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Harry Cording
Actor
Died September 1, 1954 (63 years)
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Hector William "Harry" Cording (26 April 1891 – 1 September 1954) 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 | The Black Shield of Falworth · as Captain of King's Guards |
| 1954 | Down Three Dark Streets · as Man Getting Rubdown |
| 1954 | Demetrius and the Gladiators · as Guard-Escort of Prisoners |
| 1954 | King Richard and the Crusaders · as Castelaine Spokesman |
| 1953 | Man in the Attic · as Detective Sgt. Bates |
| 1953 | Law and Order · as Townsman |
| 1953 | Ambush at Tomahawk Gap · as Stableman (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Titanic · as Boiler Room Engineer |
| 1952 | Road to Bali · as Verna's Father |
| 1952 | The Big Trees · as Cleve Gregg |
| 1952 | Androcles and the Lion · as Soldier |
| 1952 | Plymouth Adventure · as Aide to Head Constable |
| 1952 | Night Stage to Galveston · as Ted Driscoll |
| 1952 | Brave Warrior · as Shayne MacGregor |
| 1952 | Cripple Creek · as Hibbs |
| 1952 | The San Francisco Story · as Card Player |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman (TV Series) · as Bus Driver |
| 1952 | Hopalong Cassidy (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1951 | Sirocco · as Master Sergeant |
| 1951 | Santa Fe · as Moose Legrande |
| 1950 | Convicted · as Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Buccaneer's Girl · as Barfly |
| 1950 | Fortunes of Captain Blood · as Will Ward |
| 1950 | Copper Canyon · as Miner |
| 1949 | Challenge to Lassie · as Adam, the Blacksmith |
| 1949 | Lust for Gold · as Joe |
| 1949 | The Fighting O'Flynn · as Pat |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger (TV Series) · as Frank Lucas |
| 1949 | Samson and Delilah · as Prince |
| 1948 | Kiss the Blood Off My Hands · as Policeman |
| 1948 | That Lady in Ermine · as Orlando - Ancestor |
| 1948 | A Woman's Vengeance · as Chauffeur McNabb |
| 1948 | A Southern Yankee · as Guerrilla Horseman |
| 1948 | The Swordsman · as Blacksmith |
| 1948 | Red River · as Gambler (uncredited) |
| 1947 | King of the Range · as Riker |
| 1947 | Unconquered · as Garth's Marksman |
| 1947 | The Exile · as Roundhead (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Forever Amber · as Minor Role |
| 1947 | California · as Miner |
| 1946 | Terror by Night · as Mock the Undertaker (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Dressed to Kill · as Hamid |
| 1946 | Renegade Girl · as Miller |
| 1945 | Captain Kidd · as Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited) |
| 1945 | San Antonio · as Hawker |
| 1945 | The House of Fear · as John Simpson |
| 1945 | Confidential Agent · as Rugged 'Detective' |
| 1944 | Passage to Marseille · as Chief Guard |
| 1944 | The Pearl of Death · as George Gelder (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Phantom Lady · as Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol |
| 1944 | |
| 1944 | Kismet · as Policeman |
| 1944 | Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves · as Mahmoud |
| 1944 | Mrs. Parkington · as Humphrey |
| 1944 | Lost in a Harem · as Police Chief (uncredited) |
| 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 Song of Bernadette · as Stonemason |
| 1943 | The Moon Is Down · as Albert - Miner |
| 1942 | The Ghost of Frankenstein · as Vasarian Mob Leader |
| 1942 | Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon · as Jack Brady (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror · as Camberwell |
| 1942 | The Mummy's Tomb · as Vic - Farmer |
| 1942 | Road to Morocco · as Warrior (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Pittsburgh · as Miner |
| 1942 | A Yank at Eton · as Bartender |
| 1942 | The Spoilers · as Miner (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Arabian Nights · as Blacksmith |
| 1941 | The Wolf Man · as Wykes (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Rage in Heaven · as Workers' Delegate #1 |
| 1941 | Lydia · as Hotel House Detective |
| 1941 | Rawhide Rangers · as Blackie |
| 1941 | Badlands of Dakota · as Jackson |
| 1941 | Back in the Saddle · as Brawler |
| 1941 | So Ends Our Night · as Card Player (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath · as Deputy (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Santa Fe Trail · as Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Virginia City · as Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Sea Hawk · as Slavemaster |
| 1940 | The House of the Seven Gables · as Blacksmith Hawkins |
| 1940 | Dark Command · as Angry Townsman in Bank |
| 1940 | Strange Cargo · as Guard (uncredited) |
| 1940 | When the Daltons Rode · as Rigby Henchman |
| 1940 | Florian · as Leader |
| 1940 | King of the Royal Mounted · as Wade Garson |
| 1939 | Son of Frankenstein · as Bearded Gendarme |
| 1939 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes · as Second Fake Constable (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Tower of London · as Lead Murderer of the Children |
| 1939 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame · as Guard (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Each Dawn I Die · as Temple |
| 1939 | Destry Rides Again · as Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn · as Man Stealing Watermelon |
| 1939 | Stand Up and Fight · as Bullet Line Blacksmith |
| 1938 | Marie Antoinette · as Executioner (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Marco Polo · as Kaidu Officer |
| 1938 | Valley of the Giants · as Greer |
| 1938 | Heart of the North · as Miner Leading Mob (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Robin Hood · as Dickon Malbete |
| 1938 | A Christmas Carol · as Waiter (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Conquest · as Cossack |
| 1937 | You Only Live Once · as Guard (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Fit for a King · as Thug |
| 1937 | The Prince and the Pauper · as Second Guard |
| 1936 | The Last of the Mohicans · as Trapper |
| 1936 | Daniel Boone · as Joe Burch |
| 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty · as Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Captain Blood · as Kent |
| 1935 | Les Misérables · as Beam Warder |
| 1935 | The Lives of a Bengal Lancer · as Sentry (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Peter Ibbetson · as Guard |
| 1935 | Anna Karenina · as Officer at Banquet |
| 1935 | Black Fury · as Louie (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Black Cat · as Thamal |
| 1934 | Treasure Island · as Henry - Pirate |
| 1934 | The Count of Monte Cristo · as Jailer |
| 1934 | We Live Again · as Jailer |
| 1933 | Roman Scandals · as Valerius' Soldier |
| 1933 | Narcotic · as Dr. William G. Davis |
| 1933 | To the Last Man · as Colby Man Fred (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Sweepings · as Customer (Uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Intruder · as Cramer |
| 1932 | Texas Cyclone · as Jake Farwell |
| 1932 | Scarlet Dawn · as Revolutionary (Uncredited) |
| 1931 | Mata Hari · as Ivan (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Sea Ghost · as Sailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter |
| 1930 | The Right of Way · as Rouge's Henchman |
| 1930 | Bride of the Regiment · as Sergeant Dostal |
| 1928 | The Last Command · as Revolutionist (uncredited) |
| 1928 | The Patriot · as Stefan |
| 1928 | Four Sons · as actor |
| 1925 | The Shock Punch · as Construction Site Security Guard |