Ward Bond

Acting

Ward Bond

Born 1903-04-09 Benkelman, Nebraska, USA 273 films

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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Filmography

273 films
Rio Bravo poster

A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young…

Rio Bravo

★ 7.8 1959

China Doll poster

American pilot Cliff Brandon, fighting the Japanese in China, finds himself the unintentional "owne…

China Doll

★ 6.9 1958