Simon Ward

A memorial service was held for him at St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden on 9th July 2013.

He was the father-in-law of award-winning comedian Michael McIntyre, who married Ward's youngest daughter Kitty in 2003.

He was considered for the roles of Colonel Colin Caine, Dr. Armstrong, Roger Derebridge and Dr. Bukovsky in Lifeforce (1985).

In 1981 he was due to make a film called The Bomber but it was canceled the day filming was due to start.

In the late 1980s, Ward was a victim of a street attack that was never solved and baffled the police.

He played Winston Churchill in both Young Winston (1972) and Kurtulus (1994).

Had an uncredited role as a "schoolboy" in the film "If....", released in 1968, the year of Ward's 27th birthday.

His big break in theater came in 1967 when he played in Joe Orton's "Loot" which led to a number of small film and television roles.

The son of a car dealer, the British actor Simon Ward was born in London, England, in 1941, and educated there at Alleyn's School, the home of the National Youth Theatre, which he joined at age 13 and stayed with for eight years. After attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he worked in repertory in Northampton, Birmingham and Oxford, and occasionally in London's West End.