Ward Bond

Actor
Ward Bond

About

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Birth Place
Denver, Colorado, USA
Born
April 09, 1903
Died
November 05, 1960
Cause of Death
Heart Attack

Biography

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One of the most prolific of Hollywood character actors. Bond began his career in the late 1920s and was a key member of John Ford's stock company, playing the parson/Texas Ranger in "The Searchers" (1956) and fictional film director John Dodge in "The Wings of Eagles" (1956). He starred in the TV series, "Wagon Train."...

Filmography

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Rio Bravo (1959)
Pat Wheeler
Alias Jesse James (1959)
China Doll (1958)
Father Cairns
The Halliday Brand (1957)
Big Dan Halliday
The Wings of Eagles (1957)
John Dodge
Pillars of the Sky (1956)
Dr. Joseph Holden

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The Walking Hills - Behind-the-Scenes Photos
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Maltese Falcon, The (1941) -- (Movie Clip) A Guy Named Thursby
The Long Gray Line - Behind-the-Scenes Photos
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Rio Bravo - Movie Poster
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Searchers, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Let's Go Home

Biography

One of the most prolific of Hollywood character actors. Bond began his career in the late 1920s and was a key member of John Ford's stock company, playing the parson/Texas Ranger in "The Searchers" (1956) and fictional film director John Dodge in "The Wings of Eagles" (1956). He starred in the TV series, "Wagon Train."

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Rio Bravo (1959)
Pat Wheeler
Alias Jesse James (1959)
China Doll (1958)
Father Cairns
The Halliday Brand (1957)
Big Dan Halliday
The Wings of Eagles (1957)
John Dodge
Pillars of the Sky (1956)
Dr. Joseph Holden
The Searchers (1956)
Capt. Rev. Samuel Johnson Clayton
Dakota Incident (1956)
Senator Blakeley
The Long Gray Line (1955)
Capt. Herman J. Koehler
Mister Roberts (1955)
Chief Petty Officer Dowdy
A Man Alone (1955)
Gil Corrigan
Hondo (1954)
Buffalo
The Bob Mathias Story (1954)
Coach Jackson
Gypsy Colt (1954)
Frank MacWade
Johnny Guitar (1954)
John McIvers
The Moonlighter (1953)
Cole [Gardner]
Blowing Wild (1953)
Dutch Peterson
Thunderbirds (1952)
Sgt. Logan
The Quiet Man (1952)
Father Peter Lonergan
On Dangerous Ground (1952)
Walter Brent
Hellgate (1952)
Lt. Voorhees
Only the Valiant (1951)
Corp. Timothy Gilchrist
This Is Korea! (1951)
Narrator
Operation Pacific (1951)
Capt. "Pop" Perry
The Great Missouri Raid (1951)
Major Trowbridge
Riding High (1950)
Lee
Singing Guns (1950)
Sheriff Jim Caradac
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
Inspector Charles Weber
Wagon Master (1950)
[Jonathan] Wiggs
3 Godfathers (1949)
"Buck" Perley Sweet
Tap Roots (1948)
Hoab Dabney
The Time of Your Life (1948)
McCarthy, a "blatherskite"
Fort Apache (1948)
Sgt. O'Rourke
Joan of Arc (1948)
La Hire
Unconquered (1947)
John Fraser
The Fugitive (1947)
El Gringo [James Calvert]
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Bert
My Darling Clementine (1946)
Morgan Earp
Canyon Passage (1946)
Honey Bragg
Dakota (1945)
Jim Bender
They Were Expendable (1945)
"Boats" Mulcahey, C.R.M.
The Sullivans (1944)
Commander Robinson
Home in Indiana (1944)
Jed Bruce
Tall in the Saddle (1944)
Robert Garvey
A Guy Named Joe (1944)
Al Yackey
Slightly Dangerous (1943)
Jimmy
Hello Frisco, Hello (1943)
Sharkey
Hitler--Dead or Alive (1943)
Steve Maschik
They Came to Blow Up America (1943)
Chief Craig
Adventures of the Flying Cadets (1943)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
Scully
Gentleman Jim (1942)
John L. Sullivan
Sin Town (1942)
Rock Delaney
Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
Sheriff Edmunds
The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
Moose Malloy
Swamp Water (1941)
Tim Dorson
Tobacco Road (1941)
Lov [Bensey]
The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)
Wash Gibbs
Sergeant York (1941)
Ike Botkin
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Detective Tom Polhaus
Manpower (1941)
Eddie Adams
Doctors Don't Tell (1941)
Barney Millen
A Man Betrayed (1941)
Floyd
Virginia City (1940)
Sergeant
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
First outlaw
The Long Voyage Home (1940)
Yank
Little Old New York (1940)
Regan
Kit Carson (1940)
Ape
The Mortal Storm (1940)
Franz
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
Townley
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Policeman
Sailor's Lady (1940)
Shore patrol
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
Adam Hartman
Made for Each Other (1939)
Hatton
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
J. Palmer Cass
The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939)
Walton
The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
Wes Handley
Waterfront (1939)
Mart Hendler
The Girl from Mexico (1939)
Mexican Pete
Pardon Our Nerve (1939)
Kid Ramsey
Frontier Marshal (1939)
Town marshal
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939)
Hunk
Trouble in Sundown (1939)
Dusty
They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
Lenihan
The Kid from Kokomo (1939)
Klewicki
Dodge City (1939)
Bud Taylor
The Return of the Cisco Kid (1939)
Tough guy
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
American Legionnaire
Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939)
Wrestler
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Tom, a Yankee captain
The Law West of Tombstone (1938)
Mulligan P. Martinez
Fugitives for a Night (1938)
Gambler
Over the Wall (1938)
Eddie Edwards
Prison Break (1938)
Red Kincaid
Numbered Woman (1938)
Detective
Reformatory (1938)
Mac Grady
Gun Law (1938)
Pecos
Born to Be Wild (1938)
Bill Purvis
Flight into Nowhere (1938)
Taylor, the dispatcher
Submarine Patrol (1938)
Olaf
Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)
Biff Moran
The Amazing Doctor Clitterhouse (1938)
Tug
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Motorcycle cop
Hawaii Calls (1938)
Muller
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
Mongol guard
Professor Beware (1938)
Motorcycle officer
Penitentiary (1938)
Red, prison barber
Of Human Hearts (1938)
Laughing man in church
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Detective
Going Places (1938)
First cop
Souls at Sea (1937)
Sailor
Mountain Music (1937)
First G-man
23 1/2 Hours Leave (1937)
Top Sergeant Burke
Night Key (1937)
Fingers
The Devil's Playground (1937)
Sidecar Wilson
The Wildcatter (1937)
Johnson
Music for Madame (1937)
Violets
Escape by Night (1937)
[Peter] Spudsy [Baker]
Park Avenue Logger (1937)
Paul Sangar
A Fight to the Finish (1937)
Eddie Hawkins
You Only Live Once (1937)
Casey
When's Your Birthday? (1937)
Detective
Fight for Your Lady (1937)
Walton
Dead End (1937)
Doorman
Woman-Wise (1937)
Kramer
Topper (1937)
Cab driver
Marry the Girl (1937)
First officer
The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
First Tartar chief
Fury (1936)
First objector in movie theater
The First Baby (1936)
Tough guy
Fatal Lady (1936)
American stage manager
The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
Officer
High Tension (1936)
Husky man
The Accusing Finger (1936)
Prison guard
White Fang (1936)
Thief robbing Hal
Second Wife (1936)
Politician
They Met in a Taxi (1936)
Policeman at Stewart's apartment
The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936)
"Tex"
Pride of the Marines (1936)
Gunner [Brady]
Crash Donovan (1936)
The drill master
Without Orders (1936)
Tim Casey
Conflict (1936)
Gus Carrigan
The Man Who Lived Twice (1936)
[John] Gloves [Baker]
Two in the Dark (1936)
Policeman
Avenging Waters (1936)
Marve Slater
Cattle Thief (1936)
Ranse
Legion of Terror (1936)
Don Foster
The Bride Walks Out (1936)
Taxi driver
Muss 'Em Up (1936)
Gangster
Colleen (1936)
Second officer
Three Kids and a Queen (1935)
Detective
The Headline Woman (1935)
Johnson
Broadway Hostess (1935)
Devil Dogs of the Air (1935)
Instructor
Too Tough to Kill (1935)
Danny
His Night Out (1935)
"Lanky"
Waterfront Lady (1935)
Jess
She Gets Her Man (1935)
Chick
Western Courage (1935)
LaCrosse
Justice of the Range (1935)
Bob Brennan
The Crimson Trail (1935)
Luke Long
Guard That Girl (1935)
Budge Edwards
Fighting Shadows (1935)
Brad Harrison
Grand Old Girl (1935)
Student
Little Big Shot (1935)
Henchman
The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
Gladiator
Murder in the Fleet (1935)
Heavy Johnson
Hitch Hike Lady (1935)
Motorcycle officer
Black Fury (1935)
Mac
Times Square Lady (1935)
Dugan
One New York Night (1935)
Calm Yourself (1935)
Mary Jane's Pa (1935)
Roughneck
Under Pressure (1935)
Prize fighter
Go into Your Dance (1935)
Husband
Death on the Diamond (1934)
Policeman
6 Day Bike Rider (1934)
First officer
The Defense Rests (1934)
Good
The Affairs of Cellini (1934)
Palace guard
Here Comes the Groom (1934)
Second cop
It Happened One Night (1934)
Bus driver
Whirlpool (1934)
Farley
The Crime of Helen Stanley (1934)
Jack Baker
Most Precious Thing in Life (1934)
Head coach [Smith]
Frontier Marshal (1934)
Ben Murchison
Against the Law (1934)
Tony Rizzo
Girl in Danger (1934)
Wynkoski
The Fighting Ranger (1934)
Dave
Men of the Night (1934)
Detective John Connors
A Man's Game (1934)
Dave Jordan
Voice in the Night (1934)
Bob
The Poor Rich (1934)
Motor cop
Chained (1934)
Sailor
I'll Tell the World (1934)
Officer
Broadway Bill (1934)
Morgan's henchman
Circus Clown (1934)
State Trooper (1933)
Obey the Law (1933)
Kid Paris
Unknown Valley (1933)
Elder Snead
When Strangers Marry (1933)
Billy McGuire
The Wrecker (1933)
Cramer
The Fighting Code (1933)
Krull
Straightaway (1933)
"Hobo"
Police Car 17 (1933)
Bumps O'Neill
Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
Red
Lady for a Day (1933)
Mounted policeman
Heroes for Sale (1933)
Red
College Coach (1933)
Assistant coach
Lucky Devils (1933)
Policeman
Rackety Rax (1932)
Brick Gilligan
Flesh (1932)
Wrestler Muscles Manning
High Speed (1932)
Ham
Hello Trouble (1932)
Kennedy
Sundown Rider (1932)
Gabe Powers
Virtue (1932)
Frank
White Eagle (1932)
Bart
The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932)
Johnson
Maker of Men (1931)
Football player
A Connecticut Yankee (1931)
Queen's knight
Three Girls Lost (1931)
Steward on airplane
The Spider (1931)
Police officer
Arrowsmith (1931)
Cop
Sob Sister (1931)
Ward, a policeman
The Big Trail (1930)
Sid Bascom
Born Reckless (1930)
Soldiers
Words and Music (1929)
Wardrobe
Salute (1929)
Football players

Cast (Special)

The Elisabeth McQueeney Story (1959)
Seth Adams (Guest)

Life Events

1929

Film acting debut

Photo Collections

 
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The Walking Hills - Behind-the-Scenes Photos
The Walking Hills - Behind-the-Scenes Photos
29 Photos
The Long Gray Line - Behind-the-Scenes Photos
The Long Gray Line - Behind-the-Scenes Photos
1 Photo
Rio Bravo - Movie Poster
Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for Rio Bravo (1959), directed by Howard Hawks. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.
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Wagon Master - Scene Stills
Here are a few scene stills from John Ford's Wagon Master (1950), starring Ward Bond.
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The Wings of Eagles - Movie Poster
Here is the original Half-sheet movie poster for The Wings of Eagles (1957), starring John Wayne.
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On Dangerous Ground - Scene Stills
Here are several scene stills from On Dangerous Ground (1952), starring Robert Ryan and Ida Lupino.
6 Photos
My Darling Clementine - Lobby Cards
Here are several Lobby Cards from John Ford's My Darling Clementine (1946), starring Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, and Victor Mature. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.
13 Photos
Fury - Scene Stills
Here are several scene stills from Fury (1936), starring Spencer Tracy and Sylvia Sidney and directed by Fritz Lang.

Videos

Movie Clip

Maltese Falcon, The (1941) -- (Movie Clip) A Guy Named Thursby Summoned from his bed at 2 a.m., San Francisco private eye Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart), with thus far friendly copper Polhaus (Ward Bond), at the scene of the murder of his partner Archer, written and directed by John Huston from the Dashiell Hammett novel, in The Maltese Falcon, 1941.
Searchers, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Let's Go Home Significant SPOILER here in a landmark picture, Natalie Wood as the mature Debbie is rescued from five years captivity by her adoptive brother Marty (Jeffrey Hunter) from the Comanche chief Scar (Henry Brandon), as his partner Ethan (John Wayne), leading an attack with Rev. Clayton (Ward Bond), appears determined to execute her, in John Ford’s The Searchers, 1956.
3 Godfathers (1948) -- (Movie Clip) By The Way Of New Jerusalem We’ve just met Hightower, Fuerte and Kearny (John Wayne, Pedro Armendariz, Harry Carey Jr.) and heard of their plan to rob the bank in an Arizona town, and they ride in for a funny (if grossly sexist) visit with Ward Bond and Mae Marsh as the Sweets, early in John Ford’s sentimental re-make, 3 Godfathers, 1948.
Mister Roberts (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Disharmony Aboard This Ship Henry Fonda, who won the Tony on Broadway in the same title role, takes a startling, indecent dressing down from James Cagney (the always-nameless “Captain,”), standing up for his crew (Ken Curtis et al) and his right to seek a transfer, in Mister Roberts, 1955, from Joshua Logan’s play, from the book by Thomas Heggen.
Black Fury (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Old Country Dance At the Pennsylvania coal mine company town, proud “bohunk” miner Joe (Paul Muni) leads his party, including pal Mike (John Qualen) and his maybe-wavering fianceè Anna (Karen Morley), into the dance, even greeting the company cops (Ward Bond, and William Gargan as Slim), in Warner Bros.’ controversial Black Fury, 1935.
Kit Carson (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Horizon Fever Efficient framing and opening from screenwriter George Bruce and director George B. Seitz, introducing Jon Hall as the title character, Ward Bond his man “Ape” and Harold Huber as Lopez, expressing attitudes both wise and nasty, then cracking action as the Shoshone attack, in independent producer Edward Small’s Kit Carson, 1940.
Kit Carson (1940) -- (Movie Clip) They'd Kinda Like Them Brass Buttons Clever scene by director George Seitz, Raymond Hatton (said to have appeared in 500 movies) as host Bridger advises bathing Jon Hall (title character) and crew (Ward Bond, Harold Huber) about the offer from Fremont (Dana Andrews as the historical character) and Terry (“Lone Ranger” Clayton Moore), Lynn Bari in the neighboring tub, in producer Edward Small’s Kit Carson, 1940.
Kit Carson (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Hurry So Fast Producer Edward Small getting his money’s worth in Monument Valley (even if the story takes place along the distant Oregon Trail), Dana Andrews as (historical figure) Captain Fremont wants to hurry the wagon train, civilian Clayton Moore obeying until Jon Hall (title character) and his team (Ward Bond, Harold Huber) show up to take the trail guide jobs they at first refused, Lynn Bari the affronted Miss Murphy, in Kit Carson, 1940.
Fugitive, The (1947) -- (Movie Clip) First Told In The Bible Opening narration by Ward Bond, John Ford directing from Dudley Nichols’ sanitized adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel, Henry Fonda the title character, with Dolores Del Rio, clear from the start that Ford’s chief interest is Gabriel Figueroa’s virtuosic cinematography, from The Fugitive, 1947.
Operation Pacific (1951) -- (Movie Clip) The Entire Silent Service Opening with foreword, as John Wayne is Navy commander “Duke” Gifford, on shore rescuing children and nuns from a Pacific island, Martin Milner, Jack Pennick among his submarine crew, in Operation Pacific, 1951, co-starring Patricia Neal.
Operation Pacific (1951) -- (Movie Clip) I've Been Numb For Four Years Now ashore at Pearl Harbor, John Wayne as submarine officer "Duke" Gifford is interrupted by head nurse Katherine Givney as he tries to visit a baby he helped rescue, then meets his ex-wife (Patricia Neal as Mary), now a nurse, with whom he lost a son before their divorce, in Operation Pacific, 1951.
Wagon Master (1950) -- (Movie Clip) They Was Invited Out The Mormon wagon train led by Elder Wiggs (Ward Bond) finds common cause with the members of a bereft medicine show (Joanne Dru, Alan Mowbray, Ruth Clifford), Travis (Ben Johnson) and Sister Ledyard (Jane Darwell) adding opinions, in John Ford's Wagon Master, 1950.

Trailer

Quiet Man, The - (Original Trailer) John Wayne is an Irish-born ex-boxer who retires to Ireland and searches for the proper wife in John Ford's The Quiet Man (1952).
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) -- (Original Trailer) Humphrey Bogart plays Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon (1941), possibly the greatest detective movie of all time.
Gypsy Colt - (Original Trailer) It's Lassie, Come Home but with a horse in Gypsy Colt (1954) starring Ward Bond.
Grapes of Wrath, The - (Original Trailer) Henry Fonda stars in John Ford's movie version of the John Steinbeck novel about Depression-era migrants, The Grapes of Wrath (1940).
Going Places (1938) - (Original Trailer) Louis Armstrong is the only one who can calm a difficult racehorse who is Going Places (1938) in this Warner Brothers musical.
Go Into Your Dance - (Original Trailer) Real-life husband and wife Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler star in the musical melodrama Go Into Your Dance (1935).
Fugitives for a Night - (Original Trailer) A faded star is suspected of killing a studio executive in Fugitives for a Night (1938) written by Dalton Trumbo (Roman Holiday, Spartacus).
Wild Boys of the Road - (Original Trailer) An impoverished girl masquerades as a boy to run with a gang of young hobos in Wild Boys of the Road (1933).
Heroes For Sale - (Original Trailer) A war hero becomes a "forgotten man" after he loses his job in Heroes For Sale (1933).
Broadway Hostess - (Original Trailer) Small-town girl Winifred Shaw becomes a star but it's tears among the footlights for the Broadway Hostess (1935).
Waterfront - (Original Trailer) A hard-living dockworker (Dennis Morgan) finds religion until his brother is murdered on the Waterfront (1939).
Devil Dogs of the Air - (Original Trailer) James Cagney joins the Marine Flying Corps. Think he'll settle in without causing trouble? Think again in Devil Dogs of the Air (1935).

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