"It's a Wonderful Life" is one of the best Christmas ... like Nick the bartender (Sheldon Leonard), Bert the policeman (Ward Bond), and Bert's buddy Ernie the cab driver (Frank Faylen).

Wardell Edwin Bond (April 9, 1903 – November 5 ... 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 ...