Ward Bond
Department: 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).
Known For
Rio Bravo
1959
Bringing Up Baby
1938
The Maltese Falcon
1941
The Mortal Storm
1940
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Gone with the Wind
1939
Santa Fe Trail
1940
My Darling Clementine
1946
The Quiet Man
1952
The Searchers
1956
Hondo
1953
Manpower
1941
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000
On Dangerous Ground
1951
A Man Betrayed
1941
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
Johnny Guitar
1954
Voice in the Night
1934
The Halliday Brand
1957
Reformatory
1938
When Strangers Marry
1933
Night Key
1937
Operation Pacific
1951
3 Godfathers
1948
A Guy Named Joe
1944
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941
Canyon Passage
1946
Wagon Master
1950
Fort Apache
1948
Lady for a Day
1933
The Fugitive
1947
Joan of Arc
1948
Tall in the Saddle
1944
The Fighting Sullivans
1944
Gentleman Jim
1942
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939
The Long Gray Line
1955
Mister Roberts
1955
The Falcon Takes Over
1942
Swamp Water
1941
Sergeant York
1941
The Wings of Eagles
1957
Pillars of the Sky
1956
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
Tobacco Road
1941
Made for Each Other
1939
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950
They Were Expendable
1945
Dead End
1937
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
Hello Trouble
1932
Sundown Rider
1932
The Fighting Code
1933
The Long Voyage Home
1940
Unconquered
1947
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
Dakota Incident
1956
Only the Valiant
1951
Blowing Wild
1953
Dakota
1945
Broadway Bill
1934
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
Virtue
1932
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
The Man Who Lived Twice
1936
Little Big Shot
1935
Sin Town
1942
Of Human Hearts
1938
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
Gypsy Colt
1954
Hitler- Dead or Alive
1942
Riding High
1950
Flesh
1932
Know For Sure
1941
Salute
1929
The Moonlighter
1953
Frontier Marshal
1939
Air Mail
1932
Over the Wall
1938
The Law West of Tombstone
1938
Singing Guns
1950
Fight for Your Lady
1937
Doctors Don't Tell
1941
China Doll
1958
Hitch Hike Lady
1935
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939
Two in the Dark
1936
Broadway Hostess
1935
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Kit Carson
1940
Slightly Dangerous
1943
The Poor Rich
1934
Hellgate
1952
Marry the Girl
1937
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
1939
Home in Indiana
1944
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
The Great Missouri Raid
1951
The Big Game
1936
Little Old New York
1940
Park Avenue Logger
1937
23 1/2 Hours Leave
1937
The Bride Walks Out
1936
The Bob Mathias Story
1954
Escape by Night
1937
Prison Break
1938
Up the River
1930
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Born to Be Wild
1938
The Wildcatter
1937
The Time of Your Life
1948
The Girl from Mexico
1939
Whirlpool
1934
The Defense Rests
1934
The Circus Clown
1934
Here Comes the Groom
1934
Death on the Diamond
1934
6 Day Bike Rider
1934
Against the Law
1934
Under Pressure
1935
Times Square Lady
1935
Justice of the Range
1935
His Night Out
1935
Guard That Girl
1935
I Found Stella Parish
1935
Hawaii Calls
1938
The First Baby
1936
Words and Music
1929
The Lone Star Ranger
1930
Cheer Up and Smile
1930
Three Girls Lost
1931
The Brat
1931
The Spider
1931
Sob Sister
1931
Over the Hill
1931
Maker of Men
1931
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932
Bachelor's Affairs
1932
Hold 'Em Jail
1932
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932
Lucky Devils
1933
State Trooper
1933
Obey the Law
1933
Straightaway
1933
Second Wife
1936
Woman-Wise
1937
When's Your Birthday?
1937
Mountain Music
1937
The Singing Marine
1937
Souls at Sea
1937
The Game That Kills
1937
Penitentiary
1938
Speed Wings
1934
We're Only Human
1935
They Came to Blow Up America
1943
Calm Yourself
1935
Bullfighter and the Lady
1951
The Growler Story
1957
Directed by John Ford
1971
Avenging Waters
1936
A Man's Game
1934
Fighting Shadows
1935
Western Courage
1935
The Cattle Thief
1936
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
Most Precious Thing in Life
1934
Waterfront
1939
White Fang
1936
Heroes for Sale
1933
Submarine Patrol
1938
Unknown Valley
1933
The Affairs of Cellini
1934
They Made Me a Criminal
1939
One New York Night
1935
A Man Alone
1955
Careless Lady
1932
The Oklahoma Kid
1939
They Met in a Taxi
1936
Arrowsmith
1931
They Gave Him a Gun
1937
I'll Tell the World
1934
Going Places
1938
Fatal Lady
1936
Colleen
1936
Fugitives for a Night
1938
She Gets Her Man
1935
The Wrecker
1933
The McGurk Way
1952
'G' Men
1935
Strangers All
1935
Grand Old Girl
1935
Without Orders
1936
Devil's Playground
1937
Mary Jane's Pa
1935
Son of Frankenstein
1939
Dodge City
1939
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939
Boulder Dam
1936
Union Pacific
1939
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
The Return of the Cisco Kid
1939
Professor Beware
1938
Hello, Frisco, Hello
1943
Murder in the Fleet
1935
It Happened One Night
1934
The Fighting Ranger
1934
Fury
1936
The Colter Craven Story
1960
Son of a Sailor
1933
Devil Dogs of the Air
1935
High Tension
1936
Too Tough to Kill
1935
A Fight to the Finish
1937
Legion of Terror
1936
Tap Roots
1948
Conflict
1936
The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936
Numbered Woman
1938
Pardon Our Nerve
1939
Trouble in Sundown
1939
Virginia City
1940
Frontier Marshal
1934
Quick Millions
1931
Waterfront Lady
1935
City for Conquest
1940
College Coach
1933
Flight Into Nowhere
1938
The Kid from Kokomo
1939
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
Topper
1937
You Only Live Once
1937
Music for Madame
1937
The Crimson Trail
1935
Girl in Danger
1934
Born Reckless
1930
Alias Jesse James
1959
Gun Law
1938
So This Is College
1929
Wild Boys of the Road
1933
Thunderbirds
1952
The Soldier and the Lady
1937
Men of the Night
1934
The Westland Case
1937
The Kid Comes Back
1938
Noah's Ark
1928
Rackety Rax
1932
White Eagle
1932
Muss 'em Up
1936
The Crime of Helen Stanley
1934
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935
Chained
1934
The Accusing Finger
1936
Police Car 17
1933
Sailor's Lady
1940
Go Into Your Dance
1935
Crash Donovan
1936
Pride of the Marines
1936
The Human Side
1934
School for Romance
1934
3 Kids and a Queen
1935
That's My Boy
1932
After the Thin Man
1936
High Speed
1932
The Red, White and Blue Line
1955
The Headline Woman
1935
Sins of the Fathers
1948
Black Fury
1935
John Wayne-A Life on Film
2000
The Big Trail
1930
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
General Electric Theater
1953
Climax!
1954
Cavalcade of America
1952
The Steve Allen Show
1956
Wagon Train
1957
Cavalcade of America
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Silver Theatre
1949
The Gulf Playhouse
1952
The Bigelow Theatre
1950
Suspense
1949
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Battleground
2004
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Star Stage
1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
The Christophers
1953
The Steve Allen Show
1956
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
MGM Parade
1955