Wardell Edwin Bond was an American film character actor. He 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 and Captain Clayton in John Ford’s The Searchers.
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Wardell Edwin Bond was an American film character actor. He 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 and Captain Clayton in John Ford’s The Searchers. Bond was born in Benkelman in Dundy County, Nebraska. He married Mary Louise Meyers in 1954 and they were together until his death in 1960. His friend John Wayne gave the eulogy at his funeral at his home in Dallas, Texas, on November 5, 1960, at the age of 57.
Bond died three days before Democrat John F. Kennedy narrowly defeated Nixon in the 1960 presidential election. He 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. Bond appeared in 13 films that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: Arrowsmith, Lady for a Day, You Can’t Take It with You, The Maltese Falcon, The Grapes of Wrath, The Long Voyage of Home, The Quiet Man and Mister Roberts.
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