Ward Bond

Ward Bond

Birthday: 1903-04-09

Deathday: 1960-11-05

Place of birth: Benkelman, Nebraska, USA

Also known as: Wardell Edwin Bond

imdb_id: nm0000955

Biography:

Wardell Edwin Bond 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).

Played in movies:

It's a Wonderful Life

Score: 8.3

Over the Hill

Score: 8.2

Gone with the Wind

Score: 7.9

It Happened One Night

Score: 7.8

The Grapes of Wrath

Score: 7.8

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Score: 7.8

Rio Bravo

Score: 7.8

The Maltese Falcon

Score: 7.7

The Searchers

Score: 7.7

Bringing Up Baby

Score: 7.5

You Can't Take It with You

Score: 7.5

My Darling Clementine

Score: 7.5

Fury

Score: 7.4

Johnny Guitar

Score: 7.4

After the Thin Man

Score: 7.3

The Quiet Man

Score: 7.3

The Mortal Storm

Score: 7.2

Gentleman Jim

Score: 7.2

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

Score: 7.2

Young Mr. Lincoln

Score: 7.2

Sergeant York

Score: 7.2

You Only Live Once

Score: 7.1

Quick Millions

Score: 7.1

Mister Roberts

Score: 7.0

Fort Apache

Score: 7.0

Heroes for Sale

Score: 7.0

I Found Stella Parish

Score: 7.0

Death on the Diamond

Score: 7.0

The Defense Rests

Score: 7.0

Born to Be Wild

Score: 7.0

Dead End

Score: 7.0

The Long Gray Line

Score: 7.0

Lady for a Day

Score: 7.0

Wild Boys of the Road

Score: 6.9

Dodge City

Score: 6.9

City for Conquest

Score: 6.8

Directed by John Ford

Score: 6.8

Chained

Score: 6.8

Hold 'Em Jail

Score: 6.8

Hitch Hike Lady

Score: 6.8

China Doll

Score: 6.8

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Score: 6.8

Go Into Your Dance

Score: 6.8

Topper

Score: 6.7

The Big Trail

Score: 6.7

Tap Roots

Score: 6.7

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

Score: 6.7

Son of Frankenstein

Score: 6.7

Hellgate

Score: 6.7

The Man Who Lived Twice

Score: 6.7

3 Godfathers

Score: 6.7

Manpower

Score: 6.7

Virtue

Score: 6.7

Wagon Master

Score: 6.7

Tobacco Road

Score: 6.6

The Shepherd of the Hills

Score: 6.6

Submarine Patrol

Score: 6.6

The Great Missouri Raid

Score: 6.6

Canyon Passage

Score: 6.6

A Guy Named Joe

Score: 6.6

On Dangerous Ground

Score: 6.6

The Long Voyage Home

Score: 6.6

'G' Men

Score: 6.6

They Were Expendable

Score: 6.6

Hondo

Score: 6.6

The Soldier and the Lady

Score: 6.5

Union Pacific

Score: 6.5

Grand Old Girl

Score: 6.5

We're Only Human

Score: 6.5

Mountain Music

Score: 6.5

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Score: 6.5

Tall in the Saddle

Score: 6.5

Dakota Incident

Score: 6.5

Arrowsmith

Score: 6.4

Drums Along the Mohawk

Score: 6.4

Devil Dogs of the Air

Score: 6.4

Whirlpool

Score: 6.4

Black Fury

Score: 6.3

Swamp Water

Score: 6.3

Noah's Ark

Score: 6.3

Hello, Frisco, Hello

Score: 6.3

Going Places

Score: 6.3

Unknown Valley

Score: 6.3

Waterfront

Score: 6.3

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

Score: 6.3

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

Score: 6.3

Gypsy Colt

Score: 6.3

Only the Valiant

Score: 6.3

Lucky Devils

Score: 6.3

Unconquered

Score: 6.2

The Wings of Eagles

Score: 6.2

They Gave Him a Gun

Score: 6.2

They Came to Blow Up America

Score: 6.2

Frontier Marshal

Score: 6.2

Mr. Moto's Gamble

Score: 6.2

The Fighting Sullivans

Score: 6.2

Dust Be My Destiny

Score: 6.2

They Made Me a Criminal

Score: 6.2

Virginia City

Score: 6.1

Professor Beware

Score: 6.1

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Score: 6.1

Kit Carson

Score: 6.1

Made for Each Other

Score: 6.1

Joan of Arc

Score: 6.1

Night Key

Score: 6.1

The Halliday Brand

Score: 6.1

The Falcon Takes Over

Score: 6.1

Bullfighter and the Lady

Score: 6.1

Operation Pacific

Score: 6.0

The Adventures of Marco Polo

Score: 6.0

The Red, White and Blue Line

Score: 6.0

3 Kids and a Queen

Score: 6.0

Pride of the Marines

Score: 6.0

The Westland Case

Score: 6.0

Girl in Danger

Score: 6.0

The Kid from Kokomo

Score: 6.0

Legion of Terror

Score: 6.0

Mary Jane's Pa

Score: 6.0

Without Orders

Score: 6.0

Fugitives for a Night

Score: 6.0

The Oklahoma Kid

Score: 6.0

White Fang

Score: 6.0

Western Courage

Score: 6.0

Fighting Shadows

Score: 6.0

Avenging Waters

Score: 6.0

The Growler Story

Score: 6.0

Souls at Sea

Score: 6.0

The Spider

Score: 6.0

Times Square Lady

Score: 6.0

The Circus Clown

Score: 6.0

The Bob Mathias Story

Score: 6.0

Park Avenue Logger

Score: 6.0

Slightly Dangerous

Score: 6.0

Singing Guns

Score: 6.0

Little Big Shot

Score: 6.0

Hello Trouble

Score: 6.0

Reformatory

Score: 6.0

Broadway Bill

Score: 6.0

The Fugitive

Score: 5.9

Blowing Wild

Score: 5.9

Two in the Dark

Score: 5.9

Alias Jesse James

Score: 5.8

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

Score: 5.8

Up the River

Score: 5.8

The Big Game

Score: 5.8

Riding High

Score: 5.8

Of Human Hearts

Score: 5.8

Devil's Playground

Score: 5.8

A Man Alone

Score: 5.7

Santa Fe Trail

Score: 5.7

Thunderbirds

Score: 5.7

Escape by Night

Score: 5.7

The Moonlighter

Score: 5.7

The Last Days of Pompeii

Score: 5.6

The Brat

Score: 5.6

Flesh

Score: 5.6

Home in Indiana

Score: 5.6

Muss 'em Up

Score: 5.5

Born Reckless

Score: 5.5

Frontier Marshal

Score: 5.5

Strangers All

Score: 5.5

They Met in a Taxi

Score: 5.5

6 Day Bike Rider

Score: 5.5

The Time of Your Life

Score: 5.5

Air Mail

Score: 5.5

Pillars of the Sky

Score: 5.5

High Tension

Score: 5.4

Hawaii Calls

Score: 5.4

A Man Betrayed

Score: 5.4

Broadway Hostess

Score: 5.3

The Kid Comes Back

Score: 5.3

Colleen

Score: 5.3

The Game That Kills

Score: 5.3

The Bride Walks Out

Score: 5.3

The Affairs of Cellini

Score: 5.3

Careless Lady

Score: 5.2

Most Precious Thing in Life

Score: 5.2

Prison Break

Score: 5.2

The Crime of Helen Stanley

Score: 5.1

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

Score: 5.1

Dakota

Score: 5.1

Rackety Rax

Score: 5.0

Music for Madame

Score: 5.0

The Leathernecks Have Landed

Score: 5.0

Son of a Sailor

Score: 5.0

The Fighting Ranger

Score: 5.0

Murder in the Fleet

Score: 5.0

The Return of the Cisco Kid

Score: 5.0

The Lone Star Ranger

Score: 5.0

Under Pressure

Score: 5.0

Marry the Girl

Score: 5.0

Over the Wall

Score: 5.0

The Cisco Kid and the Lady

Score: 4.9

Doctors Don't Tell

Score: 4.9

The Accusing Finger

Score: 4.7

Salute

Score: 4.7

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

Score: 4.7

So This Is College

Score: 4.6

Gun Law

Score: 4.5

Calm Yourself

Score: 4.5

Hitler- Dead or Alive

Score: 4.5

Fight for Your Lady

Score: 4.3

College Coach

Score: 4.2

The Girl from Mexico

Score: 4.2

The Headline Woman

Score: 4.0

Sailor's Lady

Score: 4.0

The Case Against Mrs. Ames

Score: 4.0

Flight Into Nowhere

Score: 4.0

Waterfront Lady

Score: 4.0

Boulder Dam

Score: 4.0

The Singing Marine

Score: 4.0

When's Your Birthday?

Score: 4.0

Guard That Girl

Score: 4.0

Here Comes the Groom

Score: 4.0

Little Old New York

Score: 4.0

The Law West of Tombstone

Score: 4.0

Know For Sure

Score: 3.8

School for Romance

Score: 3.0

Against the Law

Score: 3.0

Sin Town

Score: 3.0

High Speed

Score: 2.0

Police Car 17

Score: 2.0

Men of the Night

Score: 2.0

Conflict

Score: 2.0

A Fight to the Finish

Score: 1.0

The Wrecker

Score: 1.0

Bachelor's Affairs

Score: 1.0

The Western: A Lost TV Special

Score: 0.0

John Wayne-A Life on Film

Score: 0.0

Sins of the Fathers

Score: 0.0

That's My Boy

Score: 0.0

The Human Side

Score: 0.0

Crash Donovan

Score: 0.0

White Eagle

Score: 0.0

The Crimson Trail

Score: 0.0

The Trial of Vivienne Ware

Score: 0.0

Trouble in Sundown

Score: 0.0

Pardon Our Nerve

Score: 0.0

Numbered Woman

Score: 0.0

Too Tough to Kill

Score: 0.0

The Colter Craven Story

Score: 0.0

The McGurk Way

Score: 0.0

She Gets Her Man

Score: 0.0

Fatal Lady

Score: 0.0

I'll Tell the World

Score: 0.0

One New York Night

Score: 0.0

The Cattle Thief

Score: 0.0

A Man's Game

Score: 0.0

Speed Wings

Score: 0.0

Penitentiary

Score: 0.0

Woman-Wise

Score: 0.0

Second Wife

Score: 0.0

Straightaway

Score: 0.0

Obey the Law

Score: 0.0

State Trooper

Score: 0.0

Maker of Men

Score: 0.0

Sob Sister

Score: 0.0

Cheer Up and Smile

Score: 0.0

Words and Music

Score: 0.0

Three Girls Lost

Score: 0.0

The First Baby

Score: 0.0

His Night Out

Score: 0.0

Justice of the Range

Score: 0.0

The Wildcatter

Score: 0.0

23 1/2 Hours Leave

Score: 0.0

The Poor Rich

Score: 0.0

Buck Benny Rides Again

Score: 0.0

Sundown Rider

Score: 0.0

The Fighting Code

Score: 0.0

When Strangers Marry

Score: 0.0

Voice in the Night

Score: 0.0

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Ford Television Theatre

Score: 7.3

The Ford Television Theatre

Score: 7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

Screen Director's Playhouse

Score: 6.5

The Bigelow Theatre

Score: 6.5

The Silver Theatre

Score: 6.3

Wagon Train

Score: 6.3

General Electric Theater

Score: 6.3

The Steve Allen Show

Score: 5.6

The Steve Allen Show

Score: 5.6

Suspense

Score: 4.9

Cavalcade of America

Score: 3.5

Cavalcade of America

Score: 3.5

Climax!

Score: 3.3

The Christophers

Score: 0.0

Star Stage

Score: 0.0

Battleground

Score: 0.0

The Gulf Playhouse

Score: 0.0