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Ward Bond

Ward Bond

As actor

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).

As actor

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🎬 It's a Wonderful Life Bert 🎬 The Maltese Falcon Det. Tom Polhaus 🎬 Rio Bravo Pat Wheeler 🎬 It Happened One Night Bus Driver (uncredited) 🎬 Sergeant York Ike Botkin 🎬 After the Thin Man Party Guest (uncredited) 🎬 3 Godfathers Perley 'Buck' Sweet 🎬 The Quiet Man Father Peter Lonergan 🎬 The Big Trail Sid Bascom (uncredited) 🎬 Wagon Master Elder Wiggs 🎬 My Darling Clementine Morgan Earp 🎬 Hondo Buffalo Baker 🎬 Cheer Up and Smile Boy at Sweetheart Dance (uncredited) 🎬 They Gave Him a Gun MP (uncredited) 🎬 Bringing Up Baby Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) 🎬 Hello Trouble Heavy Kennedy 🎬 Tall in the Saddle 'Judge' Robert Garvey 🎬 Mister Roberts Dowdy 🎬 Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye Inspector Charles Weber 🎬 The Soldier and the Lady Tartar Guard (Uncredited) 🎬 Canyon Passage Honey Bragg 🎬 You Only Live Once Casey - Guard (uncredited) 🎬 Born Reckless Sergeant 🎬 Reformatory Mac Grady 🎬 Unconquered John Fraser 🎬 The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse Tug 🎬 Whirlpool Farley 🎬 They Were Expendable "Boats" Mulcahey, Chief Boatswain's Mate 🎬 Kit Carson Ape 🎬 Drums Along the Mohawk Adam Hartman 🎬 Gentleman Jim John L. Sullivan 🎬 The Shepherd of the Hills Wash Gibbs 🎬 So This Is College USC Player - #30 (uncredited) 🎬 Wild Bill Hickok Rides Sheriff Edmunds 🎬 They Made Me a Criminal Lenihan 🎬 Joan of Arc La Hire 🎬 The Oklahoma Kid Wes Handley 🎬 On Dangerous Ground Walter Brent 🎬 Professor Beware Motorcycle Cop 🎬 Young Mr. Lincoln John Palmer Cass 🎬 The Fugitive James Calvert, aka 'El Gringo' 🎬 Most Precious Thing in Life Head Coach Smith 🎬 The Long Voyage Home Yank 🎬 I'll Tell the World Dirigible Officer 🎬 Only the Valiant Cpl. Timothy Gilchrist 🎬 Fugitives for a Night Gambler in Fake Fight 🎬 The Falcon Takes Over Moose Malloy (Uncredited) 🎬 The Greeks Had a Word for Them Taxi Driver (uncredited) 🎬 One New York Night Policeman 🎬 Murder in the Fleet 'Heavy' Johnson (Uncredited) 🎬 Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (archive footage) 🎬 Operation Pacific John "Pop" Perry 🎬 Tobacco Road Lov Bensey 🎬 The Bride Walks Out Taxi Driver(uncredited) 🎬 They Came to Blow Up America FBI Chief Craig 🎬 Here Comes the Groom Second Cop 🎬 They Met in a Taxi Policeman 🎬 Little Old New York Regan 🎬 The Trial of Vivienne Ware Johnson (uncredited) 🎬 Ten Gentlemen from West Point Sgt. Scully 🎬 The Affairs of Cellini Palace Guard Finding Cellini's Clothes (uncredited) 🎬 I Found Stella Parish Roman Soldier in Play (uncredited) 🎬 The Defense Rests Hood 🎬 The Westland Case Connors - Death-Row Inmate 🎬 When Strangers Marry Billy McGuire 🎬 Hello, Frisco, Hello Sharkey 🎬 Born to Be Wild Bill Purvis 🎬 Directed by John Ford (archive footage) 🎬 Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence Hunk 🎬 Buck Benny Rides Again First Outlaw 🎬 The Brat Court Policeman (uncredited) 🎬 Words and Music Ward 🎬 Pride of the Marines Gunner Brady 🎬 Gun Law Henchman Pecos 🎬 The Cisco Kid and the Lady Walton 🎬 That's My Boy Curley Decker 🎬 The Spider Cop (uncredited) 🎬 The Big Game Gambler 🎬 Without Orders Tim Casey 🎬 Hitler- Dead or Alive Steve Maschick 🎬 When's Your Birthday? Police Detective (uncredited) 🎬 Frontier Marshal Town Marshal 🎬 Avenging Waters Marve Slater 🎬 Justice of the Range Bob Brennan 🎬 The Leathernecks Have Landed Tex 🎬 The Halliday Brand Big Dan Halliday 🎬 John Wayne-A Life on Film Self (archive footage) 🎬 The Red, White and Blue Line Narrator 🎬 Guard That Girl Budge Edwards 🎬 Manpower Eddie Adams 🎬 Park Avenue Logger Paul Sangar 🎬 Too Tough to Kill Danny 🎬 Little Big Shot Kell's Henchman 🎬 The Headline Woman Johnson 🎬 Trouble in Sundown Henchman Dusty 🎬 A Man Betrayed Floyd, Amato's Goon 🎬 Voice in the Night Bob Hall 🎬 Woman-Wise Kramer (uncredited) 🎬 Slightly Dangerous Jimmy 🎬 Sailor's Lady Shore Patrolman (uncredited) 🎬 Legion of Terror Don Foster 🎬 Gypsy Colt Frank MacWade 🎬 The Man Who Lived Twice Gloves Baker 🎬 Devil's Playground Sidecar Wilson 🎬 Muss 'em Up John Doe, a Gangster 🎬 Flesh Muscles Manning (uncredited) 🎬 The Crime of Helen Stanley Jack Baker 🎬 The Kid from Kokomo Ladislaw Klewicki 🎬 Obey the Law Kid Paris 🎬 Over the Wall Eddie Edwards 🎬 Fighting Shadows Brad Harrison 🎬 Waterfront Mart Hendler 🎬 High Tension Husky Man 🎬 Penitentiary Red Parsons - Prison Barber (uncredited) 🎬 White Fang Thief (uncredited) 🎬 The Human Side Cop 🎬 🎬 The McGurk Way Dan McGurk 4th

🎭 Filmography — as actor/actress

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📺 Wagon Train Series · 1957 📺 Climax! Series · 1954 📺 The Steve Allen Show Series · 1956 📺 The Ford Television Theatre Series · 1952 📺 Suspense Series · 1949 🎬 Gone with the Wind Movie · 1939 🎬 It's a Wonderful Life Movie · 1946 📺 MGM Parade Series · 1955 🎬 The Searchers Movie · 1956 📺 Cavalcade of America Series · 1952 📺 Screen Director's Playhouse Series · 1955 🎬 Rio Bravo Movie · 1959 🎬 The Grapes of Wrath Movie · 1940 🎬 The Maltese Falcon Movie · 1941 🎬 It Happened One Night Movie · 1934 🎬 Bringing Up Baby Movie · 1938 🎬 3 Godfathers Movie · 1948 🎬 Alias Jesse James Movie · 1959 🎬 The Quiet Man Movie · 1952 🎬 Fort Apache Movie · 1948 🎬 You Can't Take It with You Movie · 1938 🎬 My Darling Clementine Movie · 1946 🎬 Sergeant York Movie · 1941 📺 General Electric Theater Series · 1953