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- Michael Ward was born George William Everard Yeo on 9th April 1909 in the village of Carmenellis, Cornwall. Being the son of a clergyman, his family moved from parish to parish for most of his early life. He detested this nomadic lifestyle and being an only child. It was not until 1930 when the family settled in Caddington, near Luton, that he got the chance to make friends and become independent.
Between 1930 and 1945 Michael worked as a private tutor and then as an ambulance driver during the war years.
By March 1946 he had chosen acting after abandoning his first love, to be a concert pianist, winning a scholarship to the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
On completing the course, he began auditioning and in 1946 landed the role as understudy to comedian Vic Oliver in The Night and the Music at the Coliseum, now the home of English National Opera.
This was the beginning of a long career in supporting roles comprising of nearly seventy films, twenty West End shows and over two hundred television appearances.
It was in 1947 that Michael secured his first film role. Directed by Alexander Korda, An Ideal Husband starred Paulette Goddard and was released in June of that year. It was generally well received and acted as a springboard for Michael's screen career, as between 1947 and 1960 he starred in no fewer than thirty films, making him one of the country's busiest and best-known character actors.
The year 1961 brought Michael to the attention of an even wider audience, playing the photographer in Carry On Regardless. Further roles in the series included 'Man in Tweeds' in Carry On Cabbie, 'Archimedes' in Carry On Cleo, 'Vivian the Window Dresser' in Carry On Screaming and 'Andre the Wigmaker' in Carry On Don't Lose Your Head.
The BFI credited Michael as delivering one of the funniest one liners in British film history, as the effete gentleman in tweeds who alights from Kenneth Connors' black cab. Remember it? Watch it again and judge for yourself.
Other classic British comedy vehicles included four Norman Wisdom comedies, as well as dozens of other films, but eventually television provided the bread and butter of his later career.
His work on the big screen was reflected on TV, from the early 1960's to the mid-1970's, the golden age of British television comedy. Appearances ranged from Hancock's Half Hour, The Jack Benny Show, Steptoe and Son, Sykes and Rising Damp. Other shows included The Avengers, The Two Ronnies and The Dick Emery Show. He was most memorably cast in Morecambe and Wise, where he played Adrian, the comedy duo's extremely camp next door neighbour.
After making what would be his last ever screen outing in 1978's Revenge of the Pink Panther, Michael suffered a stroke, forcing him to retire. He finally passed away on 8 November 1997 at St Mary's Hospital, Ladbroke Grove, London, aged eighty-eight. - Make-Up Department
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Michael Ward was born on March 22, 1966 in Sydney, Australia. He is a writer, actor and producer, known for Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell, Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation and I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! With Stephen Hall he created the hit stage show Bond-A-Rama: Every James Bond Film Live On Stage.- Actor
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A utilitarian comedic and dramatic actor on film, TV and the stage, Michael Joseph Thomas Ward, began his acting career following an exceptionally strong background in radio as a deejay, reporter, newsman, news writer and sports director.
He was born Michael Joseph Ward III on March 10, 1959, in the Chicago suburb of Elmhurst, Illinois, the son (and second of five) of the late Michael J. Ward, Jr., a journalist and public relations executive, and Harriet M. Ward, a nurse. He received his early education in both the Riverside and Roselle areas of Illinois. Naturally athletic, Michael lettered in cross country, basketball and track during his high school years at Lake Park High School in Roselle.
Enrolled at the University of Notre Dame as a pre-med student, Michael graduated in 1981 and went on to Memphis State University for an intended masters' degree in Microbiology. During this time of study, however, a chance meeting with Memphis WRVR radio deejay Rick Robinson led to a life-altering career change. With the assistance of Robinson, Michael made a vocal demo tape and successfully moved into the world of radio.
Abruptly leaving his graduate program after eight months, Michael returned to Chicago and landed a weekend radio deejay gig at WKDC in Elmhurst with a Broadway show tune format. He also worked as a reporter for a PM Magazine type show that aired on Elmhurst Community Cable TV and, some time later, as an intern for Chicago news commentator Charles Cleveland at WBBM-TV.
Employed as a part-time news writer for WUBE-WMLX in Cincinnati in 1984, Michael moved to on-air work after a chance opened up for him to cover Pete Rose's quest to break Ty Cobb's record in a series against the San Diego Padres in September of 1985. This eventually led to a full-time job at WRBI, a country music station located in Batesville, Indiana. In addition to being their midday jock, he also served as their evening newsman, sports director and occasional interviewer for such celebs as Art Linkletter.
Michael's hiring as a news reporter and fill-in anchor at Cincinnati's WLW station would be his last full-time radio job. In 1988, he abruptly turned his focus to acting after being cast in the title role of "The Nerd" at a local Cincinnati theater. Other stage work followed with the drama "Blue Jacket," an outdoor production of "Johnny Appleseed," the classic Dickens play "A Christmas Carol" for The Human Race Theatre Co. in Dayton, Ohio, and a Notre Dame Summer Shakespeare production of "Much Ado About Nothing" (as Verges). He also went on to include improv and sketch comedy to his theatre résumé.
Michael had his first co-star role in an episode of "Unsolved Mysteries." A couple of commercials for Giant Eagle Supermarkets earned the actor his SAG card in 1997. Into the millennium, he broke into films with a bit role in the independent feature April's Fool (2001). Other movie parts followed including Blue Car (2002) written and directed by Karen Moncrieff and starring David Strathairn; Turning the Corner (2004), written and directed by Daniel M. McCormack; Graduation (2007), a comedy caper with Adam Arkin; the romantic comedy LAID: Life as It's Dealt (2012); A Kind of Murder (2016), a crime thriller starring Patrick Wilson and Jessica Biel; the comedy B-Roll (2019); and Echo Boomers (2020), an action drama starring Michael Shannon. One notable highlight was his supporting roles in a pair of films directed by Todd Haynes -- Carol (2015) starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara and the environmental drama Dark Waters (2019) with Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway and Tim Robbins.
Of his numerous short films, Michael portrayed Hades in a visual retelling of the Greek myth Persephone (2008), and has since graced a host of up-and-coming writer/director projects, including The Beekeeper (2009) by Sean Jourdan; White Solace (2011) by Jack Coleman; Bingo Night (2014) by Jordan Liebowitz; There Is No Door (2017) by Ward Crockett and the more recent Deliver Me (2020) by Yasmin Asif.
The highlight of Michael's TV credits was his starring role in the sci-fi comedy web series Dark Age (2013) as Arthur, one of a motley group of survivors adjusting to a post-apocalyptic world. Branching into producing, he is serving as an associate producer for the upcoming crime dramedy film Silent Bark (2026), produced and written by Karen Cole.- Director
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Chad Michael Ward is an American director, cinematographer and screenwriter living in Northern Sweden.
Through his evocative photography and thought-provoking films, Ward aims to foster a greater understanding and empathy for the intricacies of the human experience. By pushing the boundaries of visual storytelling, he invites viewers to embark on introspective journeys, where the complexities of the human condition are explored and the fragile beauty of our shared existence is revealed.- Actor
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- Michael Ward is known for The Most Reluctant Convert (2021).
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Michael E. Ward is known for Bombairiya (2019), Sweet Surrender and Jo Dooba So Paar: It's Love in Bihar! (2011).- Michael F. Ward is known for The Stools (2015), The Cars That Made America (2017) and The Diner Chronicles (2020).
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- Steven Michael Ward is known for Something Else (2004).
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Michael Ward is known for Shut Up Anthony (2017), High Definition (2008) and The Second Session (2018).- Michael Colin Ward is known for Max Headroom (1987).
- Michael Ward is known for Old Tom (2002).
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Michael Ward is known for Me, My Meds & Mother (2020).- Michael Ward is known for Step Dad (2023).
- Michael Ward is known for Light, Streets of Redemption (2011).
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Michael Ward is known for Buddy (1997) and Cabaret (1993).