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Ward Bond
Ward Bond’s screen credits include Bert in It's a Wonderful Life and Detective Tom Polhaus in The Maltese Falcon.
Born April 9, 1903† November 5, 1960 Benkelman, Nebraska, USA2 movies on MoviHero
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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).
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- 2005The Adventures of Errol FlynnJohn L. Sullivan (archive footage)
- 2000Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs(archive footage)
- 2000John Wayne-A Life on FilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1971Directed by John Ford(archive footage)
- 1960The Colter Craven StoryActor
- 1959Alias Jesse JamesMajor Seth Adams (uncredited)
- 1959Rio BravoPat Wheeler
- 1958The Western: A Lost TV SpecialSelf
- 1958China DollFather Cairns
- 1957The Wings of EaglesJohn Dodge
- 1957The Growler StoryQuincannon
- 1957The Halliday BrandBig Dan Halliday
- 1956Pillars of the SkyDr. Joseph Holden
- 1956Dakota IncidentSen. Blakely
- 1956The SearchersRev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton
- 1955Rookie of the YearLarry "Buck" Goodhue
- 1955A Man AloneSheriff Gil Corrigan
- 1955Mister RobertsDowdy
- 1955The Red, White and Blue LineNarrator
- 1955The Long Gray LineCaptain Herman Kohler
- 1954The Bob Mathias StoryCoach Virgil Jackson
- 1954Johnny GuitarJohn McIvers
- 1954Gypsy ColtFrank MacWade
- 1953HondoBuffalo Baker
- 1953Blowing WildDutch Peterson
- 1953The MoonlighterCole Gardner
- 1952ThunderbirdsLt. John McCreery
- 1952HellgateLt. Tod Voorhees
- 1952The Quiet ManFather Peter Lonergan
- 1952The McGurk WayDan McGurk 4th
- 1951On Dangerous GroundWalter Brent
- 1951Bullfighter and the LadyNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1951Only the ValiantCpl. Timothy Gilchrist
- 1951The Great Missouri RaidMaj. Marshal Trowbridge
- 1951Operation PacificJohn "Pop" Perry
- 1950Kiss Tomorrow GoodbyeInspector Charles Weber
- 1950Wagon MasterElder Wiggs
- 1950Riding HighLee
- 1950Singing GunsSheriff Jim Caradac
- 19483 GodfathersPerley 'Buck' Sweet
- 1948Joan of ArcLa Hire
- 1948The Time of Your LifeMcCarthy
- 1948Tap RootsHoab Dabney
- 1948Fort ApacheSgt. Maj. Michael O'Rourke
- 1948Sins of the FathersActor
- 1947The FugitiveJames Calvert, aka 'El Gringo'
- 1947UnconqueredJohn Fraser
- 1946My Darling ClementineMorgan Earp
- 1946Canyon PassageHoney Bragg
- 1945DakotaJim Bender
- 1945They Were Expendable"Boats" Mulcahey, Chief Boatswain's Mate
- 1944Tall in the Saddle'Judge' Robert Garvey
- 1944Home in IndianaJed Bruce
- 1944A Guy Named JoeAl Yackey
- 1944The Fighting SullivansLt. Cmdr. Robinson
- 1943They Came to Blow Up AmericaFBI Chief Craig
- 1943Slightly DangerousJimmy
- 1943Hello, Frisco, HelloSharkey
- 1942Gentleman JimJohn L. Sullivan
- 1942Hitler- Dead or AliveSteve Maschick
- 1942Sin TownRock Delaney
- 1942Ten Gentlemen from West PointSgt. Scully
- 1942The Falcon Takes OverMoose Malloy (Uncredited)
- 1942Wild Bill Hickok RidesSheriff Edmunds
- 1941Swamp WaterTim Dorson
- 1941Know For Surepatient
- 1941Sergeant YorkIke Botkin
- 1941Doctors Don't TellBarney Millen
- 1941ManpowerEddie Adams
- 1941The Shepherd of the HillsWash Gibbs
- 1941A Man BetrayedFloyd, Amato's Goon
- 1941Tobacco RoadLov Bensey
- 1940Santa Fe TrailTownley
- 1940The Long Voyage HomeYank
- 1940City for ConquestFirst Policeman (uncredited)
- 1940Kit CarsonApe
- 1940Sailor's LadyShore Patrolman (uncredited)
- 1940The Mortal StormFranz
- 1940Buck Benny Rides AgainFirst Outlaw
- 1940Virginia CityConfederate Sergeant Checking Passengers (uncredited)
- 1940The Grapes of WrathPoliceman
- 1940Little Old New YorkRegan
- 1939The Cisco Kid and the LadyWalton
- 1939Gone with the WindTom the Yankee Captain
- 1939Drums Along the MohawkAdam Hartman
- 1939Heaven with a Barbed Wire FenceHunk
- 1939Dust Be My DestinyFirst Thug on Train (uncredited)
- 1939Frontier MarshalTown Marshal
- 1939WaterfrontMart Hendler
- 1939Young Mr. LincolnJohn Palmer Cass
- 1939The Girl from MexicoMexican Pete
- 1939The Kid from KokomoLadislaw Klewicki
- 1939Confessions of a Nazi SpyAmerican Legionnaire (uncredited)
- 1939Union PacificTracklayer (uncredited)
- 1939The Return of the Cisco KidAccused Rustler (uncredited)
- 1939Dodge CityBud Taylor
- 1939Mr. Moto in Danger IslandSailor Sam - Wrestler
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