Fred Ward was born on December 30, 1942 in San Diego, California.

Playing the RedNeck confederate solider Earl Smooter well at least he re-enacted the war, in SWEET HOME ALABAMA , Fred Ward was Reese Witherspoon's father and Mary Kay Place's husband.

In the classic prison movie Fred Ward worked with Clint Eastwood in in ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ.

When the giant worms are out to get you, who else would you want to fight the worms but Fred Ward and Kevin Bacon in the sci-fi hit TREMORS.

In 1990 Fred Ward co-produced the thriller MIAMI BLUES he also played the Florida cop Hoke Moseley. Working opposite Alec Baldwin and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

As an astronaut Fred Ward played Gus Grissom in the 1983 movie THE RIGHT STUFF working opposite Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, and Dennis Quaid.

Fred Ward's other notable credits include...

FEAST OF LOVE (2007)

THE WILD STALLION (2006)

FUNKY MONKEY (2004)

MASKED AND ANONYMOUS (2003)

SWEET HOME ALABAMA (2002)

ROAD TRIP (2000)

DANGEROUS BEAUTY (1998)

NAKED GUN 33 1/3: THE FINAL INSULT (1994)

THE PLAYER (1992)

TREMORS (1990)

THE RIGHT STUFF (1983)

ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ (1979)

Fred Ward in THE RIGHT STUFF

Fred Ward in TREMORS (1990)

Fred Ward in THE PLAYER (1992)