Richard Ward

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 American production of Arthur Miller's signature opus, produced with the playwright's blessing); Ward's own favorite among his theatrical vehicles was Ceremonies in Dark Old Men.

Known For: Acting

Born: Glenside, Pennsylvania, US, 1915-03-15

Died: 1979-07-01

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	Carib Gold	Lechock	40
2	1963	The Cool World	Street speaker	54
3	1964	Black Like Me	Burt Wilson	59
4	1964	Nothing But a Man	Mill Hand	74
5	1966	Barefoot in Athens	Satyros	63
6	1969	The Learning Tree	Booker Savage	69
7	1971	Brother John	Frank	62
8	1972	Across 110th Street	Doc Johnson	67
9	1973	Cops and Robbers	Paul Jones	61
10	1974	Sty of the Blind Pig	Blind Jordan	0
11	1974	For Pete's Sake	Bernie	56
12	1975	Starsky & Hutch	Captain Dobey	67
13	1975	Mandingo	Agamemnon	67
14	1976	Family Enforcer	Gunsmith	65
15	1977	Contract on Cherry Street	Jack Kittens	63
16	1977	Freeman	Ned	50
17	1978	Police Story: No Margin for Error		0
18	1979	The Jerk	Father	69
19	1980	Brubaker	Abraham Cook	71
20	2012	All Men's Dead	Heinrich Maksimov	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Pharoah	86
2	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Satyros	86
3	1957	Decoy	Alex	62
4	1958	Naked City	Lee (uncredited)	55
5	1958	Naked City	Packer	55
6	1958	Naked City	Nova Scotia	55
7	1970	The Immortal		74
8	1971	All in the Family	Ed Lewis	79
9	1972	Sanford and Son		74
10	1972	The Brian Keith Show		50
11	1973	Police Story		69
12	1974	Good Times		80
13	1975	Baretta	Santine	63
14	1975	The Jeffersons		73
15	1975	Beacon Hill	William Piper	50
16	1975	Starsky & Hutch		73

Richard Ward

Film

Television