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