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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 25, 1891
Died
September 1, 1954
Place of Birth
Wellington, Somerset, England, UK
Also Known As
- Hector William Cording
- Harry Gording
- Hector William "Harry" Cording
Harry Cording
0.4 Popularity
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
7.5
Bouncer (uncredited)
East of Eden
1955
4.0
Henchman Shanks
Jungle Gents
1954
6.2
Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)
The Black Shield of Falworth
1954
5.0
Supt. Saunders
Killer Leopard
1954
6.3
Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)
King Richard and the Crusaders
1954
5.4
Detective Sgt. Bates
Man in the Attic
1953
6.3
Rough Character in the Park
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1953
5.3
Townsman (uncredited)
Law and Order
1953
6.5
Stableman (uncredited)
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
1953
6.6
Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
Titanic
1953
Credits
East of Eden
as Bouncer (uncredited)
1955
7.5
Jungle Gents
as Henchman Shanks
1954
4.0
The Black Shield of Falworth
as Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)
1954
6.2
Killer Leopard
as Supt. Saunders
1954
5.0
King Richard and the Crusaders
as Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)
1954
6.3
Man in the Attic
as Detective Sgt. Bates
1953
5.4
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Rough Character in the Park
1953
6.3
Law and Order
as Townsman (uncredited)
1953
5.3
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
as Stableman (uncredited)
1953
6.5
Titanic
as Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
1953
6.6
Treasure of the Golden Condor
as Breton (uncredited)
1953
6.2
Against All Flags
as Gow
1952
6.0
Road to Bali
as Verna’s Father (uncredited)
1952
6.2
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
5.1
Captain Pirate
as Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)
1952
5.2
Cripple Creek
as Hibbs (uncredited)
1952
5.7
Brave Warrior
as Shayne MacGregor
1952
3.6
Night Stage to Galveston
as Ted Driscoll
1952
5.0
The Big Trees
as Cleve Gregg
1952
5.4
Iron Man
as Miner (uncredited)
1951
6.1
Mask of the Avenger
as Zio d'Orsini
1951
5.3
The Strange Door
1951
6.1
Sirocco
as Master Sergeant (uncredited)
1951
5.9
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
4.5
Santa Fe
as Moose Legrande
1951
6.8
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
as Mike Bridges
1951
5.0
Last of the Buccaneers
as Brown
1950
5.5
Convicted
as Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited)
1950
6.0
The Iroquois Trail
1950
5.8
Fortunes of Captain Blood
as Will Ward
1950
7.1
Buccaneer's Girl
1950
5.6
Tyrant of the Sea
as Sampson Edwards
1950
6.0
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The Secret Of St. Ives
as Innkeeper (uncredited)
1949
6.0
Red River
as Gambler (uncredited)
1948
7.3
Tap Roots
as Leader (uncredited)
1948
6.7
That Lady in Ermine
as Orlando (uncredited)
1948
5.9
13 Lead Soldiers
as Edward Vane
1948
6.0
The Black Arrow
as Guard (uncredited)
1948
5.2
A Woman's Vengeance
as Chauffeur McNabb
1948
6.2
Trail of the Mounties
as Hawkins
1947
0.0
The Exile
as Roundhead (uncredited)
1947
6.1
The Marauders
as Riker
1947
4.0
Dangerous Venture
as Morgan
1947
4.0
California
as Miner (uncredited)
1947
6.7
Calcutta
as Tea Planter (uncredited)
1946
6.3
Fool's Gold
as Duke
1946
3.0
Hot Cargo
as Matt Wayne
1946
0.0
Inside Job
as Bartender
1946
5.6
Dressed to Kill
as Hamid
1946
6.6
Devotion
as Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)
1946
6.0
Terror by Night
as Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)
1946
6.5
Captain Kidd
as Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited)
1945
6.2
The Fatal Witness
as Gus
1945
5.8
Sudan
as Uba
1945
6.3
The House of Fear
as John Simpson
1945
6.9
The Man in Half Moon Street
as Bobby
1945
5.4
Lost in a Harem
as Police Chief (uncredited)
1944
5.4
Bluebeard
as Policeman (Uncredited)
1944
5.3
Mrs. Parkington
as Humphrey
1944
5.9
Gypsy Wildcat
as Captain Marver
1944
5.5
The Pearl of Death
as George Gelder (uncredited)
1944
7.1
The Great Alaskan Mystery
as Captain Greeder
1944
5.0
Phantom Lady
as Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)
1944
7.0
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
as Mahmoud
1944
6.1
The Spider Woman
as Fred Garvin (uncredited)
1943
6.9
The Man from the Rio Grande
as John King
1943
0.0
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Man Who Flails the Mayor
1943
6.5
Don't You Believe It
as Rogue
1943
5.0
Fugitive from Sonora
as Iron Joe Martin
1943
0.0
Two Tickets to London
as Sutliff (uncredited)
1943
6.0
Mission to Moscow
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
1943
5.3
The Moon Is Down
as Miner (uncredited)
1943
6.7
Arabian Nights
as Blacksmith
1942
6.0
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as Jack Brady (uncredited)
1942
6.4
Road to Morocco
as Warrior (uncredited)
1942
6.9
The Mummy's Tomb
as Vic - Farmer (uncredited)
1942
5.5
Overland Mail
as Sam Gregg - Henchman
1942
0.0
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
as Camberwell
1942
6.5
The Spoilers
as Miner (uncredited)
1942
6.2
The Ghost of Frankenstein
as Mob Leader (uncredited)
1942
5.8
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Saloon Bouncer
1942
4.7
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Turnkey (uncredited)
1942
7.2
Riders of the Badlands
as Blacksmith Higgins
1941
4.0
The Wolf Man
as Wykes (uncredited)
1941
7.0
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Poker Player (uncredited)
1941
5.9
Lydia
as Hotel House Detective
1941
6.5
Badlands of Dakota
as Jackson
1941
5.9
Rawhide Rangers
as Blackie
1941
5.0
Raiders of the Desert
as Rawlins
1941
0.0
They Met in Bombay
as Corporal at Base (uncredited)
1941
7.3
Singapore Woman
as Crow's Nest Manager (uncredited)
1941
6.6
Mutiny in the Arctic
as Harmon
1941
0.0
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Mike, Cork's Henchman
1941
4.6
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
as J. L. Red Clinton
1941
5.0
So Ends Our Night
as Card Player (uncredited)
1941
6.2
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as Dannick - Crooked Construction Foreman
1940
6.2
Santa Fe Trail
as Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
1940
5.7
Trail of the Vigilantes
as Phil
1940
0.0
The Great Plane Robbery
as Eddie Lindo
1940
0.0
Law and Order
as Poe Daggett
1940
0.0
A Dispatch from Reuters
as Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
1940
6.1
King of the Royal Mounted
as Wade Garson
1940
6.0
When the Daltons Rode
as Rigby Henchman
1940
6.0
The Sea Hawk
as Slavemaster
1940
7.2
Stage to Chino
as Pete Brannigan
1940
5.4
Passport to Alcatraz
as Jeffers
1940
6.0
Florian
as Leader
1940
1.0
Texas Stagecoach
as Clancy
1940
0.0
Dark Command
as Angry Townsman in Bank
1940
6.3
The House of the Seven Gables
as Blacksmith Hawkins
1940
6.9
Virginia City
as Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited)
1940
6.1
The Grapes of Wrath
as Deputy (uncredited)
1940
7.8
Strange Cargo
as Guard (uncredited)
1940
7.0
Little Old New York
as Man in Mob About to Set 'Clermont' Afire
1940
4.3
The Invisible Man Returns
as Miner (uncredited)
1940
6.3
The Light That Failed
as Soldier
1939
6.0
Destry Rides Again
as Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)
1939
7.2
We Are Not Alone
as Man Carrying Leni
1939
6.1
Tower of London
as Lead Murderer of the Children
1939
6.0
Rulers of the Sea
as Seaman (Uncredited)
1939
6.5
The Marshal Of Mesa City
as Henchman Bat Cardigan
1939
8.0
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Second Fake Constable (uncredited)
1939
6.9
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Guard (uncredited)
1939
7.3
Each Dawn I Die
as Temple
1939
6.8
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
as Bos'un
1939
0.0
The Sun Never Sets
as Zurof Camp Guard
1939
4.8
Sons of Liberty
as Arresting British Trooper (uncredited)
1939
6.2
The Story of Dr. Jenner
as Village Dairyman (uncredited)
1939
0.0
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Man Stealing Watermelon (uncredited)
1939
6.6
Arizona Legion
as Whiskey Joe
1939
5.0
Son of Frankenstein
as Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)
1939
6.7
Devil's Island
as Guard Accepting Bribe
1939
5.4
Stand Up and Fight
as Bullet Line Blacksmith
1939
5.8
A Christmas Carol
as Waiter (uncredited)
1938
7.0
Heart of the North
as Miner Leading Mob (uncredited)
1938
3.7
Valley of the Giants
as Greer
1938
6.0
Marie Antoinette
as Executioner (uncredited)
1938
6.5
Painted Desert
as Henchman Burke
1938
5.8
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Dickon Malbete
1938
7.5
Crime School
as Jim - the Second Guard (uncredited)
1938
6.3
Song of Revolt
as Peasant Rebel Leader (uncredited)
1937
6.0
The Prince and the Pauper
as Second Guard
1937
6.8
The Soldier and the Lady
as Peasant (Uncredited)
1937
6.5
Sea Devils
as Sailor (uncredited)
1937
5.7
Maid of Salem
as Guard (Uncredited)
1937
5.9
You Only Live Once
as Guard (uncredited)
1937
7.1
Daniel Boone
as Joe Burch
1936
4.6
The White Angel
as Hospital Storekeeper (uncredited)
1936
7.2
Road Gang
as Sam Dawson (guard with whip)
1936
6.5
The Country Doctor
as Logger (uncredited)
1936
6.0
Sutter's Gold
as Seaman Lars
1936
0.0
Captain Blood
as Kent
1935
7.2
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Soldier (uncredited)
1935
7.3
Ship Cafe
as Stoker (uncredited)
1935
0.0
Peter Ibbetson
as Guard (uncredited)
1935
6.9
Black Fury
as Louie (uncredited)
1935
6.3
Les Misérables
as Beam Warder
1935
7.2
Naughty Marietta
as Pirate (uncredited)
1935
5.4
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
as Turk, an Opium Addict (uncredited)
1935
5.6
Charlie Chan in Paris
as Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited)
1935
6.5
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Sentry (uncredited)
1935
6.6
Strange Wives
as Tribesman
1934
0.0
We Live Again
as Jailer
1934
6.6
Great Expectations
as Orlick
1934
6.2
The Black Cat
as Thamal
1934
6.7
The House of Rothschild
as Man (uncredited)
1934
6.2
Roman Scandals
as Valerius' Soldier (uncredited)
1933
5.8
To the Last Man
as Colby Man Fred (uncredited)
1933
5.7
Captured!
as First Orderly
1933
5.2
Narcotic
as Dr. William G. Davis
1933
3.4
The Girl in 419
as Henchman Driver
1933
3.5
Sweepings
as Customer (Uncredited)
1933
5.1
The Intruder
as Cramer
1933
4.0
File 113
as Michele
1933
0.0
Secrets of the French Police
as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
1932
6.1
Scarlet Dawn
as Revolutionary (Uncredited)
1932
6.5
The Cabin in the Cotton
as Ross Clinton (uncredited)
1932
6.3
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Fred (uncredited)
1932
6.3
The World and the Flesh
as Ivanovitch
1932
6.5
Texas Cyclone
as Jake Farwell
1932
4.2
Mata Hari
as Ivan (uncredited)
1931
6.2
Night Beat
as Chill Scarpelli
1931
5.5
The Sea Ghost
as Sailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter (uncredited)
1931
5.4
Honor of the Family
as Kouski
1931
0.0
I Like Your Nerve
as San Arango Officer (uncredited)
1931
5.7
The Conquering Horde
as Butch Daggett
1931
5.0
New Moon
as Kirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz
1930
4.3
The Right of Way
as Rouge's Henchman
1930
4.4
Rough Romance
as Chick Carson
1930
5.0
Bride of the Regiment
as Sergeant Dostal
1930
6.0
Captain of the Guard
as Le Bruin
1930
0.0
Christina
as Dick Torpe
1929
0.0
The Isle of Lost Ships
as Gallagher
1929
0.0
The Squall
as Peter
1929
3.0
Sins of the Fathers
as The Hijacker
1928
6.0
The Patriot
as Stefan
1928
5.0
The Last Command
as Revolutionist (uncredited)
1928
7.3
Daredevil's Reward
as Second Heavy
1928
0.0
Black Jack
as Haskins
1927
0.0
The Knockout
as Steve McKenna
1925
0.0