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

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

1953

Law and Order as Townsman (uncredited)
Titanic as Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
Man in the Attic as Detective Sgt. Bates
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)

1952

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

1951

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

1950

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

1949

The Secret Of St. Ives as Innkeeper (uncredited)

1948

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

1947

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

1946

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

1945

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

1944

The Pearl of Death as George Gelder (uncredited)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves as Mahmoud
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
The Spider Woman as Fred Garvin (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow as Blacksmith (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down as Miner (uncredited)
Don't You Believe It as Rogue
There's Something About a Soldier
Two Tickets to London as Sutliff (uncredited)
The Man from the Rio Grande as John King
Fugitive from Sonora as Iron Joe Martin

1942

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

1941

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

1940

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

1939

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

1938

The Adventures of Robin Hood as Dickon Malbete
A Christmas Carol as Waiter (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette as Executioner (uncredited)
Valley of the Giants as Greer
Crime School as Jim - the Second Guard (uncredited)
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
The Soldier and the Lady as Peasant (Uncredited)
Maid of Salem as Guard (Uncredited)
Sea Devils as Sailor (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)
The Country Doctor as Logger (uncredited)
Daniel Boone as Joe Burch
Sutter's Gold as Seaman Lars

1935

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

1934

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

1933

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

1932

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

1931

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

1930

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

1929

Christina as Dick Torpe
The Squall as Peter
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