Ward Bond
Acting • Born on 4/9/1903 in 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).
Filmography (289)
Wagon Train
Major Seth Adams
Climax!
Sheriff Ab Kale
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Wagon Train
Suspense
Bill Meeker
The Ford Television Theatre
Lt. Pannetti
Gone with the Wind
Tom the Yankee Captain
It's a Wonderful Life
Bert
MGM Parade
Cavalcade of America
M / Sgt. Lou Diamond
The Searchers
Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton
Screen Director's Playhouse
Larry 'Buck' Goodhue
The Westland Case
Connors - Death-Row Inmate