Head to headJohn Ford against Ward Bond Both careers by IMDb ratingJohn FordWard Bond
Tale of the tape
John Ford vs Ward Bond
John Ford averages 7.00 across 52 rated films as a director, ahead of Ward Bond at 6.96 as an actor.
- 75 (52 rated)
- Films
- 72 (43 rated)
- ◀7.00
- Average
- 6.96
- ◀7.05
- Weighted
- 7.04
- The Grapes of Wrath 8.1
- Best film
- It's a Wonderful Life 8.6▶
- ◀7.60, 1939 to 1941
- Peak five
- 7.34, 1945 to 1947
- ◀7 films
- Longest 7+ run
- 3 films
- 6.96 (−0.04)
- Current form
- 7.28 (+0.32)▶
- 774K
- IMDb votes
- 1.22M▶
- 1917 to 1965
- Career
- 1929 to 1959
- ◀4 wins, 6 noms
- Oscars
- None
Rows won
5 to 3
John Ford ahead
Films together
11
averaging 7.16
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
| Salute | 1929 | · | Director, Producer | as Midshipman Harold |
| Up the River | 1930 | 5.9 | Writer, Director | as Inmate Socked by Saint Louis |
| The Long Voyage Home | 1940 | 6.9 | Director, Producer | as Yank |
| Tobacco Road | 1941 | 6.3 | Director | as Lov |
| They Were Expendable | 1945 | 7.2 | Producer, Director | as 'Boats' Mulcahey C.B.M. |
 My Darling Clementine | 1946 | 7.7 | Director | as Morgan Earp |
| The Fugitive | 1947 | 6.3 | Director | as El Gringo |
 3 Godfathers | 1948 | 7.0 | Director | as Perley 'Buck' Sweet |
 Fort Apache | 1948 | 7.4 | Director | as Sgt. Maj. Michael O'Rourke |
| Wagon Master | 1950 | 7.1 | Director, Writer | as Elder Wiggs |
 The Quiet Man | 1952 | 7.7 | Writer, Director | as Father Peter Lonergan |
| The Long Gray Line | 1955 | 7.2 | Director | as Capt. Herman J. Kohler |
 Mister Roberts | 1955 | 7.6 | Director | as Dowdy |
 The Searchers | 1956 | 7.8 | Director | as Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton |
| The Wings of Eagles | 1957 | 6.6 | Director | as John Dodge |