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Ward Bond
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Actor Born: April 9, 1903 in Benkelman, NE Death: November 5, 1960 Biography:American actor "Ward Bond" was a football player at the University of Southern California when, together with teammate and lifelong chum "John Wayne", he was hired for extra work in the silent film "Salute" (1928), directed by "John Ford". Both "Bond" and Wayne continued in films, but it was Wayne who ascended to stardom, while "Bond" would have to be content with bit roles and character parts throughout the 1930s. Mostly playing traffic cops, bus drivers and western heavies, "Bond" began getting better breaks after a showy role as the murderous Cass in "John Ford"'s "Young Mr. Lincoln" (1939). Ford cast "Bond" in important roles all through the 1940s, usually contriving to include at least one scene per picture in which the camera would favor "Bond"'s rather sizable posterior; it was an "inside" joke which delighted everyone on the set but "Bond". A starring role in Ford's "Wagonmaster" (1950)... Full Biography
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