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Roger Ward

Roger Ward

Actor, also writer · Born July 24, 1937 (89) · Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Roger Ward (born 1936) is an Australian actor who has had a considerable career in film and television,[1] noted for "tough guy" roles in which he often did his own stunts.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 24, 1937 (89)
From
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Works as
Actor, also writer
Titles
17 on MovieCove · 42 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 24% in 30 days

What are Roger Ward's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

Genres

Action6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 63rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 14th percentile
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
32%
Morality
21%
Self
17%
Ideas
10%
Society
9%
Bonds
8%
Power
3%
Survival5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 6

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 3

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 7

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 4

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

4 analyzed roles
Ally
1 of 4
Herald
1 of 4
Threshold guardian
1 of 4
Shadow
1 of 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
10
Dread
5
Thrilling
4
Melancholic
2
Triumphant
1
Other
4

How their films linger

Unsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet5
  • Ambiguous5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Roger Ward's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Roger Ward's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

42 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Something's Not Right(2026)

    Show as Mr. Gordon (segment: Jane)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Celebrity House Cleaner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Action Movie Star

  • The Debt Collector (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Jimmie O'Hare

  • Jane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Mr. Gordon

  • Axmo Deus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Lou Sither

  • Dusters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Welles

  • The Shinjuku Five (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Papa Cosgrave

  • Choir Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as William Millard

  • The Faceless Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Dougie

  • Ascendant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Dr. M. Greenberg

  • Boar(2017)

    as Blue

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Turkey Shoot(2014)

    as The Dictator

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Long Weekend(2008)

    as Truckie

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Big Sky(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Barney

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • Rough Diamonds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Merv Drysdale

  • Quigley Down Under(1990)

    as Brophy

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Young Einstein(1988)

    as Cat Pie Cook

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Barracuda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Bill 'The Dentist'

  • Rafferty's Rules (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 2 episodes · as Albert Potts

  • The Pirate Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Pirate

  • Sara Dane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 3 episodes · as Johnny Pigman

  • Turkey Shoot(1982)

    as Chief Guard Ritter

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Lady, Stay Dead(1981)

    as Officer Clyde Collings

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • The Chain Reaction(1980)

    as Moose

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Touch and Go (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Wrestler

  • Mad Max(1979)

    as Fifi

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Irishman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Kevin Quilty

  • No Room to Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Delivery Man

  • Deathcheaters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as 1st Police Sergeant

  • Mad Dog Morgan(1976)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • The Man from Hong Kong(1975)

    as Bob Taylor

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Shrine of Ultimate Bliss(1974)

    as Thug

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Stone(1974)

    as Hooks

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Dalmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Policeman

  • Hancock Down Under (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Pete

  • Squeeze a Flower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Actor

  • The Set(1970)

    Novel · Screenplay · as Dancer at Party (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • It Takes All Kinds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Dick Tanner

  • Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Show 1 episode · as Carver

  • Mutiny on the Bounty(1962)

    as Minor Role

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Disease X: The Zombie Experiment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Our Social Playground (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Uncle Alf

Career shape

Star power in the 90th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 41 titles, 39 of them dated from 1962 to 2023; peak year 1979.

Biggest box office

Quigley Down Under (1990)

$21M worldwide

Highest rated

Quigley Down Under (1990)

Midcredits 77th

Most popular right now

Mad Max (1979)

Film career

19622023

Peak 1979 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1974Screen debut· Stone

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting41 of 41: 40 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score38thWriting1 of 41: 0 only writing, 1 with another role

By decade

1960s3 · acting1970s12 · 12 acting · 1 crew1980s9 · acting1990s3 · acting2000s1 · acting2010s6 · acting2020s5 · acting

Billing

usually 7th · top billed in 0% of 11 roles
7484

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Roger Ward's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 37th percentile, the median of all 15; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 34th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

34thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

32ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 17 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 17 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · actor, writer

The Set (1970)

75th percentile spread · 34% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

Midcredits 84th · 78% liked

Reviewers score the acting 45/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 59, detractors 26. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Roger Ward's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 73 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles39–62 · median 56 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 53 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 32 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 70 · intenseMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Roger Ward work with?

People who share at least 2 of Roger Ward's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Brian Trenchard-Smith shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers