Johnny Bond

Actor · 1915 – 1978 · Enville, Oklahoma, USA

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. 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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Movie6.4
WesternDrama
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.
Duel in the Sun
1946 · 198 votes
Movie6.7
Western
When Tasker kills Roy Rogers he takes one of his young sons. Fifteen years later the other son Roy arrives buying a ranch in the valley where Tasker now controls the water supply. Roy organizes the ranchers for a showdown with Tasker not knowing that his brother is Tasker's chief henchman.
Saga of Death Valley
1939 · 6 votes
Movie6.0
RomanceWestern
Rancher Blaze Barker returns to Dead Falls after being framed by land-grabbers and spending two years in jail. Paroled, he can't wear a gun, but is aided by Marshal Fargo Steele. The gang is out to gain control of all of the valley land before a dam is constructed. When Blaze raises the money to pay off the taxes on his ranch, he finds it has been marked to incriminate him.
The Lone Star Trail
1943 · 3 votes
Movie5.7
Western
Buck Peters arranges for Hoppy, California, Johnny and other cowboys to go to the aid of friends whose cattle are being rustled. Hoppy and California locate the rustlers' hideout and join the gang by posing as outlaws themselves, but must find a way to let the rest of the posse know where they are.
Stick to Your Guns
1941 · 3 votes
Movie5.0
Western
Hoppy, California and Johnny come to the ranch of a friend and his daughter, disguised as dude detectives from the east, to investigate the disappearances, without a trace, of several herds of cattle.
Twilight on the Trail
1941 · 3 votes
Movie7.0
Western
In this western, two cowboys ride to the rescue of ranchers who are fighting to keep a land-grabber from taking their land and selling it to the railroad
Raiders of San Joaquin
1943 · 2 votes
Movie7.7
ActionMusic
Dusty Gardner, and other Texas ranchers, are driving a herd of cattle to Abilene, Kansas along the Chisholm Trail. Desperate need of water takes them to the Turner ranch, where Belle Turner demands exorbitant prices for the water. Dusty learns that Belle is also trying to oust Mary Lee and Montana Smith from the trading post Mary operates. The sheriff sides with Belle following a fight between the two women. Belle knows there is artesian springs under the land the trading post occupies and intends to get the property by any means.
The Old Chisholm Trail
1942 · 3 votes
Movie9.0
AdventureComedy
As foreman of a dude ranch, Gene has two problems. One is a guest, the spoiled daughter of a millioniare, and the other is the disgruntled ex-foreman that Gene replaced, now just a ranch hand. Gene eventually gets the daughter straightened out but has to fire the ex-foreman and this leads to trouble when he returns intent on revenge.
Heart of the Rio Grande
1942 · 2 votes
Movie7.5
Western
Hoping to increase its box-office allure by adopting the title of a popular song, Deep in the Heart of Texas (clap!clap!clap!clap!) was the first Johnny Mack Brown western of the 1942-43 season. The plot concerns a group of insurrectionists who intend to keep Texas separate from the rest of the USA.
Deep in the Heart of Texas
1942 · 2 votes
Movie6.5
Western
Inasmuch as western star Charles Starrett gained screen fame as the Robin Hood-like "Durango Kid", it stands to reason that Starrett would head the cast of Robin Hood of the Range. The star plays Steve Marlowe, the foster son of railroad manager Henry Marlowe (Kenneth McDonald). When it becomes apparent that the railroad is using underhanded methods to drive local homesteaders off their land, Steve adopts the guise of "The Vulcan", a legendary champion of justice.
Robin Hood of the Range
1943 · 2 votes
Movie7.5
Western
Mining executive Neal Wallace arrives to investigate the losses at a gold mine and is immediately framed for murder. The murderers then incite a lynch mob but the Sheriff lets him go. Wallace eventually convinces the Sheriff of his innocence and the two then work together to get the gang that is looting the gold ore.
Little Joe, the Wrangler
1942 · 2 votes
Movie6.5
Western
A young mining engineer sets out to catch the killers of both his brother and a beautiful young girl's father.
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941 · 2 votes
Movie8.0
Western
In Song of the Wasteland, Jimmy tries to uphold law and order in a tough frontier town.
Song of the Wasteland
1947 · 1 votes
Movie10.0
Western
U.S. marshal Ritter arrives in town to round up bandits who are attempting to fix the local elections.
Marshal of Gunsmoke
1944 · 1 votes
Movie10.0
MusicWestern
Swing the Western Way
Swing the Western Way
1947 · 1 votes
Movie6.3
RomanceComedy
A piano teacher and her roommate decide to invest their savings in a music publishing company. Comedy with music.
Kansas City Kitty
1944 · 3 votes
Movie9.0
Western
The Range Busters investigate sabotage at a mining community and uncover a gang of Nazi spies.
Cowboy Commandos
1943 · 1 votes
Movie8.0
Western
Atkins is the boss of one of the Pony Express relay stations. He has been causing trouble and is replaced with Cal Sheridan. Atkins now gets the Richard brothers to raid one of the relay stations and they kill Norma's father. Cal sees that the horse of one of the raiders has a broken shoe and Norma sets out to find that horse.
Pony Post
1940 · 1 votes
Movie7.5
WesternComedy
When Moreland's henchman attack Bob Horner the Range Busters break it up. Horner dies but they get the baby Moreland was after. He must have it to become it's guardian and take control of the Horner ranch. When the henchmen catch up with Alibi, they take the baby cradle not realizing Alibi has substituted his dummy Elmer. Crash having evidence Moreland is the one they want, now has a plan to expose him.
Trailing Double Trouble
1940 · 2 votes
Movie5.4
Western
A young cowboy returns home to help his father fight off a gang trying to take over the family ranch.
Arizona Trail
1943 · 6 votes
Movie8.0
Western
A town is cleared of crime when a group of cowboys under the direction of Hayden battles an outlaw gang. They also manage to restore the reputation of a friend wrongly accused of murder.
Frontier Law
1943 · 2 votes
Movie7.0
Western
Johnny Mack Brown's Universal western series was drawing to a close when Cheyenne Roundup was released in mid-1943. Brown is herein cast in a dual role, as honest Gils Brandon and his less-than-honest brother Buck. Pursued by lawman Steve Rawlins (Tex Ritter), Buck tries to pass himself off as the upright Gils.
Cheyenne Roundup
1943 · 2 votes
Movie9.0
Music
Jimmy Wakely Trio sing "Git Along Little Pony".
Git Along Little Pony
1944 · 1 votes