Actor best known for playing Gus Grissom in The Right Stuff and Kevin Bacon's buddy in Tremors. Ward specialized in playing likable lunkheads, although he also played Henry Miller in the NC-17 rated Henry & June.
Interestingly, Ward is the first actor playing one of the Mercury Seven astronauts in The Right Stuff who has died, although all the astronauts themselves are now gone. (Sam Shepard, who played Chuck Yeager, in the film died a couple of years ago.)
Age 79
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RIP Fred Ward
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Re: RIP Fred Ward
Chuck outlived Sam.silverscreenselect wrote: ↑Fri May 13, 2022 9:26 amActor best known for playing Gus Grissom in The Right Stuff and Kevin Bacon's buddy in Tremors. Ward specialized in playing likable lunkheads, although he also played Henry Miller in the NC-17 rated Henry & June.
Interestingly, Ward is the first actor playing one of the Mercury Seven astronauts in The Right Stuff who has died, although all the astronauts themselves are now gone. (Sam Shepard, who played Chuck Yeager, in the film died a couple of years ago.)
Age 79
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/fred ... 235266338/
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Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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Re: RIP Fred Ward
Found this from Silkwood. One of my favorite jokes, which I've told many times. I'm pretty surprised that I actually tell it pretty much word-for-word all these years later. Didn't remember the context of why he was telling a joke in the middle of a movie until now.
Y'all should check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I-3UIclWC8
Y'all should check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I-3UIclWC8
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Re: RIP Fred Ward
Shoot. I really liked Fred Ward. Tremors was my favorite, and I'm a big fan of Tremors 2: Aftershocks also.
I like Sweet Home Alabama too.
I like Sweet Home Alabama too.
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-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller