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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TV Show
Wagon Train
Major Seth Adams
1957 • 152 episodes
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TV Show
Climax!
Sheriff Ab Kale
1954 • 1 episode
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TV Show
Suspense
Bill Meeker
1949 • 1 episode
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TV Show
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Wagon Train
1956 • 1 episode
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Movie
Gone with the Wind
Tom the Yankee Captain
1939
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Movie
It's a Wonderful Life
Bert
1946
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TV Show
The Ford Television Theatre
Lt. Pannetti
1952 • 1 episode
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TV Show
MGM Parade
1955 • 1 episode
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Movie
The Searchers
Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton
1956
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Movie
Unconquered
John Fraser
1947
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TV Show
Screen Director's Playhouse
Larry 'Buck' Goodhue
1955 • 1 episode
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Movie
The Maltese Falcon
Det. Tom Polhaus
1941
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TV Show
Cavalcade of America
M / Sgt. Lou Diamond
1952 • 1 episode
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Movie
Rio Bravo
Pat Wheeler
1959
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Movie
The Quiet Man
Father Peter Lonergan
1952
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Movie
3 Godfathers
Perley 'Buck' Sweet
1948
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Movie
The Grapes of Wrath
Policeman
1940
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Movie
It Happened One Night
Bus Driver (uncredited)
1934
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Movie
My Darling Clementine
Morgan Earp
1946
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Movie
Tap Roots
Hoab Dabney
1948