Bond, Ward (1905-60)

 Actor. Ward Bond's Western career began in the epic The Big Trail and his last film but one was the Hawks classic Rio Bravo. In between he established a gruff though sometimes genial persona in a prolific career ranging from Buck Jones Westerns to more prestigious pictures such as Dodge City and Santa Fe Trail. He became a prominent member of the John Ford stock company of actors and played key supporting roles in many of Ford's best known Westerns, notably My Darling Clementine, Fort Apache, Wagon Master and The Searchers. At the end of his career he had great success with the anchor role in Wagon Train.