Head to headWard Bond against John Ford Both careers by IMDb ratingWard BondJohn Ford
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Ward Bond vs John Ford
John Ford averages 7.00 across 52 rated films as a director, ahead of Ward Bond at 6.96 as an actor.
- 72 (43 rated)
- Films
- 75 (52 rated)
- 6.96
- Average
- 7.00▶
- 7.04
- Weighted
- 7.05▶
- ◀It's a Wonderful Life 8.6
- Best film
- The Grapes of Wrath 8.1
- 7.34, 1945 to 1947
- Peak five
- 7.60, 1939 to 1941▶
- 3 films
- Longest 7+ run
- 7 films▶
- ◀7.28 (+0.32)
- Current form
- 6.96 (−0.04)
- ◀1.22M
- IMDb votes
- 774K
- 1929 to 1959
- Career
- 1917 to 1965
- None
- Oscars
- 4 wins, 6 noms▶
Rows won
3 to 5
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 |