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Lyman Ward

Highest Rated: 83% Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

Lowest Rated: Mikey (1992)

Birthday: Jun 21, 1941

Birthplace: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

If the fates had aligned differently, Lyman Ward would have played two iconic pop culture patriarchs. As it stands now, the lanky character actor is best known to moviegoers as the clueless father in the beloved teen romp "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," written and directed by John Hughes. Four years later, Ward was cast as Jim Walsh, Brandon and Brenda's doting dad, on one of the 1990s' defining TV shows, "Beverly Hills, 90210." Ward filmed the pilot episode, but his scenes were later re-shot with series fixture James Eckhouse. Despite the snub, Ward has enjoyed a distinguished acting career, appearing in dozens of movies and television shows since 1971. This includes working on at least two more John Hughes-related projects: the classic 1987 holiday drama "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" and the sitcom "Weird Science," which was inspired by Hughes's 1985 sci-fi comedy. Hughes also played a pivotal role in the actor's personal life. While filming "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," Ward met Cindy Pickett, the actress playing his onscreen wife. The couple married in 1986, but divorced in 1992.

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Highest-Rated Movies

83% 92% Ferris Bueller's Day Off Watchlist
33% 16% Creature
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29% 32% Sleepwalkers
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45% Mikey
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Nightmare Boulevard
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The Force
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Having Babies
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62% The Wrong Woman
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Serial Killer
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In the Frame
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Filmography

Movies TV Shows
In the Forest 82% 2022 Stan (Grandpa) Actor Farah Goes Bang 53% 2013 Walter Actor Nightmare Boulevard 2004 Dr. Rubin Actor The Secret Agent Club 31% 1996 Shadow General Actor Serial Killer 1996 Dr. Harvard Jankowitz Actor A Stranger to Love 1996 Handley Actor The Wrong Woman 62% 1995 Jonah Slide Actor The Force 1994 Maddox Actor No Dessert Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn 1994 Larry Actor Mikey 45% 1992 Mr. Jenkins Actor Sleepwalkers 29% 32% 1992 Mr. Robertson Actor Sweet Poison 1991 Warden Actor Guilty as Charged 27% 1991 Stanford Actor Tagget 1991 Bill Schiller Actor Best Shots 1991 Actor Riding the Edge 1989 John Actor In the Frame 1989 Don Stuart Actor Milk & Honey 1988 Adam Actor Hidden Rage 1988 Steven Hack Actor Perfect Victims 1988 Steven Hack Actor Ferris Bueller's Day Off 83% 92% 1986 Tom Bueller Actor Creature 33% 16% 1985 David Perkins Actor Having Babies 1976 Dr. Cabe Actor
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