Donal Lardner Ward: Donal Lardner Ward. Writer: The Suburbans. Great-grandson of writer/humorist Ring Lardner, grand-nephew of Academy Award winning screenwriter and Hollywood Ten member Ring Lardner Jr. Father was co-founder of New York's Elaine's restaurant. First professional job was a small part in Whit Stillman's 1990 Oscar nominated Metropolitan. Part of the early 90s New York indie film wave with the 1994 micro budget feature My Life's in Turnaround (1993). Has identical twin...
Known For: The Suburbans (Writer), New York Daze (Writer), The Royal Tenenbaums (Hotel Clerk(as Donal Ward)), My Life's in Turnaround (Writer)