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Wardell Edwin Bond was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 200 films and 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).
Birth Name
Wardell E. Bond
Born
Thursday, 09 April 1903
Died
Saturday, 05 November 1960
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2015 |
| TV's Western Heroes | Maj. Seth Adams | 2013 |
| These Amazing Shadows | Detective Tom Polhaus (clip from The Maltese Falcon (1941)) | 2011 |
| John Wayne: Behind the Scenes | (archive footage) | 2007 |
| The Adventures of Errol Flynn | John L. Sullivan (archive footage) / John L. Sullivan | 2005 |
| Battleground | Quincannon | 2004 |
| John Ford Goes to War | Self | 2002 |
| 100 Years at the Movies | Self | 1994 |
| The Republic Pictures Story | John McIvers (clip from Johnny Guitar (1954)) | 1991 |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self | 1983 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2015 |
| TV's Western Heroes | Maj. Seth Adams | 2013 |
| These Amazing Shadows | Detective Tom Polhaus (clip from The Maltese Falcon (1941)) | 2011 |
| John Wayne: Behind the Scenes | (archive footage) | 2007 |
| The Adventures of Errol Flynn | John L. Sullivan (archive footage) / John L. Sullivan | 2005 |
| Battleground | Quincannon | 2004 |
| John Ford Goes to War | Self | 2002 |
| 100 Years at the Movies | Self | 1994 |
| The Republic Pictures Story | John McIvers (clip from Johnny Guitar (1954)) | 1991 |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self | 1983 |
| M*A*S*H | Morgan Earp in My Darling Clementine | 1972 |
| The American West of John Ford | actor 'Fort Apache' | 1971 |
| Directed by John Ford | (archive footage) | 1971 |
| Hollywood My Home Town | Self | 1965 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Wes Handley (clip from The Oklahoma Kid (1939)) | 1963 |
| Rio Bravo | Pat Wheeler | 1959 |
| Alias Jesse James | Major Seth Adams | 1959 |
| China Doll | Father Cairns | 1958 |
| Wagon Train | Major Seth Adams | 1957 |
| The Wings of Eagles | John Dodge | 1957 |
| The Growler Story | Quincannon | 1957 |
| The Halliday Brand | Big Dan Halliday | 1957 |
| Pillars of the Sky | Dr. Joseph Holden | 1956 |
| Dakota Incident | Sen. Blakely | 1956 |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Self - Western Skit / Self - Wagon Train | 1956 |
| The Searchers | Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton | 1956 |
| A Man Alone | Sheriff Gil Corrigan | 1955 |
| Screen Directors Playhouse | Larry 'Buck' Goodhue | 1955 |
| MGM Parade | Art Yackey | 1955 |
| Star Stage | Patterson | 1955 |
| Mister Roberts | Chief Petty Officer Dowdy / Dowdy | 1955 |
| The Long Gray Line | Capt. Herman J. Kohler / Herman Kohler | 1955 |
| The Bob Mathias Story | Coach Virgil Jackson | 1954 |
| Climax! | Sheriff Ab Kale | 1954 |
| Johnny Guitar | John McIvers | 1954 |
| Gypsy Colt | Frank MacWade | 1954 |
| Hondo | Buffalo Baker / Bufallo Baker | 1953 |
| The Moonlighter | Cole Gardner | 1953 |
| Blowing Wild | Dutch Peterson | 1953 |
| Thunderbirds | Lt. John McCreery | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Hank Fetterman / Lt. Pannetti | 1952 |
| Cavalcade of America | M / Sgt. Lou Diamond / Harvey Kendall | 1952 |
| Hellgate | Lt. Tod Voorhees | 1952 |
| The Quiet Man | Father Peter Lonergan | 1952 |
| On Dangerous Ground | Walter Brent | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Capt. Parker | 1951 |
| This Is Korea! | Narrator | 1951 |
| Bullfighter and the Lady | Narrator | 1951 |
| Only the Valiant | Cpl. Timothy Gilchrist | 1951 |
| The Great Missouri Raid | Maj. Marshal Trowbridge | 1951 |
| Operation Pacific | Cmdr. John T. 'Pop' Perry / John "Pop" Perry | 1951 |
| Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Inspector Charles Weber | 1950 |
| Wagon Master | Elder Wiggs | 1950 |
| Riding High | Lee | 1950 |
| Singing Guns | Sheriff Jim Caradac | 1950 |
| Suspense | Bill Meeker | 1949 |
| 3 Godfathers | Perley 'Buck' Sweet | 1948 |
| Joan of Arc | La Hire | 1948 |
| The Time of Your Life | McCarthy (a blatherskite) / McCarthy | 1948 |
| Tap Roots | Hoab Dabney | 1948 |
| Fort Apache | Sgt. Maj. Michael O'Rourke | 1948 |
| Sins of the Fathers | 1948 | |
| The Fugitive | El Gringo / James Calvert, aka 'El Gringo' | 1947 |
| Unconquered | John Fraser | 1947 |
| It's a Wonderful Life | Bert | 1946 |
| My Darling Clementine | Morgan Earp | 1946 |
| Canyon Passage | Honey Bragg | 1946 |
| They Were Expendable | 'Boats' Mulcahey C.B.M. / "Boats" Mulcahey, Chief Boatswain's Mate | 1945 |
| Dakota | Jim Bender | 1945 |
| Tall in the Saddle | 'Judge' Robert Garvey | 1944 |
| Home in Indiana | Jed Bruce | 1944 |
| The Fighting Sullivans | Lt. Cmdr. Robinson | 1944 |
| A Guy Named Joe | Al Yackey | 1943 |
| They Came to Blow Up America | FBI Chief Craig | 1943 |
| Hitler--Dead or Alive | Steve Maschick | 1943 |
| Slightly Dangerous | Jimmy | 1943 |
| Hello Frisco, Hello | Sharkey | 1943 |
| Gentleman Jim | John L. Sullivan | 1942 |
| Sin Town | Rock Delaney | 1942 |
| Ten Gentlemen from West Point | Sgt. Scully | 1942 |
| The Falcon Takes Over | Moose Malloy / Moose Malloy (Uncredited) | 1942 |
| Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Sheriff Edmunds | 1942 |
| Swamp Water | Tim Dorson | 1941 |
| The Maltese Falcon | Detective Tom Polhaus / Det. Tom Polhaus | 1941 |
| Sergeant York | Ike Botkin | 1941 |
| Doctors Don't Tell | Barney Millen | 1941 |
| Manpower | Eddie Adams | 1941 |
| The Shepherd of the Hills | Wash Gibbs | 1941 |
| A Man Betrayed | Floyd / Floyd, Amato's Goon | 1941 |
| Tobacco Road | Lov / Lov Bensey | 1941 |
| Know for Sure | 1941 | |
| Santa Fe Trail | Townley | 1940 |
| The Long Voyage Home | Yank | 1940 |
| City for Conquest | First Policeman | 1940 |
| Kit Carson | Ape | 1940 |
| Sailor's Lady | Shore Patrolman | 1940 |
| The Mortal Storm | Franz | 1940 |
| Buck Benny Rides Again | First Outlaw | 1940 |
| Virginia City | Confederate Sergeant Checking Passengers | 1940 |
| The Grapes of Wrath | Needles Policeman / Policeman | 1940 |
| Little Old New York | Regan | 1940 |
| Gone with the Wind | Tom - Yankee Captain / Tom the Yankee Captain | 1940 |
| The Cisco Kid and the Lady | Walton | 1939 |
| Drums Along the Mohawk | Adam Hartman | 1939 |
| Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence | Hunk | 1939 |
| Dust Be My Destiny | First Thug on Train | 1939 |
| Frontier Marshal | Town Marshal | 1939 |
| Waterfront | Mart Hendler | 1939 |
| The Girl from Mexico | Mexican Pete - the Wrestler / Mexican Pete | 1939 |
| Young Mr. Lincoln | John Palmer Cass | 1939 |
| The Kid from Kokomo | Ladislaw Klewicki | 1939 |
| Confessions of a Nazi Spy | American Legionnaire | 1939 |
| Union Pacific | Bit Part | 1939 |
| The Return of the Cisco Kid | Accused Rustler | 1939 |
| Dodge City | Bud Taylor | 1939 |
| Mr. Moto in Danger Island | Sailor Sam - Wrestler | 1939 |
| Trouble in Sundown | Dusty - Henchman / Henchman Dusty | 1939 |
| The Oklahoma Kid | Wes Handley | 1939 |
| Pardon Our Nerve | Kid Ramsey | 1939 |
| Made for Each Other | Jim Hatton | 1939 |
| They Made Me a Criminal | Lenihan | 1939 |
| Son of Frankenstein | Policeman | 1939 |
| Going Places | Clarence - a Policeman | 1938 |
| Submarine Patrol | Seaman Olaf Swanson | 1938 |
| The Law West of Tombstone | Mulligan P. Martinez | 1938 |
| Fugitives for a Night | Gambler in Fake Fight | 1938 |
| You Can't Take It with You | Mike - the Detective | 1938 |
| The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Tug | 1938 |
| Prison Break | Big Red Kincaid | 1938 |
| Reformatory | Mac Grady | 1938 |
| Professor Beware | Motorcycle Cop | 1938 |
| Numbered Woman | Detective / Mr. Aldrich | 1938 |
| Gun Law | Henchman Pecos | 1938 |
| Flight Into Nowhere | Radio Operator | 1938 |
| Mr. Moto's Gamble | Biff Moran | 1938 |
| The Adventures of Marco Polo | Mongol Guard | 1938 |
| Over the Wall | Eddie Edwards | 1938 |
| Hawaii Calls | Muller | 1938 |
| Bringing Up Baby | Motorcycle Cop at Jail | 1938 |
| Born to Be Wild | Bill Purvis | 1938 |
| Of Human Hearts | Lout Laughing in Church | 1938 |
| The Kid Comes Back | Spike / Spike - Sparring Partner | 1938 |
| Fight for Your Lady | Mr. Walton | 1937 |
| The Westland Case | Connors - Death-Row Inmate | 1937 |
| Music for Madame | Violets / Violets (Uncredited) | 1937 |
| The Game That Kills | Tom Ferguson | 1937 |
| Escape by Night | Peter 'Spudsy' Baker | 1937 |
| Dead End | Doorman | 1937 |
| Souls at Sea | Bit Part | 1937 |
| Topper | Eddie - Cab Driver Slugged by Topper | 1937 |
| Marry the Girl | Motorcycle cop / First Motorcycle Policeman | 1937 |
| The Singing Marine | First Sergeant | 1937 |
| A Fight to the Finish | Eddie Hawkins | 1937 |
| Mountain Music | G-Man | 1937 |
| The Wildcatter | Johnson | 1937 |
| They Gave Him a Gun | Military Policeman | 1937 |
| Night Key | Fingers | 1937 |
| The Soldier and the Lady | Tartar Guard / Tartar Guard (Uncredited) | 1937 |
| 23 1/2 Hours Leave | Top Sgt. Burke | 1937 |
| Park Avenue Logger | Paul Sangar | 1937 |
| When's Your Birthday? | Police Detective | 1937 |
| Devil's Playground | Sidecar Wilson | 1937 |
| You Only Live Once | Casey - Guard | 1937 |
| Woman-Wise | Kramer | 1937 |
| After the Thin Man | Party Guest | 1936 |
| Conflict | Gus 'Knockout' Carrigan | 1936 |
| The Accusing Finger | Prison Guard / Recreation Room Guard | 1936 |
| Legion of Terror | Don Foster | 1936 |
| Without Orders | Tim Casey | 1936 |
| The Big Game | Gambler | 1936 |
| The Man Who Lived Twice | John 'Gloves' Baker | 1936 |
| They Met in a Taxi | Policeman | 1936 |
| Crash Donovan | The Drill Master | 1936 |
| White Fang | Thief | 1936 |
| High Tension | Husky Man | 1936 |
| The Bride Walks Out | Taxi Driver | 1936 |
| Fury | Man | 1936 |
| The Cattle Thief | Ranse Willard | 1936 |
| Fatal Lady | American Stage Manager | 1936 |
| The Case Against Mrs. Ames | Newsstand Customer / Newspaper Buyer | 1936 |
| Avenging Waters | Marve Slater | 1936 |
| The First Baby | Tough Guy | 1936 |
| Colleen | Sweeney - Second Officer | 1936 |
| Boulder Dam | Pa's Guest | 1936 |
| The Leathernecks Have Landed | Tex | 1936 |
| Muss 'em Up | 'John Doe' - a Gangster / John Doe, a Gangster | 1936 |
| Two in the Dark | Policeman / Policeman in Park | 1936 |
| Hitch Hike Lady | Motorcycle Officer / Motorcycle cop | 1935 |
| We're Only Human | Bank Robber / Grover's Bank Robber | 1935 |
| Too Tough to Kill | Danny | 1935 |
| Broadway Hostess | Lucky's Henchman | 1935 |
| I Found Stella Parish | Roman Soldier in Play | 1935 |
| Guard That Girl | Budge Edwards | 1935 |
| Western Courage | Lacrosse | 1935 |
| 3 Kids and a Queen | Relative | 1935 |
| The Last Days of Pompeii | Murmex of Carthage, a Gladiator | 1935 |
| Waterfront Lady | Jess | 1935 |
| Little Big Shot | Kell's Henchman | 1935 |
| She Gets Her Man | Chick | 1935 |
| Calm Yourself | Detective with Roscoe | 1935 |
| Justice of the Range | Bob Brennan | 1935 |
| Murder in the Fleet | Heavy Johnson / 'Heavy' Johnson (Uncredited) | 1935 |
| The Headline Woman | Johnson | 1935 |
| The Informer | Man | 1935 |
| 'G' Men | Gunman at Train Station | 1935 |
| Mary Jane's Pa | Roughneck Leader | 1935 |
| Strangers All | Ward, Assistant Director on Film Set | 1935 |
| Go Into Your Dance | Herman Lahey | 1935 |
| Fighting Shadows | Brad Harrison | 1935 |
| Black Fury | Mac - Company Policeman | 1935 |
| The Crimson Trail | Luke Long | 1935 |
| Times Square Lady | Dugan - Hockey Player | 1935 |
| One New York Night | Policeman | 1935 |
| Devil Dogs of the Air | Instructor | 1935 |
| Under Pressure | Prize Fighter | 1935 |
| Grand Old Girl | Mr. Clark - Football Coach | 1935 |
| Broadway Bill | Morgan's Henchman | 1934 |
| Men of the Night | Det. John Connors | 1934 |
| Against the Law | Tony Rizzo | 1934 |
| 6 Day Bike Rider | First Officer | 1934 |
| Death on the Diamond | Security Guard in Kelly's Room | 1934 |
| Girl in Danger | Wynkoski | 1934 |
| Chained | Ship Steward | 1934 |
| The Affairs of Cellini | Palace Guard Finding Cellini's Clothes | 1934 |
| The Defense Rests | Hood | 1934 |
| The Circus Clown | Spectator / Unimpressed Man in Audience | 1934 |
| Here Comes the Groom | Second Cop | 1934 |
| A Man's Game | Dave Jordon | 1934 |
| Most Precious Thing in Life | Head Coach Smith | 1934 |
| I'll Tell the World | Dirigible Officer | 1934 |
| The Crime of Helen Stanley | Jack Baker | 1934 |
| Whirlpool | Farley | 1934 |
| Voice in the Night | Bob Hall | 1934 |
| The Fighting Ranger | Dave, Cougar Henchman | 1934 |
| It Happened One Night | Bus Driver #1 | 1934 |
| The Poor Rich | Motor Cop | 1934 |
| Speed Wings | Henchman | 1934 |
| The Fighting Code | Joe Krull | 1933 |
| Straightaway | Hobo | 1933 |
| Son of a Sailor | Joe | 1933 |
| College Coach | Assistant Coach | 1933 |
| Wild Boys of the Road | Red - Railroad Brakeman | 1933 |
| Police Car 17 | Bumps O'Neill | 1933 |
| Lady for a Day | Mounted Policeman | 1933 |
| The Wrecker | Cramer | 1933 |
| Heroes for Sale | Red-Squad Member | 1933 |
| Unknown Valley | Elder Snead | 1933 |
| State Trooper | Undetermined Role | 1933 |
| Lucky Devils | Crewman | 1933 |
| 20,000 Years in Sing Sing | Police Officer | 1932 |
| Flesh | Muscles Manning | 1932 |
| That's My Boy | Curly Decker / Curley Decker | 1932 |
| Air Mail | Joe Barnes | 1932 |
| Virtue | Frank | 1932 |
| Rackety Rax | 'Brick' Gilligan | 1932 |
| Hold 'Em Jail | Football Player | 1932 |
| Hello Trouble | Heavy Kennedy | 1932 |
| Bachelor's Affairs | Cop | 1932 |
| The Trial of Vivienne Ware | Johnson | 1932 |
| Careless Lady | Cop in Raid | 1932 |
| High Speed | Ham | 1932 |
| The Greeks Had a Word for Them | Taxi Driver | 1932 |
| Arrowsmith | Cop | 1931 |
| Over the Hill | Detective Escort | 1931 |
| The Spider | Cop | 1931 |
| Maker of Men | Football Player Pat | 1931 |
| Three Girls Lost | Airline Steward | 1931 |
| Quick Millions | Cop in montage | 1931 |
| A Connecticut Yankee | Queen's Knight | 1931 |
| The Big Trail | Sid Bascom | 1930 |
| Up the River | Inmate Socked by Saint Louis | 1930 |
| Cheer Up and Smile | Boy at Sweetheart Dance | 1930 |
| Born Reckless | Sergeant | 1930 |
| The Lone Star Ranger | Townsman at the Dance | 1930 |
| So This Is College | USC Player - #30 | 1929 |
| Salute | Midshipman Harold | 1929 |
| Noah's Ark | Flood Extra | 1928 |
