Ward Bond
Known for acting · Born 9 April 1903 · Died 5 November 1960 · aged 57 · Benkelman, Nebraska, USA
290 credits
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
1957
The Searchers
1956
Rio Bravo
1959
Hondo
1953
On Dangerous Ground
1951
The Quiet Man
1952
Johnny Guitar
1954
Fort Apache
1948
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Tall in the Saddle
1944
3 Godfathers
1948
Operation Pacific
1951
Acting (290)
2005The Adventures of Errol FlynnJohn L. Sullivan (archive footage)Film
2004BattlegroundQuincannon (archive footage)Series
2000Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs(archive footage)Film
2000John Wayne-A Life on FilmSelf (archive footage)Film
1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1971Directed by John Ford(archive footage)Film
1960The Colter Craven StoryFilm
1959Rio BravoPat WheelerFilm
1959Alias Jesse JamesMajor Seth Adams (uncredited)Film
1958China DollFather CairnsFilm
1958The Western: A Lost TV SpecialSelfFilm
1957The Wings of EaglesJohn DodgeFilm
1957Wagon TrainMajor Seth Adams · 152 episodesSeries
1957The Halliday BrandBig Dan HallidayFilm
1957The Growler StoryQuincannonFilm
1956The SearchersRev. Capt. Samuel Johnston ClaytonFilm
1956Pillars of the SkyDr. Joseph HoldenFilm
1956Dakota IncidentSen. BlakelyFilm
1956The Steve Allen ShowSelf - Wagon TrainSeries
1955Mister RobertsDowdyFilm
1955The Long Gray LineCaptain Herman KohlerFilm
1955A Man AloneSheriff Gil CorriganFilm
1955Screen Director's PlayhouseLarry 'Buck' GoodhueSeries
1955MGM ParadeSeries
1955The Red, White and Blue LineNarratorFilm
1955Rookie of the YearLarry "Buck" GoodhueFilm
1955Star StagePattersonSeries
1954Johnny GuitarJohn McIversFilm
1954Climax!Sheriff Ab KaleSeries
1954Gypsy ColtFrank MacWadeFilm
1954The Bob Mathias StoryCoach Virgil JacksonFilm
1953HondoBuffalo BakerFilm
1953Blowing WildDutch PetersonFilm
1953The MoonlighterCole GardnerFilm
1953General Electric Theater · 2 episodesSeries
1953The Christophers · 2 episodesSeries
1952The Quiet ManFather Peter LonerganFilm
1952HellgateLt. Tod VoorheesFilm
1952Cavalcade of AmericaM / Sgt. Lou Diamond, Harvey KendallSeries
1952ThunderbirdsLt. John McCreeryFilm
1952The Ford Television TheatreLt. Pannetti, Hank FettermanSeries
1952The McGurk WayDan McGurk 4thFilm
1952The Gulf PlayhouseSeries
1951On Dangerous GroundWalter BrentFilm
1951Operation PacificJohn "Pop" PerryFilm
1951Only the ValiantCpl. Timothy GilchristFilm
1951Bullfighter and the LadyNarrator (voice) (uncredited)Film
1951The Great Missouri RaidMaj. Marshal TrowbridgeFilm
1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsCapt. Parker, Sam Stover, Ivan KergosenSeries
1950Wagon MasterElder WiggsFilm
1950Kiss Tomorrow GoodbyeInspector Charles WeberFilm
1950Singing GunsSheriff Jim CaradacFilm
1950Riding HighLeeFilm
1950The Bigelow TheatreSeries
1949SuspenseBill MeekerSeries
1949The Silver TheatreSeries
1948Fort ApacheSgt. Maj. Michael O'RourkeFilm
19483 GodfathersPerley 'Buck' SweetFilm
1948Joan of ArcLa HireFilm
1948The Time of Your LifeMcCarthyFilm
1948Tap RootsHoab DabneyFilm
1948Sins of the FathersFilm
1947UnconqueredJohn FraserFilm
1947The FugitiveJames Calvert, aka 'El Gringo'Film
1946It's a Wonderful LifeBertFilm
1946My Darling ClementineMorgan EarpFilm
1946Canyon PassageHoney BraggFilm
1945They Were Expendable"Boats" Mulcahey, Chief Boatswain's MateFilm
1945DakotaJim BenderFilm
1944Tall in the Saddle'Judge' Robert GarveyFilm
1944A Guy Named JoeAl YackeyFilm
1944The Fighting SullivansLt. Cmdr. RobinsonFilm
1944Home in IndianaJed BruceFilm
1943Hello, Frisco, HelloSharkeyFilm
1943Slightly DangerousJimmyFilm
1943They Came to Blow Up AmericaFBI Chief CraigFilm
1942Gentleman JimJohn L. SullivanFilm
1942The Falcon Takes OverMoose Malloy (Uncredited)Film
1942Hitler- Dead or AliveSteve MaschickFilm
1942Ten Gentlemen from West PointSgt. ScullyFilm
1942Wild Bill Hickok RidesSheriff EdmundsFilm
1942Sin TownRock DelaneyFilm
1941The Maltese FalconDetective Tom PolhausFilm
1941Sergeant YorkIke BotkinFilm
1941The Shepherd of the HillsWash GibbsFilm
1941Tobacco RoadLov BenseyFilm
1941Swamp WaterTim DorsonFilm
1941ManpowerEddie AdamsFilm
1941A Man BetrayedFloyd, Amato's GoonFilm
1941Know For SurepatientFilm
1941Doctors Don't TellBarney MillenFilm
1940The Grapes of WrathPolicemanFilm
1940The Long Voyage HomeYankFilm
1940The Mortal StormFranzFilm
1940Santa Fe TrailTownleyFilm
1940Virginia CityConfederate Sergeant Checking Passengers (uncredited)Film
1940City for ConquestFirst Policeman (uncredited)Film
1940Kit CarsonApeFilm
1940Little Old New YorkReganFilm
1940Buck Benny Rides AgainFirst OutlawFilm
1940Sailor's LadyShore Patrolman (uncredited)Film
1939Gone with the WindTom the Yankee CaptainFilm
1939Son of FrankensteinGendarme at Gate (uncredited)Film
1939Young Mr. LincolnJohn Palmer CassFilm
1939Drums Along the MohawkAdam HartmanFilm
1939Dodge CityBud TaylorFilm
1939Union PacificTracklayer (uncredited)Film
1939Made for Each OtherJim Hatton (uncredited)Film
1939They Made Me a CriminalLenihanFilm
1939The Oklahoma KidWes HandleyFilm
1939Confessions of a Nazi SpyAmerican Legionnaire (uncredited)Film
1939Frontier MarshalTown MarshalFilm
1939Mr. Moto in Danger IslandSailor Sam - WrestlerFilm
1939Dust Be My DestinyFirst Thug on Train (uncredited)Film
1939The Cisco Kid and the LadyWaltonFilm
1939Heaven with a Barbed Wire FenceHunkFilm
1939The Girl from MexicoMexican PeteFilm
1939WaterfrontMart HendlerFilm
1939The Return of the Cisco KidAccused Rustler (uncredited)Film
1939The Kid from KokomoLadislaw KlewickiFilm
1939Pardon Our NerveKid RamseyFilm
1939Trouble in SundownHenchman DustyFilm
1938Bringing Up BabyMotorcycle Cop (uncredited)Film
1938You Can't Take It with YouMike (uncredited)Film
1938The Amazing Dr. ClitterhouseTugFilm
1938Of Human HeartsLout Laughing in Church (uncredited)Film
1938Mr. Moto's GambleBiff MoranFilm
1938The Adventures of Marco PoloMongol Guard (uncredited)Film
1938Prison BreakBig Red KincaidFilm
1938Submarine PatrolSeaman Olaf SwansonFilm
1938Going PlacesClarence - a PolicemanFilm
1938Professor BewareMotorcycle CopFilm
1938The Law West of TombstoneMulligan P. MartinezFilm
1938Hawaii CallsMullerFilm
1938Fugitives for a NightGambler in Fake FightFilm
1938Gun LawHenchman PecosFilm
1938The Kid Comes BackSpikeFilm
1938Over the WallEddie EdwardsFilm
1938Flight Into NowhereFilm
1938ReformatoryMac GradyFilm
1938Born to Be WildBill PurvisFilm
1938PenitentiaryRed Parsons - Prison Barber (uncredited)Film
1938Numbered WomanDetectiveFilm
1937You Only Live OnceCasey - Guard (uncredited)Film
1937Dead EndDoormanFilm
1937TopperEddie (uncredited)Film
1937Night KeyFingersFilm
1937Souls at SeaBit Part (uncredited)Film
1937Escape by NightPeter 'Spudsy' BakerFilm
1937They Gave Him a GunMP (uncredited)Film
1937The Westland CaseConnors - Death-Row InmateFilm
1937Fight for Your LadyWalton (uncredited)Film
1937Devil's PlaygroundSidecar WilsonFilm
1937Mountain MusicG-Man (uncredited)Film
1937The Game That KillsTom FergusonFilm
1937The Singing MarineFirst Sergeant (uncredited)Film
1937Music for MadameViolets (Uncredited)Film
1937The Soldier and the LadyTartar Guard (Uncredited)Film
1937Marry the GirlMotorcycle copFilm
1937Park Avenue LoggerPaul SangarFilm
193723 1/2 Hours LeaveTop Sgt. BurkeFilm
1937When's Your Birthday?Police Detective (uncredited)Film
1937A Fight to the FinishEddie HawkinsFilm
1937The WildcatterJohnsonFilm
1937Woman-WiseKramer (uncredited)Film
1936FuryMan (uncredited)Film
1936After the Thin ManParty Guest (uncredited)Film
1936The Bride Walks OutTaxi Driver(uncredited)Film
1936Two in the DarkPoliceman (uncredited)Film
1936The Case Against Mrs. AmesNewsstand CustomerFilm
1936The Man Who Lived TwiceGloves BakerFilm
1936High TensionHusky ManFilm
1936Muss 'em UpJohn Doe, a Gangster, Kidnapper (uncredited)Film
1936The Big GameGamblerFilm
1936They Met in a TaxiPolicemanFilm
1936ColleenSweeney (uncredited)Film
1936The Accusing FingerRecreation Room GuardFilm
1936White FangThief (uncredited)Film
1936Without OrdersTim CaseyFilm
1936Boulder DamPa's Guest (uncredited)Film
1936Legion of TerrorDon FosterFilm
1936Avenging WatersMarve SlaterFilm
1936The Leathernecks Have LandedTexFilm
1936ConflictGus 'Knockout' CarriganFilm
1936Pride of the MarinesGunner BradyFilm
1936The First BabyTough GuyFilm
1936Second Wife1st Partner Politician (uncredited)Film
1936The Cattle ThiefRanse WillardFilm
1936Fatal LadyAmerican Stage Manager (uncredited)Film
1936Crash DonovanThe Drill MasterFilm
1935The InformerMan (uncredited)Film
1935'G' MenGunman at Train Station (uncredited)Film
1935The Last Days of PompeiiMurmex of Carthage, a Gladiator (uncredited)Film
1935Black FuryMac - Company PolicemanFilm
1935Broadway HostessLucky's Henchman (uncredited)Film
1935Under PressurePrize Fighter (uncredited)Film
1935I Found Stella ParishRoman Soldier in Play (uncredited)Film
1935Devil Dogs of the AirInstructorFilm
1935Murder in the Fleet'Heavy' Johnson (Uncredited)Film
1935Go Into Your DanceHerman LaheyFilm
1935The Headline WomanJohnsonFilm
1935We're Only HumanBank RobberFilm
1935Mary Jane's PaRoughneck LeaderFilm
1935Waterfront LadyJessFilm
19353 Kids and a QueenRelativeFilm
1935Little Big ShotKell's HenchmanFilm
1935Hitch Hike LadyMotorcycle copFilm
1935Times Square LadyDugan - Hockey Player (uncredited)Film
1935Calm YourselfDetective with Roscoe (uncredited)Film
1935Grand Old GirlMr. Clark - Football CoachFilm
1935Guard That GirlBudge EdwardsFilm
1935Fighting ShadowsBrad HarrisonFilm
1935Western CourageLacrosseFilm
1935One New York NightPolicemanFilm
1935Strangers AllWard, Assistant Director on Film SetFilm
1935Too Tough to KillDannyFilm
1935Justice of the RangeBob BrennanFilm
1935His Night OutLankyFilm
1935She Gets Her ManChickFilm
1935The Crimson TrailLuke LongFilm
1934It Happened One NightBus Driver (uncredited)Film
1934Broadway BillMorgan's Henchman (uncredited)Film
1934ChainedShip Steward (uncredited)Film
1934The Affairs of CelliniPalace Guard Finding Cellini's Clothes (uncredited)Film
1934The Defense RestsHoodFilm
1934WhirlpoolFarleyFilm
1934The Crime of Helen StanleyJack BakerFilm
1934Death on the DiamondSecurity Guard in Kelly's Room (uncredited)Film
1934Most Precious Thing in LifeHead Coach SmithFilm
1934The Circus ClownSpectatorFilm
19346 Day Bike RiderFirst Officer (uncredited)Film
1934Against the LawTony RizzoFilm
1934The Fighting RangerDave, Cougar HenchmanFilm
1934Frontier MarshalBen MurchisonFilm
1934School for RomanceHusbandFilm
1934Here Comes the GroomSecond CopFilm
1934Girl in DangerWynkoskiFilm
1934Men of the NightDet. John ConnorsFilm
1934Voice in the NightBob HallFilm
1934The Poor RichMotor CopFilm
1934Speed WingsHenchman (uncredited)Film
1934A Man's GameDave JordonFilm
1934I'll Tell the WorldDirigible OfficerFilm
1934The Human SideCopFilm
1933Lady for a DayMounted Policeman (uncredited)Film
1933Wild Boys of the RoadRed the Brakeman (uncredited)Film
1933Heroes for SaleRed (uncredited)Film
1933College CoachAssistant Coach (uncredited)Film
1933Lucky DevilsCrewman (uncredited)Film
1933Unknown ValleyElder SneadFilm
1933The WreckerCramerFilm
1933Son of a SailorJoeFilm
1933Police Car 17Bumps O'NeillFilm
1933When Strangers MarryBilly McGuireFilm
1933The Fighting CodeJoe KrullFilm
1933State TrooperUndetermined RoleFilm
1933Obey the LawKid ParisFilm
1933StraightawayHoboFilm
193220,000 Years in Sing SingPolice Officer (uncredited)Film
1932VirtueFrankFilm
1932FleshMuscles Manning (uncredited)Film
1932The Greeks Had a Word for ThemTaxi Driver (uncredited)Film
1932Air MailJoe Barnes (uncredited)Film
1932Hold 'Em JailFootball Player (uncredited)Film
1932Careless LadyCop in RaidFilm
1932Bachelor's AffairsCop (uncredited)Film
1932Hello TroubleHeavy KennedyFilm
1932Rackety Rax'Brick' GilliganFilm
1932High SpeedHamFilm
1932Sundown RiderGabe Powers - HenchmanFilm
1932The Trial of Vivienne WareJohnson (uncredited)Film
1932White EagleBart - HenchmanFilm
1932That's My BoyCurley DeckerFilm
1931ArrowsmithCop (uncredited)Film
1931The BratCourt Policeman (uncredited)Film
1931Quick MillionsCop in montage (uncredited)Film
1931Over the HillDetective Escort (uncredited)Film
1931The SpiderCop (uncredited)Film
1931Three Girls LostAirline Steward (uncredited)Film
1931Sob SisterWard, a Cop (uncredited)Film
1931Maker of MenFootball Player Pat (uncredited)Film
1930The Big TrailSid Bascom (uncredited)Film
1930Up the RiverInmate Socked by Saint Louis (uncredited)Film
1930Born RecklessSergeantFilm
1930The Lone Star RangerTownsman at the Dance (uncredited)Film
1930Cheer Up and SmileBoy at Sweetheart Dance (uncredited)Film
1929So This Is CollegeUSC Player - #30 (uncredited)Film
1929SaluteMidshipman HaroldFilm
1929Words and MusicWardFilm
1928Noah's ArkFlood Extra (uncredited)Film