Lyman Ward

Lyman Ward is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in Creature, Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), and Milk and Honey (1988).

Life and career Ward was born and raised in Saint John, New Brunswick and graduated from St. Malachy's Memorial High School in the class of 1959, and then in 1963 from St. Thomas University which was located at the time in Miramichi, New Brunswick before relocating to Fredericton in 1964.

He appeared on the first episode of Laverne & Shirley as Tad Schotz, but is most noted for playing Ferris Bueller's father in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). In 1990, Ward was cast as Jim Walsh in the pilot of the show Beverly Hills, 90210. Producers later recast the role and his scenes were cut and reshot with James Eckhouse. In 2001, he made a cameo appearance in the movie Not Another Teen Movie as Mr. Wyler, spoofing his role in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Ward also played a minor role in Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) as John, one of the marketers.

Lyman Ward and Second City actor Sandra Bogan lived together in 1985. Ward met Cindy Pickett on the set of Ferris Bueller, where they played the parents of the teenage protagonist in the 1986 film. They married in real life, had two children together, then divorced shortly after playing the parents of the teenage protagonist in the 1992 film Sleepwalkers.

Ward published a novel titled Fortune's Tide in 2016, a historical fiction based in his home town of Saint John.

He continues to act in both films and television.

Filmography

Coffy (1973) – Orderly One Day at a Time (Season 1 Episode 2) (1975) – Steve Blanchard Laverne & Shirley (1976) – Tad Shotz The Great Smokey Roadblock (1977) – Leland Alice (1978) episode 6 Season 3 as Burt Gilman (a date of Alice's) Battlestar Galactica (1979) – Karibdis The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980) – Real Estate Agent Barney Miller (1980 episode "Agent Orange" as Len Macready, 1982 episode "Examination Day" as Harv Jetter) Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981) – Emergency Room Doctor Love Letters (1983) – Morgan Crawford Moscow on the Hudson (1984) – Agent Williams Young Lust (1984) Protocol (1984) – Senator Kenworthy Creature (1985) – David Perkins A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) – Mr. Grady Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) – Tom Bueller Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) – John (uncredited) Perfect Victims (1988) – Steven Hack Milk and Honey (1988) – Adam Bernardi She's Having a Baby (1988) – Himself (uncredited) Riding the Edge (1989) – John Best Shots (1990) – Roger Boro Murder, She Wrote (1991) – Mitchell Lawrence Guilty as Charged (1991) – Stanford The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991) – Chief Healy Mikey (1992) – Mr. Jenkins Sleepwalkers (1992) – Mr. Robertson The Beverly Hillbillies (1992) - Ben Aidem *"The Wonder Years" (Season 5, Episode 15) "Of Mastodons and Men"

(1993) – Chief Gallo No Dessert, Dad, till You Mow the Lawn (1994) – Larry The Wrong Woman (1995) – Jonah Slide Independence Day (1996) – Secret Service Agent The Secret Agent Club (1996) – SHADOW General Not Another Teen Movie (2001) – Mr. Wyler Quiet Kill (2004) – Dr. Rubin Rumor Has It (2005) – Charity Dinner Guests Two:Thirteen (2009) – Police Captain Farah Goes Bang (2013) – Walter Transparent (2015) – Dean Carl Spitzer In the Forest (2022) – Stan (Grandpa)