Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 15, 1915
Died
Jul 01, 1979
Place of Birth
Glenside, Pennsylvania, US
Credits
35 titles
Richard Ward
Biography
Richard Ward, (March 15, 1915 – July 1, 1979) was a gravel-voiced African American actor on the stage, television, and in films, from 1949 until his death. Though best known through his TV appearances late in life, both in sitcoms and police procedurals, Ward also had an extensive film resume and a distinguished stage career, one of the highlights of the latter being his portrayal of Willy Loman in the 1972 production of Death of a Salesman, staged in Baltimore's Center Stage (the first African American production of Arthur Miller's signature opus, produced with the playwright's blessing); Ward's own favorite among his theatrical vehicles was Ceremonies in Dark Old Men.
Known For
Filmography
All Men's Dead
Heinrich Maksimov
American Playhouse
Mill Hand
Brubaker
Abraham
The Jerk
Father
Police Story: No Margin for Error
Freeman
Ned
Contract on Cherry Street
Jack Kittens
Family Enforcer
Gunsmith
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Dewey
Starsky & Hutch
J.T. Washington
Beacon Hill
William Piper
Mandingo
Agamemnon
Starsky & Hutch
Captain Dobey
The Jeffersons
Baretta
Santine
For Pete's Sake
Bernie
Sty of the Blind Pig
Blind Jordan
Good Times
Cops and Robbers
Paul Jones
Police Story
Across 110th Street
Doc Johnson
The Brian Keith Show
Sanford and Son
Brother John
Frank
All in the Family
Ed Lewis
The Immortal
The Learning Tree
Booker Savage
Barefoot in Athens
Satyros
Nothing But a Man
Mill Hand
Black Like Me
Burt Wilson
The Cool World
Street speaker
Naked City
Lee (uncredited)
Decoy
Alex
Carib Gold
Lechock
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pharoah