Raised on a cattle ranch in Montana. Educated at Stanford and the University of Nevada as an engineer. Washed out as an Army pilot. Toured the country in rodeos as a saddle bronc rider. Broke his neck in a horsefall in his 20s, but didn't know it until his 40s. Chosen along with Tex Ritter from a rodeo at Madison Square Garden in New York to appear in the Broadway play "Green Grow the Lilacs", the play from which the musical "Oklahoma" was later derived. Drove a cab in New York, then worked on dude ranches as a wrangler and as a guide on the Bright Angel trail of the Grand Canyon. Recommended by Billie Burke to several movie producers. Became friends with John Wayne, Howard Hawks, and later John Ford, all of whom provided him with much work. Survived by adopted daughter Dawn Henry. Date of Death:  6 December 1992, Los Angeles, California, USA  (natural causes)

Filmography

• 1990Almost an Angel — Pop
• 1990Big Bad John — Good Ole Boy
• Cop Rock — 2nd Elderly Man
• Twin Peaks — Waiter
• 1988Once Upon a Texas Train — Old Timer
• 1985Runaway Train — Old Con
• 1985Space Rage — Old Codger
• 1984The Ice Pirates — Elderly Jason
• 1984UFOria — Colonel
• 1983Please Don't Eat the Babies — Gramps Jebediah
• 1982Hammett — Pool Room Attendant
• Knight Rider — Slim
• 1981Scream — John
• 1981Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. — Old Geezer
• 1980Bronco Billy — Station Mechanic
• 1978Big Wednesday — Shopping Cart, Shopping Cart (as Hank Warden)
• 1978Every Which Way but Loose — Trailer Court Manager
• 1978Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band — Old Lonely Hearts Club Band
• 1978They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way — Butch Collins
• 1977Smokey and the Bandit — Trucker (uncredited)
• 1977The Legend of Frank Woods — Slim
• 1977Which Way Is Up? — The Flunky
• 1975Sky Hei$t — Old Coot
• 1974The Hanged Man — Ab Wickes
• 1973Cahill: United States Marshal — Albert, Valentine Stationmaster
• 1971Bedknobs and Broomsticks — Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
• 1971Big Jake — Hank
• 1971Black Noon — Joseph
• 1971Zachariah — Old Cowboy (uncredited)
• 1970Chisum — Stationmaster Elwood
• 1970Rio Lobo — Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
• 1969Big Daddy
• 1969True Grit — R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
• Lancer
• 1967Good Times — Kid
• 1967Hondo and the Apaches — Miner
• 1967The President's Analyst — Dirty Old Man (uncredited)
• Green Acres
• Daniel Boone — Blue Belly (uncredited), Hansom Cab Driver
• 1963McLintock! — Curly Fletcher
• Petticoat Junction — Farmer, Roy Turlock, Luke, Band Member
• The Beverly Hillbillies
• 1962The Music Man — Undertaker
• The Virginian — Calico (uncredited)
• 1961One-Eyed Jacks — Doc
• 1960Sergeant Rutledge — Laredo (uncredited)
• 1960The Alamo — Parson
• Bonanza — Station Attendant
• Rawhide — Driver
• 1959The Horse Soldiers — Deacon Clump
• Bronco
• 1958Bullwhip — Tex
• 1958The Notorious Mr. Monks — Pete
• 1958The Toughest Gun in Tombstone — Liveryman
• 1957Dragoon Wells Massacre — Hopi Charlie
• 1957Forty Guns — Marshal John Chisum
• 1957Spoilers of the Forest — Pat Casey
• 1957The Buckskin Lady — Lon
• 1957The Quiet Gun — Sampson
• Wagon Train — Hank
• 1956Accused of Murder — Les Fuller
• 1956Davy Crockett and the River Pirates — Fiddler
• The Adventures of Jim Bowie
• 1956The Searchers — Mose Harper
• 1956Thunder Over Arizona — Old Jonas
• 1955Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier — Cave Bar Patron (uncredited)
• Gunsmoke — Claude
• 1955The Indian Fighter — Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper
• 1953Crime Wave — Sweeney (uncredited)
• 1952Apache War Smoke — Amber
• 1952Boots Malone — Auto Mechanic
• 1952The Big Sky — Poordevil
• 1952Woman of the North Country — Tom Gordon
• 1951Comin' Round the Mountain — Shooting Match Official
• 1951Sugarfoot — Johnny Behind-the-Stove
• 1951Triple Cross — Hard-of-Hearing Farmer
• 1950Father Is a Bachelor — Finnegan (uncredited)
• 1950Frenchie — Mr. Grady (uncredited)
• 1950Wagon Master — Luke Clegg
• 1950When Willie Comes Marching Home — American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited)
• 1949Cover Up — Undertaker
• 1949Hellfire — Witness (uncredited)
• 1949Roseanna McCoy — Jacob (uncredited)
• 1949The Fighting Kentuckian — Abner Todd
• The Lone Ranger — Rusty Bates, Bruckner
• 19483 Godfathers — Deputy Curly
• 1948Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' — Clem (uncredited)
• 1948Fort Apache — Southern Recruit
• 1948Hazard — Man in Cheap Hotel (uncredited)
• 1948Red River — Simms Reeves
• 1948Tap Roots — Cropper (uncredited)
• 1948The Man from Texas — (uncredited)
• 1948The Sainted Sisters — Taub Beasley
• 1948Whispering Smith
• 1948Yellow Sky — Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited)
• 1947Angel and the Badman — Townsman (uncredited)
• 1947High Wall
• 1947Prairie Express — Deputy Clint
• 1947The Sea of Grass — Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited)
• 1947The Secret Life of Walter Mitty — Western Character (uncredited)
• 1946Duel in the Sun — Party Guest (uncredited)
• 1946Lawless Breed — The Deputy
• 1946Undercurrent — Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited)
• 1945Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood — Joe (uncredited)
• 1944None Shall Escape — German Motorcycle Soldier (uncredited)
• 1944The Great Moment — Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)
• 1943A Lady Takes a Chance — Waiter
• 1943Black Market Rustlers — Slim
• 1943Flesh and Fantasy — Circus Spectator (uncredited)
• 1943So Proudly We Hail — Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited)
• 1943The Woman of the Town — The Barber
• 1942Deep in the Heart of Texas — Townsman
• 1941Border Vigilantes — Aunt Jennifer's Wagon Driver
• 1941Mad About Moonshine — Hillbilly
• 1941Robbers of the Range — Stagecoach Attendant (uncredited)
• 1940Beyond Tomorrow — Hospital Visitor (uncredited)
• 1940Brigham Young — Mormon Cheering Porter
• 1940Cross-Country Romance — Wedding Witness
• 1940Gaucho Serenade — Farmer Driving Jalopy
• 1940Northwest Passage — Ranger Tying Oars
• 1940Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride — Henry Haggerty
• 1940Riders of Pasco Basin — Townsman (uncredited)
• 1940The Range Busters — Cowhand
• 1940Triple Justice — Townsman Outside Saloon
• 1940Viva Cisco Kid — Deputy
• 1940Winners of the West — Drunk
• 1939Chip of the Flying U — Cowhand
• 1939Oklahoma Frontier — Townsman
• 1939Reno — Townsman
• 1939Rollin' Westward — Slim Regan
• 1939Stagecoach — Cavalryman (uncredited)
• 1939Sundown on the Prairie — Henchman Hank
• 1939The Night Riders — Rancher
• 1938Frontier Town — Henchman Buck
• 1938Ghost Town Riders — Tom 'Cherokee' Walton
• 1938The Cowboy and the Lady — Cowhand Leonard (uncredited)
• 1938The Stranger from Arizona — Skeeter
• 1937Hittin' the Trail — Sidekick Hank
• 1937Hollywood Round-Up — Saloon Set Extra
• 1937Sing Cowboy Sing — Henchman
• 1937The Californian — Ruiz Man
• 1937The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen — Deputy
• 1936Come and Get It — Lumberjack (uncredited)
• 1936For the Service — Henchman (uncredited)
• 1936Ghost Town Gold — Mr. Crabtree (uncredited)
• 1935Barbary Coast — Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1992John Wayne's 'The Alamo' — Self