Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 23, 1901
Place of Birth:
Rolfe, Iowa, USA
Social Media
Hank Worden
Biography
Raised on a cattle ranch in Montana. Educated at Stanford and the University of Nevada as an engineer. Washed out as an Army pilot. Toured the country in rodeos as a saddle bronc rider. Broke his neck in a horsefall in his 20s, but didn't know it until his 40s. Chosen along with Tex Ritter from a rodeo at Madison Square Garden in New York to appear in the Broadway play "Green Grow the Lilacs", the play from which the musical "Oklahoma" was later derived. Drove a cab in New York, then worked on dude ranches as a wrangler and as a guide on the Bright Angel trail of the Grand Canyon. Recommended by Billie Burke to several movie producers. Became friends with John Wayne, Howard Hawks, and later John Ford, all of whom provided him with much work. Survived by adopted daughter Dawn Henry.
Date of Death: 6 December 1992, Los Angeles, California, USA (natural causes)
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | John Wayne's 'The Alamo' | Self |
| 1990 | Big Bad John | Good Ole Boy |
| 1990 | Almost an Angel | Pop |
| 1988 | Once Upon a Texas Train | Old Timer |
| 1985 | Runaway Train | Old Con |
| 1985 | Space Rage | Old Codger |
| 1984 | The Ice Pirates | Elderly Jason |
| 1984 | UFOria | Colonel |
| 1983 | Please Don't Eat the Babies | Gramps Jebediah |
| 1982 | Hammett | Pool Room Attendant |
| 1981 | Scream | John |
| 1981 | Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. | Old Geezer |
| 1980 | Bronco Billy | Station Mechanic |
| 1978 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Old Lonely Hearts Club Band |
| 1978 | They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way | Butch Collins |
| 1978 | Big Wednesday | Shopping Cart |
| 1978 | Every Which Way but Loose | Trailer Court Manager |
| 1978 | Big Wednesday | Shopping Cart (as Hank Warden) |
| 1977 | Which Way Is Up? | The Flunky |
| 1977 | Smokey and the Bandit | Trucker (uncredited) |
| 1977 | The Legend of Frank Woods | Slim |
| 1974 | The Hanged Man | Ab Wickes |
| 1973 | Cahill: United States Marshal | Albert, Valentine Stationmaster |
| 1971 | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Old Home Guardsman (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Big Jake | Hank |
| 1971 | Black Noon | Joseph |
| 1971 | Zachariah | Old Cowboy (uncredited) |
| 1970 | Rio Lobo | Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1970 | Chisum | Stationmaster Elwood |
| 1969 | True Grit | R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited) |
| 1969 | Big Daddy | |
| 1967 | Hondo and the Apaches | Miner |
| 1967 | The President's Analyst | Dirty Old Man (uncredited) |
| 1967 | Good Times | Kid |
| 1963 | McLintock! | Curly Fletcher |
| 1962 | The Music Man | Undertaker |
| 1961 | One-Eyed Jacks | Doc |
| 1960 | The Alamo | Parson |
| 1960 | Sergeant Rutledge | Laredo (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Horse Soldiers | Deacon Clump |
| 1958 | The Notorious Mr. Monks | Pete |
| 1958 | The Toughest Gun in Tombstone | Liveryman |
| 1958 | Bullwhip | Tex |
| 1957 | Dragoon Wells Massacre | Hopi Charlie |
| 1957 | The Quiet Gun | Sampson |
| 1957 | Forty Guns | Marshal John Chisum |
| 1957 | Spoilers of the Forest | Pat Casey |
| 1957 | The Buckskin Lady | Lon |
| 1956 | The Searchers | Mose Harper |
| 1956 | Accused of Murder | Les Fuller |
| 1956 | Thunder Over Arizona | Old Jonas |
| 1956 | Davy Crockett and the River Pirates | Fiddler |
| 1955 | The Indian Fighter | Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper |
| 1953 | Crime Wave | Sweeney (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Big Sky | Poordevil |
| 1952 | Apache War Smoke | Amber |
| 1952 | Woman of the North Country | Tom Gordon |
| 1952 | Boots Malone | Auto Mechanic |
| 1951 | Comin' Round the Mountain | Shooting Match Official |
| 1951 | Sugarfoot | Johnny Behind-the-Stove |
| 1951 | Joe Palooka in Triple Cross | Hard-of-Hearing Farmer |
| 1950 | Frenchie | Mr. Grady (uncredited) |
| 1950 | When Willie Comes Marching Home | American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Father Is a Bachelor | Finnegan (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Wagon Master | Luke Clegg |
| 1949 | Hellfire | |
| 1949 | Roseanna McCoy | Jacob (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Cover Up | Undertaker |
| 1949 | The Fighting Kentuckian | Abner Todd |
| 1948 | Red River | Simms Reeves |
| 1948 | 3 Godfathers | Deputy Curly |
| 1948 | The Man from Texas | (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Whispering Smith | |
| 1948 | The Sainted Sisters | Taub Beasley |
| 1948 | Fort Apache | Southern Recruit |
| 1948 | Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' | Clem (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Hazard | Man in Cheap Hotel (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Yellow Sky | Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Tap Roots | Cropper (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Western Character (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Angel and the Badman | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Sea of Grass | Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Prairie Express | Deputy Clint |
| 1946 | Lawless Breed | The Deputy |
| 1946 | Duel in the Sun | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Undercurrent | Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood | Joe (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Great Moment | Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Black Market Rustlers | Slim |
| 1943 | The Woman of the Town | The Barber |
| 1943 | A Lady Takes a Chance | Waiter |
| 1943 | Flesh and Fantasy | Circus Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1943 | So Proudly We Hail | Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited) |
| 1942 | Deep in the Heart of Texas | Townsman |
| 1941 | Robbers of the Range | Stagecoach Attendant (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Border Vigilantes | Aunt Jennifer's Wagon Driver |
| 1940 | Riders of Pasco Basin | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride | Henry Haggerty |
| 1940 | The Range Busters | Cowhand |
| 1940 | Viva Cisco Kid | Deputy |
| 1940 | Triple Justice | Townsman Outside Saloon |
| 1940 | Brigham Young | Mormon Cheering Porter |
| 1940 | Gaucho Serenade | Farmer Driving Jalopy |
| 1940 | Winners of the West | Drunk |
| 1940 | Northwest Passage | Ranger Tying Oars |
| 1940 | Beyond Tomorrow | Hospital Visitor (Uncredited) |
| 1940 | Cross-Country Romance | Wedding Witness |
| 1939 | Stagecoach | Cavalryman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Night Riders | Rancher |
| 1939 | Reno | Townsman |
| 1939 | Rollin' Westward | Slim Regan |
| 1939 | Sundown on the Prairie | Henchman Hank |
| 1939 | Chip of the Flying U | Cowhand |
| 1939 | Oklahoma Frontier | Townsman |
| 1938 | The Stranger from Arizona | Skeeter |
| 1938 | Ghost Town Riders | Tom 'Cherokee' Walton |
| 1938 | The Cowboy and the Lady | Cowhand Leonard (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Frontier Town | Henchman Buck |
| 1937 | Sing Cowboy Sing | Henchman |
| 1937 | The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen | Deputy |
| 1937 | Hittin' the Trail | Sidekick Hank |
| 1937 | Hollywood Round-Up | Saloon Set Extra |
| 1937 | The Californian | Ruiz Man |
| 1936 | Come and Get It | Lumberjack (uncredited) |
| 1936 | For the Service | Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Barbary Coast | Barfly / Townsman (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Twin Peaks | Waiter |
| 1982 | Knight Rider | Slim |
| 1968 | Lancer | |
| 1965 | Green Acres | |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Blue Belly (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Hansom Cab Driver |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction | Farmer |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction | Roy Turlock |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction | Luke |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction | Band Member |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies | |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Driver |
| 1958 | Bronco | |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Hank |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Claude |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger | Rusty Bates |