Johnny Bond
Actor
- Born
- June 1, 1915 · Enville, Oklahoma, USA
- Died
- June 12, 1978 (age 63)
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.
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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.
Known for
Duel in the Sun
December 31, 1946
Saga of Death Valley
November 17, 1939
Arizona Trail
September 15, 1943
The Old Chisholm Trail
December 11, 1942
Twilight on the Trail
September 29, 1941
Stick to Your Guns
September 17, 1941
The Lone Star Trail
August 6, 1943
Kansas City Kitty
August 24, 1944
Trailing Double Trouble
October 10, 1940
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
March 21, 1941
Little Joe, the Wrangler
November 13, 1942
Cheyenne Roundup
April 12, 1943
Acting23
- 1947Swing the Western Way as Johnny
- 1947Song of the Wasteland as Shorty - Saddle Pals member
- 1946Duel in the Sun as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1944Git Along Little Pony as Member Jimmy Wakely Trio (uncredited)
- 1944Kansas City Kitty as Chaps Wiliker
- 1944Marshal of Gunsmoke as Guirar Player, Red River Valley Boys
- 1943Arizona Trail as Red, Red River Valley Boy
- 1943The Lone Star Trail as Johnny - Member, Jimmy Wakely Trio
- 1943Robin Hood of the Range as Johnny, Jimmy Wakely Trio
- 1943