Personal Info
Birthday
April 9, 1903
Place of Birth
Benkelman, Nebraska, USA
Known For
Acting
Ward Bond
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).
Acting Filmography (285)
7.7
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Movie2005
No Backdrop
10.0
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
Movie2000
No Backdrop
0.0
John Wayne-A Life on Film
Movie2000
No Backdrop
7.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie1983
7.0
Directed by John Ford
Movie1971
No Backdrop
0.0
The Colter Craven Story
Movie1960
6.0
Alias Jesse James
Movie1959
7.8
Rio Bravo
Movie1959
0.0
The Western: A Lost TV Special
Movie1958
6.9
China Doll
Movie1958
6.6
Wagon Train
TV Series1957
6.3
The Wings of Eagles
Movie1957
6.2
The Halliday Brand
Movie1957
6.0
The Growler Story
Movie1957
5.4
Pillars of the Sky
Movie1956
6.5
Dakota Incident
Movie1956
No Backdrop
6.2
The Steve Allen Show
TV Series1956
7.7
The Searchers
Movie1956
5.8
A Man Alone
Movie1955
7.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV Series1955
7.5
MGM Parade
TV Series1955
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0.0
Star Stage
TV Series1955
7.0
Mister Roberts
Movie1955
6.0
The Red, White and Blue Line
Movie1955
7.0
The Long Gray Line
Movie1955
7.3
The Bob Mathias Story
Movie1954
3.8
Climax!
TV Series1954
7.4
Johnny Guitar
Movie1954
7.2
Gypsy Colt
Movie1954
6.5
Hondo
Movie1953
6.0
Blowing Wild
Movie1953
6.0
The Moonlighter
Movie1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
TV Series1953
6.0
Thunderbirds
Movie1952
7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
TV Series1952
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4.6
Cavalcade of America
TV Series1952
6.7
Hellgate
Movie1952
7.3
The Quiet Man
Movie1952
No Backdrop
0.0
The Gulf Playhouse
TV Series1952
6.6
On Dangerous Ground
Movie1951
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7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV Series1951
6.3
Bullfighter and the Lady
Movie1951
6.5
Only the Valiant
Movie1951
6.8
The Great Missouri Raid
Movie1951
6.1
Operation Pacific
Movie1951
No Backdrop
6.7
The Bigelow Theatre
TV Series1950
6.8
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Movie1950
6.7
Wagon Master
Movie1950
6.1
Riding High
Movie1950
6.4
Singing Guns
Movie1950
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5.1
Suspense
TV Series1949
6.8
3 Godfathers
Movie1948
6.2
Joan of Arc
Movie1948
6.1
The Time of Your Life
Movie1948
6.9
Tap Roots
Movie1948
7.0
Fort Apache
Movie1948
No Backdrop
7.0
Sins of the Fathers
Movie1948
6.0
The Fugitive
Movie1947
6.5
Unconquered
Movie1947
8.3
It's a Wonderful Life
Movie1946
7.5
My Darling Clementine
Movie1946
6.7
Canyon Passage
Movie1946
5.2
Dakota
Movie1945
6.5
They Were Expendable
Movie1945
6.6
Tall in the Saddle
Movie1944
5.9
Home in Indiana
Movie1944
6.7
A Guy Named Joe
Movie1944
6.3
The Fighting Sullivans
Movie1944
6.8
They Came to Blow Up America
Movie1943
6.0
Slightly Dangerous
Movie1943
6.4
Hello, Frisco, Hello
Movie1943
7.2
Gentleman Jim
Movie1942
4.9
Hitler- Dead or Alive
Movie1942
5.0
Sin Town
Movie1942
6.4
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Movie1942
6.3
The Falcon Takes Over
Movie1942
5.5
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Movie1942
6.3
Swamp Water
Movie1941
7.7
The Maltese Falcon
Movie1941
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4.2
Know For Sure
Movie1941
7.2
Sergeant York
Movie1941
5.2
Doctors Don't Tell
Movie1941
6.5
Manpower
Movie1941
6.6
The Shepherd of the Hills
Movie1941
5.6
A Man Betrayed
Movie1941
6.8
Tobacco Road
Movie1941
5.8
Santa Fe Trail
Movie1940
6.6
The Long Voyage Home
Movie1940
6.9
City for Conquest
Movie1940
6.1
Kit Carson
Movie1940
6.5
Sailor's Lady
Movie1940
7.3
The Mortal Storm
Movie1940
5.0
Buck Benny Rides Again
Movie1940
6.3
Virginia City
Movie1940
7.8
The Grapes of Wrath
Movie1940
5.3
Little Old New York
Movie1940
5.4
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
Movie1939
7.9
Gone with the Wind
Movie1939
6.5
Drums Along the Mohawk
Movie1939
6.6
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Movie1939
6.5
Dust Be My Destiny
Movie1939
6.3
Frontier Marshal
Movie1939
6.5
Waterfront
Movie1939
7.2
Young Mr. Lincoln
Movie1939
5.1
The Girl from Mexico
Movie1939
6.5
The Kid from Kokomo
Movie1939
6.1
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Movie1939
6.7
Union Pacific
Movie1939
6.3
The Return of the Cisco Kid
Movie1939
6.9
Dodge City
Movie1939
6.7
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Movie1939
8.0
Trouble in Sundown
Movie1939
6.0
The Oklahoma Kid
Movie1939
8.0
Pardon Our Nerve
Movie1939
6.1
Made for Each Other
Movie1939
6.3
They Made Me a Criminal
Movie1939
6.7
Son of Frankenstein
Movie1939
6.6
Going Places
Movie1938
6.7
Submarine Patrol
Movie1938
6.0
The Law West of Tombstone
Movie1938
7.3
Fugitives for a Night
Movie1938
7.5
You Can't Take It with You
Movie1938
6.0
Professor Beware
Movie1938
7.1
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Movie1938
6.1
Prison Break
Movie1938
6.5
Reformatory
Movie1938
7.0
Numbered Woman
Movie1938
6.3
Gun Law
Movie1938
5.3
Flight Into Nowhere
Movie1938
6.4
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Movie1938
6.2
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Movie1938
5.7
Over the Wall
Movie1938
6.0
Hawaii Calls
Movie1938
7.5
Bringing Up Baby
Movie1938
7.5
Born to Be Wild
Movie1938
6.5
The Kid Comes Back
Movie1938
5.9
Of Human Hearts
Movie1938
7.0
Penitentiary
Movie1938
5.6
Fight for Your Lady
Movie1937
6.7
The Westland Case
Movie1937
6.3
Music for Madame
Movie1937
6.3
The Game That Kills
Movie1937
6.5
Souls at Sea
Movie1937
6.0
Escape by Night
Movie1937
7.1
Dead End
Movie1937
6.8
Topper
Movie1937
6.5
Marry the Girl
Movie1937
5.3
The Singing Marine
Movie1937
4.5
A Fight to the Finish
Movie1937
6.0
Mountain Music
Movie1937
8.0
The Wildcatter
Movie1937
6.7
They Gave Him a Gun
Movie1937
6.2
Night Key
Movie1937
7.3
The Soldier and the Lady
Movie1937
6.0
23 1/2 Hours Leave
Movie1937
8.0
Park Avenue Logger
Movie1937
5.5
When's Your Birthday?
Movie1937
6.6
Devil's Playground
Movie1937
7.1
You Only Live Once
Movie1937
9.0
Woman-Wise
Movie1937
7.3
After the Thin Man
Movie1936
5.5
Conflict
Movie1936
5.8
The Accusing Finger
Movie1936
7.0
Legion of Terror
Movie1936
7.3
Without Orders
Movie1936
6.6
The Big Game
Movie1936
7.5
The Man Who Lived Twice
Movie1936
6.8
They Met in a Taxi
Movie1936
7.0
Second Wife
Movie1936
8.0
Crash Donovan
Movie1936
7.0
White Fang
Movie1936
5.4
The Bride Walks Out
Movie1936
5.8
High Tension
Movie1936
7.5
Fury
Movie1936
7.0
The Cattle Thief
Movie1936
10.0
Fatal Lady
Movie1936
7.0
Avenging Waters
Movie1936
5.0
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
Movie1936
8.0
The First Baby
Movie1936
8.0
Pride of the Marines
Movie1936
5.8
Colleen
Movie1936
5.7
Boulder Dam
Movie1936
7.0
The Leathernecks Have Landed
Movie1936
6.2
Muss 'em Up
Movie1936
6.1
Two in the Dark
Movie1936
7.8
Hitch Hike Lady
Movie1935
6.5
We're Only Human
Movie1935
No Backdrop
7.5
Too Tough to Kill
Movie1935
6.0
Broadway Hostess
Movie1935
7.3
I Found Stella Parish
Movie1935
6.5
Guard That Girl
Movie1935
8.0
Western Courage
Movie1935
6.8
3 Kids and a Queen
Movie1935
5.8
The Last Days of Pompeii
Movie1935
5.3
Waterfront Lady
Movie1935
7.0
His Night Out
Movie1935
7.3
Little Big Shot
Movie1935
8.0
She Gets Her Man
Movie1935
6.0
Calm Yourself
Movie1935
9.0
Justice of the Range
Movie1935
6.6
Murder in the Fleet
Movie1935
6.3
Black Fury
Movie1935
4.6
The Headline Woman
Movie1935
6.8
The Informer
Movie1935
6.6
'G' Men
Movie1935
6.8
Mary Jane's Pa
Movie1935
7.2
Go Into Your Dance
Movie1935
6.5
Fighting Shadows
Movie1935
6.8
Strangers All
Movie1935
8.0
The Crimson Trail
Movie1935
7.0
Times Square Lady
Movie1935
7.5
One New York Night
Movie1935
6.8
Devil Dogs of the Air
Movie1935
5.2
Under Pressure
Movie1935
7.0
Grand Old Girl
Movie1935
6.0
Broadway Bill
Movie1934
4.5
Men of the Night
Movie1934
5.3
Against the Law
Movie1934
7.0
6 Day Bike Rider
Movie1934
7.3
Death on the Diamond
Movie1934
8.0
Girl in Danger
Movie1934
9.0
The Human Side
Movie1934
7.0
Chained
Movie1934
5.2
The Affairs of Cellini
Movie1934
7.1
The Defense Rests
Movie1934
6.7
The Circus Clown
Movie1934
6.5
Here Comes the Groom
Movie1934
10.0
A Man's Game
Movie1934
5.8
Most Precious Thing in Life
Movie1934
7.0
I'll Tell the World
Movie1934
5.6
The Crime of Helen Stanley
Movie1934
6.4
Whirlpool
Movie1934
7.0
Voice in the Night
Movie1934
6.7
The Fighting Ranger
Movie1934
8.0
The Poor Rich
Movie1934
7.8
It Happened One Night
Movie1934
9.0
Speed Wings
Movie1934
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4.3
School for Romance
Movie1934
7.0
Frontier Marshal
Movie1934
9.0
The Fighting Code
Movie1933
8.0
Straightaway
Movie1933
6.0
Son of a Sailor
Movie1933
4.6
College Coach
Movie1933
6.8
Wild Boys of the Road
Movie1933
5.5
Police Car 17
Movie1933
7.1
Lady for a Day
Movie1933
3.7
The Wrecker
Movie1933
7.1
Heroes for Sale
Movie1933
8.0
When Strangers Marry
Movie1933
6.8
Unknown Valley
Movie1933
9.0
Obey the Law
Movie1933
8.0
State Trooper
Movie1933
6.4
Lucky Devils
Movie1933
9.0
Sundown Rider
Movie1932
6.4
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Movie1932
5.8
Flesh
Movie1932
8.0
That's My Boy
Movie1932
5.5
Air Mail
Movie1932
6.6
Virtue
Movie1932
6.5
Rackety Rax
Movie1932
9.0
White Eagle
Movie1932
6.8
Hold 'Em Jail
Movie1932
7.0
Hello Trouble
Movie1932
3.3
Bachelor's Affairs
Movie1932
9.0
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Movie1932
5.8
Careless Lady
Movie1932
5.0
High Speed
Movie1932
5.6
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Movie1932
6.6
Arrowsmith
Movie1931
8.5
Over the Hill
Movie1931
7.0
Sob Sister
Movie1931
7.0
The Spider
Movie1931
5.4
The Brat
Movie1931
7.0
Maker of Men
Movie1931
8.0
Three Girls Lost
Movie1931
7.3
Quick Millions
Movie1931
6.7
The Big Trail
Movie1930
5.9
Up the River
Movie1930
10.0
Cheer Up and Smile
Movie1930
5.8
Born Reckless
Movie1930
7.0
The Lone Star Ranger
Movie1930
4.7
So This Is College
Movie1929
6.0
Salute
Movie1929
10.0
Words and Music
Movie1929
6.5
Noah's Ark
Movie1928