Fred Ward dies aged 79

[treeduck]

Known for Tremors, Remo Williams, The Right Stuff, Cast a Deadly Spell, Southern Comfort, Uncommon Valor.

 

RIP Fred

Edited May 14, 2022 by treeduck

[treeduck]

He was also in Miami Blues, Escape From Alcatraz, Silkwood, The Player...

[invisible airwave]

Joe Dirt, Road Trip, Naked Gun 33 1/3, Thunderheart...

RIP

 

 

[grep]

I saw Ward and thought Burt Ward.   Holy mistaken identity Batman!!

But RIP to this guy. Whoever he is.

[treeduck]

36 minutes ago, grep said:

I saw Ward and thought Burt Ward.   Holy mistaken identity Batman!!

But RIP to this guy. Whoever he is.

 

 

[blueschica]

Oh shoot!  He was very good in a ton of movies.  He was a great Gus Grissom in The Right Stuff.  Loved him in Remo Williams and the Tremors movies.  One time we watched Silkwood and the Right Stuff all in one night and joked that it was the Fred Ward film festival.  RIP, Fred.  You were always in interesting films.

[zepphead]

RIP Fred. A fine journeyman.

[pjbear05]

RIP, Fred.

[Turbine Freight]

Always remember him in Tremors. RIP.

[Derek19]

I'm sorry, to hear, see, and read this.  He was in some great, and classic movies like "Escape From Alcatraz", "Silkwood", "the Right Stuff", "Secret Admirer", "the Player", "Bob Roberts", and "Thunderheart".  He will be missed, and remembered.  My condolences, and sympathies, to his family, and friends.  R.I.P., Fred.

Edited May 14, 2022 by Derek19

[Nova Carmina]

Classic "that guy." I remember him, too, from Chain Reaction, an early Keanu Reeves vehicle that was obviously cast by the same people who did the The Fugitive.

 

RIP; you always made the films richer.

[Babycat]

[BastillePark]

As I recall he was the guy in "The Right Stuff" that held that ball aloft the longest in the lung capacity test. But I could be wrong. 

 

He was great in "Tremors."

[Stormtron]

I love Tremors.

 

RIP.