Harry Cording
- Acting
- April 25, 1891 · Wellington, Somerset, England, UK
- September 1, 1954
Biography
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
Filmography
- East of Eden · Bouncer (uncredited)
- Jungle Gents · Henchman Shanks
- The Black Shield of Falworth · Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)
- Killer Leopard · Supt. Saunders
- King Richard and the Crusaders · Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)
- Man in the Attic · Detective Sgt. Bates
- Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Rough Character in the Park
- Law and Order · Townsman (uncredited)
- Ambush at Tomahawk Gap · Stableman (uncredited)
- Titanic · Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
- Treasure of the Golden Condor · Breton (uncredited)
- Against All Flags · Gow
- Road to Bali · Verna’s Father (uncredited), Verna's Father (uncredited)
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Captain Pirate · Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)
- Cripple Creek · Hibbs (uncredited)
- Brave Warrior · Shayne MacGregor
- Night Stage to Galveston · Ted Driscoll
- The Big Trees · Cleve Gregg
- The Strange Door
- Iron Man · Miner (uncredited)
- Mask of the Avenger · Zio d'Orsini
- Sirocco · Master Sergeant (uncredited)
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
- Santa Fe · Moose Legrande
- Al Jennings of Oklahoma · Mike Bridges
- Last of the Buccaneers · Brown
- Convicted · Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited)
- The Iroquois Trail · Frontiersman (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Fortunes of Captain Blood · Will Ward
- Buccaneer's Girl · Barfly (uncredited)
- Tyrant of the Sea · Sampson Edwards
- The Secret Of St. Ives · Innkeeper (uncredited)
- Red River · Gambler (uncredited)
- Tap Roots · Leader (uncredited)
- That Lady in Ermine · Orlando (uncredited)
- 13 Lead Soldiers · Edward Vane
- The Black Arrow · Guard (uncredited)
- A Woman's Vengeance · Chauffeur McNabb
- Trail of the Mounties · Hawkins
- The Exile · Roundhead (uncredited)
- Forever Amber
- The Marauders · Riker
- Dangerous Venture · Morgan
- California · Miner (uncredited)
- Calcutta · Tea Planter (uncredited)
- The Verdict · Tough Englishman (uncredited)
- Fool's Gold · Duke
- Hot Cargo · Matt Wayne
- Inside Job · Bartender
- Dressed to Kill · Hamid
- Devotion · Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)
- Terror by Night · Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)
- Captain Kidd · Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited)
- The Fatal Witness · Gus
- Sudan · Uba
- The House of Fear · John Simpson
- The Man in Half Moon Street · Bobby
- Lost in a Harem · Police Chief (uncredited)
- Bluebeard · Policeman (Uncredited)
- Mrs. Parkington · Humphrey
- Gypsy Wildcat · Captain Marver
- The Pearl of Death · George Gelder (uncredited)
- The Great Alaskan Mystery · Captain Greeder
- Passage to Marseille · Chief Guard (uncredited)
- Phantom Lady · Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves · Mahmoud
- The Spider Woman · Fred Garvin (uncredited)
- There's Something About a Soldier
- The Man from the Rio Grande · John King
- For Whom the Bell Tolls · Man Who Flails the Mayor
- Don't You Believe It · Rogue
- Fugitive from Sonora · Iron Joe Martin
- Two Tickets to London · Sutliff (uncredited)
- Mission to Moscow · Blacksmith (uncredited)
- The Moon Is Down · Miner (uncredited)
- Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon · Jack Brady (uncredited)
- Arabian Nights · Blacksmith
- Road to Morocco · Warrior (uncredited)
- The Mummy's Tomb · Vic - Farmer (uncredited)