Hank Worden

Raised on a cattle ranch in Montana. Educated at Stanford and the University of Nevada as an engineer. Washed out as an Army pilot. Toured the country in rodeos as a saddle bronc rider. Broke his neck in a horsefall in his 20s, but didn't know it until his 40s. Chosen along with Tex Ritter from a rodeo at Madison Square Garden in New York to appear in the Broadway play "Green Grow the Lilacs", the play from which the musical "Oklahoma" was later derived. Drove a cab in New York, then worked on dude ranches as a wrangler and as a guide on the Bright Angel trail of the Grand Canyon. Recommended by Billie Burke to several movie producers. Became friends with John Wayne, Howard Hawks, and later John Ford, all of whom provided him with much work. Survived by adopted daughter Dawn Henry. Date of Death: 6 December 1992, Los Angeles, California, USA (natural causes)

Known For: Acting

Born: Rolfe, Iowa, USA, 1901-07-23

Died: 1992-12-06

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1935	Barbary Coast	Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)	66
2	1936	For the Service	Henchman (uncredited)	0
3	1936	Come and Get It	Lumberjack (uncredited)	68
4	1937	Hittin' the Trail	Sidekick Hank	50
5	1937	Sing Cowboy Sing	Henchman	40
6	1937	The Californian	Ruiz Man	0
7	1937	The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen	Deputy	30
8	1937	Hollywood Round-Up	Saloon Set Extra	44
9	1938	Frontier Town	Henchman Buck	50
10	1938	The Stranger from Arizona	Skeeter	30
11	1938	The Cowboy and the Lady	Cowhand Leonard (uncredited)	61
12	1938	Ghost Town Riders	Tom 'Cherokee' Walton	0
13	1939	Sundown on the Prairie	Henchman Hank	0
14	1939	Rollin' Westward	Slim Regan	50
15	1939	Stagecoach	Cavalryman (uncredited)	76
16	1939	The Night Riders	Rancher	56
17	1939	Oklahoma Frontier	Townsman	0
18	1939	Chip of the Flying U	Cowhand	0
19	1939	Reno	Townsman	60
20	1940	Northwest Passage	Ranger Tying Oars	63
21	1940	Riders of Pasco Basin	Townsman (uncredited)	20
22	1940	Viva Cisco Kid	Deputy	55
23	1940	Gaucho Serenade	Farmer Driving Jalopy	60
24	1940	Beyond Tomorrow	Hospital Visitor (Uncredited)	60
25	1940	Winners of the West	Drunk	0
26	1940	Cross-Country Romance	Wedding Witness	64
27	1940	The Range Busters	Cowhand	52
28	1940	Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride	Henry Haggerty	40
29	1940	Triple Justice	Townsman Outside Saloon	60
30	1940	Brigham Young	Mormon Cheering Porter	44
31	1941	Robbers of the Range	Stagecoach Attendant (uncredited)	70
32	1941	Border Vigilantes	Aunt Jennifer's Wagon Driver	60
33	1942	Deep in the Heart of Texas	Townsman	50
34	1943	A Lady Takes a Chance	Waiter	57
35	1943	Black Market Rustlers	Slim	0
36	1943	So Proudly We Hail	Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited)	55
37	1943	Flesh and Fantasy	Circus Spectator (uncredited)	67
38	1943	The Woman of the Town	The Barber	60
39	1944	The Great Moment	Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)	58
40	1945	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood	Joe (uncredited)	57
41	1946	Lawless Breed	The Deputy	0
42	1946	Undercurrent	Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited)	58
43	1946	Duel in the Sun	Party Guest (uncredited)	63
44	1947	Angel and the Badman	Townsman (uncredited)	64
45	1947	The Sea of Grass	Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited)	63
46	1947	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty	Western Character (uncredited)	67
47	1947	Prairie Express	Deputy Clint	0
48	1948	The Man from Texas	(uncredited)	60
49	1948	The Sainted Sisters	Taub Beasley	70
50	1948	Hazard	Man in Cheap Hotel (uncredited)	80
51	1948	Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'	Clem (uncredited)	65
52	1948	Fort Apache	Southern Recruit	70
53	1948	Tap Roots	Cropper (uncredited)	64
54	1948	Red River	Simms Reeves	73
55	1948	Whispering Smith		65
56	1948	Yellow Sky	Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited)	69
57	1948	3 Godfathers	Deputy Curly	68
58	1949	Cover Up	Undertaker	67
59	1949	Hellfire		58
60	1949	The Fighting Kentuckian	Abner Todd	59
61	1949	Roseanna McCoy	Jacob (uncredited)	61
62	1950	When Willie Comes Marching Home	American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited)	68
63	1950	Father Is a Bachelor	Finnegan (uncredited)	74
64	1950	Wagon Master	Luke Clegg	67
65	1950	Frenchie	Mr. Grady (uncredited)	57
66	1951	Sugarfoot	Johnny Behind-the-Stove	48
67	1951	Comin' Round the Mountain	Shooting Match Official	60
68	1951	Joe Palooka in Triple Cross	Hard-of-Hearing Farmer	0
69	1952	Boots Malone	Auto Mechanic	75
70	1952	Woman of the North Country	Tom Gordon	45
71	1952	The Big Sky	Poordevil	65
72	1952	Apache War Smoke	Amber	30
73	1953	Crime Wave	Sweeney (uncredited)	71
74	1955	The Indian Fighter	Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper	62
75	1956	The Searchers	Mose Harper	77
76	1956	Davy Crockett and the River Pirates	Fiddler	64
77	1956	Thunder Over Arizona	Old Jonas	60
78	1956	Accused of Murder	Les Fuller	45
79	1957	Spoilers of the Forest	Pat Casey	0
80	1957	The Buckskin Lady	Lon	42
81	1957	The Quiet Gun	Sampson	64
82	1957	Dragoon Wells Massacre	Hopi Charlie	68
83	1957	Forty Guns	Marshal John Chisum	65
84	1958	The Notorious Mr. Monks	Pete	0
85	1958	The Toughest Gun in Tombstone	Liveryman	60
86	1958	Bullwhip	Tex	44
87	1959	The Horse Soldiers	Deacon Clump	70
88	1960	Sergeant Rutledge	Laredo (uncredited)	71
89	1960	The Alamo	Parson	71
90	1961	One-Eyed Jacks	Doc	67
91	1962	The Music Man	Undertaker	71
92	1963	McLintock!	Curly Fletcher	66
93	1967	Good Times	Kid	53
94	1967	Hondo and the Apaches	Miner	68
95	1967	The President's Analyst	Dirty Old Man (uncredited)	58
96	1969	True Grit	R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)	73
97	1969	Big Daddy		0
98	1970	Rio Lobo	Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)	64
99	1970	Chisum	Stationmaster Elwood	67
100	1971	Zachariah	Old Cowboy (uncredited)	52
101	1971	Big Jake	Hank	69
102	1971	Bedknobs and Broomsticks	Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)	70
103	1971	Black Noon	Joseph	61
104	1973	Cahill: United States Marshal	Albert, Valentine Stationmaster	61
105	1974	The Hanged Man	Ab Wickes	43
106	1977	The Legend of Frank Woods	Slim	0
107	1977	Smokey and the Bandit	Trucker (uncredited)	70
108	1977	Which Way Is Up?	The Flunky	61
109	1978	Big Wednesday	Shopping Cart	69
110	1978	Big Wednesday	Shopping Cart (as Hank Warden)	69
111	1978	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Old Lonely Hearts Club Band	44
112	1978	They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way	Butch Collins	40
113	1978	Every Which Way but Loose	Trailer Court Manager	61
114	1980	Bronco Billy	Station Mechanic	63
115	1981	Scream	John	41
116	1981	Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.	Old Geezer	45
117	1982	Hammett	Pool Room Attendant	62
118	1983	Please Don't Eat the Babies	Gramps Jebediah	44
119	1984	The Ice Pirates	Elderly Jason	56
120	1984	UFOria	Colonel	56
121	1985	Runaway Train	Old Con	69
122	1985	Space Rage	Old Codger	37
123	1988	Once Upon a Texas Train	Old Timer	54
124	1990	Big Bad John	Good Ole Boy	40
125	1990	Almost an Angel	Pop	57
126	1992	John Wayne's 'The Alamo'	Self	60

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	The Lone Ranger	Rusty Bates	68
2	1955	Gunsmoke	Claude	66
3	1956	The Adventures of Jim Bowie		37
4	1957	Wagon Train	Hank	64
5	1958	Bronco		48
6	1959	Rawhide	Driver	72
7	1962	The Beverly Hillbillies		69
8	1963	Petticoat Junction	Farmer	59
9	1963	Petticoat Junction	Roy Turlock	59
10	1963	Petticoat Junction	Luke	59
11	1963	Petticoat Junction	Band Member	59
12	1964	Daniel Boone	Blue Belly (uncredited)	69
13	1964	Daniel Boone	Hansom Cab Driver	69
14	1965	Green Acres		73
15	1968	Lancer		47
16	1982	Knight Rider	Slim	75
17	1990	Twin Peaks	Waiter	83