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My Take
For me, Zack Ward will always be that kid with the yellow eyes and coonskin cap in A Christmas Story. Scut Farkus is such an indelible bully that it'd be easy to assume the role boxed him in, but I find his actual run far more interesting. Bouncing through 80s and 90s television films before landing the steady Dave Scoville gig on Titus shows the kind of grind I respect: he never became a household name, yet he kept working, and even moved into screenwriting and voice work. That blend of recognizable face and quiet persistence is exactly the sort of career I'm drawn to.
Overview
Zacharias Ward is a Canadian actor. He made his film debut with a supporting role as Scut Farkus in the comedy film A Christmas Story (1983). Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Ward appeared in multiple television films, and had supporting roles in the films Ed (1996) and Wild America (1997). Ward experienced a career resurgence with his main role as Dave Scoville on the Fox sitcom Titus (2000–2002).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Zack Ward
- Name (Japanese)
- ザック・ウォード
- Reading
- ざっく・うぉーど
- Born
- August 31, 1970 (age 55)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dog
- Origin
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor / screenwriter / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from Canada →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.