Richard Ward

Richard Ward

Acting

Birthday

1915/03/15

Day of death

1979/07/01 (64 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Glenside, Pennsylvania, US

Also know as

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Biography

Richard Ward, (March 15, 1915 – July 1, 1979) was a gravel-voiced African American actor on the stage, television, and in films, from 1949 until his death. Though best known through his TV appearances late in life, both in sitcoms and police procedurals, Ward also had an extensive film resume and a distinguished stage career, one of the highlights of the latter being his portrayal of Willy Loman in the 1972 production of Death of a Salesman, staged in Baltimore's Center Stage (the first African ...Read more

Acting
Freeman
5.0

(1977) Freeman

as Ned

The Jerk
6.9

(1979) The Jerk

as Father

Mandingo
6.7

(1975) Mandingo

as Agamemnon

Family Enforcer
6.5

(1976) Family Enforcer

as Gunsmith

Police Story: No Margin for Error
0.0

(1978) Police Story: No Margin for Error

as ---

6.3

(1966) Barefoot in Athens

as Satyros

Sty of the Blind Pig
0.0

(1974) Sty of the Blind Pig

as Blind Jordan

Nothing But a Man
7.4

(1964) Nothing But a Man

as Mill Hand

Brother John
6.2

(1971) Brother John

as Frank

Starsky & Hutch
6.7

(1975) Starsky & Hutch

as Captain Dobey

The Learning Tree
6.9

(1969) The Learning Tree

as Booker Savage

Brubaker
7.1

(1980) Brubaker

as Abraham Cook

Across 110th Street
6.8

(1972) Across 110th Street

as Doc Johnson

Cops and Robbers
6.2

(1973) Cops and Robbers

as Paul Jones

Black Like Me
5.9

(1964) Black Like Me

as Burt Wilson

The Cool World
5.4

(1963) The Cool World

as Street speaker

Carib Gold
4.0

(1956) Carib Gold

as Lechock

For Pete's Sake
5.6

(1974) For Pete's Sake

as Bernie

0.0

(2012) All Men's Dead

as Heinrich Maksimov

Contract on Cherry Street
6.3

(1977) Contract on Cherry Street

as Jack Kittens

Good Times
8.0

(1974) Good Times

as ---

Starsky & Hutch
7.3

(1975) Starsky & Hutch

as ---

All in the Family
7.8

(1971) All in the Family

as Ed Lewis

The Jeffersons
7.3

(1975) The Jeffersons

as ---

Baretta
6.3

(1975) Baretta

as Santine

Naked City
5.5

(1958) Naked City

as Lee (uncredited)

Sanford and Son
7.5

(1972) Sanford and Son

as ---

Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.7

(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Pharoah

The Immortal
7.4

(1970) The Immortal

as ---

Police Story
6.9

(1973) Police Story

as ---

Decoy
6.2

(1957) Decoy

as Alex

The Brian Keith Show
5.0

(1972) The Brian Keith Show

as ---

Beacon Hill
5.0

(1975) Beacon Hill

as William Piper

Starsky & Hutch
7.3

(1975) Starsky & Hutch

as Captain Dobey

Naked City
5.5

(1958) Naked City

as Packer

Naked City
5.5

(1958) Naked City

as Nova Scotia

Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.7

(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Satyros