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).
Filmography
Words and Music
1929 · 10.0
Battleground
2004 · 10.0
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000 · 10.0
Fatal Lady
1936 · 10.0
Cheer Up and Smile
1930 · 10.0
A Man's Game
1934 · 10.0
Sundown Rider
1932 · 9.0
Speed Wings
1934 · 9.0
Woman-Wise
1937 · 9.0
Obey the Law
1933 · 9.0
Justice of the Range
1935 · 9.0
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932 · 9.0
The Human Side
1934 · 9.0
White Eagle
1932 · 9.0
The Fighting Code
1933 · 9.0
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · 8.3
Over the Hill
1931 · 8.1
Girl in Danger
1934 · 8.0
That's My Boy
1932 · 8.0
Three Girls Lost
1931 · 8.0
Straightaway
1933 · 8.0
Park Avenue Logger
1937 · 8.0
The Crimson Trail
1935 · 8.0
She Gets Her Man
1935 · 8.0
Crash Donovan
1936 · 8.0
Pride of the Marines
1936 · 8.0
The Wildcatter
1937 · 8.0
Pardon Our Nerve
1939 · 8.0
State Trooper
1933 · 8.0
Trouble in Sundown
1939 · 8.0
The Poor Rich
1934 · 8.0
Western Courage
1935 · 8.0
When Strangers Marry
1933 · 8.0
The First Baby
1936 · 8.0
Gone with the Wind
1939 · 7.9
It Happened One Night
1934 · 7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · 7.8
Hitch Hike Lady
1935 · 7.8
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · 7.8
Rio Bravo
1959 · 7.8
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005 · 7.7
The Maltese Falcon
1941 · 7.7
The Searchers
1956 · 7.7
MGM Parade
1955 · 7.5
My Darling Clementine
1946 · 7.5
Bringing Up Baby
1938 · 7.5
The Man Who Lived Twice
1936 · 7.5
One New York Night
1935 · 7.5
Born to Be Wild
1938 · 7.5
Too Tough to Kill
1935 · 7.5
You Can't Take It with You
1938 · 7.5
Fury
1936 · 7.5
Johnny Guitar
1954 · 7.4
The Mortal Storm
1940 · 7.4
After the Thin Man
1936 · 7.4
The Quiet Man
1952 · 7.3
I Found Stella Parish
1935 · 7.3
The Soldier and the Lady
1937 · 7.3
The Bob Mathias Story
1954 · 7.3
Death on the Diamond
1934 · 7.3
Quick Millions
1931 · 7.3
Without Orders
1936 · 7.3
Little Big Shot
1935 · 7.3
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939 · 7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · 7.2
Sergeant York
1941 · 7.2
Gentleman Jim
1942 · 7.2
Go Into Your Dance
1935 · 7.2
Gypsy Colt
1954 · 7.2
Fugitives for a Night
1938 · 7.2
Lady for a Day
1933 · 7.1
Dead End
1937 · 7.1
Heroes for Sale
1933 · 7.1
The Defense Rests
1934 · 7.1
You Only Live Once
1937 · 7.1
Mister Roberts
1955 · 7.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955 · 7.0
Sob Sister
1931 · 7.0
Hello Trouble
1932 · 7.0
Fort Apache
1948 · 7.0
Directed by John Ford
1971 · 7.0
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938 · 7.0
Voice in the Night
1934 · 7.0
The Long Gray Line
1955 · 7.0
I'll Tell the World
1934 · 7.0
Times Square Lady
1935 · 7.0
6 Day Bike Rider
1934 · 7.0
His Night Out
1935 · 7.0
Chained
1934 · 7.0
The Lone Star Ranger
1930 · 7.0
The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936 · 7.0
White Fang
1936 · 7.0
Grand Old Girl
1935 · 7.0
Numbered Woman
1938 · 7.0
Avenging Waters
1936 · 7.0
Penitentiary
1938 · 7.0
The Spider
1931 · 7.0
Second Wife
1936 · 7.0
Frontier Marshal
1934 · 7.0
Sins of the Fathers
1948 · 7.0
Maker of Men
1931 · 7.0
The Cattle Thief
1936 · 7.0
Legion of Terror
1936 · 7.0
Tap Roots
1948 · 6.9
Dodge City
1939 · 6.9
City for Conquest
1940 · 6.9
China Doll
1958 · 6.9
3 Godfathers
1948 · 6.8
General Electric Theater
1953 · 6.8
They Met in a Taxi
1936 · 6.8
The Silver Theatre
1949 · 6.8
Mary Jane's Pa
1935 · 6.8
Canyon Passage
1946 · 6.8
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950 · 6.8
Wild Boys of the Road
1933 · 6.8
Tobacco Road
1941 · 6.8
The Informer
1935 · 6.8
They Came to Blow Up America
1943 · 6.8
Devil Dogs of the Air
1935 · 6.8
The Great Missouri Raid
1951 · 6.8
3 Kids and a Queen
1935 · 6.8
Hold 'Em Jail
1932 · 6.8
Strangers All
1935 · 6.8
Unknown Valley
1933 · 6.8
Son of Frankenstein
1939 · 6.7
The Bigelow Theatre
1950 · 6.7
On Dangerous Ground
1951 · 6.7
The Big Trail
1930 · 6.7
Union Pacific
1939 · 6.7
Topper
1937 · 6.7
The Westland Case
1937 · 6.7
They Gave Him a Gun
1937 · 6.7
A Guy Named Joe
1944 · 6.7
Wagon Master
1950 · 6.7
Hellgate
1952 · 6.7
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939 · 6.7
Submarine Patrol
1938 · 6.7
The Circus Clown
1934 · 6.7
The Fighting Ranger
1934 · 6.7
Wagon Train
1957 · 6.6
'G' Men
1935 · 6.6
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941 · 6.6
Tall in the Saddle
1944 · 6.6
The Long Voyage Home
1940 · 6.6
Murder in the Fleet
1935 · 6.6
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939 · 6.6
Going Places
1938 · 6.6
The Big Game
1936 · 6.6
Virtue
1932 · 6.6
Devil's Playground
1937 · 6.6
Unconquered
1947 · 6.5
Reformatory
1938 · 6.5
Hondo
1953 · 6.5
They Were Expendable
1945 · 6.5
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939 · 6.5
Only the Valiant
1951 · 6.5
Dust Be My Destiny
1939 · 6.5
Manpower
1941 · 6.5
Guard That Girl
1935 · 6.5
Dakota Incident
1956 · 6.5
Arrowsmith
1931 · 6.5
The Kid from Kokomo
1939 · 6.5
Here Comes the Groom
1934 · 6.5
The Kid Comes Back
1938 · 6.5
Sailor's Lady
1940 · 6.5
Souls at Sea
1937 · 6.5
We're Only Human
1935 · 6.5
Rackety Rax
1932 · 6.5
Fighting Shadows
1935 · 6.5
Waterfront
1939 · 6.5
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938 · 6.4
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932 · 6.4
Noah's Ark
1928 · 6.4
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942 · 6.4
Singing Guns
1950 · 6.4
Swamp Water
1941 · 6.4
Whirlpool
1934 · 6.4
Hello, Frisco, Hello
1943 · 6.4
Lucky Devils
1933 · 6.4
Prison Break
1938 · 6.4
Virginia City
1940 · 6.3
The Wings of Eagles
1957 · 6.3
They Made Me a Criminal
1939 · 6.3
The Falcon Takes Over
1942 · 6.3
Frontier Marshal
1939 · 6.3
The Return of the Cisco Kid
1939 · 6.3
Black Fury
1935 · 6.3
The Fighting Sullivans
1944 · 6.3
Music for Madame
1937 · 6.3
Joan of Arc
1948 · 6.2
Made for Each Other
1939 · 6.2
The Halliday Brand
1957 · 6.2
The Game That Kills
1937 · 6.2
Muss 'em Up
1936 · 6.2
Night Key
1937 · 6.2
Gun Law
1938 · 6.2
Alias Jesse James
1959 · 6.1
Operation Pacific
1951 · 6.1
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939 · 6.1
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938 · 6.1
Kit Carson
1940 · 6.1
Bullfighter and the Lady
1951 · 6.1
Two in the Dark
1936 · 6.1
The Time of Your Life
1948 · 6.1
Riding High
1950 · 6.1
Thunderbirds
1952 · 6.0
The Oklahoma Kid
1939 · 6.0
23 1/2 Hours Leave
1937 · 6.0
Blowing Wild
1953 · 6.0
Slightly Dangerous
1943 · 6.0
Escape by Night
1937 · 6.0
Broadway Bill
1934 · 6.0
Son of a Sailor
1933 · 6.0
Marry the Girl
1937 · 6.0
Of Human Hearts
1938 · 6.0
The Moonlighter
1953 · 6.0
The Red, White and Blue Line
1955 · 6.0
The Law West of Tombstone
1938 · 6.0
Mountain Music
1937 · 6.0
Calm Yourself
1935 · 6.0
Broadway Hostess
1935 · 6.0
Hawaii Calls
1938 · 6.0
The Growler Story
1957 · 6.0
The Fugitive
1947 · 5.9
Home in Indiana
1944 · 5.9
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935 · 5.9
Careless Lady
1932 · 5.8
A Man Alone
1955 · 5.8
Salute
1929 · 5.8
The Accusing Finger
1936 · 5.8
Most Precious Thing in Life
1934 · 5.8
Flesh
1932 · 5.8
High Tension
1936 · 5.8
Colleen
1936 · 5.8
Professor Beware
1938 · 5.8
Santa Fe Trail
1940 · 5.7
Born Reckless
1930 · 5.7
Boulder Dam
1936 · 5.7
Over the Wall
1938 · 5.7
The Crime of Helen Stanley
1934 · 5.6
Up the River
1930 · 5.6
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932 · 5.6
Fight for Your Lady
1937 · 5.6
Pillars of the Sky
1956 · 5.5
When's Your Birthday?
1937 · 5.5
Air Mail
1932 · 5.5
A Man Betrayed
1941 · 5.5
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942 · 5.5
Conflict
1936 · 5.5
Police Car 17
1933 · 5.5
The Bride Walks Out
1936 · 5.4
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
1939 · 5.4
The Brat
1931 · 5.4
Little Old New York
1940 · 5.3
Against the Law
1934 · 5.3
Flight Into Nowhere
1938 · 5.3
The Singing Marine
1937 · 5.2
Dakota
1945 · 5.2
The Affairs of Cellini
1934 · 5.2
Doctors Don't Tell
1941 · 5.2
Waterfront Lady
1935 · 5.2
Under Pressure
1935 · 5.2
The Girl from Mexico
1939 · 5.1
Suspense
1949 · 5.1
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936 · 5.0
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940 · 5.0
Sin Town
1942 · 5.0
High Speed
1932 · 5.0
Hitler- Dead or Alive
1942 · 4.9
So This Is College
1929 · 4.7
Cavalcade of America
1952 · 4.6
College Coach
1933 · 4.6
The Headline Woman
1935 · 4.6
Men of the Night
1934 · 4.5
A Fight to the Finish
1937 · 4.5
School for Romance
1934 · 4.3
Know For Sure
1941 · 4.2
Climax!
1954 · 3.8
The Wrecker
1933 · 3.7
Bachelor's Affairs
1932 · 3.3
Star Stage
1955 · 0.0
The Gulf Playhouse
1952 · 0.0
The Colter Craven Story
1960 · 0.0
Rookie of the Year
1955 · 0.0
The Christophers
1953 · 0.0
The McGurk Way
1952 · 0.0