Ward Bond
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Apr 9, 1903 (123 years old)
Place of Birth
Benkelman, Nebraska, USA
Biography
Wardell Edwin Bond (April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960) was an American film character actor whose rugged appearance and easygoing charm were featured in more than 200 films, as well as in the NBC television series Wagon Train from 1957 to 1961. Among his best-remembered roles are Bert the cop in Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and Captain Clayton in John Ford's The Searchers (1956).
Known For
| 2005 | The Adventures of Errol FlynnJohn L. Sullivan (archive footage) | |
| 2004 | BattlegroundQuincannon (archive footage) | |
| 2000 | Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs(archive footage) | |
| 2000 | John Wayne-A Life on FilmSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1971 | Directed by John Ford(archive footage) | |
| 1960 | The Colter Craven Story | |
| 1959 | Rio BravoPat Wheeler | |
| 1959 | Alias Jesse JamesMajor Seth Adams (uncredited) | |
| 1958 | China DollFather Cairns | |
| 1958 | The Western: A Lost TV SpecialSelf | |
| 1957 | The Halliday BrandBig Dan Halliday | |
| 1957 | The Wings of EaglesJohn Dodge | |
| 1957 | The Growler StoryQuincannon | |
| 1957 | Wagon TrainMajor Seth Adams | |
| 1956 | The SearchersRev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton | |
| 1956 | Pillars of the SkyDr. Joseph Holden | |
| 1956 | Dakota IncidentSen. Blakely | |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen ShowSelf - Wagon Train | |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen ShowSelf | |
| 1955 | The Long Gray LineCaptain Herman Kohler | |
| 1955 | Mister RobertsDowdy | |
| 1955 | A Man AloneSheriff Gil Corrigan | |
| 1955 | The Red, White and Blue LineNarrator | |
| 1955 | Screen Director's PlayhouseLarry 'Buck' Goodhue | |
| 1955 | Star StagePatterson | |
| 1955 | MGM Parade | |
| 1954 | Johnny GuitarJohn McIvers | |
| 1954 | Gypsy ColtFrank MacWade | |
| 1954 | The Bob Mathias StoryCoach Virgil Jackson | |
| 1954 | Climax!Sheriff Ab Kale | |
| 1953 | HondoBuffalo Baker | |
| 1953 | Blowing WildDutch Peterson | |
| 1953 | The MoonlighterCole Gardner | |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | |
| 1953 | The Christophers | |
| 1952 | The Quiet ManFather Peter Lonergan | |
| 1952 | HellgateLt. Tod Voorhees | |
| 1952 | The McGurk WayDan McGurk 4th | |
| 1952 | ThunderbirdsLt. John McCreery | |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of AmericaM / Sgt. Lou Diamond | |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of AmericaHarvey Kendall | |
| 1952 | The Gulf Playhouse | |
| 1952 | The Ford Television TheatreLt. Pannetti | |
| 1952 | The Ford Television TheatreHank Fetterman | |
| 1951 | On Dangerous GroundWalter Brent | |
| 1951 | Operation PacificJohn "Pop" Perry | |
| 1951 | Only the ValiantCpl. Timothy Gilchrist | |
| 1951 | The Great Missouri RaidMaj. Marshal Trowbridge | |
| 1951 | Bullfighter and the LadyNarrator (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of StarsCapt. Parker | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSam Stover | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of StarsIvan Kergosen | |
| 1950 | Wagon MasterElder Wiggs | |
| 1950 | Kiss Tomorrow GoodbyeInspector Charles Weber | |
| 1950 | Riding HighLee | |
| 1950 | Singing GunsSheriff Jim Caradac | |
| 1950 | The Bigelow Theatre | |
| 1949 | The Silver Theatre | |
| 1949 | SuspenseBill Meeker | |
| 1948 | 3 GodfathersPerley 'Buck' Sweet | |
| 1948 | Fort ApacheSgt. Maj. Michael O'Rourke | |
| 1948 | Joan of ArcLa Hire | |
| 1948 | The Time of Your LifeMcCarthy | |
| 1948 | Tap RootsHoab Dabney | |
| 1948 | Sins of the Fathers | |
| 1947 | The FugitiveJames Calvert, aka 'El Gringo' | |
| 1947 | UnconqueredJohn Fraser | |
| 1946 | It's a Wonderful LifeBert | |
| 1946 | My Darling ClementineMorgan Earp | |
| 1946 | Canyon PassageHoney Bragg | |
| 1945 | They Were Expendable"Boats" Mulcahey, Chief Boatswain's Mate | |
| 1945 | DakotaJim Bender | |
| 1944 | A Guy Named JoeAl Yackey | |
| 1944 | Tall in the Saddle'Judge' Robert Garvey | |
| 1944 | The Fighting SullivansLt. Cmdr. Robinson | |
| 1944 | Home in IndianaJed Bruce | |
| 1943 | Slightly DangerousJimmy | |
| 1943 | They Came to Blow Up AmericaFBI Chief Craig | |
| 1943 | Hello, Frisco, HelloSharkey | |
| 1942 | Gentleman JimJohn L. Sullivan | |
| 1942 | The Falcon Takes OverMoose Malloy (Uncredited) | |
| 1942 | Wild Bill Hickok RidesSheriff Edmunds | |
| 1942 | Sin TownRock Delaney | |
| 1942 | Hitler- Dead or AliveSteve Maschick | |
| 1942 | Ten Gentlemen from West PointSgt. Scully | |
| 1941 | The Maltese FalconDet. Tom Polhaus | |
| 1941 | ManpowerEddie Adams | |
| 1941 | A Man BetrayedFloyd, Amato's Goon | |
| 1941 | The Shepherd of the HillsWash Gibbs | |
| 1941 | Swamp WaterTim Dorson | |
| 1941 | Sergeant YorkIke Botkin | |
| 1941 | Tobacco RoadLov Bensey | |
| 1941 | Know For Surepatient | |
| 1941 | Doctors Don't TellBarney Millen | |
| 1940 | The Mortal StormFranz | |
| 1940 | Santa Fe TrailTownley | |
| 1940 | The Grapes of WrathPoliceman | |
| 1940 | The Long Voyage HomeYank | |
| 1940 | Buck Benny Rides AgainFirst Outlaw | |
| 1940 | Kit CarsonApe | |
| 1940 | Little Old New YorkRegan | |
| 1940 | Virginia CityConfederate Sergeant Checking Passengers (uncredited) | |
| 1940 | City for ConquestFirst Policeman (uncredited) | |
| 1940 | Sailor's LadyShore Patrolman (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | Gone with the WindTom the Yankee Captain | |
| 1939 | Dust Be My DestinyFirst Thug on Train (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | Young Mr. LincolnJohn Palmer Cass | |
| 1939 | Made for Each OtherJim Hatton (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | Drums Along the MohawkAdam Hartman | |
| 1939 | Frontier MarshalTown Marshal | |
| 1939 | Heaven with a Barbed Wire FenceHunk | |
| 1939 | The Cisco Kid and the LadyWalton | |
| 1939 | The Girl from MexicoMexican Pete | |
| 1939 | WaterfrontMart Hendler | |
| 1939 | They Made Me a CriminalLenihan | |
| 1939 | The Oklahoma KidWes Handley | |
| 1939 | Son of FrankensteinGendarme at Gate (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | Dodge CityBud Taylor | |
| 1939 | Mr. Moto in Danger IslandSailor Sam - Wrestler | |
| 1939 | Union PacificTracklayer (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | Confessions of a Nazi SpyAmerican Legionnaire (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | The Return of the Cisco KidAccused Rustler (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | Pardon Our NerveKid Ramsey | |
| 1939 | Trouble in SundownHenchman Dusty | |
| 1939 | The Kid from KokomoLadislaw Klewicki | |
| 1938 | Bringing Up BabyMotorcycle Cop (uncredited) | |
| 1938 | ReformatoryMac Grady | |
| 1938 | The Amazing Dr. ClitterhouseTug | |
| 1938 | Mr. Moto's GambleBiff Moran | |
| 1938 | Of Human HeartsLout Laughing in Church (uncredited) | |
| 1938 | Over the WallEddie Edwards | |
| 1938 | The Law West of TombstoneMulligan P. Martinez | |
| 1938 | Prison BreakBig Red Kincaid | |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with YouMike - the Detective (uncredited) | |
| 1938 | Born to Be WildBill Purvis | |
| 1938 | Hawaii CallsMuller | |
| 1938 | PenitentiaryRed Parsons - Prison Barber (uncredited) | |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Marco PoloMongol Guard (uncredited) | |
| 1938 | Submarine PatrolSeaman Olaf Swanson | |
| 1938 | Going PlacesClarence - a Policeman | |
| 1938 | Fugitives for a NightGambler in Fake Fight | |
| 1938 | Professor BewareMotorcycle Cop | |
| 1938 | Numbered WomanDetective | |
| 1938 | Flight Into Nowhere | |
| 1938 | Gun LawHenchman Pecos | |
| 1938 | The Kid Comes BackSpike | |
| 1937 | Night KeyFingers | |
| 1937 | Dead EndDoorman | |
| 1937 | Fight for Your LadyWalton (uncredited) | |
| 1937 | Marry the GirlMotorcycle cop | |
| 1937 | Park Avenue LoggerPaul Sangar | |
| 1937 | 23 1/2 Hours LeaveTop Sgt. Burke | |
| 1937 | Escape by NightPeter 'Spudsy' Baker | |
| 1937 | The WildcatterJohnson | |
| 1937 | Woman-WiseKramer (uncredited) | |
| 1937 | When's Your Birthday?Police Detective (uncredited) | |
| 1937 | Mountain MusicG-Man (uncredited) | |
| 1937 | The Singing MarineFirst Sergeant (uncredited) | |
| 1937 | Souls at SeaBit Part (uncredited) | |
| 1937 | The Game That KillsTom Ferguson | |
| 1937 | They Gave Him a GunMP (uncredited) | |
| 1937 | Devil's PlaygroundSidecar Wilson | |
| 1937 | A Fight to the FinishEddie Hawkins | |
| 1937 | TopperEddie (uncredited) | |
| 1937 | You Only Live OnceCasey - Guard (uncredited) | |
| 1937 | Music for MadameViolets (Uncredited) | |
| 1937 | The Soldier and the LadyTartar Guard (Uncredited) | |
| 1937 | The Westland CaseConnors - Death-Row Inmate | |
| 1936 | The Man Who Lived TwiceGloves Baker | |
| 1936 | Two in the DarkPoliceman (uncredited) | |
| 1936 | The Big GameGambler | |
| 1936 | The Bride Walks OutTaxi Driver(uncredited) | |
| 1936 | The First BabyTough Guy | |
| 1936 | Second Wife1st Partner Politician (uncredited) | |
| 1936 | Avenging WatersMarve Slater | |
| 1936 | The Cattle ThiefRanse Willard | |
| 1936 | White FangThief (uncredited) | |
| 1936 | They Met in a TaxiPoliceman | |
| 1936 | Fatal LadyAmerican Stage Manager (uncredited) | |
| 1936 | ColleenSweeney (uncredited) | |
| 1936 | Without OrdersTim Casey | |
| 1936 | Boulder DamPa's Guest (uncredited) | |
| 1936 | FuryMan (uncredited) | |
| 1936 | High TensionHusky Man | |
| 1936 | Legion of TerrorDon Foster | |
| 1936 | ConflictGus 'Knockout' Carrigan | |
| 1936 | The Leathernecks Have LandedTex | |
| 1936 | Muss 'em UpJohn Doe, a Gangster | |
| 1936 | The Case Against Mrs. AmesNewsstand Customer | |
| 1936 | The Accusing FingerRecreation Room Guard | |
| 1936 | Crash DonovanThe Drill Master | |
| 1936 | Pride of the MarinesGunner Brady | |
| 1936 | After the Thin ManParty Guest (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | Little Big ShotKell's Henchman | |
| 1935 | Hitch Hike LadyMotorcycle cop | |
| 1935 | Broadway HostessLucky's Henchman (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | Under PressurePrize Fighter (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | Times Square LadyDugan - Hockey Player (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | Justice of the RangeBob Brennan | |
| 1935 | His Night OutLanky | |
| 1935 | Guard That GirlBudge Edwards | |
| 1935 | I Found Stella ParishRoman Soldier in Play (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | We're Only HumanBank Robber | |
| 1935 | Calm YourselfDetective with Roscoe (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | Fighting ShadowsBrad Harrison | |
| 1935 | Western CourageLacrosse | |
| 1935 | One New York NightPoliceman | |
| 1935 | She Gets Her ManChick | |
| 1935 | 'G' MenGunman at Train Station (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | Strangers AllWard, Assistant Director on Film Set | |
| 1935 | Grand Old GirlMr. Clark - Football Coach | |
| 1935 | Mary Jane's PaRoughneck Leader | |
| 1935 | Murder in the Fleet'Heavy' Johnson (Uncredited) | |
| 1935 | Devil Dogs of the AirInstructor | |
| 1935 | Too Tough to KillDanny | |
| 1935 | Waterfront LadyJess | |
| 1935 | The Crimson TrailLuke Long | |
| 1935 | The Last Days of PompeiiMurmex of Carthage, a Gladiator (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | Go Into Your DanceHerman Lahey | |
| 1935 | 3 Kids and a QueenRelative | |
| 1935 | The Headline WomanJohnson | |
| 1935 | Black FuryMac - Company Policeman | |
| 1934 | Voice in the NightBob Hall | |
| 1934 | Broadway BillMorgan's Henchman (uncredited) | |
| 1934 | The Poor RichMotor Cop | |
| 1934 | WhirlpoolFarley | |
| 1934 | The Defense RestsHood | |
| 1934 | The Circus ClownSpectator | |
| 1934 | Here Comes the GroomSecond Cop | |
| 1934 | Death on the DiamondSecurity Guard in Kelly's Room (uncredited) | |
| 1934 | 6 Day Bike RiderFirst Officer (uncredited) | |
| 1934 | Against the LawTony Rizzo | |
| 1934 | Speed WingsHenchman (uncredited) | |
| 1934 | A Man's GameDave Jordon | |
| 1934 | Most Precious Thing in LifeHead Coach Smith | |
| 1934 | The Affairs of CelliniPalace Guard Finding Cellini's Clothes (uncredited) | |
| 1934 | I'll Tell the WorldDirigible Officer | |
| 1934 | It Happened One NightBus Driver (uncredited) | |
| 1934 | The Fighting RangerDave, Cougar Henchman | |
| 1934 | Frontier MarshalBen Murchison | |
| 1934 | Girl in DangerWynkoski | |
| 1934 | Men of the NightDet. John Connors | |
| 1934 | The Crime of Helen StanleyJack Baker | |
| 1934 | ChainedShip Steward (uncredited) | |
| 1934 | The Human SideCop | |
| 1934 | School for RomanceHusband | |
| 1933 | When Strangers MarryBilly McGuire | |
| 1933 | Lady for a DayMounted Policeman (uncredited) | |
| 1933 | The Fighting CodeJoe Krull | |
| 1933 | Lucky DevilsCrewman (uncredited) | |
| 1933 | State TrooperUndetermined Role | |
| 1933 | Obey the LawKid Paris | |
| 1933 | StraightawayHobo | |
| 1933 | Heroes for SaleRed (uncredited) | |
| 1933 | Unknown ValleyElder Snead | |
| 1933 | The WreckerCramer | |
| 1933 | Son of a SailorJoe | |
| 1933 | College CoachAssistant Coach (uncredited) | |
| 1933 | Wild Boys of the RoadRed the Brakeman (uncredited) | |
| 1933 | Police Car 17Bumps O'Neill | |
| 1932 | Hello TroubleHeavy Kennedy | |
| 1932 | Sundown RiderGabe Powers - Henchman | |
| 1932 | VirtueFrank | |
| 1932 | FleshMuscles Manning (uncredited) | |
| 1932 | Air MailJoe Barnes (uncredited) | |
| 1932 | The Greeks Had a Word for ThemTaxi Driver (uncredited) | |
| 1932 | Bachelor's AffairsCop (uncredited) | |
| 1932 | Hold 'Em JailFootball Player (uncredited) | |
| 1932 | 20,000 Years in Sing SingPolice Officer (uncredited) | |
| 1932 | Careless LadyCop in Raid | |
| 1932 | The Trial of Vivienne WareJohnson (uncredited) | |
| 1932 | Rackety Rax'Brick' Gilligan | |
| 1932 | White EagleBart - Henchman | |
| 1932 | That's My BoyCurley Decker | |
| 1932 | High SpeedHam | |
| 1931 | Three Girls LostAirline Steward (uncredited) | |
| 1931 | The BratCourt Policeman (uncredited) | |
| 1931 | The SpiderCop (uncredited) | |
| 1931 | Sob SisterWard, a Cop (uncredited) | |
| 1931 | Over the HillDetective Escort (uncredited) | |
| 1931 | Maker of MenFootball Player Pat (uncredited) | |
| 1931 | ArrowsmithCop (uncredited) | |
| 1931 | Quick MillionsCop in montage (uncredited) | |
| 1930 | Up the RiverInmate Socked by Saint Louis (uncredited) | |
| 1930 | The Lone Star RangerTownsman at the Dance (uncredited) | |
| 1930 | Cheer Up and SmileBoy at Sweetheart Dance (uncredited) | |
| 1930 | Born RecklessSergeant | |
| 1930 | The Big TrailSid Bascom (uncredited) | |
| 1929 | SaluteMidshipman Harold | |
| 1929 | Words and MusicWard | |
| 1929 | So This Is CollegeUSC Player - #30 (uncredited) | |
| 1928 | Noah's ArkFlood Extra (uncredited) |