Acting
Ward Bond
Also Known As: Wardell Edwin Bond
Birth Date
April 9, 1903
Death Date
November 5, 1960
(passed away at 57)
Place of Birth
Benkelman, Nebraska, USA
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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).
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Wagon Train
Major Seth Adams
1957 • 152 episodes
Climax!
Sheriff Ab Kale
1954 • 1 episode
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Wagon Train
1956 • 1 episode
The Ford Television Theatre
Lt. Pannetti
1952 • 1 episode
Gone with the Wind
Tom the Yankee Captain
1939
Suspense
Bill Meeker
1949 • 1 episode
It's a Wonderful Life
Bert
1946
Cavalcade of America
M / Sgt. Lou Diamond
1952 • 1 episode
MGM Parade
1955 • 1 episode
Screen Director's Playhouse
Larry 'Buck' Goodhue
1955 • 1 episode
The Maltese Falcon
Detective Tom Polhaus
1941
Rio Bravo
Pat Wheeler
1959
The Searchers
Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton
1956
It Happened One Night
Bus Driver (uncredited)
1934
Bringing Up Baby
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
1938
The Grapes of Wrath
Policeman
1940
Sergeant York
Ike Botkin
1941
The Quiet Man
Father Peter Lonergan
1952
3 Godfathers
Perley 'Buck' Sweet
1948
My Darling Clementine
Morgan Earp
1946