Lyman Ward

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Biography

Lyman Ward (born June 21, 1941) is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in Creature (1984), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), and Milk and Honey (1988).

Known For

Independence Day

Secret Service Guy

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Tom Bueller

Not Another Teen Movie

Mr. Wyler

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

John

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

Mr. Grady

Rumor Has It...

Charity Dinner Guest

Monk

Mr. Carlson

The Wonder Years

Ben Aidem

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2022	In the Forest MOVIE	Stan
2021	Finding Titan: The Making of Creature MOVIE	Self
2020	Reunited Apart TV	Self
2014	Transparent TV	Dean Carl Spitzer
2009	2:13 MOVIE	Police Captain
2005	Rumor Has It... MOVIE	Charity Dinner Guest
2005	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody TV	George Harrington
2004	Quiet Kill MOVIE	Dr. Rubin
2002	Monk TV	Mr. Carlson
2002	First Monday TV	Brian Chandler
2001	Not Another Teen Movie MOVIE	Mr. Wyler
1997	The Practice TV	Mr. Hayes
1996	Independence Day MOVIE	Secret Service Guy
1996	The Siege at Ruby Ridge MOVIE	Ross Jones
1996	A Stranger to Love MOVIE	Handley
1995	Serial Killer MOVIE	Dr. Harvard Jankowitz
1995	JAG TV	Roger Morris
1995	JAG TV	Maj. Gen. Chad Kubin
1995	The Wrong Woman MOVIE	Jonah Slide
1994	No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn MOVIE	Larry Driscoll
1994	Models Inc. TV	Self
1994	Weird Science TV	Self
1994	The Force MOVIE	Maddox
1993	The Beverly Hillbillies MOVIE	Chief Gallo
1993	Dave's World TV	Chuck
1992	Mikey MOVIE	Mr. Jenkins
1992	Melrose Place TV	Doug Vincent
1992	Best Shots MOVIE	Self
1992	Sleepwalkers MOVIE	Mr. Robertson
1991	The Taking of Beverly Hills MOVIE	Chief Healy
1991	Sweet Poison MOVIE	Warden
1991	Guilty As Charged MOVIE	Stanford
1989	Dick Francis: In the Frame MOVIE	Don Stuart
1989	Just Tipsy, Honey MOVIE	Chris Adams
1989	Riding the Edge MOVIE	John Harman
1988	Milk and Honey MOVIE	Adam Bernardi
1988	Perfect Victims MOVIE	Steven Hack
1988	Supercarrier TV	Self
1988	She's Having a Baby MOVIE	Lyman Ward (uncredited)
1988	The Wonder Years TV	Ben Aidem
1988	Stranger on My Land MOVIE	Self
1987	Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall MOVIE	Dick Tratten
1987	Planes, Trains and Automobiles MOVIE	John
1987	thirtysomething TV	Self
1987	She's the Sheriff TV	Commissioner McKinney
1986	Ferris Bueller's Day Off MOVIE	Tom Bueller
1986	Matlock TV	Arthur Richardson
1985	A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge MOVIE	Mr. Grady
1985	The Emperor's New Clothes MOVIE	Pub Man
1985	Creature MOVIE	David Perkins
1985	Obsessed with a Married Woman MOVIE	Self
1984	Protocol MOVIE	Senator Kenworthy
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Walter Ickes
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Mitchell Lawrence
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Colin Crowe
1984	Young Lust: A Soap Opera MOVIE	Dick Danner
1984	Moscow on the Hudson MOVIE	Agent Williams, Justice Dept.
1984	Night Court TV	Commander Tucker
1983	Scarecrow and Mrs. King TV	Self
1983	Love Letters MOVIE	Morgan Crawford
1983	The A-Team TV	Eisher
1982	Remington Steele TV	Russell Forsyth
1982	Family Ties TV	John Willis
1982	Faerie Tale Theatre TV	Pub Man
1982	Cagney & Lacey TV	Self
1981	Whose Life Is It Anyway? MOVIE	Emergency Room Doctor
1981	Jessica Novak TV	Self
1981	The Phoenix MOVIE	Howard
1980	Magnum, P.I. TV	Frank Foley
1980	The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood MOVIE	Real Estate Agent
1979	Hart to Hart TV	Self
1978	Battlestar Galactica TV	Pallon / Karibdis
1978	The Great Smokey Roadblock MOVIE	Leland
1977	Man from Atlantis TV	Clavius
1976	Having Babies MOVIE	Dr. Cabe
1976	Alice TV	Self
1976	Laverne & Shirley TV	Self
1975	One Day at a Time TV	Self
1975	Barney Miller TV	Harv Jetter
1975	Barney Miller TV	Len Macready
1973	Kojak TV	Larry Jordan
1973	Coffy MOVIE	Orderly
1973	Police Story TV	Officer Harris
1972	Delphi Bureau TV	Moretti

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