Cat. #0005252: WARD BOND

Scarce vintage blue ballpoint pen signature on a 4x6-inch light blue autograph album page, acquired in-person in the 1950s. In good condition and ideal for matting with a favorite photograph. There is a RARE ink signature of actor Michael Ross on the verso. Before his early death of a heart attack at the age of 57, the gruff, burly character actor had memorable roles in some of Hollywood's best-loved films, playing the ship steward in Chained (1934), a bus driver in It Happened One Night (1934), Mac in Black Fury (1935), Ranse Willard in The Cattle Thief (1936), Don Foster in Legion of Terror (1936), Fingers in the Boris Karloff flick Night Key (1937), Eddie the cabbie in Topper (1937), the doorman in Dead End (1937), an unruly churchgoer in Of Human Hearts (1938), a motorcycle cop in Bringing Up Baby (1938), Biff Moran in Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938), Tug in The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938), the detective Mike in You Can't Take It with You (1938), Yankee Captain Tom in Gone with the Wi