Roger Ward

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Roger Ward is an Australian actor who helped popularise Australian film and television.^[1]

Early life[]

Ward was born in Adelaide, South Australia.

Career[]

Ward began his career 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 and the novel was not published until 2011. Despite his success as a writer, 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 alongside fellow actors 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 he created the memorable "Fifi" the bald headed police hall captain, The Man From Hong Kong had him as the bumbling Aussie cop, Inspector Bob Taylor. In Stone he was the comedic biker perve, "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 cop in The Irishman and an all-singing, dancing pirate in The Pirate Movie. He played the long-running character "Weppo"^[2] the rock and rolling garbage collector in Number 96 and a boxer in Boys from the Bush and The Sullivans. At home on stage, television or films, Ward is one of the few actors bridging the gap into the Indi renaissance of the millennium. He has, during this period, featured or starred in Long Weekend, Bad Behaviour, Elimination Game, Death's Waiting Room, Choir Girl, Debt Collector, Devils Detour, Boar and Faceless Man. He will continue the trend with further work during 2019.^[3]

Filmography[]

Accolades[]

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

References[]

External links[]

• Roger Ward at IMDb