Editing Fred Ward (section)

==Early life==
Freddie<!---"Freddie" not "Frederick" per birth record---> Joe Ward was born in [[San Diego]] on December 30, 1942.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fred Ward, star of 'The Right Stuff,' 'Tremors,' dies at 79 |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/movies/fred-ward-star-right-stuff-tremors-henry-june-dies-79-rcna28752 |website=Today.com |date=May 13, 2022 |access-date=May 13, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kreps |first1=Daniel |title=Fred Ward, Versatile Character Actor in 'Tremors' and 'The Right Stuff,' Dead at 79 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/fred-ward-character-actor-tremors-the-right-stuff-dead-obit-1352789/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=May 13, 2022 |access-date=May 13, 2022}}</ref> He was part [[Cherokee descent|Cherokee]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WO&p_theme=wo&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADE805E9D681E9&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | title=Worcester Telegram & Gazette Archives}} DEAD LINK</ref> His father was an alcoholic criminal who was repeatedly imprisoned and his mother left him when Fred was three.{{r|Berger}}  He was then raised by his grandmother until his mother had rebuilt her life and remarried a [[carnie|carnival worker]].<ref name = Berger>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/movies/fred-ward-dead.html|title = Fred Ward, Star of 'The Right Stuff' and 'Henry and June,' Dies at 79|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|date = May 13, 2022|access-date = May 14, 2022|last = Berger|first = Joseph|url-access = limited}}</ref> Before acting, Ward spent three years in the [[United States Air Force]]. He was also a [[boxing|boxer]] (breaking his nose three times) and worked as a [[lumberjack]] in [[Alaska]],<ref>{{cite news| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/60035778.html?dids=60035778:60035778&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Apr+15%2C+1990&author=SEAN+MITCHELL&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Exploring+the+Dark+Side-as+a+Producer+Actor+Fred+Ward%27s+tenacity+brings+the+comically+sordid+world+of+%60Miami+Blues%27+to+the+screen&pqatl=google | first=Sean | last=Mitchell | title=Exploring the Dark Side-as a Producer Actor Fred Ward's tenacity brings the comically sordid world of 'Miami Blues' to the screen | date=April 15, 1990}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3CDB7973EC64A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | first=Philip | last=Wuntch | title=dallasnews.com – Archives}}</ref> a janitor, and a short-order cook. He studied acting at New York's [[Herbert Berghof Studio]] after serving in the U.S. Air Force.  While living in Rome, he [[dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbed]] Italian movies into English and appeared in films by [[Italian neorealism|neorealist]] director [[Roberto Rossellini]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Fred Ward|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/fred-ward/bio/150865/|website=TV Guide|access-date=June 24, 2015}}</ref>