Harry Cording
Acting
Born April 25, 1891, Wellington, Somerset, England, UK
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.
Filmography
- 1955East of Eden — Bouncer (uncredited)
- 1954Jungle Gents — Henchman Shanks
- 1954Killer Leopard — Supt. Saunders
- 1954King Richard and the Crusaders — Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)
- 1954The Black Shield of Falworth — Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)
- 1953Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Rough Character in the Park
- 1953Ambush at Tomahawk Gap — Stableman (uncredited)
- 1953Law and Order — Townsman (uncredited)
- 1953Man in the Attic — Detective Sgt. Bates
- 1953Titanic — Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
- 1953Treasure of the Golden Condor — Breton (uncredited)
- 1952Against All Flags — Gow
- 1952Brave Warrior — Shayne MacGregor
- 1952Captain Pirate — Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)
- 1952Cripple Creek — Hibbs (uncredited)
- Hopalong Cassidy
- 1952Night Stage to Galveston — Ted Driscoll
- 1952Road to Bali — Verna’s Father (uncredited), Verna's Father (uncredited)
- 1952The Big Trees — Cleve Gregg
- 1951Al Jennings of Oklahoma — Mike Bridges
- 1951Iron Man — Miner (uncredited)
- 1951Mask of the Avenger — Zio d'Orsini
- 1951Santa Fe — Moose Legrande
- 1951Sirocco — Master Sergeant (uncredited)
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
- 1951The Strange Door
- 1950Buccaneer's Girl — Barfly (uncredited)
- 1950Convicted — Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited)
- 1950Fortunes of Captain Blood — Will Ward
- 1950Last of the Buccaneers — Brown
- 1950The Iroquois Trail — Frontiersman (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1950Tyrant of the Sea — Sampson Edwards
- 1949The Secret Of St. Ives — Innkeeper (uncredited)
- 194813 Lead Soldiers — Edward Vane
- 1948A Woman's Vengeance — Chauffeur McNabb
- 1948Red River — Gambler (uncredited)
- 1948Tap Roots — Leader (uncredited)
- 1948That Lady in Ermine — Orlando (uncredited)
- 1948The Black Arrow — Guard (uncredited)
- 1947California — Miner (uncredited)
- 1947Dangerous Venture — Morgan
- 1947Forever Amber
- 1947The Exile — Roundhead (uncredited)
- 1947The Marauders — Riker
- 1947Trail of the Mounties — Hawkins
- 1946Calcutta — Tea Planter (uncredited)
- 1946Devotion — Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)
- 1946Dressed to Kill — Hamid
- 1946Fool's Gold — Duke
- 1946Hot Cargo — Matt Wayne
- 1946Inside Job — Bartender
- 1946Terror by Night — Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)
- 1946The Verdict — Tough Englishman (uncredited)
- 1945Captain Kidd — Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited)
- 1945Sudan — Uba
- 1945The Fatal Witness — Gus
- 1945The House of Fear — John Simpson
- 1945The Man in Half Moon Street — Bobby
- 1944Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves — Mahmoud
- 1944Bluebeard — Policeman (Uncredited)
- 1944Gypsy Wildcat — Captain Marver
- 1944Lost in a Harem — Police Chief (uncredited)
- 1944Mrs. Parkington — Humphrey
- 1944Passage to Marseille — Chief Guard (uncredited)
- 1944Phantom Lady — Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)
- 1944The Great Alaskan Mystery — Captain Greeder
- 1944The Pearl of Death — George Gelder (uncredited)
- 1943Don't You Believe It — Rogue
- 1943For Whom the Bell Tolls — Man Who Flails the Mayor
- 1943Fugitive from Sonora — Iron Joe Martin
- 1943Mission to Moscow — Blacksmith (uncredited)
- 1943The Man from the Rio Grande — John King
- 1943The Moon Is Down — Miner (uncredited)
- 1943The Spider Woman — Fred Garvin (uncredited)
- 1943There's Something About a Soldier
- 1943Two Tickets to London — Sutliff (uncredited)
- 1942Arabian Nights — Blacksmith
- 1942Overland Mail — Sam Gregg - Henchman
- 1942Road to Morocco — Warrior (uncredited)
- 1942Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon — Jack Brady (uncredited)
- 1942Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror — Camberwell
- 1942Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake — Turnkey (uncredited)
- 1942The Ghost of Frankenstein — Mob Leader (uncredited)
- 1942The Mummy's Tomb — Vic - Farmer (uncredited)
- 1942The Spoilers — Miner (uncredited)
- 1942Wild Bill Hickok Rides — Saloon Bouncer
- 1941Badlands of Dakota — Jackson
- 1941Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie — J. L. Red Clinton
- 1941Lydia — Hotel House Detective
- 1941Mutiny in the Arctic — Harmon
- 1941Raiders of the Desert — Rawlins
- 1941Rawhide Rangers — Blackie
- 1941Ride 'Em Cowboy — Poker Player (uncredited)
- 1941Riders of the Badlands — Blacksmith Higgins
- 1941Singapore Woman — Crow's Nest Manager (uncredited)
- 1941So Ends Our Night — Card Player (uncredited)
- 1941The Lady from Cheyenne — Mike, Cork's Henchman
- 1941The Wolf Man — Wykes (uncredited)
- 1941They Met in Bombay — Corporal at Base (uncredited)
- 1940A Dispatch from Reuters — Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
- 1940Dark Command — Angry Townsman in Bank
- 1940Florian — Leader
- 1940King of the Royal Mounted — Wade Garson
- 1940Law and Order — Poe Daggett
- 1940Little Old New York — Man in Mob About to Set 'Clermont' Afire
- 1940Passport to Alcatraz — Jeffers
- 1940Santa Fe Trail — Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
- 1940Stage to Chino — Pete Brannigan
- 1940Strange Cargo — Guard (uncredited)
- 1940Texas Stagecoach — Clancy
- 1940The Grapes of Wrath — Deputy (uncredited)
- 1940The Great Plane Robbery — Eddie Lindo
- 1940The Green Hornet Strikes Again! — Dannick - Crooked Construction Foreman
- 1940The House of the Seven Gables — Blacksmith Hawkins
- 1940The Invisible Man Returns — Miner (uncredited)
- 1940The Sea Hawk — Slavemaster
- 1940Trail of the Vigilantes — Phil
- 1940Virginia City — Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited)
- 1940When the Daltons Rode — Rigby Henchman
- 1939Arizona Legion — Whiskey Joe
- 1939Destry Rides Again — Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)
- 1939Devil's Island — Guard Accepting Bribe
- 1939Each Dawn I Die — Temple
- 1939Mutiny on the Blackhawk — Bos'un
- 1939Rulers of the Sea — Seaman (Uncredited)
- 1939Son of Frankenstein — Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)
- 1939Sons of Liberty — Arresting British Trooper (uncredited)
- 1939Stand Up and Fight — Bullet Line Blacksmith
- 1939The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Man Stealing Watermelon (uncredited)
- 1939The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Second Fake Constable (uncredited)
- 1939The Hunchback of Notre Dame — Guard (uncredited)
- 1939The Light That Failed — Soldier
- 1939The Marshal Of Mesa City — Henchman Bat Cardigan
- 1939The Story of Dr. Jenner — Village Dairyman (uncredited)
- 1939The Sun Never Sets — Zurof Camp Guard
- 1939Tower of London — Lead Murderer of the Children
- 1939We Are Not Alone — Man Carrying Leni
- 1938A Christmas Carol — Waiter (uncredited)
- 1938Crime School — Jim - the Second Guard (uncredited)
- 1938Heart of the North — Miner Leading Mob (uncredited)
- 1938Marie Antoinette — Executioner (uncredited)
- 1938Painted Desert — Henchman Burke
- 1938The Adventures of Robin Hood — Dickon Malbete
- 1938Valley of the Giants — Greer
- 1937Maid of Salem — Guard (Uncredited)
- 1937Sea Devils — Sailor (uncredited)
- 1937Song of Revolt — Peasant Rebel Leader (uncredited)
- 1937The Prince and the Pauper — Second Guard
- 1937The Soldier and the Lady — Peasant (Uncredited)
- 1937You Only Live Once — Guard (uncredited)
- 1936Daniel Boone — Joe Burch
- 1936Road Gang — Sam Dawson (guard with whip)
- 1936Sutter's Gold — Seaman Lars
- 1936The Country Doctor — Logger (uncredited)
- 1936The White Angel — Hospital Storekeeper (uncredited)
- 1935Black Fury — Louie (uncredited)
- 1935Captain Blood — Kent
- 1935Charlie Chan in Paris — Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited)
- 1935Les Misérables — Beam Warder
- 1935Mutiny on the Bounty — Soldier (uncredited)
- 1935Naughty Marietta — Pirate (uncredited)
- 1935Peter Ibbetson — Guard (uncredited)
- 1935Ship Cafe — Stoker (uncredited)
- 1935The Lives of a Bengal Lancer — Sentry (uncredited)
- 1935The Mystery of Edwin Drood — Turk, an Opium Addict (uncredited)
- 1934Great Expectations — Orlick
- 1934Strange Wives — Tribesman
- 1934The Black Cat — Thamal
- 1934The House of Rothschild — Man (uncredited)
- 1934We Live Again — Jailer
- 1933Captured! — First Orderly
- 1933File 113 — Michele
- 1933Narcotic — Dr. William G. Davis
- 1933Roman Scandals — Valerius' Soldier (uncredited)
- 1933Sweepings — Customer (Uncredited)
- 1933The Girl in 419 — Henchman Driver
- 1933The Intruder — Cramer
- 1933To the Last Man — Colby Man Fred (uncredited)
- 1932Merrily We Go to Hell — Fred (uncredited)
- 1932Scarlet Dawn — Revolutionary (Uncredited)
- 1932Secrets of the French Police — Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
- 1932Texas Cyclone — Jake Farwell
- 1932The Cabin in the Cotton — Ross Clinton (uncredited)
- 1932The World and the Flesh — Ivanovitch
- 1931Honor of the Family — Kouski
- 1931I Like Your Nerve — San Arango Officer (uncredited)
- 1931Mata Hari — Ivan (uncredited)
- 1931Night Beat — Chill Scarpelli
- 1931The Conquering Horde — Butch Daggett
- 1931The Sea Ghost — Sailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter (uncredited)
- 1930Bride of the Regiment — Sergeant Dostal
- 1930Captain of the Guard — Le Bruin
- 1930New Moon — Kirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz
- 1930Rough Romance — Chick Carson
- 1930The Right of Way — Rouge's Henchman
- 1929Christina — Dick Torpe
- 1929The Isle of Lost Ships — Gallagher
- 1929The Squall — Peter
- 1928Daredevil's Reward — Second Heavy
- 1928Sins of the Fathers — The Hijacker
- 1928The Last Command — Revolutionist (uncredited)
- 1928The Patriot — Stefan
- 1927Black Jack — Haskins
- 1927Turkish Delight
- 1925The Knockout — Steve McKenna