The veteran actor Fred Ward has died at the age of 79

Fred Ward, 79, a veteran film and television actor best known for his gruff,

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tough-guy roles in films such as Escape from Alcatraz, The Right Stuff, and Tremors, has died.

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According to a biography provided by Hofmann,

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Ward began his acting career as a US air force member in the 1960s and then as an Alaskan lumberjack,

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boxer with three broken noses and short-order cook.

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During his four-decade career, which began with foreign films in the early 1970s and

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ended with a role on the television series True Detective in 2015, according to his IMBD profile.

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Hearts of the West was his first American film appearance as a cowboy.

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His breakthrough role came with the film Escape from Alcatraz, starring Clint Eastwood.

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