Ward Bond
Acting
Born: 1903-04-09 in Benkelman, Nebraska, USA
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
Wagon Train
Major Seth Adams
Climax!
Sheriff Ab Kale
Suspense
Bill Meeker
The Ford Television Theatre
Hank Fetterman
The Ford Television Theatre
Lt. Pannetti
Gone with the Wind
Tom the Yankee Captain
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Wagon Train
The Steve Allen Show
Self
It's a Wonderful Life
Bert
MGM Parade
The Searchers
Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton
The Quiet Man
Father Peter Lonergan
Rio Bravo
Pat Wheeler
Cavalcade of America
M / Sgt. Lou Diamond
Cavalcade of America
Harvey Kendall
The Maltese Falcon
Detective Tom Polhaus
Screen Director's Playhouse
Larry 'Buck' Goodhue
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
John L. Sullivan (archive footage)
The Grapes of Wrath
Policeman
3 Godfathers
Perley 'Buck' Sweet
It Happened One Night
Bus Driver (uncredited)
The Informer
Man (uncredited)
Fort Apache
Sgt. Maj. Michael O'Rourke
Sergeant York
Ike Botkin
Bringing Up Baby
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
Mike (uncredited)
Unconquered
John Fraser
Johnny Guitar
John McIvers
My Darling Clementine
Morgan Earp
General Electric Theater
Hello Trouble
Heavy Kennedy
Hondo
Buffalo Baker
Union Pacific
Tracklayer (uncredited)
Son of Frankenstein
Gendarme at Gate (uncredited)
Topper
Eddie (uncredited)
Star Stage
Patterson
Tap Roots
Hoab Dabney
Mister Roberts
Dowdy
Wagon Master
Elder Wiggs
Santa Fe Trail
Townley