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RIP Fred Ward
Posted: Fri May 13, 2022 9:26 am
by silverscreenselect
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
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/fred ... 235266338/
Re: RIP Fred Ward
Posted: Fri May 13, 2022 11:10 am
by Bob Juch
silverscreenselect wrote: ↑Fri May 13, 2022 9:26 am
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
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/fred ... 235266338/
Chuck outlived Sam.
Re: RIP Fred Ward
Posted: Fri May 13, 2022 2:42 pm
by wbtravis007
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
Re: RIP Fred Ward
Posted: Fri May 13, 2022 8:23 pm
by SportsFan68
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.