FrameThrower · Actors · Ward Bond
Ward Bond
8 films · 520 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1941–1959
Born 9 April 1903 · Benkelman, Nebraska, USA · died 5 November 1960
Wardell Edwin Bond was an American film character actor whose rugged appearance and easygoing charm were featured in more than 200 films, as well as in the NBC television series Wagon Train from 1957 to 1961. 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).
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 8 films · 520 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1941–1959
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 520 frames from the 8 films we hold. This is the look of the work Ward takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 8 films we hold, 52% of their frames are night, 45% low key — the look of the work Ward takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
On Dangerous Ground
1951 · Walter Brent
Rio Bravo
1959 · Pat Wheeler
Johnny Guitar
1954 · John McIvers
My Darling Clementine
1946 · Morgan Earp
It’s A Wonderful Life
1946 · Bert
They Were Expendable
1945 · "Boats" Mulcahey, Chief Boatswain's Mate
The Maltese Falcon
1941 · Det. Tom Polhaus
The Searchers
· Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 520 frames from Ward Bond's 8 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.