Ward Bond

Ward Bond

American actor (1903–1960)

Wardell Edwin Bond was an American character actor who appeared in more than 200 films and starred in the NBC television series Wagon Train from 1957 to 1960. Among his best-remembered film 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 in the catalog

Credited on 97 films (1929–1959) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 12 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1940 Santa Fe Trail Michael Curtiz 110 min Color & B&W
1940 The Grapes Of Wrath. John Ford 1586 ft. B&W
1941 MANPOWER Raoul Walsh 103 min B&W
1941 Sergeant York Warner Bros Pictures Inc 2:00:00 16mm B&W sound
1941 Swamp Water Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation 1:28:00 16mm B&W sound
1941 Swamp Water. Jean Renoir, Irving Pichel 7935 ft. B&W
1941 The Maltese falcon Warner Bros. (1941) (USA) (theatrical): Distributor | Warner Bros. (A Warner Bros.-First National Picture): Publisher 1:00 16mm B&W sound
1941 The Maltese Falcon. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 100 min 16mm B&W sound
1941 The Shepherd Of The Hills. Henry Hathaway 10 reels Color
1941 Tobacco Road McGraw-Hill Films 84 min 16mm B&W sound
1941 Tobacco Road. John Ford 7 594 ft. B&W
1942 Hitler—Dead Or Alive. Nick Grinde 7 reels B&W
1942 The Falcon Takes Over. Irving Reis 63 min. B&W
1943 Hello, Frisco, Hello. H. Bruce Humberstone 8 939 ft. Color
1943 Slightly Dangerous. Wesley Ruggles 10 reels B&W sound
1943 They Came To Blow Up America. Edward Ludwig 6586 ft. B&W
1944 Tall in the Saddle Edwin L. Marin 87 B&W
1944 Tall In The Saddle. Edwin L. Marin 87 min. B&W
1946 My Darling Clementine Films Incorporated 97 16mm B&W sound
1946 My Darling Clementine John Ford 92 min 16mm B&W
1946 My Darling Clementine. John Ford 97 min. 35mm B&W sound
1947 Unconquered Cecil B. DeMille 12:00 Color
1947 Unconquered. Paramount Pictures Inc. 147 min 35mm Color sound
1948 Fort Apache John Ford 1:28 B&W
1948 Fort Apache. 129 N Vermont 128 min 35mm B&W sound
1948 Tap Roots. George Marshall 109 min 35mm Color sound
1950 Singing Guns. Republic Pictures Corp 91 min. 35mm Color sound
1951 ON DANGEROUS GROUND. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 82 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 Only The Valiant. Cagney Productions Inc. 105 min 35mm B&W sound
1951 The Great Missouri Raid. Paramount Pictures Corp. 85 min. 35mm Color sound
1952 The Quiet Man National Telefilm 1:29 16mm Color sound
1953 Hondo John Farrow 83 min Color
1953 The Moonlighter. J. B. Productions Inc. 77 min. 35mm B&W sound
1954 Gypsy Colt. Loew’s Incorporated 72 min. 35mm Color sound
1954 Johnny Guitar. Republic Pictures Corp 12 reels 35mm Color sound
1954 The Bob Mathias Story. Allied Artists Pictures Corp. 80 min. 35mm B&W sound
1955 Hondo. Wayne-Fellows Productions 83 min. 35mm Color sound
1955 Mister Roberts. Orange Productions Ltd. 123 min 35mm Color sound
1955 Rookie Of The Year. Hal Roach Studios. 29 min. 16mm B&W sound
1956 Dakota Incident. Republic Pictures Corp 88 min. 35mm Color sound
1956 Pillars Of The Sky. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 95 min. 35mm Color sound
1956 The Searchers John Ford 1:19 Color
1956 The Searchers John Ford 119 min 16mm Color
1957 The Wings of eagles John Ford 110 min Color & B&W
1958 China Doll. Batjac Enterprises Inc. 88 min. 35mm B&W sound
1959 Rio Bravo Howard Hawks, Paul Helmick 136 min Color
1959 Rio Bravo. Armada Productions Inc. 136 min 35mm Color sound