Harry Cording
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 25, 1891
- Died
- Sep 1, 1954 (aged 63)
- Place of birth
- Wellington, Somerset, England, UK
- Credits
- 205
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
The Grapes of Wrath
1940Movie
Deputy (uncredited)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938Movie
Dickon Malbete
East of Eden
1955Movie
Bouncer (uncredited)
The Wolf Man
1941Movie
Wykes (uncredited)
Red River
1948Movie
Gambler (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935Movie
Soldier (uncredited)
Filmography
East of Eden
1955Movie
Bouncer (uncredited)
Jungle Gents
1954Movie
Henchman Shanks
The Black Shield of Falworth
1954Movie
Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)
Killer Leopard
1954Movie
Supt. Saunders
King Richard and the Crusaders
1954Movie
Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)
Man in the Attic
1953Movie
Detective Sgt. Bates
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1953Movie
Rough Character in the Park
Law and Order
1953Movie
Townsman (uncredited)
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
1953Movie
Stableman (uncredited)
Titanic
1953Movie
Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
Treasure of the Golden Condor
1953Movie
Breton (uncredited)
Against All Flags
1952Movie
Gow
Road to Bali
1952Movie
Verna’s Father (uncredited), Verna's Father (uncredited)
Hopalong Cassidy
1952TV
Captain Pirate
1952Movie
Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)
Cripple Creek
1952Movie
Hibbs (uncredited)
Brave Warrior
1952Movie
Shayne MacGregor
Night Stage to Galveston
1952Movie
Ted Driscoll
The Big Trees
1952Movie
Cleve Gregg
The Strange Door
1951Movie
Iron Man
1951Movie
Miner (uncredited)
Mask of the Avenger
1951Movie
Zio d'Orsini
Sirocco
1951Movie
Master Sergeant (uncredited)
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951TV
Santa Fe
1951Movie
Moose Legrande
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
1951Movie
Mike Bridges
Last of the Buccaneers
1950Movie
Brown
Convicted
1950Movie
Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited)
The Iroquois Trail
1950Movie
Frontiersman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fortunes of Captain Blood
1950Movie
Will Ward
Buccaneer's Girl
1950Movie
Barfly (uncredited)
Tyrant of the Sea
1950Movie
Sampson Edwards
The Secret Of St. Ives
1949Movie
Innkeeper (uncredited)
Red River
1948Movie
Gambler (uncredited)
Tap Roots
1948Movie
Leader (uncredited)
That Lady in Ermine
1948Movie
Orlando (uncredited)
13 Lead Soldiers
1948Movie
Edward Vane
The Black Arrow
1948Movie
Guard (uncredited)
A Woman's Vengeance
1948Movie
Chauffeur McNabb
Trail of the Mounties
1947Movie
Hawkins
The Exile
1947Movie
Roundhead (uncredited)
Forever Amber
1947Movie
The Marauders
1947Movie
Riker
Dangerous Venture
1947Movie
Morgan
California
1947Movie
Miner (uncredited)
Calcutta
1946Movie
Tea Planter (uncredited)
The Verdict
1946Movie
Tough Englishman (uncredited)
Fool's Gold
1946Movie
Duke
Hot Cargo
1946Movie
Matt Wayne
Inside Job
1946Movie
Bartender
Dressed to Kill
1946Movie
Hamid
Devotion
1946Movie
Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)
Terror by Night
1946Movie
Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)
Captain Kidd
1945Movie
Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited)
The Fatal Witness
1945Movie
Gus
Sudan
1945Movie
Uba
The House of Fear
1945Movie
John Simpson
The Man in Half Moon Street
1945Movie
Bobby
Lost in a Harem
1944Movie
Police Chief (uncredited)
Bluebeard
1944Movie
Policeman (Uncredited)
Mrs. Parkington
1944Movie
Humphrey
Gypsy Wildcat
1944Movie
Captain Marver
The Pearl of Death
1944Movie
George Gelder (uncredited)
The Great Alaskan Mystery
1944Movie
Captain Greeder
Passage to Marseille
1944Movie
Chief Guard (uncredited)
Phantom Lady
1944Movie
Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944Movie
Mahmoud
The Spider Woman
1943Movie
Fred Garvin (uncredited)
There's Something About a Soldier
1943Movie
The Man from the Rio Grande
1943Movie
John King
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943Movie
Man Who Flails the Mayor
Don't You Believe It
1943Movie
Rogue
Fugitive from Sonora
1943Movie
Iron Joe Martin
Two Tickets to London
1943Movie
Sutliff (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
1943Movie
Blacksmith (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down
1943Movie
Miner (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942Movie
Jack Brady (uncredited)
Arabian Nights
1942Movie
Blacksmith
Road to Morocco
1942Movie
Warrior (uncredited)
The Mummy's Tomb
1942Movie
Vic - Farmer (uncredited)
Overland Mail
1942Movie
Sam Gregg - Henchman
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942Movie
Camberwell
The Spoilers
1942Movie
Miner (uncredited)
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942Movie
Mob Leader (uncredited)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942Movie
Saloon Bouncer
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942Movie
Turnkey (uncredited)
Riders of the Badlands
1941Movie
Blacksmith Higgins
The Wolf Man
1941Movie
Wykes (uncredited)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941Movie
Poker Player (uncredited)
Lydia
1941Movie
Hotel House Detective
Badlands of Dakota
1941Movie
Jackson
Rawhide Rangers
1941Movie
Blackie
Raiders of the Desert
1941Movie
Rawlins
They Met in Bombay
1941Movie
Corporal at Base (uncredited)
Singapore Woman
1941Movie
Crow's Nest Manager (uncredited)
Mutiny in the Arctic
1941Movie
Harmon
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941Movie
Mike, Cork's Henchman
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941Movie
J. L. Red Clinton
So Ends Our Night
1941Movie
Card Player (uncredited)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
1940Movie
Dannick - Crooked Construction Foreman
Santa Fe Trail
1940Movie
Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940Movie
Phil
The Great Plane Robbery
1940Movie
Eddie Lindo
Law and Order
1940Movie
Poe Daggett
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940Movie
Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
King of the Royal Mounted
1940Movie
Wade Garson
When the Daltons Rode
1940Movie
Rigby Henchman
The Sea Hawk
1940Movie
Slavemaster
Stage to Chino
1940Movie
Pete Brannigan
Passport to Alcatraz
1940Movie
Jeffers
Florian
1940Movie
Leader
Texas Stagecoach
1940Movie
Clancy
Dark Command
1940Movie
Angry Townsman in Bank
The House of the Seven Gables
1940Movie
Blacksmith Hawkins
Virginia City
1940Movie
Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
1940Movie
Deputy (uncredited)
Strange Cargo
1940Movie
Guard (uncredited)
Little Old New York
1940Movie
Man in Mob About to Set 'Clermont' Afire
The Invisible Man Returns
1940Movie
Miner (uncredited)
The Light That Failed
1939Movie
Soldier
Destry Rides Again
1939Movie
Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)
We Are Not Alone
1939Movie
Man Carrying Leni
Tower of London
1939Movie
Lead Murderer of the Children
Rulers of the Sea
1939Movie
Seaman (Uncredited)
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939Movie
Henchman Bat Cardigan
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939Movie
Second Fake Constable (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939Movie
Guard (uncredited)
Each Dawn I Die
1939Movie
Temple
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
1939Movie
Bos'un
The Sun Never Sets
1939Movie
Zurof Camp Guard
Sons of Liberty
1939Movie
Arresting British Trooper (uncredited)
The Story of Dr. Jenner
1939Movie
Village Dairyman (uncredited)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939Movie
Man Stealing Watermelon (uncredited)
Arizona Legion
1939Movie
Whiskey Joe
Son of Frankenstein
1939Movie
Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)
Devil's Island
1939Movie
Guard Accepting Bribe
Stand Up and Fight
1939Movie
Bullet Line Blacksmith
A Christmas Carol
1938Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Heart of the North
1938Movie
Miner Leading Mob (uncredited)
Valley of the Giants
1938Movie
Greer
Marie Antoinette
1938Movie
Executioner (uncredited)
Painted Desert
1938Movie
Henchman Burke
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938Movie
Dickon Malbete
Crime School
1938Movie
Jim - the Second Guard (uncredited)
Song of Revolt
1937Movie
Peasant Rebel Leader (uncredited)
The Prince and the Pauper
1937Movie
Second Guard
The Soldier and the Lady
1937Movie
Peasant (Uncredited)
Sea Devils
1937Movie
Sailor (uncredited)
Maid of Salem
1937Movie
Guard (Uncredited)
You Only Live Once
1937Movie
Guard (uncredited)
Daniel Boone
1936Movie
Joe Burch
The White Angel
1936Movie
Hospital Storekeeper (uncredited)
Road Gang
1936Movie
Sam Dawson (guard with whip)
The Country Doctor
1936Movie
Logger (uncredited)
Sutter's Gold
1936Movie
Seaman Lars
Captain Blood
1935Movie
Kent
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935Movie
Soldier (uncredited)
Ship Cafe
1935Movie
Stoker (uncredited)
Peter Ibbetson
1935Movie
Guard (uncredited)
Black Fury
1935Movie
Louie (uncredited)
Les Misérables
1935Movie
Beam Warder
Naughty Marietta
1935Movie
Pirate (uncredited)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935Movie
Turk, an Opium Addict (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Paris
1935Movie
Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935Movie
Sentry (uncredited)
Strange Wives
1934Movie
Tribesman
We Live Again
1934Movie
Jailer
Great Expectations
1934Movie
Orlick
The Black Cat
1934Movie
Thamal
The House of Rothschild
1934Movie
Man (uncredited)
Roman Scandals
1933Movie
Valerius' Soldier (uncredited)
To the Last Man
1933Movie
Colby Man Fred (uncredited)
Captured!
1933Movie
First Orderly
Narcotic
1933Movie
Dr. William G. Davis
The Girl in 419
1933Movie
Henchman Driver
Sweepings
1933Movie
Customer (Uncredited)
The Intruder
1933Movie
Cramer
File 113
1933Movie
Michele
Secrets of the French Police
1932Movie
Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
Scarlet Dawn
1932Movie
Revolutionary (Uncredited)
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932Movie
Ross Clinton (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932Movie
Fred (uncredited)
The World and the Flesh
1932Movie
Ivanovitch
Texas Cyclone
1932Movie
Jake Farwell
Night Beat
1931Movie
Chill Scarpelli
Mata Hari
1931Movie
Ivan (uncredited)
The Sea Ghost
1931Movie
Sailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter (uncredited)
Honor of the Family
1931Movie
Kouski
I Like Your Nerve
1931Movie
San Arango Officer (uncredited)
The Conquering Horde
1931Movie
Butch Daggett
New Moon
1930Movie
Kirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz
The Right of Way
1930Movie
Rouge's Henchman
Rough Romance
1930Movie
Chick Carson
Bride of the Regiment
1930Movie
Sergeant Dostal
Captain of the Guard
1930Movie
Le Bruin
Christina
1929Movie
Dick Torpe
The Isle of Lost Ships
1929Movie
Gallagher
The Squall
1929Movie
Peter
Sins of the Fathers
1928Movie
The Hijacker
The Patriot
1928Movie
Stefan
The Last Command
1928Movie
Revolutionist (uncredited)
Daredevil's Reward
1928Movie
Second Heavy
Turkish Delight
1927Movie
Black Jack
1927Movie
Haskins
The Knockout
1925Movie
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