Happy Birthday: Fred Ward

Fred Ward

Born: December 30, 1942 in San Diego, California, USA

[on when he decided to become an actor] I decided to act when I was in the Air Force. I was going with a stripper in San Antonio, hanging out with some bizarre fringe people–who considered themselves “show people”–including this 250-pound transvestite who designed costumes for strip joints, and a few gangsters. I was a young kid in the middle of this stuff, and it led to my decision. They weren’t role models in a strict sense; more like the old freaks in the freak show. When I was younger I always felt like an outsider, and they said it was all right to be “the other.” They had a nice little society, a little culture, and they dealt with life. So, as soon as I got out of the Air Force, I went right to New York. I figured that I could do anything I wanted. I had no one to answer to, nothing holding me back.

The Right Stuff 1983 dir. Philip Kaufman starring Ed Harris Sam Shepard

30 MINUTES OR LESS dir. Ruben Fleischer Stars: Jesse Eisenberg Danny McBride

Armored dir. Nimród Antal Stars: Columbus Short Matt Dillon Fishburne

THE NAKED GUN 2 1/2 The Naked Gun 33 1/3 1991 dir. Peter Segal Starring Leslie Nielson Priscilla Pressley

Tremors 1990 dir. Ron Underwood Starring Kevin Bacon Michael Gross

SUMMER CATCH 2001 dir. Michael Tollin Stars: Freddie Prinze Jr. Jessica Biel

2 GUNS 2013 dir. Baltasar Kormakur Stars: Denzel Washington Mark Wahlberg

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