia Ward |
Freddie Joe "Fred" Ward (born December 30, 1942) is an American actor. He began his career in 1979 alongside Clint Eastwood in Escape from Alcatraz.
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Ward was born Freddie Joe Ward[1] in San Diego, California, of part Cherokee descent.[2] Before acting, Ward spent three years in the United States Air Force. He was also a boxer, and worked as a lumberjack in Alaska.[3][4] Ward is divorced from Silvia Ward and is currently married to Marie-France Ward.
Ward became an actor after studying at Herbert Berghof Studio and in Rome. While in Italy. he dubbed Italian movies and worked as a mime until he made his debut in two Roberto Rossellini films. Upon returning stateside in the early 1970s, Ward spent time working in experimental theater and doing some television work. He made his first American film appearance playing a cowboy in
Other notable film roles include Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982) (written by Michael Nesmith of The Monkees fame and with whom Ward shares the same birthdate), astronaut Gus Grissom in The Right Stuff (1983), the overbearing father in Secret Admirer (1985), the character Remo Williams in the action movie Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985), Earl Bassett in Tremors (1990)
Ward and Peter Coyote both starred in Southern Comfort and Timerider. Both actors played characters called Reese in the two sex scenes
| Year | Film | Role | Chart Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Armored | Ashcroft | forthcoming film |
| 2008 | Management | Jerry | |
| Exit Speed | Sergeant Archie Sparks | ||
| 2007 | Feast of Love | Bat | |
| The Wild Stallion | Frank Mills | ||
| 2006 | ER | Eddie | TV Series |
| Grey's Anatomy: What I am | Mr. Denny Duquette, Sr. | TV Episode | |
| 2004 | The Last Ride | Darryl Kurtz | TV Event |
| 10.5 | Roy Nolan | TV Event | |
| Coast to Coast | Hal Kressler | TV Event | |
| 2003 | Masked & Anonymous | Drunk | 45 |
| T-20 Years and Counting | Gus Grissom/Himself (Archive Footage) | Documentary | |
| Realizing "The Right Stuff" | Himself | Documentary | |
| "Masked & Anonymous" Exposed | Special Thanks | Documentary | |
| 2002 | Live from Baghdad | (Archive Footage) | TV Special/Documentary |
| Enough | Jupiter | 5 | |
| Sweet Home Alabama | Earl Smooter | 1 | |
| A.K.A. Birdseye | Sheriff Nolan Sharpless | ||
| Abandon (film) | Lieutenant Bill Stayton | 7 | |
| 2001 | Summer Catch | Sean Dunne | 6 |
| Corky Romano | Leo Corrigan | 3 | |
| Joe Dirt | Joe's Dad | 4 | |
| Full Disclosure | John McWhirter | Direct-to-video | |
| Wild Iris | Errol Podubney | TV Event | |
| Dice | Gacy/Noah Aldis | TV-Mini-Series | |
| 2000 | The Crow: Salvation | John, the Police Captain | |
| Ropewalk | David's Father | ||
| The Chaos Factor | Max Camden | ||
| Circus | Elmo Somerset | 96 | |
| Road Trip | Earl Edwards | 3 | |
| Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis | "Black Jack" Bouvier | TV | |
| 1999 | The Crimson Code | Randall Brooks | |
| 1998 | The Making of Tremors | Himself/Earl Bassett (Archive Footage) | Documentary |
| The Vivero Letter | Andrew Fallon | ||
| Invasion: Earth (TV series) | Major General David Reece | TV-Mini-Series | |
| Dangerous Beauty | Domenico Venier | 16 | |
| 1997 | …First Do No Harm | Dave Reimüller | TV Event |
| Best Men | Sheriff Bud Phillips | ||
| Gun (TV Series): Father John | John Farragut | TV Episode | |
| 1996 | The West | Himself (voice) | Documentary |
| Chain Reaction | FBI Agent Leon Ford | 4 | |
| Tremors 2: Aftershocks | Earl Bassett | Direct-to-video | |
| 1995 | Un bruit qui rend fou | Frank, the sailor | Festival event |
| 1994 | Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | Rocco Dillon | 1 |
| 1993 | Luck, Trust & Ketchup | Himself | Documentary |
| Short Cuts | Stuart Kane | ||
| Two Small Bodies | Lieutenant Brann | Festival event, also TV production | |
| 1992 | Four Eyes and Six Guns | Wyatt Earp | TV |
| The Player | Walter Stuckel | 4 | |
| Equinox | Mr. Paris | ||
| Thunderheart | Jack Milton | 5 | |
| Bob Roberts | TV News Anchor Chip Daley | ||
| 1991 | Cast a Deadly Spell | Det. Harry Phillips Lovecraft | TV Event |
| The Dark Wind | Joe Leaphorn | ||
| 1990 | Henry & June | Henry Miller, Soundtrack | 10 |
| Miami Blues | Sgt. Hoke Moseley, Producer | ||
| 1990 | Tremors | Earl Bassett | 5 |
| 1988 | Catchfire | Police Officer Pauling | |
| The Prince of Pennsylvania | Gary Marshetta | ||
| Big Business | Roone Dimmick | 3 | |
| Off Limits | Sgt. Benjamin Dix | 4 | |
| 1987 | The Price of Life | Short feature | |
| The Hitchhiker: Dead Heat | Luther Redmond | TV Episode | |
| 1986 | Florida Straits | Lucky Boone | TV, Later Cinema |
| 1985 | Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins | Remo Williams, Samuel Edward Macon | 4 |
| Secret Admirer | Lt. Lou Fimple | 9 | |
| Noon Wine | Royal Earle Thompson | TV | |
| 1984 | Swing Shift | Archibald "Biscuits" Toue | 9 |
| 1983 | Silkwood | Morgan | 1 |
| Uncommon Valor | Wilkes | 5 | |
| The Right Stuff | Capt. Virgil Ivan Gus Grissom | 6 | |
| 1982 | Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann | Lyle Swan | |
| 1981 | Southern Comfort | Cpl. Lonnie Reece | |
| 1980 | UFOria | Waylon Jennings Imitator, Sheldon Bart | |
| Carny | Jack | ||
| Cardiac Arrest | Jamie | ||
| Belle Starr | Ned Christie | TV | |
| 1979 | Escape from Alcatraz | John Anglin | 1 |
| The Incredible Hulk | Henchman/Marvin | 2 TV Episodes | |
| 1978 | Tilt | ||
| Quincy M.E.: Even Odds | Crane | TV Episode | |
| 1975 | Sam | ||
| 1974 | Cartesius | TV | |
| 1973 | The Power of Cosimo (L' Eta di Cosimo de Medici | Niccolo de Conti | TV |
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