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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 25, 1891
Place of Birth:
Wellington, Somerset, England, UK
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Harry Cording
Biography
Hector William “Harry” Cording was a British character actor. Cording was brought up and educated in his native England, and later settled permanently in Los Angeles, where he began a film career in 1925. He appeared in many Hollywood films from then to the 1950s. With an imposing six-foot height and stocky build, Harry the Henchman usually portrayed thugs, villains' henchmen and policemen. Cording's most notable roles were probably as the villainous Dickon Malbete, Captain of the Guard in Errol Flynn's Adventures of Robin Hood and as Thamal, the hulking henchman to Bela Lugosi's character in 1934's Black Cat. As a contract player at Universal Pictures in the 1940s, he turned up in tiny parts in many of their horror films, such as The Wolf Man. Having appeared in a bit role in 20th Century-Fox's Adventures of Sherlock Holmes starring Basil Rathbone (1939), he went on to appear in supporting and bit parts in seven of the twelve Universal Studios Sherlock Holmes films in which Rathbone starred.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | East of Eden | Bouncer (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Killer Leopard | Supt. Saunders |
| 1954 | The Black Shield of Falworth | Captain of King's Guards (uncredited) |
| 1954 | King Richard and the Crusaders | Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Jungle Gents | Henchman Shanks |
| 1953 | Man in the Attic | Detective Sgt. Bates |
| 1953 | Law and Order | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Road to Bali | Verna’s Father (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Titanic | Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Ambush at Tomahawk Gap | Stableman (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Rough Character in the Park |
| 1952 | Cripple Creek | Hibbs (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Big Trees | Cleve Gregg |
| 1952 | Against All Flags | Gow |
| 1952 | Captain Pirate | Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Night Stage to Galveston | Ted Driscoll |
| 1952 | Brave Warrior | Shayne MacGregor |
| 1951 | The Strange Door | |
| 1951 | Al Jennings of Oklahoma | Mike Bridges |
| 1951 | Sirocco | Master Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Santa Fe | Moose Legrande |
| 1951 | Mask of the Avenger | Zio d'Orsini |
| 1950 | The Iroquois Trail | |
| 1950 | Fortunes of Captain Blood | Will Ward |
| 1950 | Buccaneer's Girl | |
| 1950 | Last of the Buccaneers | Brown |
| 1950 | Tyrant of the Sea | Sampson Edwards |
| 1950 | Convicted | Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Secret Of St. Ives | Innkeeper (uncredited) |
| 1948 | A Woman's Vengeance | Chauffeur McNabb |
| 1948 | That Lady in Ermine | Orlando (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Red River | Gambler (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Tap Roots | Leader (uncredited) |
| 1948 | 13 Lead Soldiers | Edward Vane |
| 1948 | The Black Arrow | Guard (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Dangerous Venture | Morgan |
| 1947 | The Marauders | Riker |
| 1947 | Trail of the Mounties | Hawkins |
| 1947 | The Exile | Roundhead (uncredited) |
| 1947 | California | Miner (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Dressed to Kill | Hamid |
| 1946 | Hot Cargo | Matt Wayne |
| 1946 | Calcutta | Tea Planter (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Fool's Gold | Duke |
| 1946 | Terror by Night | Mock the Undertaker (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Inside Job | Bartender |
| 1946 | Devotion | Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The House of Fear | John Simpson |
| 1945 | The Fatal Witness | Gus |
| 1945 | Sudan | Uba |
| 1945 | Captain Kidd | Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Man in Half Moon Street | Bobby |
| 1944 | The Pearl of Death | George Gelder (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | Mahmoud |
| 1944 | Bluebeard | Policeman (Uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Great Alaskan Mystery | Captain Greeder |
| 1944 | Phantom Lady | Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Gypsy Wildcat | Captain Marver |
| 1944 | Lost in a Harem | Police Chief (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Mrs. Parkington | Humphrey |
| 1943 | Two Tickets to London | Sutliff (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The Moon Is Down | Miner (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Fugitive from Sonora | Iron Joe Martin |
| 1943 | Don't You Believe It | Rogue |
| 1943 | The Man from the Rio Grande | John King |
| 1943 | The Spider Woman | Fred Garvin (uncredited) |
| 1943 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Man Who Flails the Mayor |
| 1943 | Mission to Moscow | Blacksmith (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Ghost of Frankenstein | Mob Leader (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | Turnkey (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Mummy's Tomb | Vic - Farmer (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Overland Mail | Sam Gregg - Henchman |
| 1942 | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Saloon Bouncer |
| 1942 | Ride 'Em Cowboy | Poker Player (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Spoilers | Miner (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon | Jack Brady (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Arabian Nights | Blacksmith |
| 1942 | Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror | Camberwell |
| 1942 | Road to Morocco | Warrior (uncredited) |
| 1941 | The Wolf Man | Wykes (uncredited) |
| 1941 | They Met in Bombay | Corporal at Base (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Rawhide Rangers | Blackie |
| 1941 | Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie | J. L. Red Clinton |
| 1941 | The Lady from Cheyenne | Mike, Cork's Henchman |
| 1941 | Riders of the Badlands | Blacksmith Higgins |
| 1941 | Badlands of Dakota | Jackson |
| 1941 | So Ends Our Night | Card Player (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Singapore Woman | Crow's Nest Manager (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Lydia | Hotel House Detective |
| 1941 | Mutiny in the Arctic | Harmon |
| 1941 | Raiders of the Desert | Rawlins |
| 1940 | The House of the Seven Gables | Blacksmith Hawkins |
| 1940 | The Invisible Man Returns | Miner (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Stage to Chino | Pete Brannigan |
| 1940 | King of the Royal Mounted | Wade Garson |
| 1940 | Texas Stagecoach | Clancy |
| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath | Deputy (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Green Hornet Strikes Again! | Dannick - Crooked Construction Foreman |
| 1940 | Little Old New York | Man in Mob About to Set 'Clermont' Afire |
| 1940 | Law and Order | Poe Daggett |
| 1940 | Trail of the Vigilantes | Phil |
| 1940 | When the Daltons Rode | Rigby Henchman |
| 1940 | Santa Fe Trail | Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Dark Command | Angry Townsman in Bank |
| 1940 | Virginia City | Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Strange Cargo | Guard (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Sea Hawk | Slavemaster |
| 1940 | A Dispatch from Reuters | Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Florian | Leader |
| 1940 | The Great Plane Robbery | Eddie Lindo |
| 1940 | Passport to Alcatraz | Jeffers |
| 1939 | Sons of Liberty | Arresting British Trooper (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Devil's Island | Guard Accepting Bribe |
| 1939 | Stand Up and Fight | Bullet Line Blacksmith |
| 1939 | Son of Frankenstein | Bearded Gendarme (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Man Stealing Watermelon (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Arizona Legion | Whiskey Joe |
| 1939 | The Sun Never Sets | Zurof Camp Guard |
| 1939 | Tower of London | Lead Murderer of the Children |
| 1939 | We Are Not Alone | Man Carrying Leni |
| 1939 | Each Dawn I Die | Temple |
| 1939 | Mutiny on the Blackhawk | Bos'un |
| 1939 | Destry Rides Again | Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Guard (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Second Fake Constable (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Light That Failed | Soldier |
| 1939 | The Marshal Of Mesa City | Henchman Bat Cardigan |
| 1939 | Rulers of the Sea | Seaman (Uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Story of Dr. Jenner | Village Dairyman (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Crime School | Jim - the Second Guard (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Heart of the North | Miner Leading Mob (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Valley of the Giants | Greer |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Dickon Malbete |
| 1938 | A Christmas Carol | Waiter (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Marie Antoinette | Executioner (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Painted Desert | Henchman Burke |
| 1937 | The Prince and the Pauper | Second Guard |
| 1937 | Sea Devils | Sailor (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Soldier and the Lady | Peasant (Uncredited) |
| 1937 | Song of Revolt | Peasant Rebel Leader (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Maid of Salem | Guard (Uncredited) |
| 1937 | You Only Live Once | Guard (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Daniel Boone | Joe Burch |
| 1936 | Sutter's Gold | Seaman Lars |
| 1936 | The White Angel | Hospital Storekeeper (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Country Doctor | Logger (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Road Gang | Sam Dawson (guard with whip) |
| 1935 | Captain Blood | Kent |
| 1935 | Peter Ibbetson | Guard (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Charlie Chan in Paris | Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty | Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Ship Cafe | Stoker (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Naughty Marietta | Pirate (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | Sentry (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Black Fury | Louie (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Les Misérables | Beam Warder |
| 1934 | The Black Cat | Thamal |
| 1934 | Strange Wives | Tribesman |
| 1934 | We Live Again | Jailer |
| 1934 | Great Expectations | Orlick |
| 1934 | The House of Rothschild | Man (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Sweepings | Customer (Uncredited) |
| 1933 | Captured! | First Orderly |
| 1933 | Narcotic | Dr. William G. Davis |
| 1933 | The Intruder | Cramer |
| 1933 | To the Last Man | Colby Man Fred (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Girl in 419 | Henchman Driver |
| 1933 | File 113 | Michele |
| 1932 | The World and the Flesh | Ivanovitch |
| 1932 | Scarlet Dawn | Revolutionary (Uncredited) |
| 1932 | Texas Cyclone | Jake Farwell |
| 1932 | The Cabin in the Cotton | Ross Clinton (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Merrily We Go to Hell | Fred (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Sea Ghost | Sailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Night Beat | Chill Scarpelli |
| 1931 | Mata Hari | Ivan (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Conquering Horde | Butch Daggett |
| 1931 | Honor of the Family | Kouski |
| 1930 | Bride of the Regiment | Sergeant Dostal |
| 1930 | New Moon | Kirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz |
| 1930 | Rough Romance | Chick Carson |
| 1930 | Captain of the Guard | Le Bruin |
| 1930 | The Right of Way | Rouge's Henchman |
| 1929 | The Squall | Peter |
| 1929 | Christina | Dick Torpe |
| 1929 | The Isle of Lost Ships | Gallagher |
| 1928 | Daredevil's Reward | Second Heavy |
| 1928 | The Patriot | Stefan |
| 1928 | The Last Command | Revolutionist (uncredited) |
| 1928 | Sins of the Fathers | The Hijacker |
| 1927 | Black Jack | Haskins |
| 1925 | The Knockout | Steve McKenna |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Hopalong Cassidy | |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok |