Actor
Ward Bond
Born 1903 · Benkelman, Nebraska, USA
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
It's a Wonderful Life
Bert · 1946
Gone with the Wind
Tom the Yankee Captain · 1939
The Maltese Falcon
Det. Tom Polhaus · 1941
It Happened One Night
Bus Driver (uncredited) · 1934
The Searchers
Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton · 1956
Rio Bravo
Pat Wheeler · 1959
The Grapes of Wrath
Policeman · 1940
Bringing Up Baby
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) · 1938
The Quiet Man
Father Peter Lonergan · 1952
My Darling Clementine
Morgan Earp · 1946
You Can't Take It with You
Mike - the Detective (uncredited) · 1938
Johnny Guitar
John McIvers · 1954
Fort Apache
Sgt. Maj. Michael O'Rourke · 1948
Fury
Man (uncredited) · 1936
Sergeant York
Ike Botkin · 1941
After the Thin Man
Party Guest (uncredited) · 1936
Young Mr. Lincoln
John Palmer Cass · 1939
You Only Live Once
Casey - Guard (uncredited) · 1937
Son of Frankenstein
Gendarme at Gate (uncredited) · 1939
Mister Roberts
Dowdy · 1955
Hondo
Buffalo Baker · 1953
3 Godfathers
Perley 'Buck' Sweet · 1948
Dead End
Doorman · 1937
The Mortal Storm
Franz · 1940