Actor Fred Ward Dies at 79

[Captante]

Fred Ward, Actor in ‘Remo Williams,’ ‘Henry & June’ and ‘Tremors,’ Dies at 79 (Hollywood Reporter)

He also portrayed astronaut Gus Grissom in 'The Right Stuff' and was impressive in 'Silkwood,' 'Uncommon Valor' and 'Miami Blues.'

RIP

 

[Iron Woode]

 

[13Gigatons]

He was solid.

 

[Captante]

He was solid.

My dreams of "Remo Williams II: The adventure continues" are now officially dashed.

 

[Kaido]

Loved him Tremors, such fun movies!

 

[BoomerD]

My dreams of "Remo Williams II: The adventure continues" are now officially dashed.

It was a cinematic masterpiece...unfortunately, Joel Grey is 90, so he probably wouldn't be able to portray Chun very well .

 

[gorobei]

you seem to have omitted one of his finest.

god if this had found an audience they could have made it into a series.

 

[sandorski]

RIP

 

[TheVrolok]

you seem to have omitted one of his finest.

god if this had found an audience they could have made it into a series.

Tremors was already on my watch list to honor Fred, will have to see if I can find this somewhere, too.

Edit: it's on HBO Max

 

[stargazr]

RIP

 

[kage69]

Always liked the guy. The Right Stuff is legend, and I remember as a kid being surprised at how much I loved the original Tremors. RIP Fred, and thank you.

 

[Spacehead]

That's too bad

RIP Fred

 

[gorobei]

Tremors was already on my watch list to honor Fred, will have to see if I can find this somewhere, too.

Edit: it's on HBO Max

nice find.
its basically a pilot episode. simple intro with a good bit of world building and some hints at stuff to come. i watched it in college with my friends and we would have gone nuts for a follow up series. the cast is impressive with some people who would be names later on.

sadly magic and detective procedural have a bad track record on tv. see Precinct 17

 

[KeithP]

R.I.P. Mr. Ward

 

[Bitek]

79?

Damn. That must mean I'm getting old too ...

RIP