Harry Cording
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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
Credits
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
as Dickon Malbete
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
as Guard (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
as Deputy (uncredited)
Red River (1948)
as Gambler (uncredited)
East of Eden (1955)
as Bouncer (uncredited)
The Wolf Man (1941)
as Wykes (uncredited)
Terror by Night (1946)
as Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
as Soldier (uncredited)
Mata Hari (1931)
as Ivan (uncredited)
Night Beat (1931)
as Chill Scarpelli
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
as Man Who Flails the Mayor
Turkish Delight (1927)
Actor
Titanic (1953)
as Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
as Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)
Captain Blood (1935)
as Kent
Law and Order (1953)
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
as Miner (uncredited)
The Patriot (1928)
as Stefan
Tap Roots (1948)
as Leader (uncredited)
Peter Ibbetson (1935)
as Guard (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
as Fred (uncredited)
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
as Mob Leader (uncredited)
A Volta do Besouro Verde (1940)
as Dannick - Crooked Construction Foreman
Sirocco (1951)
as Master Sergeant (uncredited)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)
as Mahmoud
The Sea Hawk (1940)
as Slavemaster
King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
as Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)
Forever Amber (1947)
Actor
Marie Antoinette (1938)
as Executioner (uncredited)
Buccaneer's Girl (1950)
as Barfly (uncredited)
The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
as Second Guard
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
as Second Fake Constable (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
as Jack Brady (uncredited)
The Pearl of Death (1944)
as George Gelder (uncredited)
Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)
as Will Ward
Arabian Nights (1942)
as Blacksmith
Strange Cargo (1940)
as Guard (uncredited)
The Black Cat (1934)
as Thamal
The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
as Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)
Road Gang (1936)
as Sam Dawson (guard with whip)
Mask of the Avenger (1951)
as Zio d'Orsini
The Spoilers (1942)
as Miner (uncredited)
A Christmas Carol (1938)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill (1946)
as Hamid
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
as Man Stealing Watermelon (uncredited)
Against All Flags (1952)
as Gow
Dark Command (1940)
as Angry Townsman in Bank
Destry Rides Again (1939)
as Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)
You Only Live Once (1937)
as Guard (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
as Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
The House of Fear (1945)
as John Simpson
Phantom Lady (1944)
as Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)
Valley of the Giants (1938)
as Greer
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)
as Turk, an Opium Addict (uncredited)
Les Misérables (1935)
as Beam Warder
Road to Morocco (1942)
as Warrior (uncredited)
The Big Trees (1952)
as Cleve Gregg
Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
as Saloon Bouncer
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap (1953)
as Stableman (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
as Camberwell
Virginia City (1940)
as Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited)
The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
as Vic - Farmer (uncredited)
Road to Bali (1952)
as Verna’s Father (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Paris (1935)
as Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited)
Christina (1929)
as Dick Torpe
The Strange Door (1951)
Actor
The House of Rothschild (1934)
as Man (uncredited)
They Met in Bombay (1941)
as Corporal at Base (uncredited)
Sudan (1945)
as Uba
Devotion (1946)
as Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)
Lost in a Harem (1944)
as Police Chief (uncredited)
Naughty Marietta (1935)
as Pirate (uncredited)
Lydia (1941)
as Hotel House Detective
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
as Sentry (uncredited)
Captain Kidd (1945)
as Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited)
Santa Fe (1951)
as Moose Legrande
When the Daltons Rode (1940)
as Rigby Henchman
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1941)
as Poker Player (uncredited)
Devil's Island (1939)
as Guard Accepting Bribe
Badlands of Dakota (1941)
as Jackson
Iron Man (1951)
as Miner (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down (1943)
as Miner (uncredited)
The Great Plane Robbery (1940)
as Eddie Lindo
Black Fury (1935)
as Louie (uncredited)
Mrs. Parkington (1944)
as Humphrey
Stand Up and Fight (1939)
as Bullet Line Blacksmith
Tower of London (1939)
as Lead Murderer of the Children
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
as Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow (1943)
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
as Turnkey (uncredited)
Al Jennings of Oklahoma (1951)
as Mike Bridges
The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
as Ross Clinton (uncredited)
That Lady in Ermine (1948)
as Orlando (uncredited)
The Exile (1947)
as Roundhead (uncredited)
Each Dawn I Die (1939)
as Temple
Captain Pirate (1952)
as Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)
A Woman's Vengeance (1948)
as Chauffeur McNabb
California (1947)
as Miner (uncredited)
The Verdict (1946)
as Tough Englishman (uncredited)
The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
as Peasant (Uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
as Rough Character in the Park
Calcutta (1946)
as Tea Planter (uncredited)
Cripple Creek (1952)
as Hibbs (uncredited)
Little Old New York (1940)
as Man in Mob About to Set 'Clermont' Afire
The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
as Blacksmith Hawkins
Crime School (1938)
as Jim - the Second Guard (uncredited)
Brave Warrior (1952)
as Shayne MacGregor
The White Angel (1936)
as Hospital Storekeeper (uncredited)
Convicted (1950)
as Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited)
The Last Command (1928)
as Revolutionist (uncredited)
Texas Cyclone (1932)
as Jake Farwell
Maid of Salem (1937)
as Guard (Uncredited)
Daniel Boone (1936)
as Joe Burch
The Squall (1929)
as Peter
The Fatal Witness (1945)
as Gus
Daredevil's Reward (1928)
as Second Heavy
Roman Scandals (1933)
as Valerius' Soldier (uncredited)
The Girl in 419 (1933)
as Henchman Driver
The Light That Failed (1939)
as Soldier
The Secret Of St. Ives (1949)
as Innkeeper (uncredited)
Singapore Woman (1941)
as Crow's Nest Manager (uncredited)
The Spider Woman (1943)
as Fred Garvin (uncredited)
Last of the Buccaneers (1950)
as Brown
Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953)
as Breton (uncredited)
The Black Arrow (1948)
as Guard (uncredited)
The Marauders (1947)
as Riker
Dangerous Venture (1947)
as Morgan
Honor of the Family (1931)
as Kouski
Sins of the Fathers (1928)
as The Hijacker
Trail of the Vigilantes (1940)
as Phil
Don't You Believe It (1943)
as Rogue
Riders of the Badlands (1941)
as Blacksmith Higgins
Sons of Liberty (1939)
as Arresting British Trooper (uncredited)
The World and the Flesh (1932)
as Ivanovitch
Mutiny in the Arctic (1941)
as Harmon
Narcotic (1933)
as Dr. William G. Davis
Two Tickets to London (1943)
as Sutliff (uncredited)
The Country Doctor (1936)
as Logger (uncredited)
We Are Not Alone (1939)
as Man Carrying Leni
Jungle Gents (1954)
as Henchman Shanks
Overland Mail (1942)
as Sam Gregg - Henchman
I Like Your Nerve (1931)
as San Arango Officer (uncredited)
Scarlet Dawn (1932)
as Revolutionary (Uncredited)
The Man in Half Moon Street (1945)
as Bobby
The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)
as Mike, Cork's Henchman
Sweepings (1933)
as Customer (Uncredited)
We Live Again (1934)
as Jailer
Sutter's Gold (1936)
as Seaman Lars
Gypsy Wildcat (1944)
as Captain Marver
Night Stage to Galveston (1952)
as Ted Driscoll
Rulers of the Sea (1939)
as Seaman (Uncredited)
Rawhide Rangers (1941)
as Blackie
There's Something About a Soldier (1943)
Actor
Great Expectations (1934)
as Orlick
The Intruder (1933)
as Cramer
The Sun Never Sets (1939)
as Zurof Camp Guard
Florian (1940)
as Leader
Tyrant of the Sea (1950)
as Sampson Edwards
Captured! (1933)
as First Orderly
Trail of the Mounties (1947)
as Hawkins
To the Last Man (1933)
as Colby Man Fred (uncredited)
Fool's Gold (1946)
as Duke
The Iroquois Trail (1950)
as Frontiersman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Heart of the North (1938)
as Miner Leading Mob (uncredited)
Man in the Attic (1953)
as Detective Sgt. Bates
The Great Alaskan Mystery (1944)
as Captain Greeder
Passport to Alcatraz (1940)
as Jeffers
Law and Order (1940)
as Poe Daggett
Bluebeard (1944)
as Policeman (Uncredited)
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (1941)
as J. L. Red Clinton
Killer Leopard (1954)
as Supt. Saunders
The Conquering Horde (1931)
as Butch Daggett
So Ends Our Night (1941)
as Card Player (uncredited)
Bride of the Regiment (1930)
as Sergeant Dostal
Secrets of the French Police (1932)
as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
King of the Royal Mounted (1940)
as Wade Garson
Sea Devils (1937)
as Sailor (uncredited)
Strange Wives (1934)
as Tribesman
Texas Stagecoach (1940)
as Clancy
Mutiny on the Blackhawk (1939)
as Bos'un
Rough Romance (1930)
as Chick Carson
Arizona Legion (1939)
as Whiskey Joe
The Right of Way (1930)
as Rouge's Henchman
The Man from the Rio Grande (1943)
as John King
Fugitive from Sonora (1943)
as Iron Joe Martin
File 113 (1933)
as Michele
The Knockout (1925)
as Steve McKenna
13 Lead Soldiers (1948)
as Edward Vane
Ship Cafe (1935)
as Stoker (uncredited)
Captain of the Guard (1930)
as Le Bruin
New Moon (1930)
as Kirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz
Raiders of the Desert (1941)
as Rawlins
Inside Job (1946)
as Bartender
The Sea Ghost (1931)
as Sailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter (uncredited)
Song of Revolt (1937)
as Peasant Rebel Leader (uncredited)
The Story of Dr. Jenner (1939)
as Village Dairyman (uncredited)
The Marshal Of Mesa City (1939)
as Henchman Bat Cardigan
Black Jack (1927)
as Haskins
Painted Desert (1938)
as Henchman Burke
Stage to Chino (1940)
as Pete Brannigan
The Isle of Lost Ships (1929)
as Gallagher
Hot Cargo (1946)
as Matt Wayne