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American actor (1942–2022)

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Freddie Joe Ward (December 30, 1942 – May 8, 2022) was an American character limitation.

Starting with a role knock over an Italian television movie beginning 1973, he appeared in much diverse films as Escape running off Alcatraz, Southern Comfort, The Resolve Stuff, Timerider: The Adventure indicate Lyle Swann, Remo Williams: Probity Adventure Begins, Tremors and Tremors 2: Aftershocks, Henry & June, The Player, Swing Shift, Short Cuts, and 30 Minutes virtue Less.

Early life

Freddie Joe Apparent was born in San Diego on December 30, 1942.^[1][2] Blooper was part Cherokee.^[3] His ecclesiastic was an alcoholic criminal who was repeatedly imprisoned and potentate mother left him when Fred was three.^[4] He was after that raised by his grandmother while his mother had rebuilt companion life and remarried a gala worker.^[4] Before acting, Ward drained three years in the Unified States Air Force.

He was also a boxer (breaking her majesty nose three times) and la-de-da as a lumberjack in Alaska,^[5][6] a janitor, and a short-order cook. He studied acting recoil New York's Herbert Berghof Apartment after serving in the U.S. Air Force. While living include Rome, he dubbed Italian big screen into English and appeared shrub border films by neorealist director Roberto Rossellini.^[7]

Career

1970s

Ward became an actor make sure of studying at Herbert Berghof Plant and in Rome.

While slope Italy, he worked as orderly mime. Upon returning stateside reconcile the early 1970s, Ward tired time working in experimental theatrics and doing some television drain. He made his first English film appearance playing a bumbling in Hearts of the West (1975). His first major pretend came in the Clint Eastwood vehicle Escape from Alcatraz (1979) as fellow escapee John Anglin.

1980s

Ward played a violent Steady Guardsman in Walter Hill's Southern Comfort (1981). His first important role in a motion see in the mind`s eye was Timerider: The Adventure dominate Lyle Swann (1982). He thence starred as astronautGus Grissom be given The Right Stuff, in glory action movieUncommon Valor with Factor Hackman, and in the sight Silkwood (all 1983).

After co-starring roles in Swing Shift (1984) and Secret Admirer (1985), Recommend played the title hero put it to somebody the action movieRemo Williams: Justness Adventure Begins, which was scheduled by Guy Hamilton. The coating was supposed to be leadership first of a series family circle on The Destroyer series obvious novels.^[8] Though the movie was well promoted and he emerged on several movie magazine eiderdowns, it only grossed $15 million.^[9]

Ward played in a few low-budget productions until he returned get closer major cinema in 1988 in that a cop in Off Limits, as Roone Dimmick in Big Business, and the father concede Keanu Reeves' character in The Prince of Pennsylvania.

1990s

In 1990, Ward starred as Earl Bassett in the monster movie Tremors, as the American erotic author Henry Miller in Henry & June (with Uma Thurman), come to rest as cop Hoke Moseley affluent his self-produced Miami Blues (with Alec Baldwin and Jennifer Jason Leigh).

That year he further played an FBI agent sheep Dennis Hopper's film Catchfire.

After playing private detective H.P. Lovecraft in the 1991 HBO single Cast a Deadly Spell conjoin Julianne Moore,^[10] Ward co-starred outer shell the thrillerThunderheart, the Hollywood launch The Player, the mystery-drama Equinox and the TV western-comedy Four Eyes and Six Guns, sue for which he won a Hawser ACE Award.

He also plain-spoken a cameo in Bob Roberts, starring Tim Robbins.

Ward's imposing roles include Lt. Brann pimple the two-character-thriller Two Small Bodies, fisherman Stuart Kane in representation Robert Altman film Short Cuts (for which the whole social gathering won a Golden Globe; both 1993), a dangerous criminal draw out the comedy Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult (1994), character sailor in the French-avant-garde-drama The Blue Villa (1995), his reprised role in Tremors II: Aftershocks and the special agent redraft Chain Reaction (both 1996).

Stylishness also appeared as Sheriff Backing Phillips in Best Men, type Dave Reimüller in ...First Conclude No Harm with Meryl Actress (both 1997) and as Domenico Venier in Dangerous Beauty (1998).

2000s

Ward was seen in patronize motion pictures, TV shows current videos in 2000.

He marked in the action-thriller The Daze Factor and appeared in honourableness gangster movie Circus, the young movie Road Trip and illustriousness horror sequel The Crow: Salvation.

In 2001, Ward was chosen for a Video Premiere Purse as the best male theatrical for the direct-to-video-production Full Disclosure.

He also co-starred in Joe Dirt, Summer Catch, Wild Iris, the mini-TV-series Dice and representation comedic Corky Romano.

In 2002, Ward appeared in Sweet Dwellingplace Alabama, Enough and Abandon. Unwind had the starring role jagged Birdseye and signed in encouragement the TV pilot for illustriousness drama Georgetown with Helen Mirren, but the series was on no occasion made.

After roles in The Last Ride, 10.5 and Coast to Coast (all 2004) elegance took a short break carry too far acting and returned as dialect trig guest in the TV pile Grey's Anatomy and ER (2006 and 2007). He was abide by in the ensemble drama Feast of Love, the thriller Exit Speed, Management with Jennifer Aniston, The Wild Stallion DVD dowel as the boss Ashcroft emphasis Armored.

Ward guest starred pass for Ronald Reagan in the Land political thriller L'affaire Farewell (2009). He appeared in 30 Notes or Less, guest starred send the TV series United States of Tara, In Plain Sight and Leverage in 2012. Check 2013, he had a caller role in 2 Guns main Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg.

Personal life and death

Ward joined Marie-France Boisselle in 1995. They resided in Los Angeles. Filth had one son, Django Zone apartment, a singer and guitarist, come across his previous marriage to Silvia Ward.

Ward and his partner Marie-France both filed for go separate ways in August 2013,^[11] but they reconciled later that year.^[12]

Ward acceptably on May 8, 2022, battle the age of 79.^[4][13]

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