Birthday
1903/04/09
Day of death
1960/11/05 (57 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Benkelman, Nebraska, USA
Also know as
Wardell Edwin Bond
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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).
(1959) Rio Bravo
as Pat Wheeler
(1938) Bringing Up Baby
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
(1941) The Maltese Falcon
as Det. Tom Polhaus
(1940) The Mortal Storm
as Franz
(1946) It's a Wonderful Life
as Bert
(1939) Gone with the Wind
as Tom the Yankee Captain
(1940) Santa Fe Trail
as Townley
(1946) My Darling Clementine
as Morgan Earp
(1952) The Quiet Man
as Father Peter Lonergan
(1956) The Searchers
as Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton
(1953) Hondo
as Bufallo Baker
(1941) Manpower
as Eddie Adams
(2000) Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
as (archive footage)
(1951) On Dangerous Ground
as Walter Brent
(1941) A Man Betrayed
as Floyd, Amato's Goon
(1939) Dust Be My Destiny
as First Thug on Train (uncredited)
(1954) Johnny Guitar
as John McIvers
(1934) Voice in the Night
as Bob Hall
(1957) The Halliday Brand
as Big Dan Halliday
(1938) Reformatory
as Mac Grady
(1933) When Strangers Marry
as Billy McGuire
(1937) Night Key
as Fingers
(1951) Operation Pacific
as John "Pop" Perry
(1948) 3 Godfathers
as Perley 'Buck' Sweet
(1943) A Guy Named Joe
as Al Yackey
(1941) The Shepherd of the Hills
as Wash Gibbs
(1946) Canyon Passage
as Honey Bragg
(1950) Wagon Master
as Elder Wiggs
(1948) Fort Apache
as Sgt. Maj. Michael O'Rourke
(1933) Lady for a Day
as Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
(1947) The Fugitive
as James Calvert, aka 'El Gringo'
(1948) Joan of Arc
as La Hire
(1944) Tall in the Saddle
as 'Judge' Robert Garvey
(1944) The Fighting Sullivans
as Lt. Cmdr. Robinson
(1942) Gentleman Jim
as John L. Sullivan
(1939) Young Mr. Lincoln
as John Palmer Cass
(1955) The Long Gray Line
as Captain Herman Kohler
(1955) Mister Roberts
as Dowdy
(1942) The Falcon Takes Over
as Moose Malloy (Uncredited)
(1941) Swamp Water
as Tim Dorson
(1941) Sergeant York
as Ike Botkin
(1957) The Wings of Eagles
as John Dodge
(1956) Pillars of the Sky
as Dr. Joseph Holden
(1938) The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Tug
(1941) Tobacco Road
as Lov Bensey
(1939) Made for Each Other
as Jim Hatton (uncredited)
(1950) Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
as Inspector Charles Weber
(1945) They Were Expendable
as "Boats" Mulcahey, Chief Boatswain's Mate
(1937) Dead End
as Doorman
(1940) The Grapes of Wrath
as (uncredited)
(1932) Hello Trouble
as Heavy Kennedy
(1932) Sundown Rider
as Gabe Powers - Henchman
(1933) The Fighting Code
as Joe Krull
(2015) Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
(1940) The Long Voyage Home
as Yank
(1947) Unconquered
as John Fraser
(1939) Drums Along the Mohawk
as Adam Hartman
(1956) Dakota Incident
as Sen. Blakely
(1951) Only the Valiant
as Cpl. Timothy Gilchrist
(1953) Blowing Wild
as Dutch Peterson
(1945) Dakota
as Jim Bender
(1934) Broadway Bill
as Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
(1938) Mr. Moto's Gamble
as Biff Moran
(1940) Buck Benny Rides Again
as First Outlaw
(1932) Virtue
as Frank
(1942) Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Sheriff Edmunds
(1936) The Man Who Lived Twice
as John 'Gloves' Baker
(1935) Little Big Shot
as Kell's Henchman
(1942) Sin Town
as Rock Delaney
(1938) Of Human Hearts
as Lout Laughing in Church (uncredited)
(2005) The Adventures of Errol Flynn
as John L. Sullivan (archive footage)
(1954) Gypsy Colt
as Frank MacWade
(1942) Hitler- Dead or Alive
as Steve Maschick
(1950) Riding High
as Lee
(1932) Flesh
as Muscles Manning (uncredited)
(1941) Know For Sure
as patient
(1929) Salute
as Midshipman Harold
(1953) The Moonlighter
as Cole Gardner
(1939) Frontier Marshal
as Town Marshal
(1932) Air Mail
as Joe Barnes (uncredited)
(1938) Over the Wall
as Eddie Edwards
(1938) The Law West of Tombstone
as Mulligan P. Martinez
(1950) Singing Guns
as Sheriff Jim Caradac
(1937) Fight for Your Lady
as Mr. Walton (uncredited)
(1941) Doctors Don't Tell
as Barney Millen
(1958) China Doll
as Father Cairns
(1935) Hitch Hike Lady
as Motorcycle cop
(1939) Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
as Hunk
(1936) Two in the Dark
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1935) Broadway Hostess
as Lucky's Henchman (uncredited)
(1983) Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1940) Kit Carson
as Ape
(1943) Slightly Dangerous
as Jimmy
(1934) The Poor Rich
as Motor Cop
(1952) Hellgate
as Lt. Tod Voorhees
(1937) Marry the Girl
as Motorcycle cop
(1939) The Cisco Kid and the Lady
as Walton
(1944) Home in Indiana
as Jed Bruce
(1942) Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Sgt. Scully
(1951) The Great Missouri Raid
as Maj. Marshal Trowbridge
(1936) The Big Game
as Gambler
(1940) Little Old New York
as Regan
(1937) Park Avenue Logger
as Paul Sangar
(1937) 23 1/2 Hours Leave
as Top Sgt. Burke
(1936) The Bride Walks Out
as Taxi Driver(uncredited)
(1954) The Bob Mathias Story
as Coach Virgil Jackson
(1937) Escape by Night
as Peter 'Spudsy' Baker
(1938) Prison Break
as Big Red Kincaid
(1930) Up the River
as Inmate Socked by Saint Louis (uncredited)
(1938) You Can't Take It with You
as Mike - the Detective (uncredited)
(1938) Born to Be Wild
as Bill Purvis
(1937) The Wildcatter
as Johnson
(1948) The Time of Your Life
as McCarthy
(1939) The Girl from Mexico
as Mexican Pete
(1934) Whirlpool
as Farley
(1934) The Defense Rests
as Hood
(1934) The Circus Clown
as Spectator
(1934) Here Comes the Groom
as Second Cop
(1934) Death on the Diamond
as Security Guard in Kelly's Room (uncredited)
(1934) 6 Day Bike Rider
as First Officer (uncredited)
(1934) Against the Law
as Tony Rizzo
(1935) Under Pressure
as Prize Fighter (uncredited)
(1935) Times Square Lady
as Dugan - Hockey Player (uncredited)
(1935) Justice of the Range
as Bob Brennan
(1935) His Night Out
as Lanky
(1935) Guard That Girl
as Budge Edwards
(1935) I Found Stella Parish
as Roman Soldier in Play (uncredited)
(1938) Hawaii Calls
as Muller
(1936) The First Baby
as Tough Guy
(1929) Words and Music
as Football Player
(1930) The Lone Star Ranger
as Townsman at the Dance (uncredited)
(1930) Cheer Up and Smile
as Boy at Sweetheart Dance (uncredited)
(1931) Three Girls Lost
as Airline Steward (uncredited)
(1931) The Brat
as Court Policeman (uncredited)
(1931) The Spider
as Cop (uncredited)
(1931) Sob Sister
as Ward, a Cop (uncredited)
(1931) Over the Hill
as Detective Escort (uncredited)
(1931) Maker of Men
as Football Player Pat (uncredited)
(1932) The Greeks Had a Word for Them
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
(1932) Bachelor's Affairs
as Cop (uncredited)
(1932) Hold 'Em Jail
as Football Player (uncredited)
(1932) 20,000 Years in Sing Sing
as Police Officer (uncredited)
(1933) Lucky Devils
as Crewman (uncredited)
(1933) State Trooper
as Undetermined Role
(1933) Obey the Law
as Kid Paris
(1933) Straightaway
as Hobo
(1936) Second Wife
as 1st Partner Politician (uncredited)
(1937) Woman-Wise
as Kramer (uncredited)
(1937) When's Your Birthday?
as Police Detective (uncredited)
(1937) Mountain Music
as G-Man (uncredited)
(1937) The Singing Marine
as First Sergeant (uncredited)
(1937) Souls at Sea
as Bit Part (uncredited)
(1937) The Game That Kills
as Tom Ferguson
(1938) Penitentiary
as Red Parsons - Prison Barber (uncredited)
(1934) Speed Wings
as Henchman (uncredited)
(1935) We're Only Human
as Bank Robber
(1943) They Came to Blow Up America
as FBI Chief Craig
(1935) Calm Yourself
as Detective with Roscoe (uncredited)
(1951) Bullfighter and the Lady
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1957) The Growler Story
as Quincannon
(1971) Directed by John Ford
as (archive footage)
(1936) Avenging Waters
as Marve Slater
(1934) A Man's Game
as Dave Jordon
(1935) Fighting Shadows
as Brad Harrison
(1935) Western Courage
as Lacrosse
(1936) The Cattle Thief
as Ranse Willard
(1938) The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Mongol Guard (uncredited)
(1934) Most Precious Thing in Life
as Head Coach Smith
(1939) Waterfront
as Mart Hendler
(1936) White Fang
as Thief (uncredited)
(1933) Heroes for Sale
as Red (uncredited)
(1938) Submarine Patrol
as Seaman Olaf Swanson
(1933) Unknown Valley
as Elder Snead
(1934) The Affairs of Cellini
as Palace Guard Finding Cellini's Clothes (uncredited)
(1939) They Made Me a Criminal
as Lenihan
(1935) One New York Night
as Policeman
(1955) A Man Alone
as Sheriff Gil Corrigan
(1932) Careless Lady
as Cop in Raid
(1939) The Oklahoma Kid
as Wes Handley
(1936) They Met in a Taxi
as Policeman
(1931) Arrowsmith
as Cop (uncredited)
(1937) They Gave Him a Gun
as MP (uncredited)
(1934) I'll Tell the World
as Dirigible Officer
(1938) Going Places
as Clarence - a Policeman
(1936) Fatal Lady
as American Stage Manager (uncredited)
(1936) Colleen
as Sweeney (uncredited)
(1938) Fugitives for a Night
as Gambler in Fake Fight
(1935) She Gets Her Man
as Chick
(1933) The Wrecker
as Cramer
(1952) The McGurk Way
as Dan McGurk 4th
(1935) 'G' Men
as Gunman at Train Station (uncredited)
(1935) Strangers All
as Ward, Assistant Director on Film Set
(1935) Grand Old Girl
as Mr. Clark - Football Coach
(1936) Without Orders
as Tim Casey
(1937) Devil's Playground
as Sidecar Wilson
(1935) Mary Jane's Pa
as Roughneck Leader
(1939) Son of Frankenstein
as Gendarme at Gate (uncredited)
(1939) Dodge City
as Bud Taylor
(1939) Mr. Moto in Danger Island
as Sailor Sam - Wrestler
(1936) Boulder Dam
as Pa's Guest (uncredited)
(1939) Union Pacific
as Tracklayer (uncredited)
(1939) Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as American Legionnaire (uncredited)
(1939) The Return of the Cisco Kid
as Accused Rustler (uncredited)
(1938) Professor Beware
as Motorcycle Cop
(1943) Hello, Frisco, Hello
as Sharkey
(1935) Murder in the Fleet
as 'Heavy' Johnson (Uncredited)
(1934) It Happened One Night
as Bus Driver (uncredited)
(1934) The Fighting Ranger
as Dave, Cougar Henchman
(1936) Fury
as Man (uncredited)
(1960) The Colter Craven Story
as ---
(1933) Son of a Sailor
as Joe
(1935) Devil Dogs of the Air
as Instructor
(1936) High Tension
as Husky Man
(1935) Too Tough to Kill
as Danny
(1937) A Fight to the Finish
as Eddie Hawkins
(1936) Legion of Terror
as Don Foster
(1948) Tap Roots
as Hoab Dabney
(1936) Conflict
as Gus 'Knockout' Carrigan
(1936) The Leathernecks Have Landed
as Tex
(1938) Numbered Woman
as Detective
(1939) Pardon Our Nerve
as Kid Ramsey
(1939) Trouble in Sundown
as Henchman Dusty
(1940) Virginia City
as Confederate Sergeant Checking Passengers (uncredited)
(1934) Frontier Marshal
as Ben Murchison
(1931) Quick Millions
as Cop in montage (uncredited)
(1935) Waterfront Lady
as Jess
(1940) City for Conquest
as First Policeman (uncredited)
(1933) College Coach
as Assistant Coach (uncredited)
(1938) Flight Into Nowhere
as ---
(1930) The Big Trail
as Sid Bascom (uncredited)
(1939) The Kid from Kokomo
as Ladislaw Klewicki
(1932) The Trial of Vivienne Ware
as Johnson (uncredited)
(1937) Topper
as Eddie (uncredited)
(1937) You Only Live Once
as Casey - Guard (uncredited)
(1937) Music for Madame
as Violets (Uncredited)
(1935) The Crimson Trail
as Luke Long
(1934) Girl in Danger
as Wynkoski
(1930) Born Reckless
as Sergeant
(1959) Alias Jesse James
as Major Seth Adams (uncredited)
(1938) Gun Law
as Henchman Pecos
(1929) So This Is College
as USC Player - #30 (uncredited)
(1933) Wild Boys of the Road
as Red the Brakeman (uncredited)
(1952) Thunderbirds
as Lt. John McCreery
(1937) The Soldier and the Lady
as Tartar Guard (Uncredited)
(1934) Men of the Night
as Det. John Connors
(1937) The Westland Case
as Connors - Death-Row Inmate
(1938) The Kid Comes Back
as Spike
(1928) Noah's Ark
as Flood Extra (uncredited)
(1932) Rackety Rax
as 'Brick' Gilligan
(1932) White Eagle
as Bart - Henchman
(1936) Muss 'em Up
as John Doe, a Gangster
(1934) The Crime of Helen Stanley
as Jack Baker
(1936) The Case Against Mrs. Ames
as Newsstand Customer
(1935) The Last Days of Pompeii
as Murmex of Carthage, a Gladiator (uncredited)
(1934) Chained
as Ship Steward (uncredited)
(1936) The Accusing Finger
as Recreation Room Guard
(1933) Police Car 17
as Bumps O'Neill
(1940) Sailor's Lady
as Shore Patrolman (uncredited)
(1935) Go Into Your Dance
as Herman Lahey
(1936) Crash Donovan
as The Drill Master
(1936) Pride of the Marines
as Gunner Brady
(1934) The Human Side
as Cop
(1934) School for Romance
as Husband
(1935) 3 Kids and a Queen
as Relative
(1932) That's My Boy
as Curley Decker
(1936) After the Thin Man
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1932) High Speed
as Ham
(1955) The Red, White and Blue Line
as Narrator
(1935) The Headline Woman
as Johnson
(1948) Sins of the Fathers
as ---
(1935) Black Fury
as Mac - Company Policeman
(2000) John Wayne-A Life on Film
as Self (archive footage)
(1953) General Electric Theater
as ---
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1954) Climax!
as Sheriff Ab Kale
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as M / Sgt. Lou Diamond
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Wagon Train
(1957) Wagon Train
as Major Seth Adams
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as Harvey Kendall
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Capt. Parker
(1949) The Silver Theatre
as ---
(1952) The Gulf Playhouse
as ---
(1950) The Bigelow Theatre
as ---
(1949) Suspense
as Bill Meeker
(1952) The Ford Television Theatre
as Lt. Pannetti
(1952) The Ford Television Theatre
as Hank Fetterman
(2004) Battleground
as Quincannon (archive footage)
(1955) Screen Director's Playhouse
as Larry 'Buck' Goodhue
(1955) Star Stage
as Patterson
(1953) The Christophers
as ---
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Western Skit