Harry Cording
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 25, 1891
- Died
- September 1, 1954
- Birthplace
- Wellington, Somerset, England, UK
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.
Filmography
East of Eden 1955
as Bouncer (uncredited)
Jungle Gents 1954
as Henchman Shanks
The Black Shield of Falworth 1954
as Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)
Killer Leopard 1954
as Supt. Saunders
King Richard and the Crusaders 1954
as Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)
Man in the Attic 1953
as Detective Sgt. Bates
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1953
as Rough Character in the Park
Law and Order 1953
as Townsman (uncredited)
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap 1953
as Stableman (uncredited)
Titanic 1953
as Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
Treasure of the Golden Condor 1953
as Breton (uncredited)
Against All Flags 1952
as Gow
Road to Bali 1952
as Verna’s Father (uncredited), as Verna's Father (uncredited)
Captain Pirate 1952
as Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)
Cripple Creek 1952
as Hibbs (uncredited)
Brave Warrior 1952
as Shayne MacGregor
Night Stage to Galveston 1952
as Ted Driscoll
The Big Trees 1952
as Cleve Gregg
The Strange Door 1951
Actor
Iron Man 1951
as Miner (uncredited)
Mask of the Avenger 1951
as Zio d'Orsini
Sirocco 1951
as Master Sergeant (uncredited)
Santa Fe 1951
as Moose Legrande
Al Jennings of Oklahoma 1951
as Mike Bridges
Last of the Buccaneers 1950
as Brown
Convicted 1950
as Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited)
The Iroquois Trail 1950
as Frontiersman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fortunes of Captain Blood 1950
as Will Ward
Buccaneer's Girl 1950
as Barfly (uncredited)
Tyrant of the Sea 1950
as Sampson Edwards
- The Secret Of St. Ives
The Secret Of St. Ives 1949
as Innkeeper (uncredited)
Red River 1948
as Gambler (uncredited)
Tap Roots 1948
as Leader (uncredited)
That Lady in Ermine 1948
as Orlando (uncredited)
13 Lead Soldiers 1948
as Edward Vane
The Black Arrow 1948
as Guard (uncredited)
A Woman's Vengeance 1948
as Chauffeur McNabb
Trail of the Mounties 1947
as Hawkins
The Exile 1947
as Roundhead (uncredited)
Forever Amber 1947
Actor
The Marauders 1947
as Riker
Dangerous Venture 1947
as Morgan
California 1947
as Miner (uncredited)
Calcutta 1946
as Tea Planter (uncredited)
The Verdict 1946
as Tough Englishman (uncredited)
Fool's Gold 1946
as Duke
Hot Cargo 1946
as Matt Wayne
Inside Job 1946
as Bartender
Dressed to Kill 1946
as Hamid
Devotion 1946
as Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)
Terror by Night 1946
as Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)
Captain Kidd 1945
as Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited)
The Fatal Witness 1945
as Gus
Sudan 1945
as Uba
The House of Fear 1945
as John Simpson
The Man in Half Moon Street 1945
as Bobby
Lost in a Harem 1944
as Police Chief (uncredited)
Bluebeard 1944
as Policeman (Uncredited)
Mrs. Parkington 1944
as Humphrey
Gypsy Wildcat 1944
as Captain Marver
The Pearl of Death 1944
as George Gelder (uncredited)
The Great Alaskan Mystery 1944
as Captain Greeder
Passage to Marseille 1944
as Chief Guard (uncredited)
Phantom Lady 1944
as Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 1944
as Mahmoud
The Spider Woman 1943
as Fred Garvin (uncredited)
There's Something About a Soldier 1943
Actor
The Man from the Rio Grande 1943
as John King
For Whom the Bell Tolls 1943
as Man Who Flails the Mayor
Don't You Believe It 1943
as Rogue
Fugitive from Sonora 1943
as Iron Joe Martin
Two Tickets to London 1943
as Sutliff (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow 1943
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down 1943
as Miner (uncredited)
Arabian Nights 1942
as Blacksmith
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 1942
as Jack Brady (uncredited)
Road to Morocco 1942
as Warrior (uncredited)
The Mummy's Tomb 1942
as Vic - Farmer (uncredited)
Overland Mail 1942
as Sam Gregg - Henchman
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror 1942
as Camberwell
The Spoilers 1942
as Miner (uncredited)
The Ghost of Frankenstein 1942
as Mob Leader (uncredited)
Ride 'Em Cowboy 1942
as Poker Player (uncredited)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides 1942
as Saloon Bouncer
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake 1942
as Turnkey (uncredited)
Riders of the Badlands 1941
as Blacksmith Higgins
The Wolf Man 1941
as Wykes (uncredited)
Lydia 1941
as Hotel House Detective
Badlands of Dakota 1941
as Jackson
Rawhide Rangers 1941
as Blackie
Raiders of the Desert 1941
as Rawlins
They Met in Bombay 1941
as Corporal at Base (uncredited)
Singapore Woman 1941
as Crow's Nest Manager (uncredited)
Mutiny in the Arctic 1941
as Harmon
The Lady from Cheyenne 1941
as Mike, Cork's Henchman
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie 1941
as J. L. Red Clinton
So Ends Our Night 1941
as Card Player (uncredited)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! 1940
as Dannick - Crooked Construction Foreman
Santa Fe Trail 1940
as Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
Trail of the Vigilantes 1940
as Phil
The Great Plane Robbery 1940
as Eddie Lindo
Law and Order 1940
as Poe Daggett
A Dispatch from Reuters 1940
as Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
King of the Royal Mounted 1940
as Wade Garson
When the Daltons Rode 1940
as Rigby Henchman
The Sea Hawk 1940
as Slavemaster
Stage to Chino 1940
as Pete Brannigan
Passport to Alcatraz 1940
as Jeffers
Florian 1940
as Leader
Texas Stagecoach 1940
as Clancy
Dark Command 1940
as Angry Townsman in Bank
The House of the Seven Gables 1940
as Blacksmith Hawkins
Virginia City 1940
as Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath 1940
as Deputy (uncredited)
Strange Cargo 1940
as Guard (uncredited)
Little Old New York 1940
as Man in Mob About to Set 'Clermont' Afire
The Invisible Man Returns 1940
as Miner (uncredited)
The Light That Failed 1939
as Soldier
Destry Rides Again 1939
as Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)
We Are Not Alone 1939
as Man Carrying Leni
Tower of London 1939
as Lead Murderer of the Children
Rulers of the Sea 1939
as Seaman (Uncredited)
The Marshal Of Mesa City 1939
as Henchman Bat Cardigan
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1939
as Second Fake Constable (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939
as Guard (uncredited)
Each Dawn I Die 1939
as Temple
Mutiny on the Blackhawk 1939
as Bos'un
The Sun Never Sets 1939
as Zurof Camp Guard
Sons of Liberty 1939
as Arresting British Trooper (uncredited)
The Story of Dr. Jenner 1939
as Village Dairyman (uncredited)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1939
as Man Stealing Watermelon (uncredited)
Arizona Legion 1939
as Whiskey Joe
Son of Frankenstein 1939
as Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)
Devil's Island 1939
as Guard Accepting Bribe
Stand Up and Fight 1939
as Bullet Line Blacksmith
A Christmas Carol 1938
as Waiter (uncredited)
Heart of the North 1938
as Miner Leading Mob (uncredited)
Valley of the Giants 1938
as Greer
Marie Antoinette 1938
as Executioner (uncredited)
Painted Desert 1938
as Henchman Burke
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938
as Dickon Malbete
Crime School 1938
as Jim - the Second Guard (uncredited)
Song of Revolt 1937
as Peasant Rebel Leader (uncredited)
The Prince and the Pauper 1937
as Second Guard
The Soldier and the Lady 1937
as Peasant (Uncredited)
Sea Devils 1937
as Sailor (uncredited)
Maid of Salem 1937
as Guard (Uncredited)
You Only Live Once 1937
as Guard (uncredited)
Daniel Boone 1936
as Joe Burch
The White Angel 1936
as Hospital Storekeeper (uncredited)
Road Gang 1936
as Sam Dawson (guard with whip)
The Country Doctor 1936
as Logger (uncredited)
Sutter's Gold 1936
as Seaman Lars
Captain Blood 1935
as Kent
Mutiny on the Bounty 1935
as Soldier (uncredited)
Ship Cafe 1935
as Stoker (uncredited)
Peter Ibbetson 1935
as Guard (uncredited)
Black Fury 1935
as Louie (uncredited)
Les Misérables 1935
as Beam Warder
Naughty Marietta 1935
as Pirate (uncredited)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood 1935
as Turk, an Opium Addict (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Paris 1935
as Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer 1935
as Sentry (uncredited)
Strange Wives 1934
as Tribesman
We Live Again 1934
as Jailer
Great Expectations 1934
as Orlick
The Black Cat 1934
as Thamal
The House of Rothschild 1934
as Man (uncredited)
Roman Scandals 1933
as Valerius' Soldier (uncredited)
To the Last Man 1933
as Colby Man Fred (uncredited)
Captured! 1933
as First Orderly
Narcotic 1933
as Dr. William G. Davis
The Girl in 419 1933
as Henchman Driver
Sweepings 1933
as Customer (Uncredited)
The Intruder 1933
as Cramer
File 113 1933
as Michele
Secrets of the French Police 1932
as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
Scarlet Dawn 1932
as Revolutionary (Uncredited)
The Cabin in the Cotton 1932
as Ross Clinton (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell 1932
as Fred (uncredited)
The World and the Flesh 1932
as Ivanovitch
Texas Cyclone 1932
as Jake Farwell
Mata Hari 1931
as Ivan (uncredited)
Night Beat 1931
as Chill Scarpelli
The Sea Ghost 1931
as Sailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter (uncredited)
Honor of the Family 1931
as Kouski
I Like Your Nerve 1931
as San Arango Officer (uncredited)
The Conquering Horde 1931
as Butch Daggett
New Moon 1930
as Kirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz
The Right of Way 1930
as Rouge's Henchman
Rough Romance 1930
as Chick Carson
Bride of the Regiment 1930
as Sergeant Dostal
Captain of the Guard 1930
as Le Bruin
Christina 1929
as Dick Torpe
The Isle of Lost Ships 1929
as Gallagher
The Squall 1929
as Peter
Sins of the Fathers 1928
as The Hijacker
The Patriot 1928
as Stefan
The Last Command 1928
as Revolutionist (uncredited)
Daredevil's Reward 1928
as Second Heavy
Turkish Delight 1927
Actor
Black Jack 1927
as Haskins
The Knockout 1925
as Steve McKenna
Credits from TMDB.