Ward Bond

Wardell Edwin Bond was an American film 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 and soldiers.

9 April 1903

Born on the same birth day (9 April): Danielle Kahle • Drew Shafer • Hal Ketchum • Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway • Jazmine Sullivan • Jeff Turner • Joolz Denby • Lil Nas X • Linda Kisabaka • Rick Tocchet • Yamina Benguigui

Born in the same month (April 1903): Andrey Kolmogorov • Clare Turlay Newberry • Doc Edgerton • Edwin T. Layton • Eliot Ness • Gregor Piatigorsky • Guy Simonds • Jan Tinbergen • John Williams (actor) • José Antonio Primo de Rivera • Marion Aye • Patroklos Karantinos