Ward Bond

Wardell Edwin Bond^[1] (9. april 1903 – 5. novembar 1960) bio je američki filmski glumac koji je u karijeri imao niz zapaženih karakternih uloga.

Ward Bond
u filmu A Guy Named Joe (1943)
Rođen/a	Wardell E. Bond 9. 4. 1903. Benkelman, Nebraksa
Umro/la	5. novembra 1960. (dob: 57) Dallas
Period aktivnosti	1929–1960
Suprug/a/e/zi	Mary Louise May (1954-1960) (njegova smrt) Doris Sellers Childs (1936-1944) (razvod)

Bond je rođen u Benkelmanu u Nebraski, a odrastao u Denveru. Upisao se na studij na Univerzitetu Južne Kalifornije, gdje je igrao za tamošnji football tim zajedno s John Wayne|Johnom Wayneom koji će mu postati dugogodišnji prijatelj. Njih dvojicu je John Ford angažirao za film Salute, što je bio početak duge i plodne karijere i suradnje s poznatim režiserom. Osim kod Forda, Bond se istakao ulogama u filmovimaa Franka Capre.

1957. je Bond, dotada specijaliziran za sporedne uloge, dobio ulogu majora Setha Adamsa, protagonista popularne TV-serije Wagon Train. Nju je igrao sve do iznenadne smrti od srčanog udara 1960.

Djelomična filmografija

• Salute (1929)
• Words and Music (1929) (mala uloga)
• The Big Trail (1930)
• Arrowsmith (1931) (van špice)
• Virtue (1932)
• Lady for a Day (1933) (van špice)
• Frontier Marshal (1934)
• It Happened One Night (1934) (van špice)
• Conflict (1936)
• Topper (1937) (van špice)
• Bringing Up Baby (1938) (van špice)
• The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
• You Can't Take It with You (1938) (van špice)
• The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
• Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
• Frontier Marshal (1939)
• Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
• Gone With the Wind (1939)
• The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
• The Mortal Storm (1940)
• The Long Voyage Home (1940)
• Virginia City (1940)
• Tobacco Road (1941)
• A Man Betrayed (1941)
• Sergeant York (1941)
• The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)
• Manpower (1941)
• The Maltese Falcon (1941)
• Gentleman Jim (1942)
• Slightly Dangerous (1943)
• A Guy Named Joe (1943)
• The Sullivans, preimenovan u The Fighting Sullivans (1944)
• Tall in the Saddle (1944)
• They Were Expendable (1945)
• Dakota (1945)
• My Darling Clementine (1946)
• It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
• Unconquered (1947)
• The Fugitive (1947)
• Fort Apache (1948)
• Tap Roots (1948)
• 3 Godfathers (1948)
• The Time of Your Life (1948)
• Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
• Only the Valiant (1951)
• Operation Pacific (1951)
• On Dangerous Ground (1952)
• The Quiet Man (1952)
• Blowing Wild (1953)
• Hondo (1953)
• Johnny Guitar (1954)
• The Long Gray Line (1955)
• Mister Roberts (1955)
• The Searchers (1956)
• The Wings of Eagles (1957)
• The Halliday Brand (1957)
• Rio Bravo (1959)