Ward made his feature film debut in a pair of Robert Rossellini movies. But it was his first American film role, playing a cowboy in Hearts of the West (1975), that led to a big break starring opposite Clint Eastwood in Escape from Alcatraz (1979). He's worked steadily ever since, turning in memorable performances in The Right Stuff (1983), Tremors (1990) and Henry & June (1990), among a long list of other films.
Ward's forceful on-screen presence works equally well in lighter fare such as Road Trip (2000) and Sweet Home Alabama (2002). He also enjoyed a brief run as a recurring character on "ER"
AddThe Wild StallionA school project to photograph wild mustangs sends young urbanite Hanna Mills (Miranda Cosgrove) to a Utah ranch for the summer, where she becomes an unlikely champion of the vanishing breed in this direct-to-video family drama. When Hanna and her new friend C.J. Adams (Danielle Chuchran) discover... Read More
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AddHenry & JuneA sensual masterwork based on real events, this rich evocation of wild expatriate nights in 1930s Paris begins when writer Anaïs Nin (Maria de Medeiros) embarks on a professional relationship with famed American author Henry Miller (Fred Ward). Their studious union deepens into something else,... Read More
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