{"id":29698,"date":"2022-05-13T20:35:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T00:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=29698"},"modified":"2022-05-13T20:56:42","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T00:56:42","slug":"rip-fred-ward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=29698","title":{"rendered":"RIP: Fred Ward"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fred Ward’s publicist announced today that Mr. Ward died on Sunday, May 8, 2022, at the age of 79.\u00a0 No cause of death was given.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before Fred Ward began his career as an actor he spent time in the Air Force, as a boxer and a lumberjack!\u00a0 No wonder Mr. Ward was often cast as a tough guy!\u00a0 Fred Ward’s earliest roles were small parts, often uncredited in movies and television.\u00a0 His first big break came when he played one of the convicts who with Clint Eastwood was able to Escape from Alcatraz<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fred Ward continued to get bigger parts in features such as Southern Comfort, The Right Stuff, Silkwood<\/em> and Uncommon Valor<\/em>.\u00a0 Then in 1985, Fred Ward starred in the film that was supposed to make him a megastar, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins<\/em>.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the film fizzled at the box office.\u00a0 The adventure began and ended there.\u00a0 Luckily for movie-goers, Fred Ward’s career didn’t.<\/p>\n

For the rest of Fred Ward’s life he continued to alternate between television and feature films.\u00a0 Some of his best known television parts came in Cast a Deadly Spell, Invasion Earth, Grey’s Anatomy, ER<\/em> and True Detective<\/em>.\u00a0 Fred Ward’s best known feature films include Tremors, Miami Blues, Henry & June, Thunderheart, The Player, Tremors II: Aftershock<\/em> and 2 Guns<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I first saw Fred Ward in Escape from Alcatraz<\/em>.\u00a0 But it was when he appeared in Carny, Southern Comfort<\/em> and Uncommon Valor<\/em> that I really took notice.\u00a0 Mr. Ward had a tough guy charisma and I was pulling for him with Remo Williams<\/em>.\u00a0 Sadly, that film just didn’t work. But Fred Ward continued to\u00a0 Whenever Fred Ward’s name was in the credits, you knew the film\/show would be better because of him.\u00a0 Although Andrew Vachss’ Burke<\/em> character was never developed for movies or tv, I always thought that Fred Ward would have perfect.<\/p>\n

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Fred Ward’s family, friends and fans.<\/p>\n\n\n

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