Johnny Bond
Acting
1915-06-01 · 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.
Filmography(23)
movieSwing the Western Way
as Johnny · 1947 · 10.0
movieSong of the Wasteland
as Shorty - Saddle Pals member · 1947 · 8.0
movieDuel in the Sun
as Party Guest (uncredited) · 1946 · 6.4
movieGit Along Little Pony
as Member Jimmy Wakely Trio (uncredited) · 1944 · 9.0
movieKansas City Kitty
as Chaps Wiliker · 1944 · 6.3
movieMarshal of Gunsmoke
as Guirar Player, Red River Valley Boys · 1944 · 10.0
movieArizona Trail
as Red, Red River Valley Boy · 1943 · 5.4
movieThe Lone Star Trail
as Johnny - Member, Jimmy Wakely Trio · 1943 · 6.0
movieRobin Hood of the Range
as Johnny, Jimmy Wakely Trio · 1943 · 6.5
movieCowboy Commandos
as Deputy Slim · 1943 · 9.0
movieFrontier Law
as Jack · 1943 · 8.0
movieRaiders of San Joaquin
as Johnny - Member, Jimmy Wakely Trio · 1943 · 7.0
movieCheyenne Roundup
as Concertina Player (as Jimmy Wakely Trio) · 1943 · 7.0
movieThe Old Chisholm Trail
as Member Jimmy Wakely Trio · 1942 · 7.7
movieLittle Joe, the Wrangler
as Musician · 1942 · 7.5
movieDeep in the Heart of Texas
as Accordion Player, - Jimmy Wakely Trio · 1942 · 7.5
movieHeart of the Rio Grande
as Concertina Player - Jimmy Wakely Trio · 1942 · 9.0
movieTwilight on the Trail
as Second Guitar Cowhand · 1941 · 5.0
movieStick to Your Guns
as Singing Cowboy Skinny (2d guitar) · 1941 · 5.7
movieBury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
as Singing Cowhand · 1941 · 6.5
moviePony Post
as Guitar Player, Jimmy Wakely's Rough Riders · 1940 · 8.0
movieTrailing Double Trouble
as Guitar Player - Jimmy Wakely and His Rough Riders · 1940 · 7.5
movieSaga of Death Valley
as Band Member · 1939 · 6.7