Roger Ward

Roger Ward (born 1936) is an Australian actor who has had a considerable career in film and television, noted for "tough guy" roles in which he often did his own stunts.
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, the Shakespeare-spouting garbage collector in Number 96, 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.
Filmography
Nude Odyssey (1961) as Beachcomber (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) (uncredited)
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo ("Tread Lightly") (1968, TV series) as Carver
You Can't See 'round Corners (1969) as Punter (uncredited)
It Takes All Kinds (1969) as Bodyguard
The Set (1970) as Dancer at Party
Squeeze a Flower (1970) as Bosun
Adam's Woman (1970) as Flogger (uncredited)
Dalmas (1973) as Policeman
Moving On (1974) as Stock Agent
Tie jin gang da po zi yang guan (1974) as Motorcycle Thug (uncredited)
Stone (1974) as Hooks
The Man from Hong Kong (1975) as Bob Taylor
Mad Dog Morgan (1976) as Trooper
Deathcheaters (1976) as 1st Police Sergeant
The Outsiders
No Room to Run (1977, TV movie) as Delivery Man
High Rolling (1977) as Lol
Cop Shop (1977, TV series) as Bailey
The Irishman (1977) as Kevin Quilty
Chopper Squad (1978, TV series) as Security Guard
Doctor Down Under (1979, TV aeries) as Mr. Phillips
Mad Max (1979) as Captain Fifi Macaffee
Touch and Go (1980) as Wrestler
The Chain Reaction (1980) as Moose
Young Ramsay (1980, TV series) as Phil Angel
I Can Jump Puddles (1981, TV movie) as Peter McLeod
The Squad (1981, TV movie)
Bellamy (TV series) (1981) as Rafe
Lady Stay Dead (1981) as Officer Clyde Collings
Turkey Shoot (1982) as Chief Guard Ritter
Sara Dane (1982, TV movie) as Johnny Pigman
The Pirate Movie (1982) as Pirate
Brothers (1982) as Cameraman One
Special Squad (1984, TV series)
Winners (1985, TV series) as Fergus
Shout! The Story of Johnny O'Keefe (1985, TV movie) as Police Sergeant
A Fortunate Life (1986, TV miniseries) as Martin
Professor Poopsnagle's Steam Zeppelin (1986, TV series)
Poor Man's Orange (1987, TV miniseries) as Mr. Kilroy
Sands of the Bedouin (1988, TV movie)
Mission: Impossible (1988, TV series) as Wilson
Young Einstein (1988) as Cat Pie Cook
Barracuda (1988, TV movie) as Bill 'The Dentist'
A Country Practice (1988-93, TV series) as Pat O' Connor / Inspector Poulos / Stan Plummer
Quigley Down Under (1990) as Brophy
Fatal Bond (1991) as Detective Greaves
Pirates Island (1991, TV movie) as Slavemaster
Rough Diamonds (1995) as Merv Drysdale
Big Sky (1997, TV series) as Barney
Water Rats (1997, TV Series) as Jim Lockwood
The Gift (1997, short) as Removalist #1
When Good Ghouls Go Bad (2001, TV movie) as Cheesy the Clown
Long Weekend (2008) as Truckie
Bad Behaviour (2010) as Voyte
The Mighty Hand of God (2010, short) as Him
Turkey Shoot (2014) as The Dictator
Observance (2015) as Conspirator
Death's Waiting Room (2016) as Bertie
The Debt Collector (2016) as Jimmy O'Hare
Boar (2017) as Blue
Are You Scared Yet? (2018) as Gentleman Caller
The Faceless Man (2018) as King Dougie
Thariode: The Lost City (TBA)
Accolades
Ward won Best Supporting Actor at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival for his role in Bad Behaviour.
References
External links
1936 births
Australian male film actors
Australian male television actors
Living people
Male actors from Adelaide