When did Fred Ward die?
American actor and producer Freddie Joe Ward passed away on May 8, 2022 (he was born on December 30, 1942). He debuted in an Italian television movie in 1973 before going on to appear in a wide range of movies, including Escape from Alcatraz, Southern Comfort, The Right Stuff, Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann,…
American actor and producer Freddie Joe Ward passed away on May 8, 2022 (he was born on December 30, 1942). He debuted in an Italian television movie in 1973 before going on to appear in a wide range of movies, including Escape from Alcatraz, Southern Comfort, The Right Stuff, Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, Tremors and Tremors 2: Aftershocks, Henry and June, The Player, Swing Shift, Short Cuts, and 30 Minutes or Less.
Freddie Joe Ward was a San Diego native who was born on December 30, 1942. His ancestry is Cherokee. His father was an alcoholic criminal with a lengthy prison history, and his mother abandoned him when he was three years old. Grandma raised him after his mother remarried a carnival worker and rebuilt her life. In the three years before he started acting, Ward served in the US Air Force. He was also a boxer who broke his nose three times. Additionally, he worked as a janitor, a short-order cook, and a lumberjack in Alaska.
When did Fred Ward die?
Ward passed away on May 8, 2022, at the age of 79.
