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This Clarksburg native was raised in West Union. He studied briefly at West Virginia University before moving to New York, where he worked for a newspaper and later studied acting. There, he began writing plays and TV scripts, contributing to shows like Gunsmoke, Rawhide, and Daniel Boone.
Ware wrote two novels, The Innocents and The Eden Tree, the second based partly on his own life. He worked often with actor Martin Sheen and directed several films set in West Virginia, including No Drums, No Bugles and When the Line Goes Through. In 1975, he wrote and directed The Hatfields and the McCoys, a TV movie about the famous feud.
His last work was the 2010 film Dreamkiller.
