Ward Costello(1919-2009)

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A semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr., from his assignment to command the U.S. naval operations in the South Pacific to the Allied victory at Guadalcanal.

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The Gallant Hours (1960)

Ward Costello was born on 5 July 1919 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for MacArthur (1977), Firefox (1982) and Missing (1982). He was married to Gerarda. He died on 4 June 2009 in Redlands, California, USA.

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Known for

MacArthur

6.5

General Marshall

1977

Firefox

5.9

General Rogers

1982

Missing

7.7

Congressman

1982

Goldengirl

4.9

Cobb

1979

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Actor

Roe vs. Wade
6.0
TV Movie
- Supreme Court Judge
- 1989
Newhart
7.8
TV Series
- Mr. Wallingford
- 1989
General Hospital
6.6
TV Series
- Senator Martin Drake
- 1981–1989
Star Trek: The Next Generation
8.7
TV Series
- Adm. Gregory Quinn
- 1988
Frank Nitti: The Enforcer
5.9
TV Movie
- 1988
The Law and Harry McGraw
7.5
TV Series
- Thad Hemming
- 1987
Project X
6.2
- Price
- 1987
Firefox
5.9
- General Rogers
- 1982
Lou Grant
7.3
TV Series
- Aldous Whitmore
- 1982
Missing
7.7
- Congressman
- 1982
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
7.3
- Mr. Eden
- 1981
Bloody Birthday
5.7
- Mr. Taylor
- 1981
Little House on the Prairie
7.5
TV Series
- Jeremy Unger
- 1980
Goldengirl
4.9
- Cobb
- 1979
Barnaby Jones
6.9
TV Series
- Daniel McKnight
- Charles Markwell
- 1976–1978

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Born
- July 5, 1919
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died
- June 4, 2009
- Redlands, California, USA(complications due to a stroke)
Spouse
- Gerarda? - June 4, 2009 (his death, 4 children)
Other works
Active on Broadway in the following productions:

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Trivia
Has played characters in 2 movies that have Adm William Halsey. The Gallant Hours (1960) and Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970). In The Gallant Hours he played Captain Harry Black, Halsey's Chief of Staff. Halsey was portrayed by James Cagney. In Tora! Tora! Tora! his character of the Captain of the USS Enterprise is uncredited and is in the target practice scene with Halsey, portrayed by James Whitmore.