Tommy Bond

Tommy Bond is a name that carries real film history. Appearing in the Our Gang comedies across two separate stints, first as Tommy and later as Butch, is unusual and suggests producers genuinely valued him as a child performer. What impresses me more is the second act: he became a television director, producer, and writer, refusing to be remembered only as a kid actor. That migration behind the camera is exactly the kind of reinvention I admire. He lived to 79 and bridged early sound-era Hollywood and the television age, and I quietly honor that long, evolving career.

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Name (English)

Tommy Bond

Name (Japanese)

トミー・ボンド

Reading

とみー・ぼんど

Born

September 16, 1926 – September 24, 2005

Origin

Dallas, Texas, United States

Occupation

actor / film actor / television director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Tiger

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy%20Bond
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323647

Tags

• Texas
• actor
• film actor
• television director

Last updated

September 28, 2026

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