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