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Ward Bond

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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: Acting

Born: Benkelman, Nebraska, USA, 1903-04-09

Died: 1960-11-05

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1928	Noah's Ark	Flood Extra (uncredited)	63
2	1929	Words and Music	Ward	0
3	1929	Salute	Midshipman Harold	47
4	1929	So This Is College	USC Player - #30 (uncredited)	42
5	1930	The Lone Star Ranger	Townsman at the Dance (uncredited)	50
6	1930	Born Reckless	Sergeant	55
7	1930	Cheer Up and Smile	Boy at Sweetheart Dance (uncredited)	0
8	1930	Up the River	Inmate Socked by Saint Louis (uncredited)	58
9	1930	The Big Trail	Sid Bascom (uncredited)	67
10	1931	Quick Millions	Cop in montage (uncredited)	71
11	1931	Three Girls Lost	Airline Steward (uncredited)	0
12	1931	Maker of Men	Football Player Pat (uncredited)	0
13	1931	The Brat	Court Policeman (uncredited)	56
14	1931	The Spider	Cop (uncredited)	60
15	1931	Sob Sister	Ward, a Cop (uncredited)	0
16	1931	Over the Hill	Detective Escort (uncredited)	82
17	1931	Arrowsmith	Cop (uncredited)	64
18	1932	The Greeks Had a Word for Them	Taxi Driver (uncredited)	51
19	1932	Careless Lady	Cop in Raid	52
20	1932	High Speed	Ham	20
21	1932	The Trial of Vivienne Ware	Johnson (uncredited)	0
22	1932	Bachelor's Affairs	Cop (uncredited)	10
23	1932	Hello Trouble	Heavy Kennedy	60
24	1932	Hold 'Em Jail	Football Player (uncredited)	68
25	1932	White Eagle	Bart - Henchman	0
26	1932	Rackety Rax	'Brick' Gilligan	50
27	1932	Virtue	Frank	67
28	1932	Air Mail	Joe Barnes (uncredited)	55
29	1932	That's My Boy	Curley Decker	0
30	1932	Flesh	Muscles Manning (uncredited)	56
31	1932	20,000 Years in Sing Sing	Police Officer (uncredited)	63
32	1932	Sundown Rider	Gabe Powers - Henchman	0
33	1933	Lucky Devils	Crewman (uncredited)	63
34	1933	State Trooper	Undetermined Role	0
35	1933	Obey the Law	Kid Paris	0
36	1933	Unknown Valley	Elder Snead	63
37	1933	When Strangers Marry	Billy McGuire	0
38	1933	Heroes for Sale	Red (uncredited)	70
39	1933	The Wrecker	Cramer	10
40	1933	Lady for a Day	Mounted Policeman (uncredited)	70
41	1933	Police Car 17	Bumps O'Neill	20
42	1933	Wild Boys of the Road	Red the Brakeman (uncredited)	69
43	1933	College Coach	Assistant Coach (uncredited)	42
44	1933	Son of a Sailor	Joe	50
45	1933	Straightaway	Hobo	0
46	1933	The Fighting Code	Joe Krull	0
47	1934	Frontier Marshal	Ben Murchison	55
48	1934	School for Romance	Husband	30
49	1934	Speed Wings	Henchman (uncredited)	0
50	1934	It Happened One Night	Bus Driver (uncredited)	78
51	1934	The Poor Rich	Motor Cop	0
52	1934	The Fighting Ranger	Dave, Cougar Henchman	50
53	1934	Voice in the Night	Bob Hall	0
54	1934	Whirlpool	Farley	61
55	1934	I'll Tell the World	Dirigible Officer	0
56	1934	The Crime of Helen Stanley	Jack Baker	51
57	1934	Most Precious Thing in Life	Head Coach Smith	52
58	1934	A Man's Game	Dave Jordon	0
59	1934	Here Comes the Groom	Second Cop	40
60	1934	The Circus Clown	Spectator	60
61	1934	The Defense Rests	Hood	70
62	1934	The Affairs of Cellini	Palace Guard Finding Cellini's Clothes (uncredited)	51
63	1934	Chained	Ship Steward (uncredited)	68
64	1934	The Human Side	Cop	0
65	1934	Girl in Danger	Wynkoski	60
66	1934	Death on the Diamond	Security Guard in Kelly's Room (uncredited)	70
67	1934	6 Day Bike Rider	First Officer (uncredited)	55
68	1934	Against the Law	Tony Rizzo	30
69	1934	Men of the Night	Det. John Connors	20
70	1934	Broadway Bill	Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)	60
71	1935	Grand Old Girl	Mr. Clark - Football Coach	65
72	1935	Under Pressure	Prize Fighter (uncredited)	50
73	1935	Devil Dogs of the Air	Instructor	64
74	1935	Times Square Lady	Dugan - Hockey Player (uncredited)	60
75	1935	One New York Night	Policeman	0
76	1935	The Crimson Trail	Luke Long	0
77	1935	Strangers All	Ward, Assistant Director on Film Set	55
78	1935	Fighting Shadows	Brad Harrison	60
79	1935	Go Into Your Dance	Herman Lahey	68
80	1935	Mary Jane's Pa	Roughneck Leader	60
81	1935	'G' Men	Gunman at Train Station (uncredited)	65
82	1935	The Headline Woman	Johnson	40
83	1935	Black Fury	Mac - Company Policeman	65
84	1935	Murder in the Fleet	'Heavy' Johnson (Uncredited)	50
85	1935	Justice of the Range	Bob Brennan	0
86	1935	Calm Yourself	Detective with Roscoe (uncredited)	45
87	1935	She Gets Her Man	Chick	0
88	1935	Little Big Shot	Kell's Henchman	60
89	1935	His Night Out	Lanky	0
90	1935	Waterfront Lady	Jess	40
91	1935	The Last Days of Pompeii	Murmex of Carthage, a Gladiator (uncredited)	56
92	1935	3 Kids and a Queen	Relative	60
93	1935	Western Courage	Lacrosse	60
94	1935	Guard That Girl	Budge Edwards	40
95	1935	I Found Stella Parish	Roman Soldier in Play (uncredited)	70
96	1935	Broadway Hostess	Lucky's Henchman (uncredited)	53
97	1935	Too Tough to Kill	Danny	0
98	1935	We're Only Human	Bank Robber	65
99	1935	Hitch Hike Lady	Motorcycle cop	68
100	1936	Two in the Dark	Policeman (uncredited)	59
101	1936	Muss 'em Up	John Doe, a Gangster	55
102	1936	The Leathernecks Have Landed	Tex	50
103	1936	Boulder Dam	Pa's Guest (uncredited)	40
104	1936	Colleen	Sweeney (uncredited)	53
105	1936	The First Baby	Tough Guy	0
106	1936	Pride of the Marines	Gunner Brady	60
107	1936	Avenging Waters	Marve Slater	60
108	1936	The Case Against Mrs. Ames	Newsstand Customer	40
109	1936	Fatal Lady	American Stage Manager (uncredited)	0
110	1936	The Cattle Thief	Ranse Willard	0
111	1936	Fury	Man (uncredited)	74
112	1936	The Bride Walks Out	Taxi Driver(uncredited)	53
113	1936	High Tension	Husky Man	54
114	1936	White Fang	Thief (uncredited)	60
115	1936	Crash Donovan	The Drill Master	0
116	1936	Second Wife	1st Partner Politician (uncredited)	0
117	1936	They Met in a Taxi	Policeman	55
118	1936	The Man Who Lived Twice	John 'Gloves' Baker	67
119	1936	The Big Game	Gambler	58
120	1936	Without Orders	Tim Casey	60
121	1936	Legion of Terror	Don Foster	60
122	1936	The Accusing Finger	Recreation Room Guard	47
123	1936	Conflict	Gus 'Knockout' Carrigan	20
124	1936	After the Thin Man	Party Guest (uncredited)	73
125	1937	Woman-Wise	Kramer (uncredited)	0
126	1937	You Only Live Once	Casey - Guard (uncredited)	71
127	1937	Devil's Playground	Sidecar Wilson	58
128	1937	When's Your Birthday?	Police Detective (uncredited)	40
129	1937	Park Avenue Logger	Paul Sangar	60
130	1937	23 1/2 Hours Leave	Top Sgt. Burke	0
131	1937	The Soldier and the Lady	Tartar Guard (Uncredited)	65
132	1937	Night Key	Fingers	61
133	1937	They Gave Him a Gun	MP (uncredited)	62
134	1937	The Wildcatter	Johnson	0
135	1937	Mountain Music	G-Man (uncredited)	65
136	1937	A Fight to the Finish	Eddie Hawkins	10
137	1937	The Singing Marine	First Sergeant (uncredited)	40
138	1937	Marry the Girl	Motorcycle cop	50
139	1937	Topper	Eddie (uncredited)	67
140	1937	Dead End	Doorman	70
141	1937	Escape by Night	Peter 'Spudsy' Baker	57
142	1937	Souls at Sea	Bit Part (uncredited)	60
143	1937	The Game That Kills	Tom Ferguson	53
144	1937	Music for Madame	Violets (Uncredited)	50
145	1937	The Westland Case	Connors - Death-Row Inmate	60
146	1937	Fight for Your Lady	Mr. Walton (uncredited)	43
147	1938	Penitentiary	Red Parsons - Prison Barber (uncredited)	0
148	1938	Of Human Hearts	Lout Laughing in Church (uncredited)	58
149	1938	The Kid Comes Back	Spike	53
150	1938	Born to Be Wild	Bill Purvis	70
151	1938	Bringing Up Baby	Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)	75
152	1938	Hawaii Calls	Muller	54
153	1938	Over the Wall	Eddie Edwards	50
154	1938	Mr. Moto's Gamble	Biff Moran	62
155	1938	The Adventures of Marco Polo	Mongol Guard (uncredited)	60
156	1938	Flight Into Nowhere		40
157	1938	Gun Law	Henchman Pecos	45
158	1938	Numbered Woman	Detective	0
159	1938	Reformatory	Mac Grady	60
160	1938	Prison Break	Big Red Kincaid	52
161	1938	The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse	Tug	72
162	1938	Professor Beware	Motorcycle Cop	61
163	1938	You Can't Take It with You	Mike - the Detective (uncredited)	75
164	1938	Fugitives for a Night	Gambler in Fake Fight	60
165	1938	The Law West of Tombstone	Mulligan P. Martinez	40
166	1938	Submarine Patrol	Seaman Olaf Swanson	66
167	1938	Going Places	Clarence - a Policeman	63
168	1939	Son of Frankenstein	Gendarme at Gate (uncredited)	67
169	1939	They Made Me a Criminal	Lenihan	61
170	1939	Made for Each Other	Jim Hatton (uncredited)	61
171	1939	Pardon Our Nerve	Kid Ramsey	0
172	1939	The Oklahoma Kid	Wes Handley	60
173	1939	Trouble in Sundown	Henchman Dusty	0
174	1939	Mr. Moto in Danger Island	Sailor Sam - Wrestler	67
175	1939	Dodge City	Bud Taylor	69
176	1939	The Return of the Cisco Kid	Accused Rustler (uncredited)	50
177	1939	Union Pacific	Tracklayer (uncredited)	65
178	1939	Confessions of a Nazi Spy	American Legionnaire (uncredited)	61
179	1939	The Kid from Kokomo	Ladislaw Klewicki	60
180	1939	The Girl from Mexico	Mexican Pete	42
181	1939	Young Mr. Lincoln	John Palmer Cass	72
182	1939	Waterfront	Mart Hendler	63
183	1939	Frontier Marshal	Town Marshal	61
184	1939	Dust Be My Destiny	First Thug on Train (uncredited)	62
185	1939	Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence	Hunk	63
186	1939	Drums Along the Mohawk	Adam Hartman	64
187	1939	Gone with the Wind	Tom the Yankee Captain	79
188	1939	The Cisco Kid and the Lady	Walton	49
189	1940	Little Old New York	Regan	40
190	1940	The Grapes of Wrath	Policeman	78
191	1940	Virginia City	Confederate Sergeant Checking Passengers (uncredited)	61
192	1940	Buck Benny Rides Again	First Outlaw	0
193	1940	The Mortal Storm	Franz	72
194	1940	Sailor's Lady	Shore Patrolman (uncredited)	40
195	1940	Kit Carson	Ape	61
196	1940	City for Conquest	First Policeman (uncredited)	68
197	1940	The Long Voyage Home	Yank	66
198	1940	Santa Fe Trail	Townley	57
199	1941	Know For Sure	patient	38
200	1941	Tobacco Road	Lov Bensey	66
201	1941	A Man Betrayed	Floyd, Amato's Goon	54
202	1941	The Shepherd of the Hills	Wash Gibbs	66
203	1941	Manpower	Eddie Adams	67
204	1941	Doctors Don't Tell	Barney Millen	49
205	1941	Sergeant York	Ike Botkin	72
206	1941	The Maltese Falcon	Det. Tom Polhaus	77
207	1941	Swamp Water	Tim Dorson	63
208	1942	Wild Bill Hickok Rides	Sheriff Edmunds	47
209	1942	The Falcon Takes Over	Moose Malloy (Uncredited)	60
210	1942	Ten Gentlemen from West Point	Sgt. Scully	58
211	1942	Sin Town	Rock Delaney	30
212	1942	Hitler- Dead or Alive	Steve Maschick	45
213	1942	Gentleman Jim	John L. Sullivan	72
214	1943	Hello, Frisco, Hello	Sharkey	63
215	1943	Slightly Dangerous	Jimmy	60
216	1943	They Came to Blow Up America	FBI Chief Craig	62
217	1943	A Guy Named Joe	Al Yackey	66
218	1944	The Fighting Sullivans	Lt. Cmdr. Robinson	62
219	1944	Home in Indiana	Jed Bruce	56
220	1944	Tall in the Saddle	'Judge' Robert Garvey	65
221	1945	They Were Expendable	"Boats" Mulcahey, Chief Boatswain's Mate	66
222	1945	Dakota	Jim Bender	51
223	1946	Canyon Passage	Honey Bragg	66
224	1946	My Darling Clementine	Morgan Earp	75
225	1946	It's a Wonderful Life	Bert	83
226	1947	Unconquered	John Fraser	62
227	1947	The Fugitive	James Calvert, aka 'El Gringo'	59
228	1948	Sins of the Fathers		0
229	1948	Fort Apache	Sgt. Maj. Michael O'Rourke	70
230	1948	Tap Roots	Hoab Dabney	64
231	1948	The Time of Your Life	McCarthy	55
232	1948	Joan of Arc	La Hire	61
233	1948	3 Godfathers	Perley 'Buck' Sweet	67
234	1950	Singing Guns	Sheriff Jim Caradac	58
235	1950	Riding High	Lee	58
236	1950	Wagon Master	Elder Wiggs	67
237	1950	Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye	Inspector Charles Weber	68
238	1951	Operation Pacific	John "Pop" Perry	60
239	1951	The Great Missouri Raid	Maj. Marshal Trowbridge	66
240	1951	Only the Valiant	Cpl. Timothy Gilchrist	63
241	1951	Bullfighter and the Lady	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)	61
242	1951	On Dangerous Ground	Walter Brent	66
243	1952	The McGurk Way	Dan McGurk 4th	0
244	1952	The Quiet Man	Father Peter Lonergan	73
245	1952	Hellgate	Lt. Tod Voorhees	67
246	1952	Thunderbirds	Lt. John McCreery	57
247	1953	The Moonlighter	Cole Gardner	57
248	1953	Blowing Wild	Dutch Peterson	58
249	1953	Hondo	Buffalo Baker	66
250	1954	Gypsy Colt	Frank MacWade	63
251	1954	Johnny Guitar	John McIvers	74
252	1954	The Bob Mathias Story	Coach Virgil Jackson	60
253	1955	The Long Gray Line	Captain Herman Kohler	70
254	1955	The Red, White and Blue Line	Narrator	60
255	1955	Mister Roberts	Dowdy	70
256	1955	A Man Alone	Sheriff Gil Corrigan	57
257	1956	The Searchers	Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton	77
258	1956	Dakota Incident	Sen. Blakely	63
259	1956	Pillars of the Sky	Dr. Joseph Holden	55
260	1957	The Halliday Brand	Big Dan Halliday	61
261	1957	The Growler Story	Quincannon	60
262	1957	The Wings of Eagles	John Dodge	62
263	1958	China Doll	Father Cairns	68
264	1959	Rio Bravo	Pat Wheeler	78
265	1959	Alias Jesse James	Major Seth Adams (uncredited)	59
266	1960	The Colter Craven Story		0
267	1971	Directed by John Ford	(archive footage)	69
268	1983	Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	65
269	2000	Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs	(archive footage)	0
270	2000	John Wayne-A Life on Film	Self (archive footage)	0
271	2005	The Adventures of Errol Flynn	John L. Sullivan (archive footage)	78
272	2015	Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words	Self (archive footage)	72

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	Suspense	Bill Meeker	49
2	1949	The Silver Theatre		63
3	1950	The Bigelow Theatre		65
4	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Capt. Parker	73
5	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Sam Stover	73
6	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Ivan Kergosen	73
7	1952	The Gulf Playhouse		0
8	1952	Cavalcade of America	M / Sgt. Lou Diamond	35
9	1952	Cavalcade of America	Harvey Kendall	35
10	1952	The Ford Television Theatre	Lt. Pannetti	73
11	1952	The Ford Television Theatre	Hank Fetterman	73
12	1953	General Electric Theater		63
13	1953	The Christophers		0
14	1954	Climax!	Sheriff Ab Kale	33
15	1955	Star Stage	Patterson	0
16	1955	Screen Director's Playhouse	Larry 'Buck' Goodhue	65
17	1956	The Steve Allen Show	Self - Wagon Train	56
18	1956	The Steve Allen Show	Self - Western Skit	56
19	1957	Wagon Train	Major Seth Adams	63
20	2004	Battleground	Quincannon (archive footage)	0