Richard Ward

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At the age of eleven, Richard Ward started in showbiz, accompanying his two sisters in a vaudeville song and dance act called 'Dot, Flo and Dick'. From a tap-dancing kid, Richard grew into a burly, raspy-voiced young adult, whose physique became a major asset in his first career as a prize-fighter. After some 30 wins, both as professional and amateur, he quit and joined the police force, where he served for ten years as a detective with the office of Manhattan district attorney Frank Hogan. He also dabbled in the performing arts, appearing in such plays as "Anna Lucasta" at the American Negro Theatre. During World War II, Richard served as a sergeant major with the Army Signals Corps in the South Pacific. From the 1950's, Richard concentrated on his acting, continuing to appear on stage as well as playing dramatic roles in television.The high point in his career came, when he was cast in the pivotal role of Willy Loman in the Baltimore Centerstage production of "Death of a Salesman", directed by Lee Sankowich (as part of an all-black cast). On the screen, his dominant gravel-voiced persona lent itself ideally to portraying authority figures, usually police officers like Captain Dobey in Starsky and Hutch (1975). In private life, he was said to have been an amiable character, whose simple pleasures included fishing and cooking. Just prior to his untimely death, Richard had enjoyed his first major breakthrough in motion pictures, playing Steve Martin's father in The Jerk (1979), and one of the long-term inmates in warden Robert Redford's prison in Brubaker (1980). - IMDb Mini Biography By: I.S.Mowis

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Streaming Availability

Amazon Video has the most number of Richard Ward’s flixes, followed by Amazon Prime Video compared to other streaming platforms. See the full graph below.

Releases by Year

Richard Ward on average has worked on 1 movies per year from 1974 to 1977. See the full graphs of the number of Richard Ward movies released per year from 1974 till 1977.

Top Genres

Richard Ward works mostly in Drama Genre followed by History Genre flixes. 60% of Richard Ward movies are Drama Genre movies. See Top Genres that Richard Ward worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that Richard Ward has worked on is 7.5.

7.5 / 10

Richard Ward's Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..

Originally produced in 1971 by the estimable Negro Ensemble Company, and hailed by Time Magazine as one of the best plays of the year, Dean's powerful drama is about an uprooted Africian ...

8.1/1090 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Drama,History,Romance
Mandingo (1975)

An 1840s slaveowner trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter.

6.4/10127 min

Available in 8 platform(s).