Harry Ward

born: 13 March 1890 Saint-Vincent, Aosta Valley, Italy

died: 16 April 1952 Los Angeles, California, United States of America (cancer, age 62)

Italian-born American actor, vaudevillian, and musician. Angelo DeMichele a.k.a. "Harry Ward," a violinist, and his brother Anthony DeMichele (1887-1966), a harpist professionally known as "Joe Van," played for many years in vaudeville as the musical comedy duo of Ward and Van, performing an act titled "Off Key." 'The Standard' casting directories of 1927/28 lists him in the film Sailors, Beware! (1927).

Real name: Angelo Joseph DeMichele Height: 5'5"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1927 Sailors, Beware! Sailor [?] WWII DRAFT DOCUMENTS (click any image to enlarge) Acknowledgements: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K68K-51F (WWI draft reg. card) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNML-28X (1920 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8J7-K1J (1931 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9WP-7D6 (1940 Census) Angelo Joseph Demichele, "U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942" (Ancestry.com) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VG5B-2MX (CA Death Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CSWL-9N6Z (death certificate) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KWB-LPQD (Social Security Numident File) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185035513 (Find a Grave) https://archive.org/details/nvasouvenir192408nati/page/n322/mode/1up?q=%22ward+and+van%22&view=theater (National Vaudeville Artists: Eighth Annual Benefit, 11 May 1924) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/380386858/ (Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr 1927) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/381262088/ (Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr 1952) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/704904292/ (Long Beach Press-Telegram, 18 Apr 1952) https://archive.org/details/variety186-1952-04/page/n286/mode/1up?q=%22harry+ward%22&view=theater (Variety, 23 Apr 1952) 'The Standard' casting directories of 1927/28. Steve Rydzewski (information) Jese Brisson (bio notes and research) This page was last updated on: 15 August 2023