Richard Ward
Acting
Born: 1915-03-15 · Glenside, Pennsylvania, US
Died: 1979-07-01
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
🎬 Movies (20)
All Men's Dead
2012
Heinrich Maksimov
Brubaker
1980
Abraham
The Jerk
1979
Father
Police Story: No Margin for Error
1978
Freeman
1977
Ned
Contract on Cherry Street
1977
Jack Kittens
Family Enforcer
1976
Gunsmith
Mandingo
1975
Agamemnon
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Captain Dobey
Sty of the Blind Pig
1974
Blind Jordan
For Pete's Sake
1974
Bernie
Cops and Robbers
1973
Paul Jones
Across 110th Street
1972
Doc Johnson
Brother John
1971
Frank
The Learning Tree
1969
Booker Savage
Barefoot in Athens
1966
Satyros
Nothing But a Man
1964
Mill Hand
Black Like Me
1964
Burt Wilson
The Cool World
1964
Street speaker
Carib Gold
1956
Lechock
📺 TV Shows (14)
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
1976
Dewey
Starsky & Hutch
1975
J.T. Washington
The Jeffersons
1975
Baretta
1975
Santine
Beacon Hill
1975
William Piper
Good Times
1974
Police Story
1973
Sanford and Son
1972
The Brian Keith Show
1972
All in the Family
1971
Ed Lewis
The Immortal
1970
Naked City
1958
Nova Scotia
Decoy
1957
Alex
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Satyros