Trivia

Met his ex-wife, Cindy Pickett, when they played husband-and-wife in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).

Ward appeared in the very first episode of Laverne & Shirley (1976), January 27, 1976 -- The Society Party (1976).

Played an advertising executive in two John Hughes movies: Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) and Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987).

Ward played Jim Walsh in the pilot for the show Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990). The scenes were cut and re-shot with James Eckhouse.

Ex-stepson-in-law of Larry Gelbart.

Has one son, Shaun.

Born on exactly the same date as SCTV alum Joe Flaherty.

Ex-son-in-law of Patricia Marshall.

Graduated from St. Malachy's Memorial High School in the class of 1959, and then in 1963 from St. Thomas University, New Brunswick.

Ex-stepfather of Sasha Gelbart.

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