American actor (1903–1960) who appeared in seven of the AFI’s list of the 100 Greatest American Movies: It Happened One Night, Bringing Up Baby, Gone with the Wind, The Grapes of Wrath, The Maltese Falcon, It’s a Wonderful Life, and The Searchers. In the mid-1950s he attained his greatest fame as star of TV’s Wagon Train. Vintage matte-finish 11 x 14 casual portrait, signed and inscribed in blue fountain pen “To Don and Bea, With greatest affection, Ward.” Small chips along top edge, a couple of small creases, and overall horizontal wrinkling (heaviest at edges), otherwise fine condition. RRAuction COA.
