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| 3 | Frederick Joseph Ward (December 30, 1942 – May 13, 2022) was an American character actor, producer, and model of Irish and Cherokee descent. |
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| 5 | He was best known for ''Film/SouthernComfort'', ''Film/TheRightStuff'', ''Film/RemoWilliamsTheAdventureBegins'', ''Film/{{Tremors}}'', ''Film/HenryAndJune'', ''Film/ThePlayer'', and ''Film/ShortCuts''. |
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| 7 | He was married to Carla Evonne Stewart, Silvia Ward, and Marie-France Boisslle and had one child. |
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| 9 | He can be considered to be a SpiritualPredecessor to Creator/FrankGrillo, due to the CelebrityResemblance between the two in terms of grizzled physical appearances with those intense eyes and sly grins and their similar filmographies of physically-demanding tough guy and action roles. |
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| 11 | He passed away on May 13, 2022 at age 79. |
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| 14 | !!Filmography: |
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| 16 | |
| 17 | [[folder:Film roles]] |
| 18 | * ''Film/GingerInTheMorning'' as Truck Driver |
| 19 | * ''Film/HeartsOfTheWest'' as Sam (UncreditedRole) |
| 20 | * ''Film/EscapeFromAlcatraz'' as UsefulNotes/JohnAnglin |
| 21 | * ''Film/{{Carny}}'' as Jack |
| 22 | * ''Film/CardiacArrest'' as Jamie |
| 23 | * ''Film/SouthernComfort'' as Reece |
| 24 | * ''Film/TimeriderTheAdventureOfLyleSwann'' as Lyle Swann |
| 25 | * ''Film/{{Silkwood}}'' as Morgan |
| 26 | * ''Film/UncommonValor'' as Wilkes |
| 27 | * ''Film/TheRightStuff'' as UsefulNotes/GusGrissom |
| 28 | * ''Film/SwingShift'' as Archibald "Biscuits" Toue |
| 29 | * ''Film/RemoWilliamsTheAdventureBegins'' as Remo Williams |
| 30 | * ''Film/SecretAdmirer'' as Lou Fimple |
| 31 | * ''Film/{{UFOria}}'' as Sheldon Bart |
| 32 | * ''Film/{{Catchfire}}'' as Pauling |
| 33 | * ''Film/ThePrinceOfPennsylvania'' as Gary Marshetta |
| 34 | * ''Film/BigBusiness1988'' as Roone Dimmick |
| 35 | * ''Film/OffLimits'' as Dix |
| 36 | * ''Film/HenryAndJune'' as Henry Miller |
| 37 | * ''Film/MiamiBlues'' as Sgt. Hoke Moseley |
| 38 | * ''Film/{{Tremors}}'' as Earl Bassett |
| 39 | * ''Film/CastADeadlySpell'' as Det. Harry Philip Lovecraft (TV Film) |
| 40 | * ''Film/TheDarkWind'' as Joe Leaphorn |
| 41 | * ''Film/FourEyesAndSixGuns'' as Wyatt Earp (TV Movie) |
| 42 | * ''Film/ThePlayer'' as Walter Stuckel |
| 43 | * ''Film/{{Equinox}}'' as Mr. Paris |
| 44 | * ''Film/{{Thunderheart}}'' as Jack Milton |
| 45 | * ''Film/BobRoberts'' as Chip Daley |
| 46 | * ''Film/ShortCuts'' as Stuart Kane |
| 47 | * ''[[Film/TheNakedGun Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult]]'' as Rocco Dillon |
| 48 | * ''Film/ChainReaction'' as FBI Agent Leon Ford |
| 49 | * ''Film/TheCrimsonCode'' as Randall Brooks |
| 50 | * ''Film/RoadTrip'' as Earl Edwards |
| 51 | * ''Film/JoeDirt'' as Cody Nunamaker |
| 52 | * ''Film/FullDisclosure'' as John [=McWhirter=] |
| 53 | * ''Film/CorkyRomano'' as Leo Corrigan |
| 54 | * ''Film/{{Enough}}'' as Jupiter |
| 55 | * ''Film/SweetHomeAlabama'' as Earl Smooter |
| 56 | * ''Film/CoastToCoast'' as Hal Kressler (TV Movie) |
| 57 | * ''Film/FeastOfLove'' as Bat Gamlen |
| 58 | * ''Film/ExitSpeed'' as Sergeant Archie Sparks |
| 59 | * ''Film/TheWildStallion'' as Frank Mills |
| 60 | * ''Film/TwoGuns'' as Admiral Tuwey |
| 61 | [[/folder]] |
| 62 | |
| 63 | [[folder:Television roles]] |
| 64 | * ''Series/QuincyME'' as Hostage Taker (1 episode) |
| 65 | * ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' as Lynch's Henchman/Marvin (2 episodes) |
| 66 | * ''Series/AmericanPlayhouse'' as Royal Earle/Mr. Crouch (2 episodes) |
| 67 | * ''Series/TheHitchhiker'' as Luther Redmond (1 episode) |
| 68 | * ''Series/{{ER}}'' as Eddie Wyczenski (3 episodes) |
| 69 | * ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' as Denny Duquette Sr. (1 episode) |
| 70 | * ''Series/UnitedStatesOfTara'' as Frank (2 episodes) |
| 71 | * ''Series/InPlainSight'' as Frank Jergens/Frank Jerome (1 episode) |
| 72 | * ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' as Steve Reynolds (1 episode) |
| 73 | * ''Series/TrueDetective'' as Eddie Velcoro (2 episodes) |
| 74 | [[/folder]] |
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