Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 25, 1891
Died
Sep 01, 1954
Place of Birth
Wellington, Somerset, England, UK
Credits
204 titles
Harry Cording
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)
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