Alex Temple Ward Wiki, Age, Career, Husband – All About Gavin Creel’s Partner

Alex Temple Ward is an American actor, singer, podcaster, and swimmer mostly known as the husband of recently deceased actor Gavin Creel.

Gavin Creel was a Tony winning actor, singer and songwriter mostly known for his work in Hello, Dolly!, and Waitress.

Creel was tragically reported dead on Monday, September 30, 2024 after passing away at his home in Manhattan. He was 48.

His death was announced by his partner Alex Temple Ward via a publicist, Matt Polk. His cause of death was a rare and aggressive form of cancer known as metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma.

He was diagnosed in July 2024 and underwent treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering.

“As an award-winning Broadway star, he brought irrepressible verve, passion, and boundless energy to his onstage roles while devoting his offstage time to advocacy and community-building,” Polk said.

Alex Temple Ward Wiki, Age, Career, Husband Gavin Creel

Alex Temple Ward is an American actor and singer known as the partner of deceased actor, Gavin Creel. He is 32-years-old.

Ward was born and raised in the East Tennessee Valley but based in New York. He received his education at the University of Tennessee Knoxville School of Music.

Ward graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance in 2014.

Alex started swimming at a young age and engaged in competitive swimming for over a decade. In college, he was on the varsity swim team.

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Career

After a successful swimming career and receiving his undergraduate degree, Ward started out as an actor, interning for three years at the Clarence Brown Theatre in Knoxville.

He received training at Circle in the Square Theatre School with current New York professionals such as Sara Lazarus, Alan Langdon, Ken Schatz, and Sybil Lines.

Ward has performed with many theatre companies including the Palace Theatre in Manchester NH, the Theatre Workshop of Nantucket in Nantucket MA, and the Hemlock Theatre Company in Staten Island NY.

He served as a maninstage performer for the Disney Cruise Line in Orlando fulltime for close to a year in 2016/7 and then joined the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival.

Alex Temple Ward served as a soloist with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, and appeared in the Wizard of Oz with the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City MO. For close to two years between 2021 and 2023, he was Master Swim Instructor for Equinox.

Finally, Ward has his own podcast, The Last Refuge, that he has been producing since July 2017. According to his bio, he enjoys drinking coffee in Hamilton Heights, recording his podcast, and is currently on a search to find the “best piece of pizza in New York City.”

Alex Temple Ward Gavin Creel

Alex Temple Ward was the partner of Gavin Creel at the time of the Tony award winning actor’s death. Few details are publicly available about their relationship.

Gavin Creel received a Tony Award for his performance as Cornelius Hackl in HELLO, DOLLY! starring Bette Midler.

He started out his Broadway career with the role of Jimmy Smith in THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, which earned him his first Tony Award nomination. Following that blinding start, Creel went on to star in the Broadway productions of HAIR, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, SHE LOVES ME, THE BOOK OF MORMON (for which he received an Olivier Award), and WAITRESS. Creel was among the star-studded cast of New York City Center Encores! critically acclaimed production of INTO THE WOODS.

On television, Creel starred as Troy in Ryan Murphy’s anthology series “American Horror Stories” and played Bill alongside Julie Andrews in “Eloise at the Plaza” and “Eloise at Christmasttime.”

Originally from Findlay, Ohio, Creel is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance.