Actor Fred Ward died Sunday at age 79. Ward's publicist confirmed the news to trades Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and Indiewire on Friday. Ward served in the U.S. Air Force and became an actor in the '70s. He was part of the Golden Globe Award-winning ensemble cast of 1994's Short Cuts. With 89 credits, Ward had many memorable roles including that of astronaut Gus Grissom in the 1983 film The ...