Ward Bond

Ward Bond
Publicity image of Bond for Wagon Train, c. 1957
Born
Wardell Edwin Bond

(1903-04-09)April 9, 1903
DiedNovember 5, 1960(1960-11-05) (aged 57)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
EducationEast High School
Colorado School of Mines
Alma materUniversity of Southern California
OccupationActor
Years active1929–1960
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
Doris Sellers Childs
(m. 1936; div. 1944)
Mary Louise May
(m. 1954)

Wardell Edwin Bond (April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960)[1] was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 200 films and starred in the NBC television series Wagon Train from 1957 to 1960. 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). As a character actor, Bond frequently played cowboys, cops and soldiers.

  1. ^ "Ward Bond's Boyhood Home". Nebraska State Historical Society. December 12, 2006. Archived from the original on June 13, 2006. Retrieved October 5, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)