who played bert the cop in it's a wonderful life
Ward Bond
title: Ward Bond text: Ward Bond Wardell Edwin Bond (April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960) was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 200 films and 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). Bond was born in Benkelman in Dundy County, Nebraska. Benkelman is a small town located in the southwestern corner of the state near the Kansas and Colorado state lines. The Bond family, John W., Mabel L., and sister Bernice, title: Ward Bond text: Cotton Bowl (which ended in a scoreless tie). In addition, since Bond was only the star of "Wagon Train" and not a producer, he was not responsible for casting. Ward Bond Wardell Edwin Bond (April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960) was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 200 films and 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). Bond was born in Benkelman in Dundy County, Nebraska. Benkelman title: It's a Wonderful Life text: believed that the characters of Bert and Ernie on "Sesame Street" were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the cabdriver; however, in a correction for the 1999 "Annual Xmas Quiz" in the "San Francisco Chronicle", which made this claim, series writer Jerry Juhl confirmed that, as per producer Jon Stone, the shared names were merely a coincidence. Despite this, the 1996 holiday special "Elmo Saves Christmas" references the rumor, during a scene where Bert and Ernie walk by a TV set, which is playing the movie. The pair are surprised by the line: "Bert! Ernie! What's the matter with title: It's a Wonderful Life text: being caught or punished in any way". In 1990, "It's a Wonderful Life" was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in their National Film Registry. In 2002, Britain's Channel 4 ranked "It's a Wonderful Life" as the seventh greatest film ever made in its poll "The 100 Greatest Films". In June 2008, AFI revealed its "10 Top 10", the best ten films in ten "classic" American film genres, after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. "It's a Wonderful Life" was acknowledged as the third-best film in the title: It's a Wonderful Life text: "to combat a modern trend toward atheism". It ranked 283rd among critics, and 107th among directors, in the 2012 "Sight & Sound" polls of the greatest films ever made. The film's positive reception has continued into the present. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 94% based on 71 reviews, with an average rating of 8.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "The holiday classic to define all holiday classics, "It's a Wonderful Life" is one of a handful of films worth an annual viewing." On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film