Richard Ward (actor)
Year Title Role
1957 Carib Gold
1964 The Cool World Street Speaker
1964 Black Like Me Burt Wilson
1964 Nothing But a Man Mill Hand
1969 The Learning Tree Booker Savage
1971 Brother John Frank
1972 Across 110th Street Doc Johnson
1973 Cops and Robbers Paul Jones
1974 For Pete 's Sake Bernie
1975 Mandingo Agamemnon
1976 The Death Collector Gunsmith
1979 The Jerk Father
1980 Brubaker Abraham Cook
Filmography
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, staged in Baltimore's Center Stage (the first African American production of Arthur Miller's signature opus, produced with the playwright's blessing). Ward's own favorite among his theatrical vehicles was Ceremonies in Dark Old Men.