Harry Cording
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1891-04-25
Day of Death
1954-09-01 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
Wellington, Somerset, England, UK
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
Acting
(1955)
East of Eden
as Bouncer (uncredited)
(1954)
King Richard and the Crusaders
as Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)
(1954)
Killer Leopard
as Supt. Saunders
(1954)
Jungle Gents
as Henchman Shanks
(1954)
The Black Shield of Falworth
as Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)
(1953)
Titanic
as Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
(1953)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Rough Character in the Park
(1953)
Law and Order
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1953)
Man in the Attic
as Detective Sgt. Bates
(1953)
Road to Bali
as Verna’s Father (uncredited)
(1953)
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
as Stableman (uncredited)
(1952)
Against All Flags
as Gow
(1952)
The Big Trees
as Cleve Gregg
(1952)
Brave Warrior
as Shayne MacGregor
(1952)
Night Stage to Galveston
as Ted Driscoll
(1952)
Captain Pirate
as Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)
(1952)
Cripple Creek
as Hibbs (uncredited)
(1951)
(1951)
Santa Fe
as Moose Legrande
(1951)
Sirocco
as Master Sergeant (uncredited)
(1951)
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
as Mike Bridges
(1951)
Mask of the Avenger
as Zio d'Orsini
(1950)
(1950)
Convicted
as Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited)
(1950)
Last of the Buccaneers
as Brown
(1950)
(1950)
Tyrant of the Sea
as Sampson Edwards
(1950)
Fortunes of Captain Blood
as Will Ward
(1949)
The Secret Of St. Ives
as Innkeeper (uncredited)
(1948)
Red River
as Gambler (uncredited)
(1948)
A Woman's Vengeance
as Chauffeur McNabb
(1948)
The Black Arrow
as Guard (uncredited)
(1948)
Tap Roots
as Leader (uncredited)
(1948)
That Lady in Ermine
as Orlando (uncredited)
(1948)
13 Lead Soldiers
as Edward Vane
(1947)
The Marauders
as Riker
(1947)
Dangerous Venture
as Morgan
(1947)
California
as Miner (uncredited)
(1947)
The Exile
as Roundhead (uncredited)
(1947)
Trail of the Mounties
as Hawkins
(1946)
Devotion
as Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)
(1946)
Terror by Night
as Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)
(1946)
Calcutta
as Tea Planter (uncredited)
(1946)
Dressed to Kill
as Hamid
(1946)
Fool's Gold
as Duke
(1946)
Hot Cargo
as Matt Wayne
(1946)
Inside Job
as Bartender
(1945)
The Fatal Witness
as Gus
(1945)
The Man in Half Moon Street
as Bobby
(1945)
Sudan
as Uba
(1945)
The House of Fear
as John Simpson
(1945)
Captain Kidd
as Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited)
(1944)
The Great Alaskan Mystery
as Captain Greeder
(1944)
Mrs. Parkington
as Humphrey
(1944)
Bluebeard
as Policeman (Uncredited)
(1944)
Gypsy Wildcat
as Captain Marver
(1944)
The Pearl of Death
as George Gelder (uncredited)
(1944)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
as Mahmoud
(1944)
Lost in a Harem
as Police Chief (uncredited)
(1944)
Phantom Lady
as Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)
(1943)
Mission to Moscow
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
(1943)
The Spider Woman
as Fred Garvin (uncredited)
(1943)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Man Who Flails the Mayor
(1943)
Two Tickets to London
as Sutliff (uncredited)
(1943)
The Moon Is Down
as Miner (uncredited)
(1943)
The Man from the Rio Grande
as John King
(1943)
Fugitive from Sonora
as Iron Joe Martin
(1943)
Don't You Believe It
as Rogue
(1942)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as Jack Brady (uncredited)
(1942)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Saloon Bouncer
(1942)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Turnkey (uncredited)
(1942)
Arabian Nights
as Blacksmith
(1942)
The Spoilers
as Miner (uncredited)
(1942)
Overland Mail
as Sam Gregg - Henchman
(1942)
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
as Camberwell
(1942)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Poker Player (uncredited)
(1942)
Road to Morocco
as Warrior (uncredited)
(1942)
The Mummy's Tomb
as Vic - Farmer (uncredited)
(1942)
The Ghost of Frankenstein
as Mob Leader (uncredited)
(1941)
Riders of the Badlands
as Blacksmith Higgins
(1941)
Mutiny in the Arctic
as Harmon
(1941)
Badlands of Dakota
as Jackson
(1941)
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Mike, Cork's Henchman
(1941)
Lydia
as Hotel House Detective
(1941)
Singapore Woman
as Crow's Nest Manager (uncredited)
(1941)
The Wolf Man
as Wykes (uncredited)
(1941)
So Ends Our Night
as Card Player (uncredited)
(1941)
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
as J. L. Red Clinton
(1941)
Rawhide Rangers
as Blackie
(1941)
They Met in Bombay
as Corporal at Base (uncredited)
(1941)
Raiders of the Desert
as Rawlins
(1940)
Santa Fe Trail
as Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
(1940)
The Great Plane Robbery
as Eddie Lindo
(1940)
The Grapes of Wrath
as Deputy (uncredited)
(1940)
King of the Royal Mounted
as Wade Garson
(1940)
Strange Cargo
as Guard (uncredited)
(1940)
Passport to Alcatraz
as Jeffers
(1940)
Stage to Chino
as Pete Brannigan
(1940)
Little Old New York
as Man in Mob About to Set 'Clermont' Afire
(1940)
When the Daltons Rode
as Rigby Henchman
(1940)
A Dispatch from Reuters
as Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
(1940)
Virginia City
as Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited)
(1940)
Texas Stagecoach
as Clancy
(1940)
Florian
as Leader
(1940)
The Sea Hawk
as Slavemaster
(1940)
Trail of the Vigilantes
as Phil
(1940)
Dark Command
as Angry Townsman in Bank
(1940)
The House of the Seven Gables
as Blacksmith Hawkins
(1940)
Law and Order
as Poe Daggett
(1940)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as Dannick - Crooked Construction Foreman
(1940)
The Invisible Man Returns
as Miner (uncredited)
(1939)
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
as Bos'un
(1939)
Son of Frankenstein
as Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)
(1939)
Tower of London
as Lead Murderer of the Children
(1939)
Each Dawn I Die
as Temple
(1939)
The Marshal Of Mesa City
as Henchman Bat Cardigan
(1939)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Second Fake Constable (uncredited)
(1939)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Man Stealing Watermelon (uncredited)
(1939)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Guard (uncredited)
(1939)
Rulers of the Sea
as Seaman (Uncredited)
(1939)
Sons of Liberty
as Arresting British Trooper (uncredited)
(1939)
Destry Rides Again
as Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)
(1939)
The Light That Failed
as Soldier
(1939)
Devil's Island
as Guard Accepting Bribe
(1939)
We Are Not Alone
as Man Carrying Leni
(1939)
The Sun Never Sets
as Zurof Camp Guard
(1939)
Stand Up and Fight
as Bullet Line Blacksmith
(1939)
Arizona Legion
as Whiskey Joe
(1939)
The Story of Dr. Jenner
as Village Dairyman (uncredited)
(1938)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Dickon Malbete
(1938)
A Christmas Carol
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1938)
Heart of the North
as Miner Leading Mob (uncredited)
(1938)
Crime School
as Jim - the Second Guard (uncredited)
(1938)
Marie Antoinette
as Executioner (uncredited)
(1938)
Valley of the Giants
as Greer
(1938)
Painted Desert
as Henchman Burke
(1937)
The Soldier and the Lady
as Peasant (Uncredited)
(1937)
Song of Revolt
as Peasant Rebel Leader (uncredited)
(1937)
The Prince and the Pauper
as Second Guard
(1937)
Sea Devils
as Sailor (uncredited)
(1937)
You Only Live Once
as Guard (uncredited)
(1937)
Maid of Salem
as Guard (Uncredited)
(1936)
The White Angel
as Hospital Storekeeper (uncredited)
(1936)
Daniel Boone
as Joe Burch
(1936)
Road Gang
as Sam Dawson (guard with whip)
(1936)
Sutter's Gold
as Seaman Lars
(1936)
The Country Doctor
as Logger (uncredited)
(1935)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
as Turk, an Opium Addict (uncredited)
(1935)
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Soldier (uncredited)
(1935)
Les Misérables
as Beam Warder
(1935)
Captain Blood
as Kent
(1935)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Sentry (uncredited)
(1935)
Ship Cafe
as Stoker (uncredited)
(1935)
Naughty Marietta
as Pirate (uncredited)
(1935)
Peter Ibbetson
as Guard (uncredited)
(1935)
Black Fury
as Louie (uncredited)
(1935)
Charlie Chan in Paris
as Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited)
(1934)
Great Expectations
as Orlick
(1934)
The Black Cat
as Thamal
(1934)
We Live Again
as Jailer
(1934)
The House of Rothschild
as Man (uncredited)
(1934)
Strange Wives
as Tribesman
(1933)
Narcotic
as Dr. William G. Davis
(1933)
To the Last Man
as Colby Man Fred (uncredited)
(1933)
File 113
as Michele
(1933)
The Intruder
as Cramer
(1933)
Sweepings
as Customer (Uncredited)
(1933)
Captured!
as First Orderly
(1933)
The Girl in 419
as Henchman Driver
(1932)
The Cabin in the Cotton
as Ross Clinton (uncredited)
(1932)
Texas Cyclone
as Jake Farwell
(1932)
Scarlet Dawn
as Revolutionary (Uncredited)
(1932)
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Fred (uncredited)
(1932)
Secrets of the French Police
as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
(1932)
The World and the Flesh
as Ivanovitch
(1931)
The Conquering Horde
as Butch Daggett
(1931)
Mata Hari
as Ivan (uncredited)
(1931)
The Sea Ghost
as Sailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter (uncredited)
(1931)
Honor of the Family
as Kouski
(1931)
I Like Your Nerve
as San Arango Officer (uncredited)
(1931)
Night Beat
as Chill Scarpelli
(1930)
New Moon
as Kirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz
(1930)
The Right of Way
as Rouge's Henchman
(1930)
Captain of the Guard
as Le Bruin
(1930)
Bride of the Regiment
as Sergeant Dostal
(1930)
Rough Romance
as Chick Carson
(1929)
The Isle of Lost Ships
as Gallagher
(1929)
The Squall
as Peter
(1929)
Christina
as Dick Torpe
(1928)
Sins of the Fathers
as The Hijacker
(1928)
The Last Command
as Revolutionist (uncredited)
(1928)
The Patriot
as Stefan
(1928)
Daredevil's Reward
as Second Heavy
(1927)
Black Jack
as Haskins
(1925)
The Knockout
as Steve McKenna