Harry Cording

Born: 1891-04-25 in Wellington, Somerset, England, UK

Died: 1954-09-01

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

1955

East of Eden as Bouncer (uncredited)

1954

The Black Shield of Falworth as Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)
King Richard and the Crusaders as Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)
Killer Leopard as Supt. Saunders
Jungle Gents as Henchman Shanks

1953

Titanic as Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
Law and Order as Townsman (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Rough Character in the Park
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap as Stableman (uncredited)
Treasure of the Golden Condor as Breton (uncredited)
Man in the Attic as Detective Sgt. Bates

1952

Hopalong Cassidy
Against All Flags as Gow
Road to Bali as Verna’s Father (uncredited)
Captain Pirate as Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)
Cripple Creek as Hibbs (uncredited)
The Big Trees as Cleve Gregg
Night Stage to Galveston as Ted Driscoll
Brave Warrior as Shayne MacGregor

1951

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Sirocco as Master Sergeant (uncredited)
Iron Man as Miner (uncredited)
Mask of the Avenger as Zio d'Orsini
The Strange Door
Santa Fe as Moose Legrande
Al Jennings of Oklahoma as Mike Bridges

1950

Fortunes of Captain Blood as Will Ward
Convicted as Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited)
Buccaneer's Girl as Barfly (uncredited)
The Iroquois Trail as Frontiersman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Last of the Buccaneers as Brown
Tyrant of the Sea as Sampson Edwards

1949

The Secret Of St. Ives as Innkeeper (uncredited)

1948

Red River as Gambler (uncredited)
Tap Roots as Leader (uncredited)
A Woman's Vengeance as Chauffeur McNabb
The Black Arrow as Guard (uncredited)
That Lady in Ermine as Orlando (uncredited)
13 Lead Soldiers as Edward Vane

1947

Forever Amber
California as Miner (uncredited)
The Exile as Roundhead (uncredited)
The Marauders as Riker
Dangerous Venture as Morgan
Trail of the Mounties as Hawkins

1946

Terror by Night as Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill as Hamid
Devotion as Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)
The Verdict as Tough Englishman (uncredited)
Calcutta as Tea Planter (uncredited)
Fool's Gold as Duke
Hot Cargo as Matt Wayne
Inside Job as Bartender

1945

Captain Kidd as Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited)
Sudan as Uba
The House of Fear as John Simpson
The Fatal Witness as Gus
The Man in Half Moon Street as Bobby

1944

Passage to Marseille as Chief Guard (uncredited)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves as Mahmoud
The Pearl of Death as George Gelder (uncredited)
Phantom Lady as Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)
Lost in a Harem as Police Chief (uncredited)
Mrs. Parkington as Humphrey
Gypsy Wildcat as Captain Marver
Bluebeard as Policeman (Uncredited)
The Great Alaskan Mystery as Captain Greeder

1943

For Whom the Bell Tolls as Man Who Flails the Mayor
Mission to Moscow as Blacksmith (uncredited)
The Spider Woman as Fred Garvin (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down as Miner (uncredited)
There's Something About a Soldier
Two Tickets to London as Sutliff (uncredited)
Don't You Believe It as Rogue
The Man from the Rio Grande as John King
Fugitive from Sonora as Iron Joe Martin

1942

The Ghost of Frankenstein as Mob Leader (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon as Jack Brady (uncredited)
The Spoilers as Miner (uncredited)
Road to Morocco as Warrior (uncredited)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake as Turnkey (uncredited)
Arabian Nights as Blacksmith
The Mummy's Tomb as Vic - Farmer (uncredited)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides as Saloon Bouncer
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror as Camberwell
Overland Mail as Sam Gregg - Henchman

1941

The Wolf Man as Wykes (uncredited)
Ride 'Em Cowboy as Poker Player (uncredited)
Badlands of Dakota as Jackson
So Ends Our Night as Card Player (uncredited)
They Met in Bombay as Corporal at Base (uncredited)
Lydia as Hotel House Detective
The Lady from Cheyenne as Mike, Cork's Henchman
Singapore Woman as Crow's Nest Manager (uncredited)
Mutiny in the Arctic as Harmon
Riders of the Badlands as Blacksmith Higgins
Raiders of the Desert as Rawlins
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie as J. L. Red Clinton
Rawhide Rangers as Blackie

1940

The Grapes of Wrath as Deputy (uncredited)
The Invisible Man Returns as Miner (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail as Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
Dark Command as Angry Townsman in Bank
The Sea Hawk as Slavemaster
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! as Dannick - Crooked Construction Foreman
Strange Cargo as Guard (uncredited)
Virginia City as Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited)
When the Daltons Rode as Rigby Henchman
A Dispatch from Reuters as Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
The House of the Seven Gables as Blacksmith Hawkins
Trail of the Vigilantes as Phil
The Great Plane Robbery as Eddie Lindo
Passport to Alcatraz as Jeffers
Florian as Leader
Little Old New York as Man in Mob About to Set 'Clermont' Afire
King of the Royal Mounted as Wade Garson
Law and Order as Poe Daggett
Texas Stagecoach as Clancy
Stage to Chino as Pete Brannigan

1939

The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Guard (uncredited)
Son of Frankenstein as Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again as Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes as Second Fake Constable (uncredited)
Each Dawn I Die as Temple
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Man Stealing Watermelon (uncredited)
Devil's Island as Guard Accepting Bribe
Stand Up and Fight as Bullet Line Blacksmith
Tower of London as Lead Murderer of the Children
Sons of Liberty as Arresting British Trooper (uncredited)
The Light That Failed as Soldier
We Are Not Alone as Man Carrying Leni
Rulers of the Sea as Seaman (Uncredited)
The Sun Never Sets as Zurof Camp Guard
Mutiny on the Blackhawk as Bos'un
The Story of Dr. Jenner as Village Dairyman (uncredited)
The Marshal Of Mesa City as Henchman Bat Cardigan
Arizona Legion as Whiskey Joe

1938

The Adventures of Robin Hood as Dickon Malbete
A Christmas Carol as Waiter (uncredited)
Crime School as Jim - the Second Guard (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette as Executioner (uncredited)
Valley of the Giants as Greer
Heart of the North as Miner Leading Mob (uncredited)
Painted Desert as Henchman Burke

1937

You Only Live Once as Guard (uncredited)
The Prince and the Pauper as Second Guard
Maid of Salem as Guard (Uncredited)
Sea Devils as Sailor (uncredited)
The Soldier and the Lady as Peasant (Uncredited)
Song of Revolt as Peasant Rebel Leader (uncredited)

1936

Road Gang as Sam Dawson (guard with whip)
The White Angel as Hospital Storekeeper (uncredited)
Daniel Boone as Joe Burch
Sutter's Gold as Seaman Lars
The Country Doctor as Logger (uncredited)

1935

Mutiny on the Bounty as Soldier (uncredited)
Captain Blood as Kent
Les Misérables as Beam Warder
Naughty Marietta as Pirate (uncredited)
Peter Ibbetson as Guard (uncredited)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer as Sentry (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Paris as Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood as Turk, an Opium Addict (uncredited)
Black Fury as Louie (uncredited)
Ship Cafe as Stoker (uncredited)

1934

The Black Cat as Thamal
The House of Rothschild as Man (uncredited)
Great Expectations as Orlick
We Live Again as Jailer
Strange Wives as Tribesman

1933

Roman Scandals as Valerius' Soldier (uncredited)
Captured! as First Orderly
Sweepings as Customer (Uncredited)
To the Last Man as Colby Man Fred (uncredited)
File 113 as Michele
The Intruder as Cramer
The Girl in 419 as Henchman Driver
Narcotic as Dr. William G. Davis

1932

Merrily We Go to Hell as Fred (uncredited)
The Cabin in the Cotton as Ross Clinton (uncredited)
Scarlet Dawn as Revolutionary (Uncredited)
Texas Cyclone as Jake Farwell
Secrets of the French Police as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
The World and the Flesh as Ivanovitch

1931

Mata Hari as Ivan (uncredited)
Night Beat as Chill Scarpelli
Honor of the Family as Kouski
The Sea Ghost as Sailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter (uncredited)
I Like Your Nerve as San Arango Officer (uncredited)
The Conquering Horde as Butch Daggett

1930

Captain of the Guard as Le Bruin
Bride of the Regiment as Sergeant Dostal
Rough Romance as Chick Carson
New Moon as Kirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz
The Right of Way as Rouge's Henchman

1929

The Squall as Peter
Christina as Dick Torpe
The Isle of Lost Ships as Gallagher

1928

The Last Command as Revolutionist (uncredited)
The Patriot as Stefan
Daredevil's Reward as Second Heavy
Sins of the Fathers as The Hijacker

1927

Turkish Delight
Black Jack as Haskins

1925

The Knockout as Steve McKenna