Roger Ward

Roger Ward (born 1936) is an Australian actor who has had a considerable career in film and television,[1] noted for "tough guy" roles in which he often did his own stunts.[2]

For the American racecar driver, see Rodger Ward.

Roger Ward
Born1936 (age 86–87)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
OccupationActor
Known forSee filmography
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)

Biography

Ward was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1936.

His career began at an early age with roles on stage and radio. In his late teens he travelled to Tahiti to begin writing what became the controversial novel and film, The Set. The film was produced in 1970 but the novel was not published until 2011.

He was script editor for Homicide, adapted his novel Reflex into the film Brothers and wrote other documentaries and specials. Ward has featured or starred in over fifteen hundred television shows and more than fifty films with such stars as Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Barry Sullivan, Robert Lansing, Ryan O'Neal, Richard Benjamin, Tom Selleck, Paula Prentiss, Peter Graves, Alan Rickman, Steve Railsback, Olivia Hussey and Laura San Giacomo.

In Mad Max (1979), he played the police hall captain "Fifi"; The Man From Hong Kong had him as the bumbling Australian policeman, Bob Taylor. In Stone he was the comedic biker, "Hooks". Turkey Shoot saw him as "Ritter" the guard from hell, and in Quigley Down Under he played "Brophy", one of the outlaw gang. He was an Irish mounted policeman in the 1978 film The Irishman and an all-singing, dancing pirate in The Pirate Movie.

He played popular characters in TV series including long-running character Frank "Weppo" Smith,[3] the Shakespeare-spouting garbage collector in Number 96,[4] a boxer in Boys from the Bush and also appeared in The Sullivans.

Later independent films in which he was featured include Long Weekend (2008), Bad Behaviour (2010), Elimination Game, Death's Waiting Room, Choir Girl, Debt Collector, Devils Detour, Boar and Faceless Man.

He was engaged to appear in another film in 2019.[5]

Filmography

Accolades

Ward won Best Supporting Actor at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival for his role in Bad Behaviour.

References
  1. "Legendary Ozploitation star joins 'The Shinjuku Five'". Nerdly. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  2. "The Daredevils of the Screen". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 41, no. 5. Australia, Australia. 4 July 1973. p. 15. Retrieved 7 November 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "The Explosive Story of Number 96". 12 April 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  4. "Cancer Scare for Top Actor". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 48, no. 26. Australia, Australia. 26 November 1980. p. 20. Retrieved 7 November 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Australian star Roger Ward to make Indian debut with 'Thariode: The Lost City'". Onmanorama. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  6. "Legendary Australian actor Roger Ward joins "Thariode: The Lost City" by Nirmal Baby Varghese". Mathrubhumi. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
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