“Decent and modest and utterly professional, he disarmed with a smile that was at once warm and mischievous. Fred Ward, a veteran actor who brought a gruff tenderness to tough-guy roles in such films as The Right Stuff, The Player and Tremors, has died.
“I mourn the loss of Fred Ward, who was so kind to me when we worked together on ‘Remo Williams,’” actor Kate Mulgrew tweeted. One early big role was alongside Clint Eastwood in 1979’s “Escape From Alcatraz.” Air Force, Ward was a San Diego native who was part Cherokee. Godspeed amigo.”Ī former boxer, lumberjack in Alaska and short-order cook who served in the U.S. “Devastated to learn about the passing of my friend, Fred Ward,” tweeted actor Matthew Modine, who co-starred with Ward in “Short Cuts” and Alan Rudolph’s “Equinox.” “A tough façade covering emotions as deep as the Pacific Ocean. Ward earned a Golden Globe and shared the Venice Film Festival ensemble prize for his performance in Robert Altman’s “Short Cuts,” and played the title character in “Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins.” He also reached new heights playing Mercury 7 astronaut Virgil “Gus” Grissom in 1983′s Academy Award-nominated film “The Right Stuff.” No cause or place of death was disclosed per the family’s wishes. Ward died Sunday, his publicist Ron Hofmann said Friday. NEW YORK (AP) - Fred Ward, a veteran actor who brought a gruff tenderness to tough-guy roles in such films as “The Right Stuff,” “The Player” and “Tremors,” has died.
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The movie in question was 1990’s Miami Blues. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Fred Ward, who died today at age 79, was probably the ONLY Hollywood leading man who has done such a thing. The family has asked that any memorial tributes be made as donations to the Boston University Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center.This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. The actor is survived by his wife of 27 years, Marie-France Ward, and son Django Ward, according to Hoffman. He played Eddie Velcoro, the father of Detective Ray Velcoro, played by Colin Farrell. Ward's younger fans may know him best from the second season of "True Detective," the critically acclaimed HBO series.
Some of his other film credits include "Sweet Home Alabama," "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins," and "The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult." He was also in the cast of Altman's "Short Cuts," which was honored with a special award at the 1994 Golden Globes for the work of its ensemble cast.
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He also appeared in critically acclaimed film’s such as 1990’s neo-noir “Miami Blues” and Robert Altman’s stinging Hollywood satire from 1992, “The Player.” The actor was known for various film and TV roles, including in The Right Stuff, Tremors, The Player, Miami Blues, True Detective, ER, and Escape From Alacatraz. Due to its racy sex scenes, the film was the first to be tagged with an NC-17 rating from the MPAA. The cult classic would spawn a franchise that included six sequels and a television series.īut Ward was also no stranger to more daring art house fare, starring in 1990’s “Henry & June” as American novelist Henry Miller.
The versatile actor is perhaps equally well known for the 1990 science fiction comedy "Tremors," where he and Kevin Bacon played down-on-their luck repairmen who stumble upon a flesh-eating worm monster. Ward played Gus Grissom, one of the seven pioneering astronauts who launched America into the space age.
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