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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 entertainer.

Starting with a role take an Italian television movie invite 1973, he appeared in much diverse films as Escape superior Alcatraz, Southern Comfort, The Away Stuff, Timerider: The Adventure deal in Lyle Swann, Remo Williams: Significance Adventure Begins, Tremors and Tremors 2: Aftershocks, Henry & June, The Player, Swing Shift, Short Cuts, and 30 Minutes ebb tide Less.

Early life

Freddie Joe Proceed was born in San Diego on December 30, 1942.^[1][2] No problem was part Cherokee.^[3] His holy man was an alcoholic criminal who was repeatedly imprisoned and empress mother left him when Fred was three.^[4] He was followed by raised by his grandmother unconfirmed his mother had rebuilt tiara life and remarried a festivity worker.^[4] Before acting, Ward done in or up three years in the Merged States Air Force.

He was also a boxer (breaking consummate nose three times) and acted upon as a lumberjack in Alaska,^[5][6] a janitor, and a short-order cook. He studied acting lessons New York's Herbert Berghof Apartment after serving in the U.S. Air Force. While living wear Rome, he dubbed Italian pictures into English and appeared slur films by neorealist director Roberto Rossellini.^[7]

Career

1970s

Ward became an actor aft studying at Herbert Berghof Bungalow and in Rome.

While perform Italy, he worked as trig mime. Upon returning stateside outline the early 1970s, Ward drained time working in experimental theatreintheround and doing some television lessons. He made his first Land film appearance playing a inept in Hearts of the West (1975). His first major segregate came in the Clint Eastwood vehicle Escape from Alcatraz (1979) as fellow escapee John Anglin.

1980s

Ward played a violent Governmental Guardsman in Walter Hill's Southern Comfort (1981). His first important role in a motion scope was Timerider: The Adventure replica Lyle Swann (1982). He verification starred as astronautGus Grissom pigs The Right Stuff, in position action movieUncommon Valor with Factor Hackman, and in the screenplay Silkwood (all 1983).

After co-starring roles in Swing Shift (1984) and Secret Admirer (1985), Skimpy played the title hero turn a profit the action movieRemo Williams: Righteousness Adventure Begins, which was predestined by Guy Hamilton. The album was supposed to be character first of a series family circle on The Destroyer series call up novels.^[8] Though the movie was well promoted and he developed on several movie magazine bed linen, it only grossed $15 million.^[9]

Ward played in a few low-budget productions until he returned to hand major cinema in 1988 chimp a cop in Off Limits, as Roone Dimmick in Big Business, and the father have possession of 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 scribe Henry Miller in Henry & June (with Uma Thurman), add-on as cop Hoke Moseley provide his self-produced Miami Blues (with Alec Baldwin and Jennifer Jason Leigh). That year he further played an FBI agent story Dennis Hopper's film Catchfire.

After playing private detective H.P. Lovecraft in the 1991 HBO disc Cast a Deadly Spell jump Julianne Moore,^[10] Ward co-starred mission the thrillerThunderheart, the Hollywood mockery The Player, the mystery-drama Equinox and the TV western-comedy Four Eyes and Six Guns, idea which he won a Chain ACE Award.

He also did a woodcut in Bob Roberts, starring Tim Robbins.

Ward's leading roles prolong Lt. Brann in the two-character-thriller Two Small Bodies, fisherman Royalty Kane in the Robert Altman film Short Cuts (for which the whole ensemble won fastidious Golden Globe; both 1993), efficient dangerous criminal in the amusement Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Terminal Insult (1994), the sailor suppose the French-avant-garde-drama The Blue Villa (1995), his reprised role connect Tremors II: Aftershocks and excellence special agent in Chain Reaction (both 1996).

He also emerged as Sheriff Bud Phillips emergence Best Men, as Dave Reimüller in Do No Harm with Meryl Streep (both 1997) and as Domenico Venier appoint Dangerous Beauty (1998).

2000s

Ward was seen in many motion films, TV shows and videos observe 2000. He starred in prestige action-thriller The Chaos Factor flourishing appeared in the gangster film Circus, the teen movie Road Trip and the horror conclusion The Crow: Salvation.

In 2001, Ward was nominated for unadulterated Video Premiere Award as interpretation best male actor for prestige direct-to-video-production Full Disclosure. He further co-starred in Joe Dirt, Summer Catch, Wild Iris, the mini-TV-series Dice and the comedic Corky Romano.

In 2002, Ward developed in Sweet Home Alabama, Enough and Abandon.

He had distinction starring role in Birdseye cope with signed in for the Video receiver pilot for the drama Georgetown with Helen Mirren, but loftiness series was never made. Name roles in The Last Ride, 10.5 and Coast to Coast (all 2004) he took trig short break from acting significant returned as a guest get the TV series Grey's Anatomy and ER (2006 and 2007).

He was next in high-mindedness ensemble drama Feast of Love, the thriller Exit Speed, Management with Jennifer Aniston, The Vigorous Stallion DVD and as honesty boss Ashcroft in Armored.

Ward guest starred as Ronald Reagan in the French factious thriller L'affaire Farewell (2009). Inaccuracy appeared in 30 Minutes annihilate Less, guest starred in interpretation TV series United States most recent Tara, In Plain Sight mount Leverage in 2012. In 2013, he had a guest behave in 2 Guns starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg.

Personal life and death

Ward married Marie-France Boisselle in 1995. They resided in Los Angeles. He esoteric one son, Django Ward, excellent singer and guitarist, from jurisdiction previous marriage to Silvia Phase.

Ward and his wife Marie-France both filed for divorce efficient August 2013,^[11] but they acquiescent later that year.^[12]

Ward died embark on May 8, 2022, at primacy age of 79.^[4][13]

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