Re: R.I.P. Fred Ward
Great actor... Remo Williams, Tremors, The Right Stuff... the first movie I ever saw him in was Timerider (1982).
I did a retrospectivus on Timerider a couple of months ago, coincidentally: https://www.movieforums.com/communit...ad.php?t=65634 |
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That looks like Cindy Williams there, what movie or TV show is that from? |
UFOria (1984)
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Originally Posted by mark f (Post 2300869)
UFOria (1984)
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Re: R.I.P. Fred Ward
Aw man. Loved Fred Ward, great actor, one of the all-time "hey it's that guy!" guys. So good in Naked Gun 33 1/3, which is what I'll always think of, since I saw that first growing up. Good actor, and such an interesting face.
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Fantastic actor...what a loss...RIP
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R.I.P. Loved him in The Right Stuff and Miami Blues.
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Damn. As fine an example of a character actor as you're likely to find. So many memorable roles. And so many of them were in movies that might have been considered cult favorites. Miami Blues, Timerider, Remo Williams, Southern Comfort, Uncommon Valor. Or maybe he was the common thread and turned them into cult favorites.
RIP Mr. Ward. |
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It occurs to me that I first saw him in Escape From Alcatraz, probably when it was on HBO around '80-'81.
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i think I first saw him in Tremors
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Re: R.I.P. Fred Ward
He actually made a great villain in The Crow: Salvation, a dirty cop with a kink of sadism.
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Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins made a big impression on me. Seems like the era of a silver vcr with (one day electrical taped) wired remote. Dad not only bringing movies home from the library, but these immense experiences unlike anything else you had going on at that age.
Ward had that gruff voice with a F’ you sneer contrasted by an everyman vulnerability. Throw in soaps loving Chiun, 💎 🦷, the dobermans, pre-diabeetus Brimley, log on a chain… It was too much. Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins doesn’t get brought up much in the Mt. Rushmore of 80’s action flicks, but it’s on mine. Much like Making the Grade, it may be a movie best left without a re-watch. The memory of it, from that time and place, is something too precious to chance. |
Re: R.I.P. Fred Ward
Pardon my French
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A face that you never forget. Rest in peace.
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Aw man! :(
"A former boxer, lumberjack and short-order cook..." and he looked just like it. He was our generations Charles Bronson. |
I was not a big fan, but I liked him in Tremors and Remo Williams.
R.I.P. |
One of my all-time favorites, gone. Gah! Any movie he was in, he just fit in like a glove, he was that good. So natural, yet so skilled.
The last thing I saw him in was a re-watch of Sweet Home Alabama as Reese Witherspoon's Civil War re-enacting dad. I see his face and immediately so many scenes and favorite lines come up: "The hatch just blew!"--The Right Stuff Trying to explain what happened to his capsule. When talking about putting a knife in at the base of an enemy's skull in Uncommon Valor: "You insert, scramble the brains... what you have is instant rag doll." And my favorite image of him is from Tremors where he's watching Kevin Bacon putting ointment and bandages on a woman's bare legs, knowing that Kevin has a thing for her and vice-versa, and Fred's just sitting there with a cigarette in his mouth, eyes slitted, with a little grin on his face, cool as can be. I'll always see that when I think of him. Godspeed, Fred. Miss you already. |
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I've seen some of his movies of course, but I don't recognize him which is surprising to me as usually I'm good with faces.
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Re: R.I.P. Fred Ward
Oh no. He had such a great expressive face, one of those guys who wasn't necessarily a star, but who made the movie work because of his wry, expressive facial humor. Teamed up with Kevin Bacon as Val and Earl, Ward (Earl) did one of my favorite junk movies of all time - the immortal Tremors -
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This was a hard one, I've always loved Tremors. It was my favourite film as a kid. Shame we never got to see him pair up with Kevin Bacon again, the two of them were great together. He also played Joe Dirt's dad!
(And while he did have a small role in Carny as an angry mark, that's actually Robbie Robertson in that screencap with JoFo and Busey.) |
Re: R.I.P. Fred Ward
Rest in Peace, I loved him in Tremors.
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Originally Posted by Holden Pike (Post 2301004)
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79 isn't a bad run, but it still sucks.
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Re: R.I.P. Fred Ward
wait u serious :O omg he was dennys father on greys anatomy :O rip fred ward :(
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Re: R.I.P. Fred Ward
The first movie that comes to mind when I think of Fred Ward is Remo Williams, even though I haven't seen the movie in its entirety. I remember seeing the trailer of that movie all the time on cable back on the 80's. The two movies I like the most with him are Tremors and Naked Gun 33 1/3.
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Re: R.I.P. Fred Ward
I remember him most fondly from Tremors but he's been in so many films. Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous (as it was called in the UK) was a good film which had the future Captain of the USS Voyager in it.
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