Richard Ward (American actor)
- Richard Ward (American actor)
"This is the article about the late African-American actor. For Richard Ward the former soccer player, see Richard Ward."
Richard Ward, (born March 15, 1915 in Glenside, Pennsylvania, died July 1, 1979 in Hollywood, California) was a gravel-voiced African - American actor in films and television and the stage from the late 1950s onwards until his death. In the pilot film for the cop show of the 1970s, Starsky and Hutch, he played Captain Dobey, though in the series itself he was replaced by Bernie Hamilton. Ward did however appear as a different character in one episode in the final series, shortly before his death of a heart ailment.
Selected filmography
* "The Cool World" (1964)
* "Black Like Me" (1964)
* "Nothing But a Man" (1964)
* "The Learning Tree" (1969)
* "Across 110th Street" (1972)
* "Mandingo" (1975)
* "The Jerk" (1979)
* "Brubaker" (1980)
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