Ward Bond
Born: 1903-04-09 in Benkelman, Nebraska, USA
Died: 1960-11-05
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2005
- The Adventures of Errol Flynn as John L. Sullivan (archive footage)
2004
- Battleground as Quincannon (archive footage)
2000
- Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs as (archive footage)
- John Wayne-A Life on Film as Self (archive footage)
1983
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1971
- Directed by John Ford as (archive footage)
1959
- Rio Bravo as Pat Wheeler
- Alias Jesse James as Major Seth Adams (uncredited)
1958
- China Doll as Father Cairns
- The Western: A Lost TV Special as Self
1957
- Wagon Train as Major Seth Adams
- The Wings of Eagles as John Dodge
- The Halliday Brand as Big Dan Halliday
- The Growler Story as Quincannon
1956
- The Steve Allen Show as Self - Wagon Train
- The Searchers as Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton
- Pillars of the Sky as Dr. Joseph Holden
- Dakota Incident as Sen. Blakely
1955
- MGM Parade
- Screen Director's Playhouse as Larry 'Buck' Goodhue
- Mister Roberts as Dowdy
- A Man Alone as Sheriff Gil Corrigan
- Star Stage as Patterson
- The Long Gray Line as Captain Herman Kohler
- The Red, White and Blue Line as Narrator
1954
- Climax! as Sheriff Ab Kale
- Johnny Guitar as John McIvers
- Gypsy Colt as Frank MacWade
- The Bob Mathias Story as Coach Virgil Jackson
1953
- Hondo as Buffalo Baker
- General Electric Theater
- Blowing Wild as Dutch Peterson
- The Moonlighter as Cole Gardner
- The Christophers
1952
- The Ford Television Theatre as Lt. Pannetti
- Cavalcade of America as M / Sgt. Lou Diamond
- The Quiet Man as Father Peter Lonergan
- Hellgate as Lt. Tod Voorhees
- Thunderbirds as Lt. John McCreery
- The Gulf Playhouse
- The McGurk Way as Dan McGurk 4th
1951
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Capt. Parker
- Only the Valiant as Cpl. Timothy Gilchrist
- Operation Pacific as John "Pop" Perry
- On Dangerous Ground as Walter Brent
- The Great Missouri Raid as Maj. Marshal Trowbridge
- Bullfighter and the Lady as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1950
- Wagon Master as Elder Wiggs
- Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye as Inspector Charles Weber
- Riding High as Lee
- Singing Guns as Sheriff Jim Caradac
- The Bigelow Theatre
1949
- Suspense as Bill Meeker
- The Silver Theatre
1948
- 3 Godfathers as Perley 'Buck' Sweet
- Fort Apache as Sgt. Maj. Michael O'Rourke
- Tap Roots as Hoab Dabney
- Joan of Arc as La Hire
- The Time of Your Life as McCarthy
- Sins of the Fathers
1947
- Unconquered as John Fraser
- The Fugitive as James Calvert, aka 'El Gringo'
1946
- It's a Wonderful Life as Bert
- My Darling Clementine as Morgan Earp
- Canyon Passage as Honey Bragg
1945
- They Were Expendable as "Boats" Mulcahey, Chief Boatswain's Mate
- Dakota as Jim Bender
1944
- Tall in the Saddle as 'Judge' Robert Garvey
- A Guy Named Joe as Al Yackey
- The Fighting Sullivans as Lt. Cmdr. Robinson
- Home in Indiana as Jed Bruce
1943
- Hello, Frisco, Hello as Sharkey
- Slightly Dangerous as Jimmy
- They Came to Blow Up America as FBI Chief Craig
1942
- Gentleman Jim as John L. Sullivan
- The Falcon Takes Over as Moose Malloy (Uncredited)
- Hitler- Dead or Alive as Steve Maschick
- Ten Gentlemen from West Point as Sgt. Scully
- Sin Town as Rock Delaney
- Wild Bill Hickok Rides as Sheriff Edmunds
1941
- The Maltese Falcon as Det. Tom Polhaus
- Sergeant York as Ike Botkin
- Tobacco Road as Lov Bensey
- The Shepherd of the Hills as Wash Gibbs
- Swamp Water as Tim Dorson
- Manpower as Eddie Adams
- A Man Betrayed as Floyd, Amato's Goon
- Doctors Don't Tell as Barney Millen
- Know For Sure as patient
1940
- The Grapes of Wrath as Policeman
- The Mortal Storm as Franz
- Santa Fe Trail as Townley
- City for Conquest as First Policeman (uncredited)
- The Long Voyage Home as Yank
- Virginia City as Confederate Sergeant Checking Passengers (uncredited)
- Kit Carson as Ape
- Little Old New York as Regan
- Buck Benny Rides Again as First Outlaw
- Sailor's Lady as Shore Patrolman (uncredited)
1939
- Gone with the Wind as Tom the Yankee Captain
- Son of Frankenstein as Gendarme at Gate (uncredited)
- Dodge City as Bud Taylor
- Drums Along the Mohawk as Adam Hartman
- Union Pacific as Tracklayer (uncredited)
- Confessions of a Nazi Spy as American Legionnaire (uncredited)
- Young Mr. Lincoln as John Palmer Cass
- Made for Each Other as Jim Hatton (uncredited)
- The Oklahoma Kid as Wes Handley
- Frontier Marshal as Town Marshal
- They Made Me a Criminal as Lenihan
- Dust Be My Destiny as First Thug on Train (uncredited)
- Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence as Hunk
- Mr. Moto in Danger Island as Sailor Sam - Wrestler
- The Girl from Mexico as Mexican Pete
- The Kid from Kokomo as Ladislaw Klewicki
- Waterfront as Mart Hendler
- The Return of the Cisco Kid as Accused Rustler (uncredited)
- The Cisco Kid and the Lady as Walton
- Trouble in Sundown as Henchman Dusty
- Pardon Our Nerve as Kid Ramsey
1938
- Bringing Up Baby as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
- You Can't Take It with You as Mike (uncredited)
- The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse as Tug
- Going Places as Clarence - a Policeman
- Of Human Hearts as Lout Laughing in Church (uncredited)
- Over the Wall as Eddie Edwards
- Mr. Moto's Gamble as Biff Moran
- The Adventures of Marco Polo as Mongol Guard (uncredited)
- Prison Break as Big Red Kincaid
- Reformatory as Mac Grady
- Submarine Patrol as Seaman Olaf Swanson
- Penitentiary as Red Parsons - Prison Barber (uncredited)
- The Law West of Tombstone as Mulligan P. Martinez
- Born to Be Wild as Bill Purvis
- Fugitives for a Night as Gambler in Fake Fight
- Professor Beware as Motorcycle Cop
- Flight Into Nowhere
- Hawaii Calls as Muller
- Gun Law as Henchman Pecos
- Numbered Woman as Detective
- The Kid Comes Back as Spike
1937
- Dead End as Doorman
- Topper as Eddie (uncredited)
- Woman-Wise as Kramer (uncredited)
- You Only Live Once as Casey - Guard (uncredited)
- The Singing Marine as First Sergeant (uncredited)
- Fight for Your Lady as Walton (uncredited)
- They Gave Him a Gun as MP (uncredited)
- The Westland Case as Connors - Death-Row Inmate
- The Soldier and the Lady as Tartar Guard (Uncredited)
- When's Your Birthday? as Police Detective (uncredited)
- Souls at Sea as Bit Part (uncredited)
- Escape by Night as Peter 'Spudsy' Baker
- Night Key as Fingers
- Devil's Playground as Sidecar Wilson
- Music for Madame as Violets (Uncredited)
- Marry the Girl as Motorcycle cop
- 23 1/2 Hours Leave as Top Sgt. Burke
- The Game That Kills as Tom Ferguson
- A Fight to the Finish as Eddie Hawkins
- Mountain Music as G-Man (uncredited)
- Park Avenue Logger as Paul Sangar
- The Wildcatter as Johnson
1936
- Fury as Man (uncredited)
- After the Thin Man as Party Guest (uncredited)
- The Man Who Lived Twice as Gloves Baker
- Muss 'em Up as John Doe, a Gangster
- They Met in a Taxi as Policeman
- White Fang as Thief (uncredited)
- Boulder Dam as Pa's Guest (uncredited)
- The Case Against Mrs. Ames as Newsstand Customer
- The Leathernecks Have Landed as Tex
- Without Orders as Tim Casey
- Two in the Dark as Policeman (uncredited)
- Crash Donovan as The Drill Master
- The Bride Walks Out as Taxi Driver(uncredited)
- Conflict as Gus 'Knockout' Carrigan
- The Accusing Finger as Recreation Room Guard
- High Tension as Husky Man
- Fatal Lady as American Stage Manager (uncredited)
- The Big Game as Gambler
- Avenging Waters as Marve Slater
- Legion of Terror as Don Foster
- Second Wife as 1st Partner Politician (uncredited)
- Colleen as Sweeney (uncredited)
- The First Baby as Tough Guy
- Pride of the Marines as Gunner Brady
- The Cattle Thief as Ranse Willard
1935
- 'G' Men as Gunman at Train Station (uncredited)
- The Informer as Man (uncredited)
- We're Only Human as Bank Robber
- The Last Days of Pompeii as Murmex of Carthage, a Gladiator (uncredited)
- Black Fury as Mac - Company Policeman
- Too Tough to Kill as Danny
- Mary Jane's Pa as Roughneck Leader
- Hitch Hike Lady as Motorcycle cop
- 3 Kids and a Queen as Relative
- Little Big Shot as Kell's Henchman
- I Found Stella Parish as Roman Soldier in Play (uncredited)
- Calm Yourself as Detective with Roscoe (uncredited)
- Justice of the Range as Bob Brennan
- Go Into Your Dance as Herman Lahey
- Strangers All as Ward, Assistant Director on Film Set
- Under Pressure as Prize Fighter (uncredited)
- Murder in the Fleet as 'Heavy' Johnson (Uncredited)
- One New York Night as Policeman
- His Night Out as Lanky
- Waterfront Lady as Jess
- Broadway Hostess as Lucky's Henchman (uncredited)
- The Headline Woman as Johnson
- Times Square Lady as Dugan - Hockey Player (uncredited)
- The Crimson Trail as Luke Long
- She Gets Her Man as Chick
- Grand Old Girl as Mr. Clark - Football Coach
- Devil Dogs of the Air as Instructor
- Western Courage as Lacrosse
- Guard That Girl as Budge Edwards
- Fighting Shadows as Brad Harrison
1934
- It Happened One Night as Bus Driver (uncredited)
- Chained as Ship Steward (uncredited)
- The Defense Rests as Hood
- Broadway Bill as Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
- Whirlpool as Farley
- I'll Tell the World as Dirigible Officer
- Here Comes the Groom as Second Cop
- Death on the Diamond as Security Guard in Kelly's Room (uncredited)
- Speed Wings as Henchman (uncredited)
- The Circus Clown as Spectator
- Girl in Danger as Wynkoski
- Most Precious Thing in Life as Head Coach Smith
- Men of the Night as Det. John Connors
- The Affairs of Cellini as Palace Guard Finding Cellini's Clothes (uncredited)
- The Poor Rich as Motor Cop
- The Crime of Helen Stanley as Jack Baker
- The Fighting Ranger as Dave, Cougar Henchman
- The Human Side as Cop
- 6 Day Bike Rider as First Officer (uncredited)
- Frontier Marshal as Ben Murchison
- Voice in the Night as Bob Hall
- School for Romance as Husband
- Against the Law as Tony Rizzo
- A Man's Game as Dave Jordon
1933
- Heroes for Sale as Red (uncredited)
- Lady for a Day as Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
- Wild Boys of the Road as Red the Brakeman (uncredited)
- Lucky Devils as Crewman (uncredited)
- The Wrecker as Cramer
- Son of a Sailor as Joe
- College Coach as Assistant Coach (uncredited)
- Obey the Law as Kid Paris
- Straightaway as Hobo
- State Trooper as Undetermined Role
- Unknown Valley as Elder Snead
- Police Car 17 as Bumps O'Neill
- The Fighting Code as Joe Krull
- When Strangers Marry as Billy McGuire
1932
- Careless Lady as Cop in Raid
- 20,000 Years in Sing Sing as Police Officer (uncredited)
- Hello Trouble as Heavy Kennedy
- Air Mail as Joe Barnes (uncredited)
- Virtue as Frank
- High Speed as Ham
- Flesh as Muscles Manning (uncredited)
- Sundown Rider as Gabe Powers - Henchman
- The Trial of Vivienne Ware as Johnson (uncredited)
- That's My Boy as Curley Decker
- Rackety Rax as 'Brick' Gilligan
- White Eagle as Bart - Henchman
- Hold 'Em Jail as Football Player (uncredited)
- The Greeks Had a Word for Them as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- Bachelor's Affairs as Cop (uncredited)
1931
- Sob Sister as Ward, a Cop (uncredited)
- Arrowsmith as Cop (uncredited)
- The Spider as Cop (uncredited)
- Over the Hill as Detective Escort (uncredited)
- The Brat as Court Policeman (uncredited)
- Maker of Men as Football Player Pat (uncredited)
- Three Girls Lost as Airline Steward (uncredited)
- Quick Millions as Cop in montage (uncredited)
1930
- The Big Trail as Sid Bascom (uncredited)
- Born Reckless as Sergeant
- Up the River as Inmate Socked by Saint Louis (uncredited)
- Cheer Up and Smile as Boy at Sweetheart Dance (uncredited)
- The Lone Star Ranger as Townsman at the Dance (uncredited)
1929
- Salute as Midshipman Harold
- Words and Music as Ward
- So This Is College as USC Player - #30 (uncredited)
1928
- Noah's Ark as Flood Extra (uncredited)