

He played everything from an astronaut, cowboy, Vietnam war soldier, a chain-smoking police detective-turned-assassin to a hero battling giant worms, the release said. Li Veteran actor Fred Ward, who parlayed rugged everyman looks into a lengthy career playing everything from historic American heroes to a monster-fighting. “The unique thing about Fred Ward is that you never knew where he was going to pop up, so unpredictable were his career choices,” the release said. Credit: APīut his breakthrough role came when he played opposite Clint Eastwood in the 1979 film Escape from Alcatraz. Fred Ward's breakthrough role came when he played in the 1979 film Escape from Alcatraz. He made his first US film appearance playing a cowboy in the 1975 film, Hearts of the West. Ward was 79 when he passed away on Sunday. Veteran actor Fred Ward, who parlayed rugged everyman looks into a lengthy career playing everything from historic American heroes to a monster-fighting repairman, has died, his representative said Friday.
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Ward’s professional film career began in the. The actor’s publicist confirmed that he died on Sunday (8 May). His career spanned more than four decades, starting with foreign films in the early 1970s and stretched through 2015 with his final role in the television series True Detective, according to his online IMBD page. Fred Ward, star of 'Tremors' and 'The Right Stuff,' dies at 79. Fred Ward, star of films such as The Right Stuff and Tremors, has died, aged 79.
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Ward is survived by his wife of 27 years, Marie-France Ward and his son Django Ward.Stream the world's best reality, entertainment and true crime shows for free on 7Bravo on 7plus > "He could play such diverse characters as Remo Williams, a cop trained by Chiun, Master of Sinanju (Joel Grey) to become an unstoppable assassin in Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, or Earl Bass, who, alongside Kevin Bacon, battle giant, worm-like monsters hungry for human flesh in 'cult' horror/comedy film, Tremors (1990), or a detective in the indie film Two Small Bodies (1993) directed by underground filmmaker Beth B., or a terrorist planning to blow up the Academy Awards in The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994), or the father of the lead character in Jennifer Lopez's revenge thriller Enough (2002)." "The unique thing about Fred Ward is that you never knew where he was going to pop up, so unpredictable were his career choices," Hofmann wrote in an email.
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movie debut as a convict alongside Clint Eastwood in Escape from Alcatraz in 1979. Publicist Ron Hofmann confirmed to USA Today that Ward died Sunday. News Obituaries Fred Ward (19422022), star of The Right Stuff By Kirk Fox 0 Fred Ward was a longtime character actor who had starring roles in The Right Stuff. That led to a few appearances in TV productions by Italian neorealist pioneer Roberto Rossellini. Fred Ward, a character actor and producer who starred in The Right Stuff, Tremors and Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, has died at 79. Air Force, Ward went to acting school and got his start when he moved to Rome as a young man and worked as a mime, then a voice-over actor. A former boxer, lumberjack and short-order cook who served in the U.S. Ward brought reservoirs of tenderness to his tough guy roles, and plenty of street credibility. The star, who brought gentlemanly gruffness to films that included The Right Stuff, Henry and June and The Player died Sunday, May 8 at the age of 79.

Actor Fred Ward has died, according to his publicist, Ron Hofmann.
