Ward Bond
Known for: Acting
Born: April 9, 1903
Died: November 5, 1960
Place of birth: Benkelman, Nebraska, USA
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).
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Filmography
273 movies · 16 TV shows, newest first
7.7
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
200510.0
Battleground
2004
10.0
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000
NR
John Wayne-A Life on Film
2000
7.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
7.0
Directed by John Ford
1971
NR
The Colter Craven Story
1960
6.1
Alias Jesse James
1959
7.8
Rio Bravo
1959
NR
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
6.9
China Doll
1958
6.6
Wagon Train
1957
6.3
The Wings of Eagles
1957
6.2
The Halliday Brand
1957
6.0
The Growler Story
1957
5.5
Pillars of the Sky
1956
6.5
Dakota Incident
1956
6.2
The Steve Allen Show
1956
7.7
The Searchers
1956
5.8
A Man Alone
1955
7.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
7.5
MGM Parade
1955
NR
Star Stage
1955
7.0
Mister Roberts
1955
6.0
The Red, White and Blue Line
1955
7.0
The Long Gray Line
1955
7.3
The Bob Mathias Story
1954
3.8
Climax!
1954
7.4
Johnny Guitar
1954
7.2
Gypsy Colt
1954
6.5
Hondo
1953
6.0
Blowing Wild
1953
6.0
The Moonlighter
1953NR
The Christophers
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
6.0
Thunderbirds
1952
7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
4.6
Cavalcade of America
1952
6.7
Hellgate
1952
7.3
The Quiet Man
1952
NR
The Gulf Playhouse
1952NR
The McGurk Way
1952
6.6
On Dangerous Ground
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
6.3
Bullfighter and the Lady
1951
6.5
Only the Valiant
1951
6.8
The Great Missouri Raid
1951
6.1
Operation Pacific
1951
6.7
The Bigelow Theatre
1950
6.8
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950
6.7
Wagon Master
1950
6.1
Riding High
1950
6.4
Singing Guns
19506.8
The Silver Theatre
1949
5.1
Suspense
1949
6.8
3 Godfathers
1948
6.2
Joan of Arc
1948
6.1
The Time of Your Life
1948
6.9
Tap Roots
1948
7.0
Fort Apache
1948
7.0
Sins of the Fathers
1948
6.0
The Fugitive
1947
6.5
Unconquered
1947
8.3
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
7.5
My Darling Clementine
1946
6.7
Canyon Passage
1946
5.2
Dakota
1945
6.5
They Were Expendable
1945
6.6
Tall in the Saddle
1944
5.9
Home in Indiana
1944
6.7
A Guy Named Joe
1944
6.3
The Fighting Sullivans
1944
6.8
They Came to Blow Up America
1943
6.0
Slightly Dangerous
1943
6.4
Hello, Frisco, Hello
1943
7.2
Gentleman Jim
1942
4.9
Hitler- Dead or Alive
1942
5.0
Sin Town
1942
6.4
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
6.3
The Falcon Takes Over
1942
5.5
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
6.4
Swamp Water
1941
7.7
The Maltese Falcon
1941
4.2
Know For Sure
1941
7.2
Sergeant York
1941
5.2
Doctors Don't Tell
1941
6.5
Manpower
1941
6.6
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941
5.5
A Man Betrayed
1941
6.8
Tobacco Road
1941
5.8
Santa Fe Trail
1940
6.6
The Long Voyage Home
1940
6.9
City for Conquest
1940
6.1
Kit Carson
1940
6.5
Sailor's Lady
1940
7.3
The Mortal Storm
1940
5.0
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
6.3
Virginia City
1940
7.8
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
5.3
Little Old New York
1940
5.4
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
1939
7.9
Gone with the Wind
1939
6.5
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
6.6
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939
6.5
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
6.3
Frontier Marshal
1939
6.5
Waterfront
1939
7.2
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939
5.1
The Girl from Mexico
1939
6.5
The Kid from Kokomo
1939
6.1
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
6.7
Union Pacific
1939
6.3
The Return of the Cisco Kid
1939
6.9
Dodge City
1939
6.7
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939
8.0
Trouble in Sundown
1939
6.0
The Oklahoma Kid
1939
8.0
Pardon Our Nerve
1939
6.1
Made for Each Other
1939
6.3
They Made Me a Criminal
1939
6.7
Son of Frankenstein
1939
6.6
Going Places
1938
6.7
Submarine Patrol
1938
6.0
The Law West of Tombstone
1938
7.3
Fugitives for a Night
1938
7.5
You Can't Take It with You
1938
6.0
Professor Beware
1938
7.0
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
6.3
Prison Break
1938
6.5
Reformatory
1938
7.0
Numbered Woman
1938
6.3
Gun Law
1938
5.3
Flight Into Nowhere
1938
6.4
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
6.2
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
5.7
Over the Wall
1938
6.0
Hawaii Calls
1938
7.5
Bringing Up Baby
1938
7.5
Born to Be Wild
1938
6.5
The Kid Comes Back
1938
6.0
Of Human Hearts
1938
7.0
Penitentiary
1938
5.6
Fight for Your Lady
1937
6.7
The Westland Case
1937
6.3
Music for Madame
1937
6.3
The Game That Kills
1937
6.5
Souls at Sea
1937
6.0
Escape by Night
1937
7.0
Dead End
1937
6.7
Topper
1937
6.5
Marry the Girl
1937
5.3
The Singing Marine
1937
4.5
A Fight to the Finish
1937
6.0
Mountain Music
1937
8.0
The Wildcatter
1937
6.7
They Gave Him a Gun
1937
6.2
Night Key
1937
7.3
The Soldier and the Lady
1937
6.0
23 1/2 Hours Leave
1937
8.0
Park Avenue Logger
1937
5.5
When's Your Birthday?
1937
6.6
Devil's Playground
1937
7.1
You Only Live Once
1937
9.0
Woman-Wise
1937
7.3
After the Thin Man
1936
5.5
Conflict
1936
5.8
The Accusing Finger
1936
7.0
Legion of Terror
1936
7.3
Without Orders
1936
6.6
The Big Game
1936
7.5
The Man Who Lived Twice
1936
6.8
They Met in a Taxi
1936
7.0
Second Wife
1936
8.0
Crash Donovan
1936
7.0
White Fang
1936
5.4
The Bride Walks Out
1936
5.8
High Tension
1936
7.5
Fury
1936
7.0
The Cattle Thief
1936
10.0
Fatal Lady
1936
7.0
Avenging Waters
1936
5.0
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936
8.0
The First Baby
1936
8.0
Pride of the Marines
1936
5.8
Colleen
1936
5.7
Boulder Dam
1936
7.0
The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936
6.2
Muss 'em Up
1936
6.1
Two in the Dark
1936
7.8
Hitch Hike Lady
1935
6.5
We're Only Human
1935
7.5
Too Tough to Kill
1935
6.0
Broadway Hostess
1935
7.3
I Found Stella Parish
1935
6.5
Guard That Girl
1935
8.0
Western Courage
1935
6.8
3 Kids and a Queen
1935
5.8
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935
5.3
Waterfront Lady
1935
7.0
His Night Out
1935
7.3
Little Big Shot
1935
8.0
She Gets Her Man
1935
6.0
Calm Yourself
1935
9.0
Justice of the Range
1935
6.6
Murder in the Fleet
1935
6.3
Black Fury
1935
4.6
The Headline Woman
1935
6.8
The Informer
1935
6.6
'G' Men
1935
6.8
Mary Jane's Pa
1935
7.2
Go Into Your Dance
1935
6.5
Fighting Shadows
1935
6.8
Strangers All
1935
8.0
The Crimson Trail
1935
7.0
Times Square Lady
1935
7.5
One New York Night
1935
6.8
Devil Dogs of the Air
1935
5.2
Under Pressure
1935
7.0
Grand Old Girl
1935
6.0
Broadway Bill
1934
4.5
Men of the Night
1934
5.3
Against the Law
1934
7.0
6 Day Bike Rider
1934
7.3
Death on the Diamond
1934
8.0
Girl in Danger
1934
9.0
The Human Side
1934
7.0
Chained
1934
5.2
The Affairs of Cellini
1934
7.1
The Defense Rests
1934
6.7
The Circus Clown
1934
6.5
Here Comes the Groom
1934
10.0
A Man's Game
1934
5.8
Most Precious Thing in Life
1934
7.0
I'll Tell the World
1934
5.6
The Crime of Helen Stanley
1934
6.4
Whirlpool
1934
7.0
Voice in the Night
1934
6.7
The Fighting Ranger
1934
8.0
The Poor Rich
1934
7.8
It Happened One Night
1934
9.0
Speed Wings
1934
4.3
School for Romance
1934
7.0
Frontier Marshal
1934
9.0
The Fighting Code
1933
8.0
Straightaway
1933
6.0
Son of a Sailor
1933
4.6
College Coach
1933
6.8
Wild Boys of the Road
1933
5.5
Police Car 17
1933
7.1
Lady for a Day
1933
3.7
The Wrecker
1933
7.1
Heroes for Sale
1933
8.0
When Strangers Marry
1933
6.8
Unknown Valley
1933
9.0
Obey the Law
1933
8.0
State Trooper
1933
6.4
Lucky Devils
1933
9.0
Sundown Rider
1932
6.4
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932
5.8
Flesh
1932
8.0
That's My Boy
1932
5.5
Air Mail
1932
6.6
Virtue
1932
6.5
Rackety Rax
1932
9.0
White Eagle
1932
6.8
Hold 'Em Jail
1932
7.0
Hello Trouble
1932
3.3
Bachelor's Affairs
1932
9.0
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
5.8
Careless Lady
1932
5.0
High Speed
1932
5.6
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932
6.6
Arrowsmith
1931
8.1
Over the Hill
1931
7.0
Sob Sister
1931
7.0
The Spider
1931
5.4
The Brat
1931
7.0
Maker of Men
1931
8.0
Three Girls Lost
1931
7.3
Quick Millions
1931
6.7
The Big Trail
1930
5.7
Up the River
1930
10.0
Cheer Up and Smile
1930
5.7
Born Reckless
1930
7.0
The Lone Star Ranger
1930
4.7
So This Is College
1929
5.8
Salute
1929
10.0
Words and Music
1929
6.4
Noah's Ark
1928