Is actor Fred Ward alive?

Fred Ward is an American actor and producer.

Starting with a role in an Italian television film in 1973, Ward had a long and diverse career, and starred in films such as;

1. Escape from Alcatraz,
2. Southern Comfort,
3. The Right Stuff,
4. Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, Tremors and Tremors 2: Aftershocks, Henry & June,
5. The Player,
6. Swing Shift and
7. Short Cuts.

Ward became an actor after studying at Herbert Berghof Studio and in Rome.

While in Italy, Ward dubbed Italian movies and worked as a mime until he made his debut in two Roberto Rossellini films.

Upon returning stateside in the early 1970s, Ward spent time working in experimental theatre and doing some television work.

Ward made his first American film appearance playing a cowboy in Hearts of the West (1975).

Ward’s first major role came in the Clint Eastwood vehicle Escape from Alcatraz (1979) as fellow escapee John Anglin.

Ward also acted as a violent National Guardsman in Walter Hill’s Southern Comfort (1981).

Ward’s first starring role in a motion picture was Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982).

Ward then starred as astronaut Gus Grissom in The Right Stuff, in the action movie Uncommon Valor with Gene Hackman and in the drama Silkwood (all 1983).

Ward is no longer alive as he died on May 8, 2022, aged 79.