Wardell Edwin Bond (April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960)[1] character actor who appeared in more than 200 films and starred in the NBC television series Wagon Train Frank Capra 's It's a Wonderful Life John Ford 's The Searchers
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Ward Bond
Born Wardell Edwin Bond
(1903-04-09 ) April 9, 1903Died November 5, 1960(1960-11-05) (aged 57) Alma mater University of Southern California Occupation Actor Years active 1929–1960 Spouses
Doris Sellers Childs
( m. 1936
; div. 1944
) Mary Louise May
( m. 1954
)
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Bond was born in Benkelman in Dundy County, Nebraska . The Bond family, John W., Mabel L. and sister Bernice, lived in Benkelman until 1919 when they moved to Denver , Colorado, where Bond graduated from East High School .[2]
Bond attended the Colorado School of Mines [2] University of Southern California and played football on the same team with future USC coach Jess Hill . At 6'2" and 195 pounds, Bond was a starting lineman on USC's first national-championship team in 1928 . He graduated from USC in 1931 with a bachelor of science degree in engineering.[2]
Bond and John Wayne , who had played tackle for USC in 1926 before an injury ended his career, became lifelong friends and colleagues. Bond, Wayne and the entire USC team were hired to appear in Salute George O'Brien and directed by John Ford . During filming, Bond and Wayne befriended Ford, who would later direct them in several films.
As Reverend Captain Clayton in The Searchers Bond made his screen debut in Salute Wagon Train Frank Capra , performing in such films as The Searchers Drums Along the Mohawk The Quiet Man They Were Expendable Fort Apache It Happened One Night It's a Wonderful Life Riding High
Among his other well-known films were Bringing Up Baby Gone with the Wind The Maltese Falcon Sergeant York Gentleman Jim Joan of Arc Rio Bravo Raoul Walsh 's 1930 widescreen wagon train epic The Big Trail
Bond later starred in the popular series Wagon Train from 1957 until his death. Wagon Train was inspired by the 1950 film Wagon Master Wagon Master was influenced by the earlier The Big Trail . For Wagon Train , Bond was assigned the lead role of the crusty but compassionate Major Seth Adams, the trail master.
During the 1940s, Bond was a member of the conservative group called the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals , whose major platform was opposition to communists in the film industry.[2]
With John Wayne in The Searchers (1956) On the American Film Institute 's "100 Years... 100 Movies" list—both the original and the tenth anniversary edition— Bond appears in the casts more often than any other actor, albeit always in a supporting role: It Happened One Night Bringing Up Baby Gone with the Wind (1939), The Grapes of Wrath The Maltese Falcon (1941), It's a Wonderful Life (1946), and The Searchers (1956).
Bond appeared in 13 films that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture :[3] Arrowsmith Lady for a Day It Happened One Night Dead End (1937), You Can't Take It with You Gone with the Wind (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), The Long Voyage Home The Maltese Falcon (1941), Sergeant York It's a Wonderful Life (1946), The Quiet Man Mister Roberts
Bond starred in 23 films with John Wayne:
Bond married Doris Sellers Childs in 1936, but they divorced in 1944. In 1954, he married Mary Louise Meyers, and they remained together until his death in November 1960.
Bond was an early and virulent anti–communist .[4]
Bond suffered a massive heart attack while at a hotel in Dallas with his wife. He was pronounced dead at a hospital on November 5, 1960, at the age of 57. His close friend John Wayne delivered the eulogy at his funeral. Bond's will bequeathed to Wayne the shotgun with which Wayne had once accidentally shot Bond on a hunting trip.[5]
Country singer Johnny Horton was killed in an auto accident in Texas the same day that Ward Bond died, and a baseless urban legend arose that Horton was on his way to Dallas to meet Bond who was to offer Horton a role on Wagon Train. There was no truth to the rumor.[6] Cotton Bowl .[7]
For his contribution to the television industry, Bond has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard. It was dedicated on February 8, 1960.[8] Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City .[9]
Filmography
Lobby card for Wild Boys of the Road Jean Rogers , John Wayne, and Bond in Conflict Bond (r.) with Humphrey Bogart , Mary Astor , Barton MacLane and Peter Lorre in The Maltese Falcon Bond in A Guy Named Joe John Wayne and Bond in Tall in the Saddle Ben Johnson , Harry Carey Jr. and Bond in John Ford 's Wagon Master Lobby card for The Quiet Man Publicity image of Robert Horton and Bond for Wagon Train , c. 1957 Noah's Ark Words and Music Salute So This Is College The Lone Star Ranger Born Reckless Cheer Up and Smile The Big Trail Up The River The Doorway to Hell A Connecticut Yankee Quick Millions Three Girls Lost The Brat The Spider Sob Sister Over the Hill Arrowsmith Maker of Men Blonde Crazy The Greeks Had a Word for Them High Speed Careless Lady The Trial of Vivienne Ware Bachelor's Affairs Hello Trouble Hold 'Em Jail White Eagle (1932) as Henchman BartRackety Rax Virtue Air Mail Flesh Sundown Rider Lucky Devils State Trooper Obey the Law Unknown Valley When Strangers Marry Heroes for Sale The Wrecker Lady for a Day Wild Boys of the Road Police Car 17 College Coach Son of a Sailor Straightaway The Fighting Code Frontier Marshal School for Romance (1934, Short) as HusbandSpeed Wings It Happened One Night The Poor Rich The Fighting Ranger Voice in the Night Whirlpool The Crime of Helen Stanley I'll Tell the World The Most Precious Thing in Life Here Comes the Groom A Man's Game The Circus Clown The Defense Rests The Affairs of Cellini Chained The Human Side Girl in Danger Death on the Diamond 6 Day Bike Rider Against the Law Men of the Night Broadway Bill Grand Old Girl Under Pressure Devil Dogs of the Air One New York Night Times Square Lady The Crimson Trail Black Fury Fighting Shadows G Men Go Into Your Dance Strangers All Mary Jane's Pa The Headline Woman Murder in the Fleet Justice of the Range Calm Yourself She Gets Her Man Little Big Shot His Night Out Waterfront Lady The Last Days of Pompeii Three Kids and a Queen Western Courage Guard That Girl I Found Stella Parish Broadway Hostess Too Tough to Kill We're Only Human Hitch Hike Lady Two in the Dark Muss 'Em Up The Leathernecks Have Landed Boulder Dam Colleen The First Baby Pride of the Marines The Case Against Mrs. Ames Avenging Waters Fatal Lady The Cattle Thief Fury High Tension The Bride Walks Out White Fang Crash Donovan Second Wife They Met in a Taxi The Man Who Lived Twice The Big Game Without Orders Legion of Terror The Accusing Finger Conflict After the Thin Man Woman-Wise You Only Live Once Devil's Playground When's Your Birthday? Park Avenue Logger 23 1/2 Hours' Leave The Soldier and the Lady Night Key They Gave Him a Gun The Wildcatter Mountain Music A Fight to the Finish The Singing Marine Marry the Girl Topper Dead End Escape by Night The Game That Kills Music for Madame The Westland Case Fight for Your Lady The Go Getter Souls at Sea Penitentiary Of Human Hearts The Kid Comes Back Bringing Up Baby Born to Be Wild Hawaii Calls Mr. Moto's Gamble Over the Wall The Adventures of Marco Polo Flight into Nowhere Gun Law Numbered Woman Reformatory Professor Beware Prison Break The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse You Can't Take It with You Fugitives for a Night Submarine Patrol The Law West of Tombstone Going Places They Made Me a Criminal Made for Each Other Pardon Our Nerve The Oklahoma Kid Trouble in Sundown Dodge City Mr. Moto in Danger Island Confessions of a Nazi Spy Union Pacific The Return of the Cisco Kid The Kid from Kokomo Young Mr. Lincoln The Girl from Mexico Waterfront Frontier Marshal Dust Be My Destiny Drums Along the Mohawk Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence Gone with the Wind The Cisco Kid and the Lady Son of Frankenstein The Grapes of Wrath Little Old New York Virginia City Confederate Sergeant Checking Passengers (uncredited)Buck Benny Rides Again The Mortal Storm Sailor's Lady Kit Carson City for Conquest The Long Voyage Home Santa Fe Trail Tobacco Road A Man Betrayed Sergeant York The Shepherd of the Hills Manpower Doctors Don't Tell The Maltese Falcon Swamp Water Know for Sure (1941, Short) as Patient (uncredited)Wild Bill Hickok Rides The Falcon Takes Over Ten Gentlemen from West Point Sin Town Hitler – Dead or Alive Gentleman Jim In This Our Life Hello Frisco, Hello Slightly Dangerous They Came to Blow Up America A Guy Named Joe The Sullivans , renamed The Fighting Sullivans Home in Indiana Tall in the Saddle Dakota They Were Expendable Canyon Passage My Darling Clementine Morgan Earp It's a Wonderful Life Unconquered The Fugitive Fort Apache Sins of the Fathers The Time of Your Life Tap Roots Joan of Arc 3 Godfathers Singing Guns Riding High Wagon Master Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye Operation Pacific The Great Missouri Raid Only the Valiant Bullfighter and the Lady On Dangerous Ground The Quiet Man Hellgate Thunderbirds Blowing Wild The Moonlighter Hondo Gypsy Colt Johnny Guitar The Bob Mathias Story The Long Gray Line Mister Roberts A Man Alone The Searchers Dakota Incident Pillars of the Sky The Halliday Brand The Wings of Eagles China Doll Rio Bravo Alias Jesse James
"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 )"Ward Bond" . Hollywood Walk of Fame . Archived from the original on September 29, 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2017 . Bibliography
Alistair, Rupert (2018). "Ward Bond". The Name Below the Title : 65 Classic Movie Character Actors from Hollywood's Golden Age (softcover) (First ed.). Great Britain: Independently published. pp. 44–46. ISBN 978-1-7200-3837-5
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