Richard Ward
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
(1977) Freeman
as Ned
(1979) The Jerk
as Father
(1975) Mandingo
as Agamemnon
(1976) Family Enforcer
as Gunsmith
(1978) Police Story: No Margin for Error
as ---
(1966) Barefoot in Athens
as Satyros
(1974) Sty of the Blind Pig
as Blind Jordan
(1964) Nothing But a Man
as Mill Hand
(1971) Brother John
as Frank
(1975) Starsky & Hutch
as Captain Dobey
(1969) The Learning Tree
as Booker Savage
(1980) Brubaker
as Abraham Cook
(1972) Across 110th Street
as Doc Johnson
(1973) Cops and Robbers
as Paul Jones
(1964) Black Like Me
as Burt Wilson
(1963) The Cool World
as Street speaker
(1956) Carib Gold
as Lechock
(1974) For Pete's Sake
as Bernie
(2012) All Men's Dead
as Heinrich Maksimov
(1977) Contract on Cherry Street
as Jack Kittens
(1974) Good Times
as ---
(1975) Starsky & Hutch
as ---
(1971) All in the Family
as Ed Lewis
(1975) The Jeffersons
as ---
(1975) Baretta
as Santine
(1958) Naked City
as Lee (uncredited)
(1972) Sanford and Son
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Pharoah
(1970) The Immortal
as ---
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1957) Decoy
as Alex
(1972) The Brian Keith Show
as ---
(1975) Beacon Hill
as William Piper
(1975) Starsky & Hutch
as Captain Dobey
(1958) Naked City
as Packer
(1958) Naked City
as Nova Scotia
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Satyros