Donal Lardner Ward

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Biography

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 …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer

Born

November 30, 1962

Career Milestones

Raised in Manhattan

Returned to New York; co-founded the West End Theater Group

Worked as a production assistant

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