Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-12-30

Deathday

2022-05-08 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

San Diego, California, USA

Also Known As

Freddie Joe "Fred" Ward
فرد وارد

Fred Ward

Biography

Fred Ward (December 30, 1942 - May 5, 2022) was an American actor. He began his career in 1979 alongside Clint Eastwood in Escape from Alcatraz. He was best known for his starring roles in the motion pictures Remo Williams, Tremors, Henry & June, Short Cuts, The Right Stuff and Exit Speed. Ward also acted in European movies.

Known For

8.2%

Grey's Anatomy

Mar 27, 2005

6.5%

2 Guns

Aug 2, 2013

8.3%

True Detective

Jan 12, 2014

6.9%

Tremors

Jan 19, 1990

7.5%

Escape from Alcatraz

Jun 22, 1979

6.5%

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Mar 18, 1994

6.2%

Road Trip

May 19, 2000

5.8%

30 Minutes or Less

Aug 11, 2011

6.4%

Sweet Home Alabama

Sep 26, 2002

6.7%

Enough

May 21, 2002

5.7%

Chain Reaction

Aug 2, 1996

6.3%

Tremors 2: Aftershocks

Apr 9, 1996

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Acting

2014

True Detective as Eddie Velcoro

2013

2 Guns as Admiral Tuwey

2011

30 Minutes or Less as The Major

2009		Armored as Duncan Ashcroft
2009		The Wild Stallion as Frank
2009		Farewell as Ronald Reagan
2009		Management as Jerry

2008

Exit Speed as Sgt. Archie Sparks

2007

Feast of Love as Bat

2005

Grey's Anatomy as Denny Duquette, Sr.

2004		Funky Monkey as Don Decker (scenes deleted)
2004		The Last Ride as Darryl Kurtz
2004		10.5 as Roy Nolan
2004		Coast to Coast as Hal Kressler

2003

Masked and Anonymous as Drunk

2002		Abandon as Bill Stayton
2002		Sweet Home Alabama as Earl Smooter
2002		Birdseye as Nolan Sharpless
2002		Enough as Jupiter

2001		Dice as Gacy/Noah Aldis
2001		Corky Romano as Leo Corrigan
2001		Summer Catch as Sean Dunne
2001		Full Disclosure as John McWhirter
2001		Joe Dirt as Joe's Dad
2001		Wild Iris as Errol Podubney

2000		Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis as John Vernon "Black Jack" Bouvier III
2000		The Vivero Letter as Andrew Fallon
2000		Road Trip as Earl Edwards
2000		Circus as Elmo
2000		The Chaos Factor as Max Camden
2000		The Crow: Salvation as The Captain
2000		Altman on His Own Terms as Self

1999

Red Team as Randall Brooks

1998		The Crow: Stairway to Heaven as capitaine des forces de Police
1998		Invasion: Earth as Maj. Gen. David Reece
1998		Dangerous Beauty as Domenico Venier

1997		Best Men as Sheriff Phillips
1997		Gun
1997		Gun as John Farragut
1997		...First Do No Harm as Dave Reimuller

1996		The West as Self / Charles Goodnight (voice)
1996		Chain Reaction as FBI Agent Leon Ford
1996		Tremors 2: Aftershocks as Earl Bassett

1995

The Blue Villa as Frank

1994		ER as Eddie Wyczenski
1994		Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult as Rocco

1993		Short Cuts as Stuart Kane
1993		Two Small Bodies as Lt. Brann
1993		Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country as Self

1992		Four Eyes and Six-Guns as Wyatt Earp
1992		Equinox as Mr. Paris
1992		Bob Roberts as Chip Daley
1992		The Player as Walter Stuckel
1992		Thunderheart as Jack Milton

1991		Cast a Deadly Spell as Det. Harry Philip Lovecraft
1991		The Dark Wind as Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn

1990		Henry & June as Henry Miller
1990		Miami Blues as Sergeant Hoke Moseley
1990		Catchfire as Pauling
1990		Tremors as Earl Bassett

1988		The Prince of Pennsylvania as Gary Marshetta
1988		Big Business as Roone Dimmick
1988		Off Limits as Dix

1987

The Price of Life

1986

Florida Straits as Lucky Boone

1985		Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins as Remo Williams
1985		Secret Admirer as Lou Fimple
1985		Noon Wine as Royal Earle Thompson

1984		UFOria as Sheldon Bart
1984		Swing Shift as Biscuits Toohey

1983		Uncommon Valor as Wilkes
1983		Silkwood as Morgan
1983		The Hitchhiker as Luthor Redmond
1983		The Right Stuff as Gus Grissom

1982

Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann as Lyle Swann

1981

Southern Comfort as Reece

1980		Carny as Jack
1980		Belle Starr as Ned Christie
1980		Cardiac Arrest as Jamie

1979

Escape from Alcatraz as John Anglin

1977		The Incredible Hulk
1977		The Incredible Hulk as Lynch's Henchman

1975

Hearts of the West as Sam (uncredited)

1973

Ginger in the Morning as Truck Driver

Production

1990

Miami Blues as Executive Producer