---
name: "Raleigh Bond"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/raleigh-bond"
fi1m_id: "raleigh-bond"
imdb_id: "nm0094018"
tmdb_id: 182590
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 July 1935"
died: "10 August 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T01:48:48.608172+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Raleigh Bond

## Identity

Raleigh Bond

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/raleigh-bond
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** raleigh-bond
- **IMDb ID:** nm0094018
- **TMDB ID:** 182590
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0094018/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/182590

Actor. Born 20 July 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 10 August 1989.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 July 1935, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 10 August 1989
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0094018/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/182590

## Biography

Raleigh Bond (20 July 1935 – 10 August 1989) was an American actor. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he worked in film, television and on stage, and also performed as a nightclub comedian.

His screen credits include the role of the Mayor in *The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas* (1982), an insurance salesman in *The Postman Always Rings Twice* (1981), Mr Barrett in *Pennies from Heaven* (1981), a minister in *Elvira: Mistress of the Dark* (1988) and an uncredited grandfather in *The Great Outdoors* (1988). On television he appeared in series such as *Moonlighting*, *Family Ties*, *Scarecrow and Mrs. King* and *Black Widow* (1987).

Bond also wrote two plays produced off-Broadway and several mystery stories published in *Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine*. His mother, Dorothy Bond, was a cartoonist and writer. He died in Los Angeles from complications of lymphoma.

*Sources: imdb.com, findagrave.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas* (1982), Fi1m 55, as Mayor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-best-little-whorehouse-in-texas.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Disaster at Silo 7* (1988), as Farmer
- *Elvira: Mistress of the Dark* (1988), as Minister
- *The Great Outdoors* (1988), as Grandpa (uncredited)
- *Black Widow* (1987), as Martin
- *Fresno* (1986), series, as Organ Store Manager
- *Moonlighting* (1985), series, as Potter — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)
- *Making of a Male Model* (1983), as Mr. Breedlove
- *Just Our Luck* (1983), series, Actor
- *Nightmares* (1983), as Norman, a Neighbor (segment "Terror in Topanga")
- *Family Ties* (1982), series, as Harry Handelman
- *The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas* (1982), as Mayor — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-best-little-whorehouse-in-texas.md)
- *Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal* (1982), as Dave Hobart
- *Pennies from Heaven* (1981), as Mr. Barrett
- *Falcon Crest* (1981), series, as Pawnbroker
- *The Postman Always Rings Twice* (1981), as Insurance Salesman
- *Madame X* (1981), as Captain Costa
- *All Night Long* (1981), as Ultra-Sav Doctor
- *Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood* (1981), as The Director
- *Mark, I Love You* (1980), as Dr. Eckert
- *The Black Marble* (1980), as Captain "Hipless" Hooker
- *The Onion Field* (1979), as Judge #2
- *Salvage* (1979), as Fred
- *Laverne & Shirley* (1976), series, as Bill Ajax
- *Barney Miller* (1975), series, as Herbie Glass

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