Richard Ward
Birth Name:
Richard Ward
Birth Place:
Glenside, Pennsylvania, United States
Profession
Actor
Fast Facts
- Started performing in a vaudeville show with his sisters at the age of 11
- Before becoming involved with acting, he was an amateur and professional boxer
- Was widely recognized for his deep, grave speaking voice
- Spent ten years as a detective in the Manhattan district attorney's office
- Was a cast member of the 1964 Broadway play "Blues for Mister Charlie․"
- Was a member of the all-black cast of director Lee Sankowich's production of "Death of a Salesman․"