From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hector William "Harry" Cording (26 April 1891 – 1 September 1954) 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
| Birth Location | Wellington, Somerset, England, UK |
|---|---|
| Born | 1891-04-25 |
| Died | 1954-09-01 |
Movies
East of Eden
as Bouncer (uncredited)
1955
Jungle Gents
as Henchman Shanks
1954
The Black Shield of Falworth
as Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)
1954
Killer Leopard
as Supt. Saunders
1954
King Richard and the Crusaders
as Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)
1954
Man in the Attic
as Detective Sgt. Bates
1953
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Rough Character in the Park
1953
Law and Order
as Townsman (uncredited)
1953
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
as Stableman (uncredited)
1953
Titanic
as Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
1953
Road to Bali
as Verna’s Father (uncredited)
1953
Against All Flags
as Gow
1952
Captain Pirate
as Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)
1952
Cripple Creek
as Hibbs (uncredited)
1952
Brave Warrior
as Shayne MacGregor
1952
Night Stage to Galveston
as Ted Driscoll
1952
The Big Trees
as Cleve Gregg
1952
Mask of the Avenger
as Zio d'Orsini
1951
1951
Sirocco
as Master Sergeant (uncredited)
1951
Santa Fe
as Moose Legrande
1951
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
as Mike Bridges
1951
Last of the Buccaneers
as Brown
1950
Convicted
as Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited)
1950
1950
Fortunes of Captain Blood
as Will Ward
1950
1950
Tyrant of the Sea
as Sampson Edwards
1950
The Secret Of St. Ives
as Innkeeper (uncredited)
1949
Red River
as Gambler (uncredited)
1948
Tap Roots
as Leader (uncredited)
1948
That Lady in Ermine
as Orlando (uncredited)
1948
13 Lead Soldiers
as Edward Vane
1948
A Woman's Vengeance
as Chauffeur McNabb
1948
Trail of the Mounties
as Hawkins
1947
The Exile
as Roundhead (uncredited)
1947
The Marauders
as Riker
1947
Dangerous Venture
as Morgan
1947
Calcutta
as Tea Planter (uncredited)
1946
Fool's Gold
as Duke
1946
Hot Cargo
as Matt Wayne
1946
Inside Job
as Bartender
1946
Dressed to Kill
as Hamid
1946
Devotion
as Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)
1946
Terror by Night
as Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)
1946
Captain Kidd
as Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited)
1945
The Fatal Witness
as Gus
1945
Sudan
as Uba
1945
The House of Fear
as John Simpson
1945
The Man in Half Moon Street
as Bobby
1945
Lost in a Harem
as Police Chief (uncredited)
1944
Bluebeard
as Policeman (Uncredited)
1944
Mrs. Parkington
as Humphrey
1944
Gypsy Wildcat
as Captain Marver
1944
The Pearl of Death
as George Gelder (uncredited)
1944
The Great Alaskan Mystery
as Captain Greeder
1944
Phantom Lady
as Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)
1944
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
as Mahmoud
1944
The Spider Woman
as Fred Garvin (uncredited)
1943
The Man from the Rio Grande
as John King
1943
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Man Who Flails the Mayor
1943
Don't You Believe It
as Rogue
1943
Fugitive from Sonora
as Iron Joe Martin
1943
Two Tickets to London
as Sutliff (uncredited)
1943
Mission to Moscow
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
1943
The Moon Is Down
as Miner (uncredited)
1943
Arabian Nights
as Blacksmith
1942
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as Jack Brady (uncredited)
1942
Road to Morocco
as Warrior (uncredited)
1942
The Mummy's Tomb
as Vic - Farmer (uncredited)
1942
Overland Mail
as Sam Gregg - Henchman
1942
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
as Camberwell
1942
The Spoilers
as Miner (uncredited)
1942
The Ghost of Frankenstein
as Mob Leader (uncredited)
1942
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Poker Player (uncredited)
1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Saloon Bouncer
1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Turnkey (uncredited)
1942
Riders of the Badlands
as Blacksmith Higgins
1941
The Wolf Man
as Wykes (uncredited)
1941
Lydia
as Hotel House Detective
1941
Badlands Of Dakota
as Jackson
1941
Rawhide Rangers
as Blackie
1941
Raiders of the Desert
as Rawlins
1941
They Met in Bombay
as Corporal at Base (uncredited)
1941
Singapore Woman
as Crow's Nest Manager (uncredited)
1941
Mutiny in the Arctic
as Harmon
1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Mike, Cork's Henchman
1941
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
as J. L. Red Clinton
1941
So Ends Our Night
as Card Player (uncredited)
1941
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as Dannick - Crooked Construction Foreman
1940
Santa Fe Trail
as Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
1940
Trail of the Vigilantes
as Phil
1940
The Great Plane Robbery
as Eddie Lindo
1940
Law and Order
as Poe Daggett
1940
A Dispatch from Reuters
as Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
1940
King of the Royal Mounted
as Wade Garson
1940
When the Daltons Rode
as Rigby Henchman
1940
The Sea Hawk
as Slavemaster
1940
Stage to Chino
as Pete Brannigan
1940
Passport to Alcatraz
as Jeffers
1940
Florian
as Leader
1940
Texas Stagecoach
as Clancy
1940
Dark Command
as Angry Townsman in Bank
1940
The House of the Seven Gables
as Blacksmith Hawkins
1940
Virginia City
as Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited)
1940
The Grapes of Wrath
as Deputy (uncredited)
1940
Strange Cargo
as Guard (uncredited)
1940
Little Old New York
as Man in Mob About to Set 'Clermont' Afire
1940
The Invisible Man Returns
as Miner (uncredited)
1940
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Guard (uncredited)
1939
The Light That Failed
as Soldier
1939
Destry Rides Again
as Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)
1939
We Are Not Alone
as Man Carrying Leni
1939
Tower of London
as Lead Murderer of the Children
1939
Rulers of the Sea
as Seaman (Uncredited)
1939
The Marshal Of Mesa City
as Henchman Bat Cardigan
1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Second Fake Constable (uncredited)
1939
Each Dawn I Die
as Temple
1939
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
as Bos'un
1939
The Sun Never Sets
as Zurof Camp Guard
1939
Sons of Liberty
as Arresting British Trooper (uncredited)
1939
The Story of Dr. Jenner
as Village Dairyman (uncredited)
1939
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Man Stealing Watermelon (uncredited)
1939
Arizona Legion
as Whiskey Joe
1939
Son of Frankenstein
as Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)
1939
Devil's Island
as Guard Accepting Bribe
1939
Stand Up and Fight
as Bullet Line Blacksmith
1939
A Christmas Carol
as Waiter (uncredited)
1938
Heart of the North
as Miner Leading Mob (uncredited)
1938
Valley of the Giants
as Greer
1938
Marie Antoinette
as Executioner (uncredited)
1938
Painted Desert
as Henchman Burke
1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Dickon Malbete
1938
Crime School
as Jim
1938
Song of Revolt
as Peasant Rebel Leader (uncredited)
1937
The Prince and the Pauper
as Second Guard
1937
The Soldier and the Lady
as Peasant (Uncredited)
1937
Sea Devils
as Sailor (uncredited)
1937
Maid of Salem
as Guard (Uncredited)
1937
You Only Live Once
as Guard (uncredited)
1937
Daniel Boone
as Joe Burch
1936
The White Angel
as Hospital Storekeeper (uncredited)
1936
Road Gang
as Sam Dawson (guard with whip)
1936
The Country Doctor
as Logger (uncredited)
1936
Sutter's Gold
as Seaman Lars
1936
Captain Blood
as Kent
1935
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Soldier (uncredited)
1935
Ship Cafe
as Stoker (uncredited)
1935
Peter Ibbetson
as Guard (uncredited)
1935
Black Fury
as Louie (uncredited)
1935
Naughty Marietta
as Pirate (uncredited)
1935
Charlie Chan in Paris
as Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited)
1935
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Sentry (uncredited)
1935
Strange Wives
as Tribesman
1934
We Live Again
as Jailer
1934
Great Expectations
as Orlick
1934
The Black Cat
as Thamal
1934
To the Last Man
as Colby Man Fred (uncredited)
1933
Captured!
as First Orderly
1933
Narcotic
as Dr. William G. Davis
1933
The Girl in 419
as Henchman Driver
1933
Sweepings
as Customer (Uncredited)
1933
The Intruder
as Cramer
1933
1933
Scarlet Dawn
as Revolutionary (Uncredited)
1932
The Cabin in the Cotton
as Ross Clinton (uncredited)
1932
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Fred (uncredited)
1932
The World and the Flesh
as Ivanovitch
1932
Texas Cyclone
as Jake Farwell
1932
Mata Hari
as Ivan (uncredited)
1931
Night Beat
as Chill Scarpelli
1931
The Sea Ghost
as Sailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter (uncredited)
1931
Honor of the Family
as Kouski
1931
The Conquering Horde
as Butch Daggett
1931
New Moon
as Kirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz
1930
The Right of Way
as Rouge's Henchman
1930
Rough Romance
as Chick Carson
1930
Bride of the Regiment
as Sergeant Dostal
1930
Captain of the Guard
as Le Bruin
1930
Christina
as Dick Torpe
1929
The Isle of Lost Ships
as Gallagher
1929
The Squall
as Peter
1929
Sins of the Fathers
as The Hijacker
1928
The Patriot
as Stefan
1928
The Last Command
as Revolutionist (uncredited)
1928
Daredevil's Reward
as Second Heavy
1928
Black Jack
as Haskins
1927
The Knockout
as Steve McKenna
1925
Harry Cording hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
