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This is the article about the late African-American actor. For Richard Ward the former soccer player, see Richard Ward
Richard Ward

This is the article about the former soccer player. For Richard Ward the late African-American actor, see Richard Ward .Richard Ward was a former England professional association football, who played for Notts County F.C....
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Richard Ward, (March 15, 1915 in Glenside, Pennsylvania
Glenside, Pennsylvania

Glenside is a census-designated place in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania Townships, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States....
 – July 1, 1979 in Hollywood, California) was a gravel-voiced African American
African American

African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the Black people populations of Africa....
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
 in films and television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 and the stage from the late 1950s onwards until his death. In the pilot
Television pilot

A television pilot is a test episode of an intended television series. It is an early step in the development of a television series, much like pilot lights or pilot serve as precursors to the start of larger activity, or pilot holes prepare the way for larger holes....
 film for the 1970s cop
Police officer

A police officer is a Warrant employee of a police force. Police officers are generally responsible for apprehending criminals, maintaining public order, and preventing and detecting crimes....
 show, Starsky and Hutch
Starsky and Hutch

Starsky and Hutch is a 1970s United States television series that consisted of a 90-minute television pilot movie and 92 episodes of 60 minutes each; created by William Blinn, produced by Spelling-Goldberg Productions, and broadcast between April 30 1975 and May 15 1979 on the American Broadcasting Company network; distributed by Sony P...
, he played Captain Dobey, though in the series itself that role was played by Bernie Hamilton
Bernie Hamilton

Bernie Hamilton was an United States actor.Hamilton was born in East Los Angeles and attended Oakland Technical High School, where he first became interested in acting....
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This is the article about the late African-American actor. For Richard Ward the former soccer player, see Richard Ward
Richard Ward

This is the article about the former soccer player. For Richard Ward the late African-American actor, see Richard Ward .Richard Ward was a former England professional association football, who played for Notts County F.C....
.

Richard Ward, (March 15, 1915 in Glenside, Pennsylvania
Glenside, Pennsylvania

Glenside is a census-designated place in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania Townships, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States....
 – July 1, 1979 in Hollywood, California) was a gravel-voiced African American
African American

African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the Black people populations of Africa....
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
 in films and television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 and the stage from the late 1950s onwards until his death. In the pilot
Television pilot

A television pilot is a test episode of an intended television series. It is an early step in the development of a television series, much like pilot lights or pilot serve as precursors to the start of larger activity, or pilot holes prepare the way for larger holes....
 film for the 1970s cop
Police officer

A police officer is a Warrant employee of a police force. Police officers are generally responsible for apprehending criminals, maintaining public order, and preventing and detecting crimes....
 show, Starsky and Hutch
Starsky and Hutch

Starsky and Hutch is a 1970s United States television series that consisted of a 90-minute television pilot movie and 92 episodes of 60 minutes each; created by William Blinn, produced by Spelling-Goldberg Productions, and broadcast between April 30 1975 and May 15 1979 on the American Broadcasting Company network; distributed by Sony P...
, he played Captain Dobey, though in the series itself that role was played by Bernie Hamilton
Bernie Hamilton

Bernie Hamilton was an United States actor.Hamilton was born in East Los Angeles and attended Oakland Technical High School, where he first became interested in acting....
. Ward did however appear as a different character in one episode in the final series, shortly before his death of a heart ailment.

Selected filmography

  • The Cool World
    The Cool World

    The Cool World is a 1964 film about life in the African-American ghetto in the early 1960s. It stars Hampton Clanton, Yolanda Rodr?guez, Bostic Felton, Gary Bolling, Antonio Fargas, Carl Lee and Clarence Williams III....
     (1964)
  • Black Like Me
    Black Like Me

    Black Like Me is a non-fiction book by journalist John Howard Griffin first published in 1960 in literature. Griffin was a Caucasian race native of Mansfield, Texas and the book describes his six-week experience travelling on Greyhound busses throughout the Racial segregation states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia passin...
      (1964)
  • Nothing But a Man
    Nothing But a Man

    Nothing But a Man is a 1964 film about an African American man in the American South who wants to be treated as "nothing but a man", instead of a "boy"....
     (1964)
  • The Learning Tree
    The Learning Tree

    The Learning Tree is a 1969 in film film which tells the story of a young African American growing up in a rural setting in the early part of the 20th century, when racial discrimination was a social norm, legally sanctioned in parts of the United States....
     (1969)
  • Across 110th Street
    Across 110th Street

    Across 110th Street is a 1972 in film American crime-drama film, starring Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, and Anthony Franciosa, and directed by Barry Shear....
     (1972)
  • Mandingo (1975)
  • The Jerk
    The Jerk

    The Jerk is a 1979 in film rags-to-riches-to-rags comedy film of belated self-discovery. This was Steve Martin's first starring role in a feature film....
     (1979)
  • Brubaker
    Brubaker

    Brubaker is an United States 1980 in film film about a prison in distress and the Warden Henry Brubaker who attempts to reform the system....
     (1980)


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