Ward Bond
Acting

Ward Bond

Born 9 April 1903 · Benkelman, Nebraska, USA · Died 5 November 1960

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

It's a Wonderful Life
Gone with the Wind
The Maltese Falcon
The Searchers
Rio Bravo
The Grapes of Wrath
The Quiet Man
My Darling Clementine
Johnny Guitar
Fort Apache
Hondo
Sergeant York
The Colter Craven Story
Rio Bravo
China Doll
The Halliday Brand
The Wings of Eagles
The Growler Story
The Searchers
Pillars of the Sky
Dakota Incident
The Long Gray Line
Mister Roberts
A Man Alone
The Red, White and Blue Line
Rookie of the Year
Johnny Guitar
Gypsy Colt
The Bob Mathias Story
Hondo
Blowing Wild
The Moonlighter
The Quiet Man
Hellgate
Thunderbirds
On Dangerous Ground
Operation Pacific
Only the Valiant
The Great Missouri Raid
Wagon Master
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Riding High
Singing Guns
3 Godfathers
Fort Apache
Joan of Arc
The Time of Your Life
Tap Roots
Sins of the Fathers
The Fugitive
Unconquered
It's a Wonderful Life
My Darling Clementine
Canyon Passage
They Were Expendable
Dakota
A Guy Named Joe
Tall in the Saddle
The Fighting Sullivans
Home in Indiana
Slightly Dangerous
They Came to Blow Up America
Hello, Frisco, Hello
Gentleman Jim
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Sin Town
Hitler- Dead or Alive
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
The Maltese Falcon
Manpower
A Man Betrayed
The Shepherd of the Hills
Swamp Water
Sergeant York
Tobacco Road
Know For Sure
Doctors Don't Tell
The Mortal Storm
Santa Fe Trail
The Grapes of Wrath
The Long Voyage Home
Buck Benny Rides Again
Kit Carson
Little Old New York
Gone with the Wind
Young Mr. Lincoln
Drums Along the Mohawk
Frontier Marshal
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
The Girl from Mexico
Waterfront
They Made Me a Criminal
The Oklahoma Kid
Dodge City
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Pardon Our Nerve
Trouble in Sundown
The Kid from Kokomo
Reformatory
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Over the Wall
The Law West of Tombstone
Prison Break
Born to Be Wild
Hawaii Calls
Submarine Patrol
Going Places
Fugitives for a Night
Professor Beware
Numbered Woman
Flight Into Nowhere
Gun Law
The Kid Comes Back
Night Key
Dead End
Marry the Girl
Park Avenue Logger
23 1/2 Hours Leave
Escape by Night
The Wildcatter
The Game That Kills
Devil's Playground
A Fight to the Finish
The Westland Case
The Man Who Lived Twice
The Big Game
The First Baby
Avenging Waters
The Cattle Thief
They Met in a Taxi
Without Orders
High Tension
Legion of Terror
Conflict
The Leathernecks Have Landed
Muss 'em Up
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
The Accusing Finger
Crash Donovan
Pride of the Marines
Little Big Shot
Hitch Hike Lady
Justice of the Range
His Night Out
Guard That Girl
We're Only Human
Fighting Shadows
Western Courage
One New York Night
She Gets Her Man
Strangers All
Grand Old Girl
Mary Jane's Pa
Devil Dogs of the Air
Too Tough to Kill
Waterfront Lady
The Crimson Trail
Go Into Your Dance
3 Kids and a Queen
The Headline Woman
Black Fury
Voice in the Night
The Poor Rich
Whirlpool
The Defense Rests
The Circus Clown
Here Comes the Groom
Against the Law
A Man's Game
Most Precious Thing in Life
I'll Tell the World
The Fighting Ranger
Frontier Marshal
Girl in Danger
Men of the Night
The Crime of Helen Stanley
The Human Side
School for Romance
When Strangers Marry
The Fighting Code
State Trooper
Obey the Law
Straightaway
Unknown Valley
The Wrecker
Son of a Sailor
Police Car 17
Hello Trouble
Sundown Rider
Virtue
Careless Lady
Rackety Rax
White Eagle
That's My Boy
High Speed
Born Reckless
Salute
Words and Music
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