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Ward Bond

1903 - 1960

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Wardell Edwin Bond (April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960) 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ward Bond has received more than 3,699,325 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Ward Bond is the 3,146th most popular actor (up from 3,173rd in 2019), the 4,913th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,075th in 2019) and the 1,485th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ward Bond ranks 3,146 out of 9,996. Before him are William Daniels, Carole Landis, Naveen Andrews, Phylicia Rashad, Gummo Marx, and Vitaly Solomin. After him are Ed O'Ross, Thandie Newton, Eva Gabor, Jüri Järvet, Carol Kane, and Mario Casas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Ward Bond ranks 185. Before him are Leo Huberman, Charles Rigoulot, Georgy Beriev, Anne Revere, Big Bill Broonzy, and Gioacchino Colombo. After him are Julio Antonio Mella, Vincent Richards, Graham Sutherland, Natallia Arsiennieva, Claude Dauphin, and Alejandro Casona. Among people deceased in 1960, Ward Bond ranks 124. Before him are Zora Neale Hurston, Harry Schell, Ken McArthur, Semyon Bogdanov, Dirk Jan de Geer, and André Patry. After him are Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, Oliver Kirk, Paul Fort, Walter Noddack, Wander Johannes de Haas, and Noël Bas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ward Bond ranks 4,913 out of 18,182. Before him are William Daniels (1927), George Bellows (1882), Carole Landis (1919), Bill Vukovich (1918), Phylicia Rashad (1948), and Gummo Marx (1893). After him are Ed O'Ross (1949), Lucien Carr (1925), Floyd Council (1911), Jerry Sloan (1942), Sable (1967), and Denis Leary (1957).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ward Bond ranks 1,485. Before him are Shelley Long (1949), Roy Rogers (1911), William Daniels (1927), Carole Landis (1919), Phylicia Rashad (1948), and Gummo Marx (1893). After him are Ed O'Ross (1949), Carol Kane (1952), John Agar (1921), Tony Danza (1951), Selma Blair (1972), and John Terry (1950).

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