Lyman Ward (June 21, 1941) is a Canadian actor best known for Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Not Another Teen Movie (2001), and Independence Day (1996).
He was married to actress Cindy Pickett and they have two children.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1973: Coffy as Orderly
- 1976: Having Babies as Dr. Cabe
- 1977: The Great Smokey Roadblock as Leland
- 1978: Man From Atlantis as Clavius
- 1980: The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood as Real Estate Agent
- 1981: Whose Life Is It Anyway as Emergency Room Doctor
- 1983: Love Letters as Morgan Crawford
- 1983: Now Were Cookin as Cookie Wendell
- 1983: A Girls Life as Mr. Brooks
- 1984: Moscow To The Hudson as Agent Williams
- 1984: WALTER as Bigelow
- 1984: Protocol as Sen. Kenworthy
- 1985: Creature as David Perkins
- 1985: A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge as Mr. Grady
- 1986: Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Tom Bueller
- 1987: Planes, Trains and Automobiles as John (Uncredited Role)
- 1988: Shes Having A Baby as Lyman Ward (uncredited)
- 1988: Perfect Victims as Steven Hack
- 1988: Milk And Honey as Adam Bernardi
- 1989: Riding The Edge as John Harman
- 1989: Dick Francis In The Frame as Don Stuart
- 1990: Best Shots as Roger Boro
- 1991: Tagget as Bill Schiller
- 1991: Guilty As Charged as Stanford
- 1991: Sweet Poison as Warden
- 1991: The Taking of Beverly Hills as Chief Healy
- 1992: Mikey as Mr. Jenkins
- 1992: Sleepwalkers as Mr. Robertson
- 1993: The Beverly Hillbillies as Chief Gallo
- 1994: No Dessert Dad Till You Mow The Lawn as Larry
- 1994: The Force as Maddox
- 1995: The Wrong Woman as Jonah Slide
- 1995: Serial Killer as Dr. Harvard Jankowitz
- 1996: A Stranger To Love as Handley
- 1996: The Siege At Ruby Ridge as Ross Jones
- 1996: Independence Day as Secret Service Guy
- 1996: The Secret Agent Club as SHADOW General
- 2001: Not Another Teen Movie as Mr. Wyler
- 2004: Quiet Kill as Dr. Rubin
- 2005: Rumor Has It... as Charity Dinner Guest
- 2009: Two Thirteen as Police Captain
- 2010: Privileged as Principal DeWalt
- 2013: Farah Goes Bang as Walter
- 2022: In the Forest as Grandpa Stan
Television Roles
- 1971: Bonanza as Pete
- 1972: The Delphi Bureau as Moretti
- 1975: One Day at a Time (1975) as Steve Blanchard
- 1976: Laverne & Shirley as Tad Shotz
- 1977: Police Story (1973) as Officer Harris
- 1977: Kojak as Larry Jordan
- 1978: Alice as Burt Gilman
- 1979: Battlestar Galactica (1978) as Pallion/Karibdis
- 1980-1982: Barney Miller as Harv Jetter/Len Macready (2 episodes)
- 1981: The Phoenix as Howard
- 1982: Cagney & Lacey as Arthur Barret
- 1982: Remington Steele as Russell Forsyth
- 1983: Hart to Hart as Lt. Draper
- 1985: Dallas as Norman
- 1985: Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Uncle Jack
- 1985: Night Court as Commander Tucker
- 1985: Faerie Tale Theatre as Pub Man
- 1985-1986: Santa Barbara as Doctor/Kirk's Doctor (3 episodes)
- 1986: The A-Team as Eisher
- 1986: Silver Spoons as Mr. Burton
- 1986: Scarecrow and Mrs. King as Maxwell Falcon
- 1987: Magnum, P.I. as Frank Foley
- 1987: Trying Times as George Stone
- 1987: Shes The Sheriff as Commissioner McKinney
- 1988-1989: thirtysomething as Jack Bronstein (2 episodes)
- 1989: Family Ties as John Willis
- 1989: ABC Afterschool Specials as Chris Adams
- 1989: Matlock as Arthur Richardson
- 1990: Street Legal as Timothy Winston
- 1990: Open House as Dr. Parker
- 1991: WIOU as Wes
- 1991-1995: Murder, She Wrote as Walter Ickes/Colin Crowe/Mitchell Lawrence (3 episodes)
- 1992: The Wonder Years as Ben Aidem
- 1993: Melrose Place as Doug Vincent
- 1994: Dave's World as Chuck
- 1994: Weird Science as Coach Armstrong
- 1994: Silk Stalkings as Douglas Morgan
- 1995: Models Inc. as Jack Michaels
- 1995: Pig Sty as Jock Morris
- 1996: The Faculty as Tom
- 1999: The Practice as Mr. Hayes
- 2001: Black Scorpion as Judge Cheetum
- 2001-2003: JAG as Maj. Gen. Chad Kubin/Roger Morris (3 episodes)
- 2002: First Monday as Justice Brian Chandler
- 2005: The Suite Life of Zack & Cody as George Harrington
- 2008: Monk as Mr. Carlson
- 2014: Legit as Ted
- 2015: Transparent as Dean Carl Spitzer
Shorts
- 1987: Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall as Dick Tratten
- 2008: Twilight as Henry
