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
- The Long Gray Line as Captain Herman Kohler
- Mister Roberts as Dowdy
- Star Stage as Patterson
- A Man Alone as Sheriff Gil Corrigan
- 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 Hank Fetterman
- 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
- Operation Pacific as John "Pop" Perry
- Only the Valiant as Cpl. Timothy Gilchrist
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Capt. Parker
- On Dangerous Ground as Walter Brent
- Bullfighter and the Lady as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- The Great Missouri Raid as Maj. Marshal Trowbridge
1950
- Wagon Master as Elder Wiggs
- The Bigelow Theatre
- Singing Guns as Sheriff Jim Caradac
- Riding High as Lee
- Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye as Inspector Charles Weber
1949
- Suspense as Bill Meeker
- The Silver Theatre
1948
- 3 Godfathers as Perley 'Buck' Sweet
- Fort Apache as Sgt. Maj. Michael O'Rourke
- Joan of Arc as La Hire
- Tap Roots as Hoab Dabney
- 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)
- Ten Gentlemen from West Point as Sgt. Scully
- Wild Bill Hickok Rides as Sheriff Edmunds
- Hitler- Dead or Alive as Steve Maschick
- Sin Town as Rock Delaney
1941
- The Maltese Falcon as Detective Tom Polhaus
- Sergeant York as Ike Botkin
- Tobacco Road as Lov Bensey
- Manpower as Eddie Adams
- The Shepherd of the Hills as Wash Gibbs
- Swamp Water as Tim Dorson
- 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
- Santa Fe Trail as Townley
- The Mortal Storm as Franz
- The Long Voyage Home as Yank
- Virginia City as Confederate Sergeant Checking Passengers (uncredited)
- City for Conquest as First Policeman (uncredited)
- Kit Carson as Ape
- Buck Benny Rides Again as First Outlaw
- Sailor's Lady as Shore Patrolman (uncredited)
- Little Old New York as Regan
1939
- Gone with the Wind as Tom the Yankee Captain
- Son of Frankenstein as Gendarme at Gate (uncredited)
- Union Pacific as Tracklayer (uncredited)
- Young Mr. Lincoln as John Palmer Cass
- Dodge City as Bud Taylor
- Made for Each Other as Jim Hatton (uncredited)
- The Oklahoma Kid as Wes Handley
- Drums Along the Mohawk as Adam Hartman
- Confessions of a Nazi Spy as American Legionnaire (uncredited)
- Dust Be My Destiny as First Thug on Train (uncredited)
- They Made Me a Criminal as Lenihan
- Frontier Marshal as Town Marshal
- The Cisco Kid and the Lady as Walton
- The Girl from Mexico as Mexican Pete
- Mr. Moto in Danger Island as Sailor Sam - Wrestler
- The Kid from Kokomo as Ladislaw Klewicki
- Pardon Our Nerve as Kid Ramsey
- Waterfront as Mart Hendler
- Trouble in Sundown as Henchman Dusty
- Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence as Hunk
- The Return of the Cisco Kid as Accused Rustler (uncredited)
1938
- Bringing Up Baby as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
- You Can't Take It with You as Mike (uncredited)
- The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse as Tug
- Of Human Hearts as Lout Laughing in Church (uncredited)
- The Adventures of Marco Polo as Mongol Guard (uncredited)
- Reformatory as Mac Grady
- Mr. Moto's Gamble as Biff Moran
- Submarine Patrol as Seaman Olaf Swanson
- Numbered Woman as Detective
- Going Places as Clarence - a Policeman
- Prison Break as Big Red Kincaid
- Over the Wall as Eddie Edwards
- Born to Be Wild as Bill Purvis
- Professor Beware as Motorcycle Cop
- Penitentiary as Red Parsons - Prison Barber (uncredited)
- Fugitives for a Night as Gambler in Fake Fight
- The Law West of Tombstone as Mulligan P. Martinez
- Flight Into Nowhere
- Hawaii Calls as Muller
- Gun Law as Henchman Pecos
- The Kid Comes Back as Spike
1937
- Topper as Eddie (uncredited)
- You Only Live Once as Casey - Guard (uncredited)
- Dead End as Doorman
- Park Avenue Logger as Paul Sangar
- They Gave Him a Gun as MP (uncredited)
- Souls at Sea as Bit Part (uncredited)
- Night Key as Fingers
- 23 1/2 Hours Leave as Top Sgt. Burke
- The Soldier and the Lady as Tartar Guard (Uncredited)
- Woman-Wise as Kramer (uncredited)
- Fight for Your Lady as Walton (uncredited)
- Devil's Playground as Sidecar Wilson
- Mountain Music as G-Man (uncredited)
- The Singing Marine as First Sergeant (uncredited)
- When's Your Birthday? as Police Detective (uncredited)
- Music for Madame as Violets (Uncredited)
- The Westland Case as Connors - Death-Row Inmate
- Marry the Girl as Motorcycle cop
- The Game That Kills as Tom Ferguson
- The Wildcatter as Johnson
- A Fight to the Finish as Eddie Hawkins
- Escape by Night as Peter 'Spudsy' Baker
1936
- After the Thin Man as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Fury as Man (uncredited)
- Crash Donovan as The Drill Master
- They Met in a Taxi as Policeman
- Colleen as Sweeney (uncredited)
- Fatal Lady as American Stage Manager (uncredited)
- The Accusing Finger as Recreation Room Guard
- Boulder Dam as Pa's Guest (uncredited)
- The Bride Walks Out as Taxi Driver(uncredited)
- Avenging Waters as Marve Slater
- The Man Who Lived Twice as Gloves Baker
- The Leathernecks Have Landed as Tex
- Muss 'em Up as John Doe, a Gangster
- White Fang as Thief (uncredited)
- Without Orders as Tim Casey
- Two in the Dark as Policeman (uncredited)
- High Tension as Husky Man
- The Big Game as Gambler
- Second Wife as 1st Partner Politician (uncredited)
- The Cattle Thief as Ranse Willard
- Legion of Terror as Don Foster
- The First Baby as Tough Guy
- Pride of the Marines as Gunner Brady
- The Case Against Mrs. Ames as Newsstand Customer
- Conflict as Gus 'Knockout' Carrigan
1935
- 'G' Men as Gunman at Train Station (uncredited)
- The Informer as Man (uncredited)
- I Found Stella Parish as Roman Soldier in Play (uncredited)
- We're Only Human as Bank Robber
- Murder in the Fleet as 'Heavy' Johnson (Uncredited)
- His Night Out as Lanky
- Strangers All as Ward, Assistant Director on Film Set
- The Last Days of Pompeii as Murmex of Carthage, a Gladiator (uncredited)
- Black Fury as Mac - Company Policeman
- Little Big Shot as Kell's Henchman
- Devil Dogs of the Air as Instructor
- One New York Night as Policeman
- Broadway Hostess as Lucky's Henchman (uncredited)
- Times Square Lady as Dugan - Hockey Player (uncredited)
- Mary Jane's Pa as Roughneck Leader
- Guard That Girl as Budge Edwards
- The Crimson Trail as Luke Long
- 3 Kids and a Queen as Relative
- Calm Yourself as Detective with Roscoe (uncredited)
- The Headline Woman as Johnson
- Waterfront Lady as Jess
- Under Pressure as Prize Fighter (uncredited)
- Go Into Your Dance as Herman Lahey
- Grand Old Girl as Mr. Clark - Football Coach
- Justice of the Range as Bob Brennan
- She Gets Her Man as Chick
- Hitch Hike Lady as Motorcycle cop
- Western Courage as Lacrosse
- Fighting Shadows as Brad Harrison
- Too Tough to Kill as Danny
1934
- It Happened One Night as Bus Driver (uncredited)
- Chained as Ship Steward (uncredited)
- I'll Tell the World as Dirigible Officer
- Broadway Bill as Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
- Girl in Danger as Wynkoski
- Whirlpool as Farley
- The Poor Rich as Motor Cop
- The Affairs of Cellini as Palace Guard Finding Cellini's Clothes (uncredited)
- The Defense Rests as Hood
- Speed Wings as Henchman (uncredited)
- The Crime of Helen Stanley as Jack Baker
- Death on the Diamond as Security Guard in Kelly's Room (uncredited)
- The Human Side as Cop
- Here Comes the Groom as Second Cop
- Most Precious Thing in Life as Head Coach Smith
- The Circus Clown as Spectator
- 6 Day Bike Rider as First Officer (uncredited)
- Frontier Marshal as Ben Murchison
- Against the Law as Tony Rizzo
- A Man's Game as Dave Jordon
- The Fighting Ranger as Dave, Cougar Henchman
- Voice in the Night as Bob Hall
- School for Romance as Husband
- Men of the Night as Det. John Connors
1933
- Lady for a Day as Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
- Heroes for Sale as Red (uncredited)
- Wild Boys of the Road as Red the Brakeman (uncredited)
- The Wrecker as Cramer
- Son of a Sailor as Joe
- Straightaway as Hobo
- College Coach as Assistant Coach (uncredited)
- Lucky Devils as Crewman (uncredited)
- Unknown Valley as Elder Snead
- Obey the Law as Kid Paris
- State Trooper as Undetermined Role
- Police Car 17 as Bumps O'Neill
- The Fighting Code as Joe Krull
- When Strangers Marry as Billy McGuire
1932
- 20,000 Years in Sing Sing as Police Officer (uncredited)
- Hello Trouble as Heavy Kennedy
- Careless Lady as Cop in Raid
- Sundown Rider as Gabe Powers - Henchman
- Virtue as Frank
- Air Mail as Joe Barnes (uncredited)
- The Greeks Had a Word for Them as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- That's My Boy as Curley Decker
- Flesh as Muscles Manning (uncredited)
- Bachelor's Affairs as Cop (uncredited)
- Hold 'Em Jail as Football Player (uncredited)
- The Trial of Vivienne Ware as Johnson (uncredited)
- Rackety Rax as 'Brick' Gilligan
- White Eagle as Bart - Henchman
- High Speed as Ham
1931
- Arrowsmith as Cop (uncredited)
- Three Girls Lost as Airline Steward (uncredited)
- Sob Sister as Ward, a Cop (uncredited)
- Over the Hill as Detective Escort (uncredited)
- The Spider as Cop (uncredited)
- Quick Millions as Cop in montage (uncredited)
- The Brat as Court Policeman (uncredited)
- Maker of Men as Football Player Pat (uncredited)
1930
- The Big Trail as Sid Bascom (uncredited)
- Born Reckless as Sergeant
- Up the River as Inmate Socked by Saint Louis (uncredited)
- The Lone Star Ranger as Townsman at the Dance (uncredited)
- Cheer Up and Smile as Boy at Sweetheart 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)