Known For
Acting
Known Credits
23
Gender
Male
Birthday
June 1, 1915 (111 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
| 1947 | Swing the Western Wayas Johnny | |
| 1947 | Song of the Wastelandas Shorty - Saddle Pals member | |
| 1946 | Duel in the Sunas Party Guest (uncredited) | |
| 1944 | Git Along Little Ponyas Member Jimmy Wakely Trio (uncredited) | |
| 1944 | Kansas City Kittyas Chaps Wiliker | |
| 1944 | Marshal of Gunsmokeas Guirar Player, Red River Valley Boys | |
| 1943 | Arizona Trailas Red, Red River Valley Boy | |
| 1943 | The Lone Star Trailas Johnny - Member, Jimmy Wakely Trio | |
| 1943 | Robin Hood of the Rangeas Johnny, Jimmy Wakely Trio | |
| 1943 | Cowboy Commandosas Deputy Slim | |
| 1943 | Frontier Lawas Jack | |
| 1943 | Raiders of San Joaquinas Johnny - Member, Jimmy Wakely Trio | |
| 1943 | Cheyenne Roundupas Concertina Player (as Jimmy Wakely Trio) | |
| 1942 | The Old Chisholm Trailas Member Jimmy Wakely Trio | |
| 1942 | Little Joe, the Wrangleras Musician | |
| 1942 | Deep in the Heart of Texasas Accordion Player, - Jimmy Wakely Trio | |
| 1942 | Heart of the Rio Grandeas Concertina Player - Jimmy Wakely Trio | |
| 1941 | Twilight on the Trailas Second Guitar Cowhand | |
| 1941 | Stick to Your Gunsas Singing Cowboy Skinny (2d guitar) | |
| 1941 | Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairieas Singing Cowhand | |
| 1940 | Pony Postas Guitar Player, Jimmy Wakely's Rough Riders | |
| 1940 | Trailing Double Troubleas Guitar Player - Jimmy Wakely and His Rough Riders | |
| 1939 | Saga of Death Valleyas Band Member |