Donal Lardner Ward


Actor, Director

About

Also Known As
Donal Ward
Birth Place
Brooklyn, New York, USA

Biography

Dark-haired New York actor turned neophyte independent filmmaker with "My Life's in Turnaround" as co-director, star, producer and writer. Ward entered show business as a production assistant in L.A. A few years later, he returned to NYC where he worked as a bartender and co-founded the West End Theater Group. After his feature acting debut in Whit Stillman's engaging indie "Metropolitan...

Biography

Dark-haired New York actor turned neophyte independent filmmaker with "My Life's in Turnaround" as co-director, star, producer and writer. Ward entered show business as a production assistant in L.A. A few years later, he returned to NYC where he worked as a bartender and co-founded the West End Theater Group. After his feature acting debut in Whit Stillman's engaging indie "Metropolitan" (1989), Ward teamed up with actor-screenwriter Eric Schaeffer to write "Turnaround." Shot for $40,000 in 15 days, the film follows the adventures of Ward and Schaeffer as they look for love and film financing in the big city. The film opened to warm reviews at the 1993 San Francisco Film Festival.

Life Events

1985

Moved to Los Angeles

1990

Made feature acting debut in a bit role in "Metropolitan"

1994

Feature debut (as director, writer and producer with Eric Schaeffer), "My Life's in Turnaround"

1995

Co-created, produced, wrote and starred in the short-lived Fox sitcom "Too Something/New York Daze"

1999

Scripted and helmed the ensemble comedy "The Suburbans"; also co-starred

Family

Ring Lardner Sr
Great-Grandfather
Journalist, playwright.
Ring Lardner Jr
Uncle
Screenwriter. Wrote the screenplay to "M*A*S*H".

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