Wardell E. Bond
| Sign | Aries |
| Born | Apr 9, 1903 Benkelman, NE |
| Died | Nov 5, 1960 Dallas, TX |
| Age | Died at 57 |
| Final Resting PlaceCremated | |
Ward Bond | |
| Job | Actor |
| Years active | 1929-1960 |
| Known for | Irish policemen, boxers, rugged warm-hearted westerners |
| Top Roles | Bert, Policeman, Mike, Mounted Policeman, Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton |
| Top Genres | Drama, Romance, Comedy, Crime, Western, Action |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, World War II, Romance (Drama) |
| Top Collaborators | John Ford (Director), Hal B. Wallis (Producer), Frank Capra (Director), Merian C. Cooper (Producer) |
| Shares birthday with | Paul Robeson, Brandon De Wilde, Jean-Paul Belmondo see more.. |
Ward Bond Overview:
Legendary character actor, Ward Bond, was born Wardell E. Bond on Apr 9, 1903 in Benkelman, NE. Bond appeared in over 270 film and TV roles. His best known films include Drums Along the Mohawk (as Adam Hartman), The Maltese Falcon (as Detective Tom Polhaus), The Searchers (as Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton), Mister Roberts (as Chief Petty Officer Dowdy) --- and It's a Wonderful Life (as Bert). You can also catch a glimpse of him in It Happened One Night (as the first bus driver, uncredited) and Bringing Up Baby (as the motorcycle copy at the jail, uncredited). He is most famously known for his TV role as Major Seth Adams in Wagon Train (1957-1961). Bond died at the age of 57 on Nov 5, 1960 in Dallas, TX and was cremated and his ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean between Newport Beach and C.
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After a start in small roles, Bond was often cast as Irish policemen or boxers, and was also employed by director John Ford in progressively juicier parts, usually as rugged, warm-hearted westerners. He also enjoyed great success as the wagonmaster in TV's Wagon Train.
(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Illustrated Dictionary of Film Character Actors).HONORS and AWARDS:
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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Television. In addition, Bond was inducted into the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum . Bond was never nominated for an Academy Award.
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on Dec 11, 2021 From Caftan WomanAri, The Classic Movie Muse is hosting the It's a Wonderful Life Blogathon, A 75th Anniversary Celebration. Click HERE to access the tributes to Capra's Classic. Assuming you have lost count of the number of times you have watched the movie, spoilers abound.It's a Wonderful Life is a story of dreams... Read full article
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By Caftan Woman on Aug 6, 2009 From Caftan WomanApril 9, 1903 - November 5, 1960Caftan Woman has been watching movies again, and again she has found a performance overlooked at Award time. This time back in 1952 by prolific character actor .Nebraska born Bond was attending the University of Southern California when he and a fel... Read full article
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Ward Bond Quotes:
Father Peter Lonergan, Narrator: Well, then. Now. I'll begin at the beginnin'. A fine soft day in the spring, it was, when the train pulled into Castletown, three hours late as usual, and himself got off. He didn't have the look of an American tourist at all about him. Not a camera on him; what was worse, not even a fishin' rod.
Elder Wiggs: [to Sandy] Keep you shirton, son. Your face looks honest to me even if it is homely.
James J. Corbett aka Gentleman Jim: The first time I saw you fight I was just a bit of a kid. There wasn't a man alive who could have stood up to you then. And tonight, well, I was just mighty glad that you weren't the John L. Sullivan of ten years ago.
John L. Sullivan: Is that what you're thinkin' now?
James J. Corbett aka Gentleman Jim: That's what I was thinking before I got into the ring with you.
John L. Sullivan: That's a fine decent thing for you to say, Jim. I don't knopw how we might have come out, oh, say, eight or ten tears ago. I... maybe I was faster then, but if I was, tonight you're the fastest thing on two feet
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