Ward Bond
Born: 1903-04-09
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
The Game That Kills
1937★ 5.3
It's a Wonderful Life
1946★ 8.3
Gone with the Wind
1939★ 7.9
Little Old New York
1940★ 4.3
Souls at Sea
1937★ 6.3
Rio Bravo
1959★ 7.8
Fight for Your Lady
1937★ 4.8
Dakota
1945★ 5.1
Under Pressure
1935★ 4.6
Pillars of the Sky
1956★ 5.2
The Searchers
1956★ 7.7
Fort Apache
1948★ 7.0
Dodge City
1939★ 6.9
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935★ 5.7
Topper
1937★ 6.7
Tap Roots
1948★ 6.7
3 Godfathers
1948★ 6.7
The Maltese Falcon
1941★ 7.7
Swamp Water
1941★ 6.3
Mister Roberts
1955★ 7.0
The Fugitive
1947★ 5.9
Kit Carson
1940★ 5.8
Riding High
1950★ 5.8
Submarine Patrol
1938★ 6.6
Dakota Incident
1956★ 6.5
Slightly Dangerous
1943★ 6.1
High Speed
1932★ 2.0
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938★ 7.2
The Bride Walks Out
1936★ 5.1
My Darling Clementine
1946★ 7.4
Sergeant York
1941★ 7.2
Unconquered
1947★ 6.3
High Tension
1936★ 5.4
Lucky Devils
1933★ 6.2
Gypsy Colt
1954★ 6.3
'G' Men
1935★ 6.6
Black Fury
1935★ 6.2
Virginia City
1940★ 6.1
The Grapes of Wrath
1940★ 7.8
The Brat
1931★ 5.2
Second Wife
1936★ 0.0
Waterfront
1939★ 6.3
The Long Voyage Home
1940★ 6.6
The Moonlighter
1953★ 5.7
Flesh
1932★ 5.6
Penitentiary
1938★ 0.0
Western Courage
1935★ 6.0
It Happened One Night
1934★ 7.8
Arrowsmith
1931★ 6.6
Rackety Rax
1932★ 5.0
The Quiet Man
1952★ 7.3
Calm Yourself
1935★ 4.5
Reformatory
1938★ 6.0
Hondo
1953★ 6.6
Prison Break
1938★ 5.6
The Crime of Helen Stanley
1934★ 5.1
Woman-Wise
1937★ 0.0
Without Orders
1936★ 6.0
Bringing Up Baby
1938★ 7.5
Numbered Woman
1938★ 0.0
Sob Sister
1931★ 0.0
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941★ 6.5
Marry the Girl
1937★ 5.0
You Can't Take It with You
1938★ 7.5
Hellgate
1952★ 6.7
Speed Wings
1934★ 0.0
Unknown Valley
1933★ 6.3
Salute
1929★ 4.7
Air Mail
1932★ 5.0
Born Reckless
1930★ 5.5
On Dangerous Ground
1951★ 6.6
Manpower
1941★ 6.7
The Defense Rests
1934★ 7.0
Mountain Music
1937★ 5.3
The Mortal Storm
1940★ 7.3
Bullfighter and the Lady
1951★ 6.1
Virtue
1932★ 6.4
The Spider
1931★ 6.0
Quick Millions
1931★ 7.1
They Were Expendable
1945★ 6.5
Sin Town
1942★ 3.7
Singing Guns
1950★ 6.0
Waterfront Lady
1935★ 4.0
That's My Boy
1932★ 0.0
The Time of Your Life
1948★ 5.5
Pride of the Marines
1936★ 6.0
Careless Lady
1932★ 5.2
Music for Madame
1937★ 5.0
Heroes for Sale
1933★ 7.0
Night Key
1937★ 6.2
The Fighting Sullivans
1944★ 6.0
The Big Trail
1930★ 6.7
A Man Alone
1955★ 5.7
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939★ 7.2
Tall in the Saddle
1944★ 6.5
Thunderbirds
1952★ 5.7
Home in Indiana
1944★ 5.5
Johnny Guitar
1954★ 7.4
Most Precious Thing in Life
1934★ 5.2
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950★ 6.8
Hello Trouble
1932★ 6.0
Pardon Our Nerve
1939★ 0.0
The Long Gray Line
1955★ 7.0
I'll Tell the World
1934★ 0.0
Justice of the Range
1935★ 0.0
They Met in a Taxi
1936★ 5.5
23 1/2 Hours Leave
1937★ 5.0
Straightaway
1933★ 0.0
Sundown Rider
1932★ 0.0
Obey the Law
1933★ 0.0
They Gave Him a Gun
1937★ 6.2
Son of Frankenstein
1939★ 6.7
Dust Be My Destiny
1939★ 6.2
The Westland Case
1937★ 6.0
The Affairs of Cellini
1934★ 4.9
Fury
1936★ 7.4
Wagon Master
1950★ 6.6
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939★ 6.4
After the Thin Man
1936★ 7.3
Escape by Night
1937★ 5.7
I Found Stella Parish
1935★ 7.0
Hello, Frisco, Hello
1943★ 6.3
Dead End
1937★ 7.0
Know For Sure
1941★ 3.8
Lady for a Day
1933★ 7.1
The Kid from Kokomo
1939★ 6.0
School for Romance
1934★ 3.0
The Halliday Brand
1957★ 6.1
The Crimson Trail
1935★ 0.0
Sailor's Lady
1940★ 4.0
Park Avenue Logger
1937★ 6.0
Little Big Shot
1935★ 6.0
Union Pacific
1939★ 6.6
Directed by John Ford
1971★ 6.9
Santa Fe Trail
1940★ 5.7
Made for Each Other
1939★ 6.1
Joan of Arc
1948★ 6.1
Gentleman Jim
1942★ 7.1
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939★ 6.7
Only the Valiant
1951★ 6.4
Noah's Ark
1928★ 6.2
Over the Hill
1931★ 8.2
His Night Out
1935★ 0.0
Colleen
1936★ 5.3
The Accusing Finger
1936★ 4.7
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938★ 6.3
The Falcon Takes Over
1942★ 6.2
Three Girls Lost
1931★ 0.0
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000★ 0.0
The Kid Comes Back
1938★ 5.3
The Soldier and the Lady
1937★ 6.5
A Guy Named Joe
1949★ 6.6
Over the Wall
1938★ 5.0
A Man's Game
1934★ 0.0
So This Is College
1929★ 4.2
City for Conquest
1940★ 6.8
Chained
1934★ 6.8
Operation Pacific
1951★ 6.0
The Human Side
1934★ 0.0
Times Square Lady
1935★ 6.0
Alias Jesse James
1959★ 5.8
Fatal Lady
1936★ 0.0
The Circus Clown
1934★ 6.0
Tobacco Road
1941★ 6.6
They Made Me a Criminal
1939★ 6.1
Of Human Hearts
1938★ 5.8
You Only Live Once
1937★ 7.1
Canyon Passage
1946★ 6.6
The Wings of Eagles
1957★ 6.2
Wild Boys of the Road
1933★ 6.8
We're Only Human
1935★ 6.5
A Man Betrayed
1941★ 5.4
She Gets Her Man
1935★ 0.0
Girl in Danger
1934★ 6.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983★ 6.5
The Singing Marine
1937★ 4.0
Son of a Sailor
1933★ 5.0
The Oklahoma Kid
1939★ 6.0
Words and Music
1929★ 0.0
6 Day Bike Rider
1934★ 5.5
Going Places
1938★ 6.3
The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936★ 5.0
Frontier Marshal
1939★ 6.2
The Big Game
1936★ 5.8
One New York Night
1935★ 0.0
Broadway Bill
1934★ 6.0
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938★ 6.0
Men of the Night
1934★ 2.0
Devil's Playground
1937★ 5.8
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942★ 4.7
Up the River
1930★ 5.8
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939★ 6.3
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939★ 6.0
Mary Jane's Pa
1935★ 6.0
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932★ 6.3
Blowing Wild
1953★ 5.8
Maker of Men
1931★ 0.0
Conflict
1936★ 2.0
Professor Beware
1938★ 6.1
The Law West of Tombstone
1938★ 4.0
China Doll
1958★ 6.8
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942★ 5.8
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005★ 7.8
Strangers All
1935★ 5.5
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932★ 5.2
Fugitives for a Night
1938★ 6.0
Two in the Dark
1936★ 5.9
Bachelor's Affairs
1932★ 1.0
Hitler- Dead or Alive
1942★ 4.5
Flight Into Nowhere
1938★ 4.0
Legion of Terror
1936★ 6.0
Whirlpool
1934★ 5.9
Too Tough to Kill
1935★ 0.0
Trouble in Sundown
1939★ 0.0
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
1939★ 4.9
The Girl from Mexico
1939★ 4.2
The Lone Star Ranger
1930★ 5.0
The Poor Rich
1934★ 0.0
Here Comes the Groom
1934★ 4.0
Hitch Hike Lady
1935★ 6.8
White Eagle
1932★ 0.0
College Coach
1933★ 4.1
Frontier Marshal
1934★ 5.5
The Red, White and Blue Line
1955★ 6.0
Hold 'Em Jail
1932★ 6.8
The Wildcatter
1937★ 0.0
White Fang
1936★ 6.0
Devil Dogs of the Air
1935★ 6.4
Voice in the Night
1934★ 0.0
3 Kids and a Queen
1935★ 6.0
Broadway Hostess
1935★ 5.3
Guard That Girl
1935★ 4.0
Born to Be Wild
1938★ 7.0
The Bob Mathias Story
1954★ 6.0
They Came to Blow Up America
1943★ 6.2
Muss 'em Up
1936★ 5.5
The First Baby
1936★ 0.0
The Return of the Cisco Kid
1939★ 5.0
The Wrecker
1933★ 1.0
The Fighting Code
1933★ 0.0
The Great Missouri Raid
1951★ 6.6
Hawaii Calls
1938★ 5.4
Boulder Dam
1936★ 5.0
A Fight to the Finish
1937★ 1.0
Death on the Diamond
1934★ 7.0
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936★ 3.0
When's Your Birthday?
1937★ 4.0
The Cattle Thief
1936★ 0.0
Murder in the Fleet
1935★ 5.0
Go Into Your Dance
1935★ 6.8
Crash Donovan
1936★ 0.0
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940★ 0.0
Grand Old Girl
1935★ 6.5
Avenging Waters
1936★ 6.0
Sins of the Fathers
1948★ 0.0
Cheer Up and Smile
1930★ 0.0
When Strangers Marry
1933★ 0.0
State Trooper
1933★ 0.0
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932★ 0.0
Police Car 17
1933★ 2.0
The Man Who Lived Twice
1936★ 6.7
Gun Law
1938★ 4.5
Fighting Shadows
1935★ 6.0
Doctors Don't Tell
1941★ 4.9
The Fighting Ranger
1934★ 5.0
John Wayne-A Life on Film
2000★ 0.0
Against the Law
1934★ 3.0
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958★ 0.0
The Growler Story
1957★ 6.0
The Headline Woman
1935★ 4.0
The Colter Craven Story
1960★ 0.0