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Ward Bond

1903 - 1960

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Wardell Edwin Bond (April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960) was an American character actor who appeared in more than 200 films and starred 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). As a character actor, Bond frequently played cowboys, cops, or soldiers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ward Bond is the 3,181st most popular actor (down from 3,130th in 2019), the 5,347th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,738th in 2019) and the 1,510th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ward Bond ranks 3,181 out of 13,578Before him are Scilla Gabel, Stefania Casini, Fahriye Evcen, Robin Shou, Janet Ågren, and Barry Jackson. After him are Elvira Popescu, Art Carney, Adrienne Barbeau, Tim Blake Nelson, Ninón Sevilla, and Michael Brandon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Ward Bond ranks 186Before him are Siegfried Kasche, Gaito Gazdanov, Márton Bukovi, Nikolay Cherkasov, Kea Bouman, and Jimmy Ball. After him are Ella Maillart, Kathleen Lonsdale, Julie Vlasto, Ivan Galamian, Georgy Beriev, and Ary Barroso. Among people deceased in 1960, Ward Bond ranks 134Before him are Semyon Lavochkin, Catherine Desnitski, Harry Schell, Marcello Piacentini, Oliver Kirk, and André Patry. After him are Mitrofan Nedelin, Lottie Dod, Wander Johannes de Haas, Hisamuddin of Selangor, Eduard Čech, and Wu Lien-teh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ward Bond ranks 5,347 out of 20,380Before him are Jimmy Douglas (1898), Hot Rod Hundley (1934), John Tukey (1915), Oliver Kirk (1884), Jon Krakauer (1954), and Kaʻahumanu (1768). After him are Norman Vincent Peale (1898), Freddie Hubbard (1938), Francis Scott Key (1779), Sumner Paine (1868), Angry Grandpa (1950), and Ed Lee (1952).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ward Bond ranks 1,510Before him are Barbara Harris (1935), Lainie Kazan (1940), Sally Kirkland (1941), Gregory Hines (1946), Arsenio Hall (1956), and Roseanne Barr (1952). After him are Art Carney (1918), Adrienne Barbeau (1945), Tim Blake Nelson (1964), Michael Brandon (1945), Russ Tamblyn (1934), and Robert Prosky (1930).