Johnny Bond
Age: N/A | From: Enville, Oklahoma, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Cyrus Whitfield Bond
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Enville, Oklahoma, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 20
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Duel in the Sun
(1946) Party Guest (uncredited)
Pony Post
(1940) Guitar Player, Jimmy Wakely's Rough Riders
Saga of Death Valley
(1939) Band Member
Twilight on the Trail
(1941) Second Guitar Cowhand
Cheyenne Roundup
(1943) Concertina Player (as Jimmy Wakely Trio)
Raiders of San Joaquin
(1943) Johnny - Member, Jimmy Wakely Trio
Deep in the Heart of Texas
(1942) Accordion Player, - Jimmy Wakely Trio
The Lone Star Trail
(1943) Johnny - Member, Jimmy Wakely TrioActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Johnny | |
| Shorty - Saddle Pals member | ||
| 1946 | Party Guest (uncredited) | |
| 1944 | Member Jimmy Wakely Trio (uncredited) | |
| Guirar Player, Red River Valley Boys | ||
| 1943 | Red, Red River Valley Boy | |
| Johnny - Member, Jimmy Wakely Trio | ||
| Johnny, Jimmy Wakely Trio | ||
| Deputy Slim | ||
| Jack | ||
| Johnny - Member, Jimmy Wakely Trio | ||
| Concertina Player (as Jimmy Wakely Trio) | ||
| 1942 | Member Jimmy Wakely Trio | |
| Musician | ||
| Accordion Player, - Jimmy Wakely Trio | ||
| Concertina Player - Jimmy Wakely Trio | ||
| 1941 | Second Guitar Cowhand | |
| Singing Cowboy Skinny (2d guitar) | ||
| Singing Cowhand | ||
| 1940 | Guitar Player, Jimmy Wakely's Rough Riders | |
| Guitar Player - Jimmy Wakely and His Rough Riders | ||
| 1939 | Band Member | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
