Ward Bond
Known for: Acting
Born: April 8, 1903 in Benkelman, Nebraska, USA - Died: November 4, 1960
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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Rio Bravo
Pat Wheeler
Bringing Up Baby
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
The Maltese Falcon
Det. Tom Polhaus
The Mortal Storm
Franz
It's a Wonderful Life
Bert
Gone with the Wind
Tom the Yankee Captain
Santa Fe Trail
Townley
My Darling Clementine
Morgan Earp
The Quiet Man
Father Peter Lonergan
The Searchers
Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton
Hondo
Buffalo Baker
Manpower
Eddie Adams
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
(archive footage)
On Dangerous Ground
Walter Brent
A Man Betrayed
Floyd, Amato's Goon
Dust Be My Destiny
First Thug on Train (uncredited)
Johnny Guitar
John McIvers
Voice in the Night
Bob Hall
The Halliday Brand
Big Dan Halliday
Reformatory
Mac Grady
When Strangers Marry
Billy McGuire
Night Key
Fingers
Operation Pacific
John "Pop" Perry
3 Godfathers
Perley 'Buck' Sweet