Edward "Ward" Costello (July 5, 1919 – June 4, 2009) was an American actor, composer and lyricist.
When he was young, he left home to go to sea, after which he was an itinerant worker on farms and ranches before he became a newspaper reporter in New York.
[1] Costello served in both the British Royal Air Force and the U.S. Army Signal Corps during the Second World War.
During his acting career, Costello appeared in several television programs, including Star Trek: The Next Generation, Little House on the Prairie and Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
He was survived by his wife, Gerarda; three sons; a daughter; two brothers and a sister.