Actor
Johnny Bond
Born June 1, 1915 in Enville, Oklahoma, USA
Died June 12, 197823 films
Cyrus Whitfield Bond (June 1, 1915 – June 12, 1978), known professionally as Johnny Bond, was a popular American country music entertainer of the 1940s through the 1960s.
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Bond was born in Enville, Oklahoma. He got his first break working for Jimmy Wakely in the late 1930s and went on to join Gene Autry's Melody Ranch in 1940. He also acted on occasion in films including Wilson and Duel in the Sun; and was later a regular on the 1950s Los Angeles country music television series Town Hall Party.
He is best known for his 1947 hit "Divorce Me C.O.D.", one of his seven top ten hits on the Billboard country charts. In 1965 at age 50 he scored the biggest hit of his career with the comic "Ten Little Bottles", which spent four weeks at number two. Bond's other hits include "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" (1947), "Oklahoma Waltz" (1948), "Love Song in 32 Bars" (1950), "Sick Sober and Sorry" (1951) and "Hot Rod Lincoln" (1960).
He died of a heart attack in 1978, at the age of 63.
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First watchDuel in the Sun19466.4as Party Guest (uncredited)Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.View filmFilmography
23 films as actor- 1947Swing the Western WayJohnny
- 1947Song of the WastelandShorty - Saddle Pals member
- 1946Duel in the SunParty Guest (uncredited)
- 1944Git Along Little PonyMember Jimmy Wakely Trio (uncredited)
- 1944Kansas City KittyChaps Wiliker
- 1944Marshal of GunsmokeGuirar Player, Red River Valley Boys
- 1943Arizona TrailRed, Red River Valley Boy
- 1943The Lone Star TrailJohnny - Member, Jimmy Wakely Trio
- 1943Robin Hood of the RangeJohnny, Jimmy Wakely Trio
- 1943Cowboy CommandosDeputy Slim
- 1943Frontier LawJack
- 1943Raiders of San JoaquinJohnny - Member, Jimmy Wakely Trio
- 1943Cheyenne RoundupConcertina Player (as Jimmy Wakely Trio)
- 1942The Old Chisholm TrailMember Jimmy Wakely Trio
- 1942Little Joe, the WranglerMusician
- 1942Deep in the Heart of TexasAccordion Player, - Jimmy Wakely Trio
- 1942Heart of the Rio GrandeConcertina Player - Jimmy Wakely Trio
- 1941Twilight on the TrailSecond Guitar Cowhand
- 1941Stick to Your GunsSinging Cowboy Skinny (2d guitar)
- 1941Bury Me Not on the Lone PrairieSinging Cowhand
- 1940Pony PostGuitar Player, Jimmy Wakely's Rough Riders
- 1940Trailing Double TroubleGuitar Player - Jimmy Wakely and His Rough Riders
- 1939Saga of Death ValleyBand Member