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