John Thomas O'Donnell, better known by his stage name Hap Ward,[1] (July 1868, Philadelphia – January 3, 1944, New York City) was an American comedian, dancer, and actor who was half of the vaudeville comedy duo Ward and Vokes.[2]
Ward and Vokes toured widely in a series of musicals and vaudeville entertainments from 1894 through 1911. After this, Ward worked in other stage works without Vokes and starred in several films made from 1918 through 1929. The majority of his films were short comic silent films made with the actress Gale Henry between the years 1919 and 1921. His final film was the 1929 sound feature Fugitives in which he portrayed Scal "the Rat". He starred in several Broadway musicals during his career, including The Floor Walkers (1900) and the Ziegfeld Follies of 1923