RIP, Fred Ward ❤️
You can watch the great actor in one of his collaborations with Robert Altman, THE PLAYER (1992), on the Channel. https://t.co/41TOO7zGTM
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Rest in peace, Fred Ward ~ a great character actor or ‘journeyman actor’ who possessed my favorite quality: humility. He didn’t seem to have a puffed up ego. He will be missed. ❤️
In Richard E. Grant’s book With Nails, he talks about working with Fred Ward, who at one point says a guy was buzzing his door late at night and wouldn’t stop, and “I thought about calling the cops, but then I just went down and kickboxed him in the balls.” RIP
Oh no. Hell no. Not Fred Ward. I loved that guy: The Right Stuff, Remo, Tremors... and so much more. Gone at 79, damn it.
“I think it's better for the picture to have as much of me as it can.”
Fred Ward has always been an underrated part of any project he’s done. Growing up as I did on Tremors I only had eyes for Kevin Bacon’s Val but in my adulthood I realized that Ward’s Earl is the real secret sauce and heart of what I consider a perfect perfect movie. Rest easy.