Ward Bond
Born
4/9/1903
Benkelman, Nebraska, USA
Ward Bond
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).
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 For270 Movies
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
★8.3
Gone with the Wind
1939
★7.9
The Searchers
1956
★7.7
Rio Bravo
1959
★7.8
The Maltese Falcon
1941
★7.7
It Happened One Night
1934
★7.8
Bringing Up Baby
1938
★7.5
My Darling Clementine
1946
★7.5
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
★7.8
The Quiet Man
1952
★7.3
You Can't Take It with You
1938
★7.5
Sergeant York
1941
★7.2
Unconquered
1947
★6.5
Fort Apache
1948
★7.0
3 Godfathers
1948
★6.8
Hondo
1953
★6.5
Joan of Arc
1948
★6.2
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939
★7.2
Son of Frankenstein
1939
★6.7
Mister Roberts
1955
★7.0
The Big Trail
1930
★6.7
They Were Expendable
1945
★6.5
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
★6.5
After the Thin Man
1936
★7.3
Tall in the Saddle
1944
★6.6
Johnny Guitar
1954
★7.4
Operation Pacific
1951
★6.1
'G' Men
1935
★6.6
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941
★6.6
Canyon Passage
1946
★6.7
The Wings of Eagles
1957
★6.3
Alias Jesse James
1959
★6.1
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950
★6.8
Dodge City
1939
★6.9
The Long Gray Line
1955
★7.0
The Long Voyage Home
1940
★6.6
Woman-Wise
1937
★9.0
Topper
1937
★6.7
Hello Trouble
1932
★7.0
Virginia City
1940
★6.3
On Dangerous Ground
1951
★6.6
Tap Roots
1948
★6.9
Union Pacific
1939
★6.7
Dead End
1937
★7.0
Santa Fe Trail
1940
★5.8
The Oklahoma Kid
1939
★6.0
Directed by John Ford
1971
★7.0
You Only Live Once
1937
★7.1
Tobacco Road
1941
★6.8
Sob Sister
1931
★7.0
Made for Each Other
1939
★6.1
Wagon Master
1950
★6.7
The Informer
1935
★6.8
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
★7.0
Frontier Marshal
1939
★6.3
The Mortal Storm
1940
★7.3
A Man Alone
1955
★5.8
Careless Lady
1932
★5.8
Noah's Ark
1928
★6.4
Dakota
1945
★5.2
Sundown Rider
1932
★9.0
The Fugitive
1947
★6.0
Lady for a Day
1933
★7.1
Gentleman Jim
1942
★7.2
Salute
1929
★5.8
Only the Valiant
1951
★6.5
Speed Wings
1934
★9.0
Fury
1936
★7.5
The Falcon Takes Over
1942
★6.3
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932
★6.4
Numbered Woman
1938
★7.0
Kit Carson
1940
★6.1
Broadway Bill
1934
★6.0
Reformatory
1938
★6.5
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
★7.0
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
★6.1
Submarine Patrol
1938
★6.7
Heroes for Sale
1933
★7.1
Souls at Sea
1937
★6.5
His Night Out
1935
★7.0
Thunderbirds
1952
★6.0
Chained
1934
★7.0
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
★6.2
Swamp Water
1941
★6.4
Manpower
1941
★6.5
A Guy Named Joe
1944
★6.7
I Found Stella Parish
1935
★7.3
Up the River
1930
★5.7
Of Human Hearts
1938
★6.0
China Doll
1958
★6.9
Pillars of the Sky
1956
★5.5
I'll Tell the World
1934
★7.0
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
★6.4
City for Conquest
1940
★6.9
The Moonlighter
1953
★6.0
Singing Guns
1950
★6.4
Blowing Wild
1953
★6.0
Wild Boys of the Road
1933
★6.8
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
★5.0
Air Mail
1932
★5.5
Slightly Dangerous
1943
★6.0
They Made Me a Criminal
1939
★6.3
Bullfighter and the Lady
1951
★6.3
Times Square Lady
1935
★7.0
Hellgate
1952
★6.7
The Crimson Trail
1935
★8.0
The Westland Case
1937
★6.7
Murder in the Fleet
1935
★6.6
The Bride Walks Out
1936
★5.4
Riding High
1950
★6.1
The Accusing Finger
1936
★5.8
That's My Boy
1932
★8.0
Born Reckless
1930
★5.7
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
★7.7
Words and Music
1929
★10.0
The Fighting Sullivans
1944
★6.3
Night Key
1937
★6.2
Going Places
1938
★6.6
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
★6.5
Arrowsmith
1931
★6.6
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
★5.5
They Gave Him a Gun
1937
★6.7
Black Fury
1935
★6.3
Girl in Danger
1934
★8.0
Justice of the Range
1935
★9.0
So This Is College
1929
★4.7
The Brat
1931
★5.4
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
★6.4
Guard That Girl
1935
★6.5
Gypsy Colt
1954
★7.2
They Met in a Taxi
1936
★6.8
Voice in the Night
1934
★7.0
Men of the Night
1934
★4.5
The Circus Clown
1934
★6.7
The Defense Rests
1934
★7.1
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939
★6.7
Park Avenue Logger
1937
★8.0
We're Only Human
1935
★6.5
The Wrecker
1933
★3.7
The Time of Your Life
1948
★6.1
College Coach
1933
★4.6
The Soldier and the Lady
1937
★7.3
Devil Dogs of the Air
1935
★6.8
The Singing Marine
1937
★5.3
Three Girls Lost
1931
★8.0
Sailor's Lady
1940
★6.5
Music for Madame
1937
★6.3
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935
★5.8
One New York Night
1935
★7.5
Doctors Don't Tell
1941
★5.2
The Affairs of Cellini
1934
★5.2
Colleen
1936
★5.8
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000
★10.0
Waterfront Lady
1935
★5.3
She Gets Her Man
1935
★8.0
A Man Betrayed
1941
★5.5
High Speed
1932
★5.0
The Spider
1931
★7.0
Quick Millions
1931
★7.3
Straightaway
1933
★8.0
The Crime of Helen Stanley
1934
★5.6
Fight for Your Lady
1937
★5.6
Lucky Devils
1933
★6.4
The Girl from Mexico
1939
★5.1
Home in Indiana
1944
★5.9
Obey the Law
1933
★9.0
Two in the Dark
1936
★6.1
Mary Jane's Pa
1935
★6.8
School for Romance
1934
★4.3
Dakota Incident
1956
★6.5
Devil's Playground
1937
★6.6
Little Old New York
1940
★5.3
Crash Donovan
1936
★8.0
Pride of the Marines
1936
★8.0
Second Wife
1936
★7.0
Son of a Sailor
1933
★6.0
Here Comes the Groom
1934
★6.5
The Great Missouri Raid
1951
★6.8
Fugitives for a Night
1938
★7.3
Little Big Shot
1935
★7.3
Fatal Lady
1936
★10.0
State Trooper
1933
★8.0
The Headline Woman
1935
★4.6
Muss 'em Up
1936
★6.2
Muss 'em Up
1936
★6.2
The Game That Kills
1937
★6.3
Mountain Music
1937
★6.0
Hitch Hike Lady
1935
★7.8
The Halliday Brand
1957
★6.2
Hello, Frisco, Hello
1943
★6.4
A Man's Game
1934
★10.0
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
★9.0
The Law West of Tombstone
1938
★6.0
Born to Be Wild
1938
★7.5
The Return of the Cisco Kid
1939
★6.3
The Man Who Lived Twice
1936
★7.5
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
1939
★5.4
Bachelor's Affairs
1932
★3.3
Go Into Your Dance
1935
★7.2
Pardon Our Nerve
1939
★8.0
High Tension
1936
★5.8
The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936
★7.0
Without Orders
1936
★7.3
Whirlpool
1934
★6.4
Virtue
1932
★6.6
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932
★5.6
Calm Yourself
1935
★6.0
6 Day Bike Rider
1934
★7.0
Strangers All
1935
★6.8
Death on the Diamond
1934
★7.3
Broadway Hostess
1935
★6.0
The Lone Star Ranger
1930
★7.0
Marry the Girl
1937
★6.5
Trouble in Sundown
1939
★8.0
Under Pressure
1935
★5.2
23 1/2 Hours Leave
1937
★6.0
White Eagle
1932
★9.0
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939
★6.6
Prison Break
1938
★6.1
Sin Town
1942
★5.0
Western Courage
1935
★8.0
The Kid from Kokomo
1939
★6.5
Too Tough to Kill
1935
★7.5
White Fang
1936
★7.0
The Growler Story
1957
★6.0
Cheer Up and Smile
1930
★10.0
Professor Beware
1938
★6.0
The Poor Rich
1934
★8.0
The Big Game
1936
★6.6
Hawaii Calls
1938
★6.0
Hold 'Em Jail
1932
★6.8
Escape by Night
1937
★6.0
3 Kids and a Queen
1935
★6.8
Penitentiary
1938
★7.0
Grand Old Girl
1935
★7.0
Avenging Waters
1936
★7.0
Boulder Dam
1936
★5.7
They Came to Blow Up America
1943
★6.8
Over the Wall
1938
★5.7
The Kid Comes Back
1938
★6.5
The Wildcatter
1937
★8.0
A Fight to the Finish
1937
★4.5
The Human Side
1934
★9.0
Most Precious Thing in Life
1934
★5.8
Sins of the Fathers
1948
★7.0
Conflict
1936
★5.5
Hitler- Dead or Alive
1942
★4.9
Waterfront
1939
★6.5
Rackety Rax
1932
★6.5
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936
★5.0
Unknown Valley
1933
★6.8
Flesh
1932
★5.8
When's Your Birthday?
1937
★5.5
Know For Sure
1941
★4.2
Fighting Shadows
1935
★6.5
Maker of Men
1931
★7.0
The Fighting Code
1933
★9.0
The Red, White and Blue Line
1955
★6.0
Over the Hill
1931
★8.1
The Fighting Ranger
1934
★6.7
Frontier Marshal
1934
★7.0
The First Baby
1936
★8.0
Police Car 17
1933
★5.5
The Bob Mathias Story
1954
★7.3
The Cattle Thief
1936
★7.0
Legion of Terror
1936
★7.0
Gun Law
1938
★6.3
Against the Law
1934
★5.3
Flight Into Nowhere
1938
★5.3
When Strangers Marry
1933
★8.0