Lyman Ward (born June 21, 1941) is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in Creature (1984), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), and Milk and Honey (1988).
1959
Ward was born and raised in Saint John, New Brunswick and graduated from St. Malachy's Memorial High School in the class of 1959, and then in 1963 from St. Thomas University which was located at the time in Miramichi, New Brunswick before relocating to Fredericton in 1964.
1985
Lyman Ward and Second City actor Sandra Bogan lived together in 1985.
1986
He appeared on the first episode of Laverne & Shirley as Tad Schotz, but is most noted for playing Ferris Bueller's father in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).
Ward met Cindy Pickett on the set of Ferris Bueller, where they played the parents of the teenage protagonist in the 1986 film.
1987
Ward also played a minor role in Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) as John, one of the marketers.
1990
In 1990, Ward was cast as Jim Walsh in the pilot of the show Beverly Hills, 90210.
Producers later recast the role and his scenes were cut and reshot with James Eckhouse.
1992
They married in real life, had two children together, then divorced shortly after playing the parents of the teenage protagonist in the 1992 film Sleepwalkers.
2001
In 2001, he made a cameo appearance in the movie Not Another Teen Movie as Mr. Wyler, spoofing his role in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
2016
Ward published a novel titled Fortune's Tide in 2016, a historical fiction based in his home town of Saint John.
