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, stag...
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Freeman
As Ned
The Jerk
As Father
Mandingo
As Agamemnon
Family Enforcer
As Gunsmith
Police Story: No Margin for Error
Barefoot in Athens
As Satyros
Sty of the Blind Pig
As Blind Jordan
Nothing But a Man
As Mill Hand
Brother John
As Frank
Starsky & Hutch
As Captain Dobey
The Learning Tree
As Booker Savage
Across 110th Street
As Doc Johnson
Brubaker
As Abraham Cook
Cops and Robbers
As Paul Jones
Black Like Me
As Burt Wilson
The Cool World
As Street speaker
Carib Gold
As Lechock
For Pete's Sake
As Bernie
All Men's Dead
As Heinrich Maksimov
Contract on Cherry Street
As Jack Kittens
Good Times
Starsky & Hutch
All in the Family
As Ed Lewis
The Jeffersons
Baretta
As Santine
Naked City
As Lee (uncredited)
Sanford and Son
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As Pharoah
The Immortal
Police Story
Decoy
As Alex
The Brian Keith Show
Beacon Hill
As William Piper