Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 23, 1901
Died
Dec 06, 1992
Place of Birth
Rolfe, Iowa, USA
Credits
147 titles
Hank Worden
Biography
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)
Known For
Filmography
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Self
Almost an Angel
Pop
Cop Rock
2nd Elderly Man
Twin Peaks
Waiter
Big Bad John
Good Ole Boy
Once Upon a Texas Train
Old Timer
Space Rage
Old Codger
Runaway Train
Old Con
UFOria
Colonel
The Ice Pirates
Elderly Jason
Please Don't Eat the Babies
Gramps Jebediah
Knight Rider
Slim
Hammett
Pool Room Attendant
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
Old Geezer
Scream
John
Bronco Billy
Station Mechanic
Every Which Way but Loose
Trailer Court Manager
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Butch Collins
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Old Lonely Hearts Club Band
Big Wednesday
Shopping Cart
Which Way Is Up?
The Flunky
Smokey and the Bandit
Trucker (uncredited)
The Legend of Frank Woods
Slim
Sky Hei$t
Old Coot
The Hanged Man
Ab Wickes
Cahill: United States Marshal
Albert, Valentine Stationmaster
Black Noon
Joseph
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
Big Jake
Hank
Zachariah
Old Cowboy (uncredited)
Chisum
Stationmaster Elwood
Rio Lobo
Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
True Grit
R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
Big Daddy
Lancer
The President's Analyst
Dirty Old Man (uncredited)
Hondo and the Apaches
Miner
Good Times
Kid
Green Acres
Daniel Boone
Blue Belly (uncredited)
McLintock!
Curly Fletcher
Petticoat Junction
Farmer
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Virginian
Calico (uncredited)
The Music Man
Undertaker
One-Eyed Jacks
Doc
The Alamo
Parson
Sergeant Rutledge
Laredo (uncredited)
Bonanza
Station Attendant
The Horse Soldiers
Deacon Clump