Harry Cording

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

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

Died: 1954-09-01

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1925	The Knockout	Steve McKenna	0
2	1927	Black Jack	Haskins	0
3	1928	Daredevil's Reward	Second Heavy	0
4	1928	The Last Command	Revolutionist (uncredited)	73
5	1928	The Patriot	Stefan	50
6	1928	Sins of the Fathers	The Hijacker	60
7	1929	The Squall	Peter	34
8	1929	The Isle of Lost Ships	Gallagher	0
9	1929	Christina	Dick Torpe	0
10	1930	Captain of the Guard	Le Bruin	0
11	1930	Bride of the Regiment	Sergeant Dostal	60
12	1930	Rough Romance	Chick Carson	50
13	1930	The Right of Way	Rouge's Henchman	52
14	1930	New Moon	Kirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz	43
15	1931	The Conquering Horde	Butch Daggett	50
16	1931	Honor of the Family	Kouski	0
17	1931	The Sea Ghost	Sailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter (uncredited)	52
18	1931	Night Beat	Chill Scarpelli	55
19	1931	Mata Hari	Ivan (uncredited)	62
20	1932	Texas Cyclone	Jake Farwell	42
21	1932	The World and the Flesh	Ivanovitch	65
22	1932	Merrily We Go to Hell	Fred (uncredited)	64
23	1932	The Cabin in the Cotton	Ross Clinton (uncredited)	63
24	1932	Scarlet Dawn	Revolutionary (Uncredited)	65
25	1933	File 113	Michele	0
26	1933	The Intruder	Cramer	42
27	1933	Sweepings	Customer (Uncredited)	58
28	1933	The Girl in 419	Henchman Driver	43
29	1933	Narcotic	Dr. William G. Davis	35
30	1933	Captured!	First Orderly	56
31	1933	To the Last Man	Colby Man Fred (uncredited)	57
32	1934	The House of Rothschild	Man (uncredited)	62
33	1934	The Black Cat	Thamal	67
34	1934	Great Expectations	Orlick	62
35	1934	We Live Again	Jailer	66
36	1934	Strange Wives	Tribesman	0
37	1935	The Lives of a Bengal Lancer	Sentry (uncredited)	66
38	1935	Charlie Chan in Paris	Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited)	65
39	1935	Naughty Marietta	Pirate (uncredited)	52
40	1935	Les Misérables	Beam Warder	72
41	1935	Black Fury	Louie (uncredited)	65
42	1935	Peter Ibbetson	Guard (uncredited)	68
43	1935	Ship Cafe	Stoker (uncredited)	0
44	1935	Mutiny on the Bounty	Soldier (uncredited)	74
45	1935	Captain Blood	Kent	72
46	1936	Sutter's Gold	Seaman Lars	0
47	1936	The Country Doctor	Logger (uncredited)	60
48	1936	Road Gang	Sam Dawson (guard with whip)	65
49	1936	The White Angel	Hospital Storekeeper (uncredited)	72
50	1936	Daniel Boone	Joe Burch	46
51	1937	You Only Live Once	Guard (uncredited)	71
52	1937	Maid of Salem	Guard (Uncredited)	59
53	1937	Sea Devils	Sailor (uncredited)	57
54	1937	The Soldier and the Lady	Peasant (Uncredited)	65
55	1937	The Prince and the Pauper	Second Guard	68
56	1937	Song of Revolt	Peasant Rebel Leader (uncredited)	60
57	1938	Crime School	Jim - the Second Guard (uncredited)	63
58	1938	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Dickon Malbete	75
59	1938	Painted Desert	Henchman Burke	58
60	1938	Marie Antoinette	Executioner (uncredited)	66
61	1938	Valley of the Giants	Greer	60
62	1938	Heart of the North	Miner Leading Mob (uncredited)	37
63	1938	A Christmas Carol	Waiter (uncredited)	70
64	1939	Stand Up and Fight	Bullet Line Blacksmith	58
65	1939	Devil's Island	Guard Accepting Bribe	54
66	1939	Son of Frankenstein	Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)	67
67	1939	Arizona Legion	Whiskey Joe	50
68	1939	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Man Stealing Watermelon (uncredited)	65
69	1939	The Story of Dr. Jenner	Village Dairyman (uncredited)	0
70	1939	Sons of Liberty	Arresting British Trooper (uncredited)	62
71	1939	The Sun Never Sets	Zurof Camp Guard	48
72	1939	Mutiny on the Blackhawk	Bos'un	0
73	1939	Each Dawn I Die	Temple	68
74	1939	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	Second Fake Constable (uncredited)	69
75	1939	The Marshal Of Mesa City	Henchman Bat Cardigan	80
76	1939	Rulers of the Sea	Seaman (Uncredited)	65
77	1939	Tower of London	Lead Murderer of the Children	59
78	1939	We Are Not Alone	Man Carrying Leni	61
79	1939	Destry Rides Again	Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)	72
80	1939	The Light That Failed	Soldier	60
81	1939	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Guard (uncredited)	73
82	1940	The Invisible Man Returns	Miner (uncredited)	62
83	1940	Little Old New York	Man in Mob About to Set 'Clermont' Afire	40
84	1940	Strange Cargo	Guard (uncredited)	70
85	1940	The Grapes of Wrath	Deputy (uncredited)	78
86	1940	Virginia City	Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited)	61
87	1940	The House of the Seven Gables	Blacksmith Hawkins	69
88	1940	Dark Command	Angry Townsman in Bank	63
89	1940	Texas Stagecoach	Clancy	0
90	1940	Florian	Leader	10
91	1940	Passport to Alcatraz	Jeffers	60
92	1940	Stage to Chino	Pete Brannigan	48
93	1940	The Sea Hawk	Slavemaster	71
94	1940	When the Daltons Rode	Rigby Henchman	60
95	1940	King of the Royal Mounted	Wade Garson	60
96	1940	A Dispatch from Reuters	Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)	58
97	1940	Law and Order	Poe Daggett	0
98	1940	The Great Plane Robbery	Eddie Lindo	0
99	1940	Trail of the Vigilantes	Phil	0
100	1940	Santa Fe Trail	Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)	57
101	1940	The Green Hornet Strikes Again!	Dannick - Crooked Construction Foreman	62
102	1941	So Ends Our Night	Card Player (uncredited)	62
103	1941	Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie	J. L. Red Clinton	50
104	1941	The Lady from Cheyenne	Mike, Cork's Henchman	52
105	1941	Mutiny in the Arctic	Harmon	0
106	1941	Singapore Woman	Crow's Nest Manager (uncredited)	66
107	1941	They Met in Bombay	Corporal at Base (uncredited)	73
108	1941	Raiders of the Desert	Rawlins	0
109	1941	Rawhide Rangers	Blackie	50
110	1941	Badlands of Dakota	Jackson	59
111	1941	Lydia	Hotel House Detective	65
112	1941	The Wolf Man	Wykes (uncredited)	70
113	1941	Riders of the Badlands	Blacksmith Higgins	40
114	1942	Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake	Turnkey (uncredited)	72
115	1942	Wild Bill Hickok Rides	Saloon Bouncer	47
116	1942	Ride 'Em Cowboy	Poker Player (uncredited)	58
117	1942	The Ghost of Frankenstein	Mob Leader (uncredited)	58
118	1942	The Spoilers	Miner (uncredited)	62
119	1942	Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror	Camberwell	65
120	1942	Overland Mail	Sam Gregg - Henchman	0
121	1942	The Mummy's Tomb	Vic - Farmer (uncredited)	56
122	1942	Road to Morocco	Warrior (uncredited)	69
123	1942	Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon	Jack Brady (uncredited)	63
124	1942	Arabian Nights	Blacksmith	60
125	1943	The Moon Is Down	Miner (uncredited)	67
126	1943	Mission to Moscow	Blacksmith (uncredited)	53
127	1943	Two Tickets to London	Sutliff (uncredited)	60
128	1943	Fugitive from Sonora	Iron Joe Martin	0
129	1943	Don't You Believe It	Rogue	50
130	1943	For Whom the Bell Tolls	Man Who Flails the Mayor	65
131	1943	The Man from the Rio Grande	John King	0
132	1943	The Spider Woman	Fred Garvin (uncredited)	68
133	1944	Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves	Mahmoud	61
134	1944	Phantom Lady	Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)	71
135	1944	The Great Alaskan Mystery	Captain Greeder	50
136	1944	The Pearl of Death	George Gelder (uncredited)	71
137	1944	Gypsy Wildcat	Captain Marver	55
138	1944	Mrs. Parkington	Humphrey	61
139	1944	Bluebeard	Policeman (Uncredited)	54
140	1944	Lost in a Harem	Police Chief (uncredited)	54
141	1945	The Man in Half Moon Street	Bobby	54
142	1945	The House of Fear	John Simpson	69
143	1945	Sudan	Uba	63
144	1945	The Fatal Witness	Gus	62
145	1945	Captain Kidd	Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited)	60
146	1946	Terror by Night	Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)	65
147	1946	Devotion	Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)	60
148	1946	Dressed to Kill	Hamid	65
149	1946	Inside Job	Bartender	56
150	1946	Hot Cargo	Matt Wayne	0
151	1946	Fool's Gold	Duke	0
152	1946	Calcutta	Tea Planter (uncredited)	63
153	1947	California	Miner (uncredited)	65
154	1947	Dangerous Venture	Morgan	0
155	1947	The Marauders	Riker	0
156	1947	The Exile	Roundhead (uncredited)	61
157	1947	Trail of the Mounties	Hawkins	0
158	1948	A Woman's Vengeance	Chauffeur McNabb	65
159	1948	The Black Arrow	Guard (uncredited)	52
160	1948	13 Lead Soldiers	Edward Vane	60
161	1948	That Lady in Ermine	Orlando (uncredited)	58
162	1948	Tap Roots	Leader (uncredited)	64
163	1948	Red River	Gambler (uncredited)	73
164	1949	The Secret Of St. Ives	Innkeeper (uncredited)	60
165	1950	Tyrant of the Sea	Sampson Edwards	0
166	1950	Buccaneer's Girl		56
167	1950	Fortunes of Captain Blood	Will Ward	71
168	1950	The Iroquois Trail		58
169	1950	Convicted	Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited)	62
170	1950	Last of the Buccaneers	Brown	55
171	1951	Al Jennings of Oklahoma	Mike Bridges	50
172	1951	Santa Fe	Moose Legrande	68
173	1951	Sirocco	Master Sergeant (uncredited)	58
174	1951	The Strange Door		62
175	1951	Mask of the Avenger	Zio d'Orsini	53
176	1952	The Big Trees	Cleve Gregg	56
177	1952	Night Stage to Galveston	Ted Driscoll	47
178	1952	Brave Warrior	Shayne MacGregor	40
179	1952	Cripple Creek	Hibbs (uncredited)	57
180	1952	Captain Pirate	Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)	54
181	1952	Against All Flags	Gow	60
182	1953	Road to Bali	Verna’s Father (uncredited)	63
183	1953	Titanic	Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)	66
184	1953	Ambush at Tomahawk Gap	Stableman (uncredited)	65
185	1953	Law and Order	Townsman (uncredited)	51
186	1953	Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Rough Character in the Park	63
187	1953	Man in the Attic	Detective Sgt. Bates	55
188	1954	King Richard and the Crusaders	Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)	63
189	1954	Killer Leopard	Supt. Saunders	50
190	1954	The Black Shield of Falworth	Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)	62
191	1954	Jungle Gents	Henchman Shanks	40
192	1955	East of Eden	Bouncer (uncredited)	76

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok		45
2	1952	Hopalong Cassidy		52

Harry Cording

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