Showing posts with label Fred Ward The Right Stuff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fred Ward The Right Stuff. Show all posts

Friday, May 13, 2022

FAREWELL, FRED WARD...

You were absolutely perfect for Remo Williams (aka The Destroyer) in The Adventure Begins, but you filled the bill in a barrage of other swell productions, too. 

The evidence can be found in Tremors; Tremors II: Aftershock; Invasion Earth; UFOria; The Crow: Salvation; The Right Stuff; Cast a Deadly Spell (as Detective H.P. Lovecraft); Southern Comfort; Escape From Alcatraz; Uncommon Valor; Miami Blues; Exit Speed; Maybe Tomorrow; The Player; Florida Straits; Off Limits; Naked Gun 33 1/3; Ginger in the Morning; Swing Shift; Sweet Home Alabama; Secret Admirer; Summer Catch; Funky Monkey; Corky Romano; Henry & June; Bird's Eye; Joe Dirt; Short Cuts; What I Am; Equinox '92; Thunderheart; Circus; The Chaos Factor; Wild Iris; ...First Do No Harm; The Last Ride; Catchfire; Big Business; Bob Roberts; Full Disclosure; Dice; The Dark Wind; Silkwood; Chain Reaction; Prince of Pennsylvania and more. 

However, my favorite of your performances came through Michael Nesmith's Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann: a cool, time-tripping tale to the Old West, via motorbike, no less. You brought humor, bafflement and heroism all in one fine shot, and for that, I can't get enough of the movie.

Your rough style and sardonic squint will be enormously missed, but your portrayals will keep you forever and always smack-dab among those who crave varied and unfeigned cinema.