
Ward Bond
Highest Rated: 100% Canyon Passage (1946)
Lowest Rated: 20% Operation Pacific (1951)
Birthday: Apr 9, 1903
Birthplace: Benkelman, Nebraska, USA
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."
Photos
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | 38% | Alias Jesse James | Maj. Seth Adams (Character) | - | 1959 |
96% | 91% | Rio Bravo | Pat Wheeler (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | 27% | China Doll | Father Cairns (Character) | - | 1958 |
40% | 57% | The Wings of Eagles | John Dodge (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | 45% | Halliday Brand | Big Dan Halliday (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pillars of the Sky | Dr. Joseph Holden (Character) | - | 1956 |
94% | 88% | The Searchers | Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Dakota Incident | Sen. Blakely (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | 39% | A Man Alone | Sheriff Gil Corrigan (Character) | - | 1955 |
93% | 85% | Mister Roberts | Chief Petty Officer Dowdy (Character) | - | 1955 |
90% | 75% | The Long Gray Line | Capt. Herman J. Kohler (Character) | - | 1955 |
94% | 85% | Johnny Guitar | John McIvers (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bob Mathias Story | Coach Jackson (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Gypsy Colt | Frank MacWade (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | 29% | Blowing Wild | Dutch Peterson (Character) | - | 1953 |
90% | 74% | Hondo | Buffalo Baker (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | 18% | The Moonlighter | Cole Gardner (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hellgate | Lt. Tod Voorhees (Character) | - | 1953 |
91% | 91% | The Quiet Man | Father Peter Lonergan, Narrator (Character) | - | 1952 |
89% | 79% | On Dangerous Ground | Walter Brent (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Only the Valiant | Cpl. Timothy Gilchrist (Character) | - | 1951 |
20% | 50% | Operation Pacific | Cmdr. John T. "Pop" Perry (Character) | - | 1951 |
100% | 67% | Wagon Master | Elder Wiggs (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | 73% | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Insp. Charles Weber (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great Missouri Raid | Maj. Marshal Trowbridge (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Riding High | Lee (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Singing Guns | Sheriff Jim Caradac (Character) | - | 1950 |
90% | 54% | Joan of Arc | La Hire (Character) | - | 1948 |
83% | 77% | 3 Godfathers | Perley "Buck" Sweet (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | 53% | The Time of Your Life | McCarthy (Character) | - | 1948 |
100% | 82% | Fort Apache | Sgt. Maj. Michael O'Rourke (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Tap Roots | Hoab Dabney (Character) | - | 1948 |
75% | 61% | The Fugitive | El Gringo (Character) | - | 1947 |
86% | 66% | Unconquered | John Fraser (Character) | - | 1947 |
100% | 64% | Canyon Passage | Honey Bragg (Character) | - | 1946 |
100% | 86% | My Darling Clementine | Morgan Earp (Character) | - | 1946 |
94% | 95% | It's a Wonderful Life | Bert (Character) | $3.3M | 1946 |
92% | 73% | They Were Expendable | "Boats" Mulcahey (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | 45% | Dakota | Jim Bender (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Home in Indiana | Jed Bruce (Character) | - | 1944 |
100% | 87% | The Fighting Sullivans | Lt. Cmdr. Robinson (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Tall in the Saddle | "Judge" Robert Garvey (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Hitler: Dead or Alive | Steve Maschick (Character) | - | 1943 |
67% | 73% | A Guy Named Joe | Al Yackey (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | 43% | They Came to Blow Up America | FBI Chief Craig (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | 70% | Slightly Dangerous | Jimmy (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Hello, Frisco, Hello | Sharkey (Character) | - | 1943 |
100% | 85% | Gentleman Jim | John L. Sullivan (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Falcon Takes Over | Moose Malloy (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ten Gentlemen From West Point | Sgt. Scully (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Sheriff Edmunds (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Doctors Don't Tell | Barney Millen (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Man Betrayed | Floyd (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Tobacco Road | Lov Bensey (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | 76% | Manpower | Eddie Adams (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | 68% | Swamp Water | Tim Dorson (Character) | - | 1941 |
99% | 91% | The Maltese Falcon | Det. Tom Polhaus (Character) | - | 1941 |
88% | 87% | Sergeant York | Ike Botkin (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | 64% | The Shepherd of the Hills | Wash Gibbs (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | 10% | Wheel of Fortune | Floyd (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little Old New York | Regan (Character) | - | 1940 |
100% | 86% | The Mortal Storm | Franz (Character) | - | 1940 |
100% | 70% | The Long Voyage Home | Yank (Character) | - | 1940 |
100% | 88% | The Grapes of Wrath | Friendly policeman in Bakersfield (Character) | - | 1940 |
56% | 51% | Santa Fe Trail | Townley (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Kit Carson | Ape (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | 56% | Virginia City | Confederate Sergeant Checking Passengers (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Buck Benny Rides Again | First Outlaw (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Cisco Kid and the Lady | The Drunk (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | 20% | Heaven With a Barbed Wire Fence | Hunk (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Frontier Marshal | Town Marshal (Character) | - | 1939 |
75% | No Score Yet | The Girl From Mexico | Mexican Pete (Character) | - | 1939 |
90% | 92% | Gone With the Wind | Tom (Character) | $198.7M | 1939 |
82% | 59% | Drums Along the Mohawk | Adam Hartman (Character) | - | 1939 |
100% | 81% | Young Mr. Lincoln | John Palmer Cass (Character) | - | 1939 |
100% | 75% | Dodge City | Bud Taylor (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Oklahoma Kid | Wes Handley (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | 62% | They Made Me a Criminal | Lenihan (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Going Places | Clarence (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trouble in Sundown | Henchman Dusty (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | 63% | The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Tug (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gun Law | Pecos (Character) | - | 1938 |
95% | 88% | You Can't Take It With You | Mike, the Detective (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Professor Beware | Motorcycle cop (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Prison Break | Big Red Kincaid (Character) | - | 1938 |
97% | 89% | Bringing Up Baby | Motorcycle Cop at Jail (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Born to Be Wild | Bill Purvis (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Law West of Tombstone | Mulligan P. Martinez (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Over the Wall | Eddie Edwards (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Night Key | Fingers (Character) | - | 1937 |
91% | 77% | Dead End | Doorman (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 23 1/2 Hours Leave | Top Sgt. Burke (Character) | - | 1937 |
100% | 78% | You Only Live Once | Casey, guard (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wildcatter | Johnson (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Escape by Night | Peter "Spudsy" Baker (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Fight to the Finish | Eddie Hawkins (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | 0% | Colleen | Sweeney (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | 16% | The Bride Walks Out | Taxi Driver (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Avenging Waters | Marve Slater (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pride of the Marines | Gunner Brady (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cattle Thief | Ranse Willard (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Without Orders | Tim Casey (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Crimson Trail | Luke Long (Character) | - | 1935 |
80% | 50% | Black Fury | Mac (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Waterfront Lady | Jess (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | 92% | Devil Dogs of the Air | Jimmy (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Justice of the Range | Bob Brennan (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fighting Shadows | Brad Harrison (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder in the Fleet | "Heavy" Johnson (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little Big Shot | Kell's henchman (Character) | - | 1935 |
98% | 93% | It Happened One Night | Bus driver #1 (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fighting Code | Joe Krull (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fighting Ranger | Dave (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Girl in Danger | Wynkoski (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lucky Devils | (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sundown Rider | Gabe Powers (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Unknown Valley | Elder Snead (Character) | - | 1933 |
75% | 69% | Heroes for Sale | Red (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | 44% | Virtue | Frank (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flesh | Muscles Manning (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rackety Rax | "Brick" Gilligan (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Salute | Midshipman Harold (Character) | - | 1929 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Defense Rests | Hood (Character) | - | 0000 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Major Seth Adams (Character) | 1957-1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Screen Directors Playhouse | Unknown (Character) | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Suspense | Unknown (Character) | 1954 |