Hank Worden
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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
Credits
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
as Trucker (uncredited)
The Searchers (1956)
as Mose Harper
True Grit (1969)
as R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
as Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
3 Godfathers (1948)
as Deputy Curly
Every Which Way but Loose (1978)
as Trailer Court Manager
Chisum (1970)
as Stationmaster Elwood
Runaway Train (1985)
as Old Con
The Alamo (1960)
as Parson
McLintock! (1963)
as Curly Fletcher
Stagecoach (1939)
as Cavalryman (uncredited)
Red River (1948)
as Simms Reeves
The Horse Soldiers (1959)
as Deacon Clump
Fort Apache (1948)
as Southern Recruit
Rio Lobo (1970)
as Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Duel in the Sun (1946)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
as Doc
Big Wednesday (1978)
as Shopping Cart
Big Jake (1971)
as Hank
Brigham Young (1940)
as Mormon Cheering Porter
The Ice Pirates (1984)
as Elderly Jason
Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957)
as Hopi Charlie
Bronco Billy (1980)
as Station Mechanic
The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
as Abner Todd
The Music Man (1962)
as Undertaker
The Indian Fighter (1955)
as Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper
The Sea of Grass (1947)
as Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited)
Tap Roots (1948)
as Cropper (uncredited)
Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
as Circus Spectator (uncredited)
So Proudly We Hail (1943)
as Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited)
Cahill: United States Marshal (1973)
as Albert, Valentine Stationmaster
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
as Fiddler
Triple Cross (1951)
as Hard-of-Hearing Farmer
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
as Laredo (uncredited)
Once Upon a Texas Train (1988)
as Old Timer
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
as Western Character (uncredited)
Hondo and the Apaches (1967)
as Miner
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
as Cave Bar Patron (uncredited)
Big Daddy (1969)
Actor
The President's Analyst (1967)
as Dirty Old Man (uncredited)
Wagon Master (1950)
as Luke Clegg
Undercurrent (1946)
as Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited)
Yellow Sky (1948)
as Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited)
Hammett (1982)
as Pool Room Attendant
UFOria (1984)
as Colonel
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
as Cowhand Leonard (uncredited)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
as Old Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Big Sky (1952)
as Poordevil
A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
as Waiter
The Night Riders (1939)
as Rancher
Northwest Passage (1940)
as Ranger Tying Oars
The Hanged Man (1974)
as Ab Wickes
Cover Up (1949)
as Undertaker
Come and Get It (1936)
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
Whispering Smith (1948)
Actor
Which Way Is Up? (1977)
as The Flunky
Almost an Angel (1990)
as Pop
Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
as Shooting Match Official
Sugarfoot (1951)
as Johnny Behind-the-Stove
The Man from Texas (1948)
as (uncredited)
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981)
as Old Geezer
Crime Wave (1953)
as Sweeney (uncredited)
Angel and the Badman (1947)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' (1948)
as Clem (uncredited)
Barbary Coast (1935)
as Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)
When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
as American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited)
Space Rage (1985)
as Old Codger
Sky Hei$t (1975)
as Old Coot
High Wall (1947)
Actor
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945)
as Joe (uncredited)
The Range Busters (1940)
as Cowhand
Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
as Hospital Visitor (uncredited)
Mad About Moonshine (—)
as Hillbilly
Frenchie (1950)
as Mr. Grady (uncredited)
The Buckskin Lady (1957)
as Lon
Hazard (1948)
as Man in Cheap Hotel (uncredited)
The Great Moment (1944)
as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)
Roseanna McCoy (1949)
as Jacob (uncredited)
Black Noon (1971)
as Joseph
None Shall Escape (1944)
as German Motorcycle Soldier (uncredited)
Spoilers of the Forest (1957)
as Pat Casey
Thunder Over Arizona (1956)
as Old Jonas
John Wayne's 'The Alamo' (1992)
as Self
Gaucho Serenade (1940)
as Farmer Driving Jalopy
Good Times (1967)
as Kid
Bullwhip (1958)
as Tex
The Notorious Mr. Monks (1958)
as Pete
Reno (1939)
as Townsman
Accused of Murder (1956)
as Les Fuller
Hellfire (1949)
as Witness (uncredited)
The Woman of the Town (1943)
as The Barber
The Quiet Gun (1957)
as Sampson
Zachariah (1971)
as Old Cowboy (uncredited)
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen (1937)
as Deputy
Forty Guns (1957)
as Marshal John Chisum
Hollywood Round-Up (1937)
as Saloon Set Extra
Big Bad John (1990)
as Good Ole Boy
Apache War Smoke (1952)
as Amber
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way (1978)
as Butch Collins
The Sainted Sisters (1948)
as Taub Beasley
Woman of the North Country (1952)
as Tom Gordon
Scream (1981)
as John
Boots Malone (1952)
as Auto Mechanic
Hittin' the Trail (1937)
as Sidekick Hank
Father Is a Bachelor (1950)
as Finnegan (uncredited)
Border Vigilantes (1941)
as Aunt Jennifer's Wagon Driver
Sing Cowboy Sing (1937)
as Henchman
Winners of the West (1940)
as Drunk
Cross-Country Romance (1940)
as Wedding Witness
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone (1958)
as Liveryman
Robbers of the Range (1941)
as Stagecoach Attendant (uncredited)
Ghost Town Gold (1936)
as Mr. Crabtree (uncredited)
Please Don't Eat the Babies (1983)
as Gramps Jebediah
Frontier Town (1938)
as Henchman Buck
Triple Justice (1940)
as Townsman Outside Saloon
Chip of the Flying U (1939)
as Cowhand
The Legend of Frank Woods (1977)
as Slim
Oklahoma Frontier (1939)
as Townsman
Sundown on the Prairie (1939)
as Henchman Hank
Viva Cisco Kid (1940)
as Deputy
The Californian (1937)
as Ruiz Man
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride (1940)
as Henry Haggerty
Black Market Rustlers (1943)
as Slim
Riders of Pasco Basin (1940)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Deep in the Heart of Texas (1942)
as Townsman
Rollin' Westward (1939)
as Slim Regan
The Stranger from Arizona (1938)
as Skeeter
For the Service (1936)
as Henchman (uncredited)
Ghost Town Riders (1938)
as Tom 'Cherokee' Walton
Lawless Breed (1946)
as The Deputy
Prairie Express (1947)
as Deputy Clint