Ward Bond (April 9, 1903 - November 5, 1960) was an American film actor. April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...

Bond was born in Benkelman, Nebraska but grew up in Colorado. He was educated at the University of Southern California, where he played on the football team. While Bond was on the university football team, he became friends with future Hollywood star, John Wayne. Benkelman is a city located in Dundy County, Nebraska. ... This is the article on the state. ... The University of Southern California (also known as USC), Southern Californias oldest private research university, is located in the urban center of Los Angeles, California. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... ... John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), nicknamed Duke, was an Irish-American film actor whose career spanned the evolutionary phase of American cinema, appearing in silent movies and talkies alike. ...

Ward Bond made his film debut in 1929 and played over 200 roles. He was frequently typecast as an friendly policemen or as a brutal thug. He had a longtime working relationship with friend John Wayne as well as director John Ford, performing in such films as "The Searchers", "The Quiet Man", and "Fort Apache". He later starred in the popular NBC TV series Wagon Train from 1957 to 1965. 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Ford (February 1, 1894 - August 31, 1973) was one of the most accomplished American film directors of the 1930s to 1960s, known particularly as a director of the Westerns, although his tributes to the veterans of World War II and Americana are also equally effective. ... The Searchers is a 1956 epic Western film which tells the story of a man who spends years looking for his niece who was taken by Indians. It stars John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond and Natalie Wood. ... The Quiet Man was a 1952 American film starring John Wayne, Maureen OHara and Barry Fitzgerald, and directed by John Ford. ... Fort Apache may refer to: The White Mountain Apache Tribes reservation and former United States Army cavalry post near Whiteriver, Arizona. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American radio and television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Wagon Train was a television series on NBC from 1957 to 1965. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...

In the 1940s, Bond was an member of right-wing group called the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideas, whose major platform was opposition to alleged Communists in Hollywood. 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about communism as a form of society, as an ideology advocating that form of society, and as a popular movement. ... ...

The country singer Johnny Horton was driving to see Bond at a hotel to discuss a possible role in the fourth series of Wagon Train. Horton was killed in a car crash and Bond died from a massive heart attack later that day, aged only 57. At the funeral it was Bond's good friend John Wayne who gave the eulogy. John Gale Johnny Horton (April 30, 1925–November 5, 1960) was an American country music singer. ... Wagon Train was a television series on NBC from 1957 to 1965. ... A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ... John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), nicknamed Duke, was an Irish-American film actor whose career spanned the evolutionary phase of American cinema, appearing in silent movies and talkies alike. ...

For his contribution to the television industry, Ward Bond has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6933 Hollywood Blvd. In 2001, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. A small part of the Walk of Fame The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, California, United States, which is embedded with more than 2,000 five-pointed stars featuring the names of celebrities honored by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Hall of Great Western Performers is a Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. ... The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum was established in 1955 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. ... Downtown Oklahoma City The State Capitol of Oklahoma Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the state of Oklahoma in the United States of America. ...

See also: Other notable figures in Western films Notable figures in Western style motion pictures and/or television series some of whom have been voted into the Hall of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. ...