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
- The Western: A Lost TV Special as Self
- China Doll as Father Cairns
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
- The Long Gray Line as Captain Herman Kohler
- Star Stage as Patterson
- A Man Alone as Sheriff Gil Corrigan
- Rookie of the Year as Larry "Buck" Goodhue
- The Red, White and Blue Line as Narrator
1954
- Climax! as Sheriff Ab Kale
- Johnny Guitar as John McIvers
- The Bob Mathias Story as Coach Virgil Jackson
- Gypsy Colt as Frank MacWade
1953
- General Electric Theater
- Hondo as Buffalo Baker
- 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
- Thunderbirds as Lt. John McCreery
- Hellgate as Lt. Tod Voorhees
- The Gulf Playhouse
- The McGurk Way as Dan McGurk 4th
1951
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Capt. Parker
- Operation Pacific as John "Pop" Perry
- Only the Valiant as Cpl. Timothy Gilchrist
- 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
- Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye as Inspector Charles Weber
- Singing Guns as Sheriff Jim Caradac
- Riding High as Lee
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
- The Fugitive as James Calvert, aka 'El Gringo'
- Unconquered as John Fraser
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
- They Came to Blow Up America as FBI Chief Craig
- Slightly Dangerous as Jimmy
- Hello, Frisco, Hello as Sharkey
1942
- The Falcon Takes Over as Moose Malloy (Uncredited)
- Wild Bill Hickok Rides as Sheriff Edmunds
- Gentleman Jim as John L. Sullivan
- Ten Gentlemen from West Point as Sgt. Scully
- 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
- The Shepherd of the Hills as Wash Gibbs
- Tobacco Road as Lov Bensey
- Swamp Water as Tim Dorson
- Doctors Don't Tell as Barney Millen
- A Man Betrayed as Floyd, Amato's Goon
- Manpower as Eddie Adams
- Know For Sure as patient
1940
- The Grapes of Wrath as Policeman
- Santa Fe Trail as Townley
- The Long Voyage Home as Yank
- Little Old New York as Regan
- The Mortal Storm as Franz
- City for Conquest as First Policeman (uncredited)
- Virginia City as Confederate Sergeant Checking Passengers (uncredited)
- Buck Benny Rides Again as First Outlaw
- Kit Carson as Ape
- 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)
- Made for Each Other as Jim Hatton (uncredited)
- Dodge City as Bud Taylor
- Drums Along the Mohawk as Adam Hartman
- Union Pacific as Tracklayer (uncredited)
- They Made Me a Criminal as Lenihan
- Young Mr. Lincoln as John Palmer Cass
- The Oklahoma Kid as Wes Handley
- Confessions of a Nazi Spy as American Legionnaire (uncredited)
- Mr. Moto in Danger Island as Sailor Sam - Wrestler
- The Return of the Cisco Kid as Accused Rustler (uncredited)
- Dust Be My Destiny as First Thug on Train (uncredited)
- The Cisco Kid and the Lady as Walton
- The Kid from Kokomo as Ladislaw Klewicki
- Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence as Hunk
- The Girl from Mexico as Mexican Pete
- Frontier Marshal as Town Marshal
- Pardon Our Nerve as Kid Ramsey
- Trouble in Sundown as Henchman Dusty
- Waterfront as Mart Hendler
1938
- You Can't Take It with You as Mike (uncredited)
- Bringing Up Baby as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
- The Adventures of Marco Polo as Mongol Guard (uncredited)
- The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse as Tug
- Mr. Moto's Gamble as Biff Moran
- Fugitives for a Night as Gambler in Fake Fight
- The Law West of Tombstone as Mulligan P. Martinez
- Born to Be Wild as Bill Purvis
- Of Human Hearts as Lout Laughing in Church (uncredited)
- Submarine Patrol as Seaman Olaf Swanson
- Numbered Woman as Detective
- The Kid Comes Back as Spike
- Going Places as Clarence - a Policeman
- Reformatory as Mac Grady
- Over the Wall as Eddie Edwards
- Prison Break as Big Red Kincaid
- Professor Beware as Motorcycle Cop
- Penitentiary as Red Parsons - Prison Barber (uncredited)
- Flight Into Nowhere
- Hawaii Calls as Muller
- Gun Law as Henchman Pecos
1937
- You Only Live Once as Casey - Guard (uncredited)
- The Soldier and the Lady as Tartar Guard (Uncredited)
- Topper as Eddie (uncredited)
- Dead End as Doorman
- They Gave Him a Gun as MP (uncredited)
- Woman-Wise as Kramer (uncredited)
- When's Your Birthday? as Police Detective (uncredited)
- Fight for Your Lady as Walton (uncredited)
- 23 1/2 Hours Leave as Top Sgt. Burke
- The Singing Marine as First Sergeant (uncredited)
- Music for Madame as Violets (Uncredited)
- Park Avenue Logger as Paul Sangar
- Souls at Sea as Bit Part (uncredited)
- The Westland Case as Connors - Death-Row Inmate
- A Fight to the Finish as Eddie Hawkins
- Night Key as Fingers
- The Game That Kills as Tom Ferguson
- Devil's Playground as Sidecar Wilson
- Marry the Girl as Motorcycle cop
- Mountain Music as G-Man (uncredited)
- Escape by Night as Peter 'Spudsy' Baker
- The Wildcatter as Johnson
1936
- After the Thin Man as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Fury as Man (uncredited)
- The Case Against Mrs. Ames as Newsstand Customer
- Two in the Dark as Policeman (uncredited)
- The Bride Walks Out as Taxi Driver(uncredited)
- They Met in a Taxi as Policeman
- The Man Who Lived Twice as Gloves Baker
- The Leathernecks Have Landed as Tex
- The Accusing Finger as Recreation Room Guard
- Pride of the Marines as Gunner Brady
- Muss 'em Up as John Doe, a Gangster
- Fatal Lady as American Stage Manager (uncredited)
- Crash Donovan as The Drill Master
- Without Orders as Tim Casey
- Boulder Dam as Pa's Guest (uncredited)
- High Tension as Husky Man
- The First Baby as Tough Guy
- Colleen as Sweeney (uncredited)
- Second Wife as 1st Partner Politician (uncredited)
- The Big Game as Gambler
- Conflict as Gus 'Knockout' Carrigan
- White Fang as Thief (uncredited)
- The Cattle Thief as Ranse Willard
- Legion of Terror as Don Foster
- Avenging Waters as Marve Slater
1935
- The Last Days of Pompeii as Murmex of Carthage, a Gladiator (uncredited)
- 'G' Men as Gunman at Train Station (uncredited)
- 3 Kids and a Queen as Relative
- Murder in the Fleet as 'Heavy' Johnson (Uncredited)
- One New York Night as Policeman
- I Found Stella Parish as Roman Soldier in Play (uncredited)
- The Informer as Man (uncredited)
- Mary Jane's Pa as Roughneck Leader
- We're Only Human as Bank Robber
- Devil Dogs of the Air as Instructor
- Go Into Your Dance as Herman Lahey
- Too Tough to Kill as Danny
- Black Fury as Mac - Company Policeman
- Broadway Hostess as Lucky's Henchman (uncredited)
- She Gets Her Man as Chick
- Justice of the Range as Bob Brennan
- Calm Yourself as Detective with Roscoe (uncredited)
- Hitch Hike Lady as Motorcycle cop
- Under Pressure as Prize Fighter (uncredited)
- Waterfront Lady as Jess
- Times Square Lady as Dugan - Hockey Player (uncredited)
- Western Courage as Lacrosse
- Guard That Girl as Budge Edwards
- Strangers All as Ward, Assistant Director on Film Set
- The Crimson Trail as Luke Long
- His Night Out as Lanky
- Grand Old Girl as Mr. Clark - Football Coach
- Little Big Shot as Kell's Henchman
- The Headline Woman as Johnson
- Fighting Shadows as Brad Harrison
1934
- It Happened One Night as Bus Driver (uncredited)
- Most Precious Thing in Life as Head Coach Smith
- I'll Tell the World as Dirigible Officer
- Death on the Diamond as Security Guard in Kelly's Room (uncredited)
- Here Comes the Groom as Second Cop
- Broadway Bill as Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
- Chained as Ship Steward (uncredited)
- The Affairs of Cellini as Palace Guard Finding Cellini's Clothes (uncredited)
- The Crime of Helen Stanley as Jack Baker
- The Defense Rests as Hood
- Men of the Night as Det. John Connors
- Speed Wings as Henchman (uncredited)
- Voice in the Night as Bob Hall
- 6 Day Bike Rider as First Officer (uncredited)
- Girl in Danger as Wynkoski
- A Man's Game as Dave Jordon
- The Poor Rich as Motor Cop
- The Circus Clown as Spectator
- Whirlpool as Farley
- Against the Law as Tony Rizzo
- The Human Side as Cop
- Frontier Marshal as Ben Murchison
- School for Romance as Husband
- The Fighting Ranger as Dave, Cougar Henchman
1933
- Lady for a Day as Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
- Wild Boys of the Road as Red the Brakeman (uncredited)
- Son of a Sailor as Joe
- Heroes for Sale as Red (uncredited)
- Straightaway as Hobo
- College Coach as Assistant Coach (uncredited)
- Obey the Law as Kid Paris
- Unknown Valley as Elder Snead
- When Strangers Marry as Billy McGuire
- Lucky Devils as Crewman (uncredited)
- Police Car 17 as Bumps O'Neill
- State Trooper as Undetermined Role
- The Wrecker as Cramer
- The Fighting Code as Joe Krull
1932
- 20,000 Years in Sing Sing as Police Officer (uncredited)
- Careless Lady as Cop in Raid
- That's My Boy as Curley Decker
- The Greeks Had a Word for Them as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- Hello Trouble as Heavy Kennedy
- The Trial of Vivienne Ware as Johnson (uncredited)
- Flesh as Muscles Manning (uncredited)
- Air Mail as Joe Barnes (uncredited)
- Sundown Rider as Gabe Powers - Henchman
- Hold 'Em Jail as Football Player (uncredited)
- Bachelor's Affairs as Cop (uncredited)
- Rackety Rax as 'Brick' Gilligan
- Virtue as Frank
- White Eagle as Bart - Henchman
- High Speed as Ham
1931
- Sob Sister as Ward, a Cop (uncredited)
- Arrowsmith as Cop (uncredited)
- Three Girls Lost as Airline Steward (uncredited)
- Quick Millions as Cop in montage (uncredited)
- The Brat as Court Policeman (uncredited)
- Maker of Men as Football Player Pat (uncredited)
- Over the Hill as Detective Escort (uncredited)
- The Spider as Cop (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
- So This Is College as USC Player - #30 (uncredited)
- Salute as Midshipman Harold
- Words and Music as Ward
1928
- Noah's Ark as Flood Extra (uncredited)