From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hector William "Harry" Cording (26 April 1891 – 1 September 1954) was a British character actor. Cording was born Hector William Cording on 26 April 1891 in Wellington, Somerset. He was brought up and was educated in his native England, and later settled permanently in Los Angeles, where he began a film career. His first role was as a henchmen in The Knockout (1925), followed by similar roles over the next few years. Cording appeared in many Hollywood films from the 1920s to the 1950s. With an imposing six-foot height, stocky build, and perhaps due to his uncomfortable resemblance to veteran film bad guy Oskar Homolka, "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. Cording died on 1 September 1954. The cause of death was not documented. His wife was Margaret Cording, née Fiero, (1912–91), a native of Michigan; their daughter, Margaret Rose, was born on 7 November 1939. The Cordings lived at 4104 Farmdale Avenue, North Hollywood. Harry Cording was an active member of the Loyal Order of Moose fraternity.
Movie | East of Eden | Bouncer (uncredited) | 1955-04-10 |
Movie | King Richard and the Crusaders | Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited) | 1954-08-07 |
Movie | Killer Leopard | Supt. Saunders | 1954-08-22 |
Movie | Jungle Gents | Henchman Shanks | 1954-09-05 |
Movie | The Black Shield of Falworth | Captain of King's Guards (uncredited) | 1954-09-02 |
Movie | Road to Bali | Verna’s Father (uncredited) | 1953-01-29 |
Movie | Ambush at Tomahawk Gap | Stableman (uncredited) | 1953-05-01 |
Movie | Titanic | Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited) | 1953-04-11 |
Movie | Law and Order | Townsman (uncredited) | 1953-05-13 |
Movie | Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Rough Character in the Park | 1953-08-01 |
Movie | Man in the Attic | Detective Sgt. Bates | 1953-12-23 |
Movie | Night Stage to Galveston | Ted Driscoll | 1952-03-18 |
Movie | The Big Trees | Cleve Gregg | 1952-02-05 |
Movie | Brave Warrior | Shayne MacGregor | 1952-05-31 |
Movie | Captain Pirate | Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited) | 1952-08-27 |
Movie | Cripple Creek | Hibbs (uncredited) | 1952-06-30 |
Movie | Against All Flags | Gow | 1952-12-24 |
Series | Hopalong Cassidy | Unknown | 1952-09-19 |
Movie | Santa Fe | Moose Legrande | 1951-04-01 |
Series | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Unknown | 1951-04-15 |
Movie | Al Jennings of Oklahoma | Mike Bridges | 1951-01-17 |
Movie | Sirocco | Master Sergeant (uncredited) | 1951-06-13 |
Movie | Mask of the Avenger | Zio d'Orsini | 1951-06-27 |
Movie | The Strange Door | 1951-06-21 | |
Movie | Buccaneer's Girl | 1950-03-01 | |
Movie | Tyrant of the Sea | Sampson Edwards | 1950-02-22 |
Movie | Fortunes of Captain Blood | Will Ward | 1950-05-19 |
Movie | The Iroquois Trail | 1950-06-15 | |
Movie | Convicted | Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited) | 1950-08-01 |
Movie | Last of the Buccaneers | Brown | 1950-10-25 |
Movie | The Secret Of St. Ives | Innkeeper (uncredited) | 1949-06-30 |
Movie | That Lady in Ermine | Orlando (uncredited) | 1948-08-24 |
Movie | A Woman's Vengeance | Chauffeur McNabb | 1948-03-02 |
Movie | 13 Lead Soldiers | Edward Vane | 1948-04-30 |
Movie | Tap Roots | Leader (uncredited) | 1948-08-25 |
Movie | Red River | Gambler (uncredited) | 1948-08-26 |
Movie | Dangerous Venture | Morgan | 1947-05-23 |
Movie | The Marauders | Riker | 1947-07-01 |
Movie | The Exile | Roundhead (uncredited) | 1947-10-17 |
Movie | Trail of the Mounties | Hawkins | 1947-12-20 |
Movie | Devotion | Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited) | 1946-04-05 |
Movie | Terror by Night | Mock the Undertaker (uncredited) | 1946-02-01 |
Movie | Dressed to Kill | Hamid | 1946-05-24 |
Movie | Calcutta | Tea Planter (uncredited) | 1946-12-20 |
Movie | Inside Job | Bartender | 1946-06-14 |
Movie | Fool's Gold | Duke | 1946-10-09 |
Movie | The Man in Half Moon Street | Bobby | 1945-01-19 |
Movie | Sudan | Uba | 1945-04-18 |
Movie | The House of Fear | John Simpson | 1945-03-16 |
Movie | The Fatal Witness | Gus | 1945-09-15 |
Movie | Captain Kidd | Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited) | 1945-11-22 |
Movie | Phantom Lady | Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited) | 1944-01-28 |
Movie | Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | Mahmoud | 1944-01-14 |
Movie | The Great Alaskan Mystery | Captain Greeder | 1944-04-25 |
Movie | The Pearl of Death | George Gelder (uncredited) | 1944-08-01 |
Movie | Lost in a Harem | Police Chief (uncredited) | 1944-12-01 |
Movie | Mrs. Parkington | Humphrey | 1944-10-12 |
Movie | Bluebeard | Policeman (Uncredited) | 1944-11-11 |
Movie | Gypsy Wildcat | Captain Marver | 1944-08-02 |
Movie | Two Tickets to London | Sutliff (uncredited) | 1943-06-14 |
Movie | Mission to Moscow | Blacksmith (uncredited) | 1943-04-29 |
Movie | The Moon Is Down | Miner (uncredited) | 1943-03-14 |
Movie | Fugitive from Sonora | Iron Joe Martin | 1943-06-30 |
Movie | The Man from the Rio Grande | John King | 1943-10-18 |
Movie | Don't You Believe It | Rogue | 1943-07-03 |
Movie | The Spider Woman | Fred Garvin (uncredited) | 1943-12-24 |
Movie | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Man Who Flails the Mayor | 1943-07-12 |
Movie | The Ghost of Frankenstein | Mob Leader (uncredited) | 1942-03-13 |
Movie | Ride 'Em Cowboy | Poker Player (uncredited) | 1942-02-13 |
Movie | Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | Turnkey (uncredited) | 1942-01-29 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror | Camberwell | 1942-09-18 |
Movie | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Saloon Bouncer | 1942-01-31 |
Movie | The Spoilers | Miner (uncredited) | 1942-06-11 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon | Jack Brady (uncredited) | 1942-12-25 |
Movie | Road to Morocco | Warrior (uncredited) | 1942-11-10 |
Movie | Arabian Nights | Blacksmith | 1942-12-25 |
Movie | The Mummy's Tomb | Vic - Farmer (uncredited) | 1942-10-23 |
Movie | Overland Mail | Sam Gregg - Henchman | 1942-09-22 |
Movie | Mutiny in the Arctic | Harmon | 1941-04-17 |
Movie | The Lady from Cheyenne | Mike, Cork's Henchman | 1941-04-11 |
Movie | So Ends Our Night | Card Player (uncredited) | 1941-02-27 |
Movie | They Met in Bombay | Corporal at Base (uncredited) | 1941-06-27 |
Movie | Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie | J. L. Red Clinton | 1941-03-21 |
Movie | Singapore Woman | Crow's Nest Manager (uncredited) | 1941-05-17 |
Movie | Riders of the Badlands | Blacksmith Higgins | 1941-12-18 |
Movie | Raiders of the Desert | Rawlins | 1941-07-17 |
Movie | The Wolf Man | Wykes (uncredited) | 1941-12-12 |
Movie | Lydia | Hotel House Detective | 1941-09-18 |
Movie | Badlands Of Dakota | Jackson | 1941-09-15 |
Movie | Rawhide Rangers | Blackie | 1941-07-18 |
Movie | The House of the Seven Gables | Blacksmith Hawkins | 1940-04-12 |
Movie | Dark Command | Angry Townsman in Bank | 1940-04-15 |
Movie | Texas Stagecoach | Clancy | 1940-05-23 |
Movie | Virginia City | Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited) | 1940-03-23 |
Movie | The Invisible Man Returns | Miner (uncredited) | 1940-01-12 |
Movie | Florian | Leader | 1940-06-05 |
Movie | Little Old New York | Man in Mob About to Set 'Clermont' Afire | 1940-02-09 |
Movie | Strange Cargo | Guard (uncredited) | 1940-03-01 |
Movie | The Grapes of Wrath | Deputy (uncredited) | 1940-03-15 |
Movie | The Green Hornet Strikes Again! | Dannick - Crooked Construction Foreman | 1940-12-24 |
Movie | Law and Order | Poe Daggett | 1940-11-28 |
Movie | Trail of the Vigilantes | Phil | 1940-12-13 |
Movie | Stage to Chino | Pete Brannigan | 1940-07-26 |
Movie | A Dispatch from Reuters | Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited) | 1940-10-19 |
Movie | Santa Fe Trail | Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited) | 1940-12-20 |
Movie | King of the Royal Mounted | Wade Garson | 1940-09-19 |
Movie | When the Daltons Rode | Rigby Henchman | 1940-08-23 |
Movie | The Sea Hawk | Slavemaster | 1940-08-10 |
Movie | Mutiny on the Blackhawk | Bos'un | 1939-07-31 |
Movie | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Man Stealing Watermelon (uncredited) | 1939-02-10 |
Movie | The Sun Never Sets | Zurof Camp Guard | 1939-05-31 |
Movie | Son of Frankenstein | Bearded Gendarme (uncredited) | 1939-01-13 |
Movie | Each Dawn I Die | Temple | 1939-08-19 |
Movie | Stand Up and Fight | Bullet Line Blacksmith | 1939-01-06 |
Movie | Devil's Island | Guard Accepting Bribe | 1939-01-07 |
Movie | Arizona Legion | Whiskey Joe | 1939-01-20 |
Movie | Sons of Liberty | Arresting British Trooper (uncredited) | 1939-05-20 |
Movie | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Second Fake Constable (uncredited) | 1939-09-01 |
Movie | The Light That Failed | Soldier | 1939-12-24 |
Movie | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Guard (uncredited) | 1939-12-29 |
Movie | We Are Not Alone | Man Carrying Leni | 1939-11-25 |
Movie | Destry Rides Again | Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited) | 1939-11-30 |
Movie | Tower of London | Lead Murderer of the Children | 1939-11-17 |
Movie | The Marshal Of Mesa City | Henchman Bat Cardigan | 1939-11-03 |
Movie | Rulers of the Sea | Seaman (Uncredited) | 1939-11-08 |
Movie | Painted Desert | Henchman Burke | 1938-08-12 |
Movie | Crime School | Jim | 1938-05-10 |
Movie | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Dickon Malbete | 1938-05-13 |
Movie | Marie Antoinette | Executioner (uncredited) | 1938-08-26 |
Movie | Valley of the Giants | Greer | 1938-09-17 |
Movie | A Christmas Carol | Waiter (uncredited) | 1938-12-16 |
Movie | Heart of the North | Miner Leading Mob (uncredited) | 1938-12-10 |
Movie | Maid of Salem | Guard (Uncredited) | 1937-02-12 |
Movie | You Only Live Once | Guard (uncredited) | 1937-01-23 |
Movie | Sea Devils | Sailor (uncredited) | 1937-02-19 |
Movie | The Soldier and the Lady | Peasant (Uncredited) | 1937-04-09 |
Movie | The Prince and the Pauper | Second Guard | 1937-04-30 |
Movie | Song of Revolt | Peasant Rebel Leader (uncredited) | 1937-05-29 |
Movie | The Country Doctor | Logger (uncredited) | 1936-03-12 |
Movie | Sutter's Gold | Seaman Lars | 1936-03-01 |
Movie | Road Gang | Sam Dawson (guard with whip) | 1936-03-28 |
Movie | Daniel Boone | Joe Burch | 1936-10-16 |
Movie | The White Angel | Hospital Storekeeper (uncredited) | 1936-06-25 |
Movie | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Turke - Opium Addict (uncredited) | 1935-02-04 |
Movie | Charlie Chan in Paris | Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited) | 1935-01-21 |
Movie | The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | Sentry (uncredited) | 1935-01-11 |
Movie | Black Fury | Louie (uncredited) | 1935-05-18 |
Movie | Naughty Marietta | Pirate (uncredited) | 1935-03-29 |
Movie | Captain Blood | Kent | 1935-12-26 |
Movie | Mutiny on the Bounty | Soldier (uncredited) | 1935-11-22 |
Movie | Ship Cafe | Stoker (uncredited) | 1935-11-09 |
Movie | Peter Ibbetson | Guard (uncredited) | 1935-11-07 |
Movie | The Black Cat | Thamal | 1934-05-07 |
Movie | We Live Again | Jailer | 1934-11-01 |
Movie | Great Expectations | Orlick | 1934-10-22 |
Movie | Sweepings | Customer (Uncredited) | 1933-04-14 |
Movie | The Girl in 419 | Henchman Driver | 1933-05-26 |
Movie | The Intruder | Cramer | 1933-03-13 |
Movie | Narcotic | Dr. William G. Davis | 1933-08-01 |
Movie | To the Last Man | Colby Man Fred (uncredited) | 1933-09-15 |
Movie | Captured! | First Orderly | 1933-08-19 |
Movie | Texas Cyclone | Jake Farwell | 1932-02-24 |
Movie | The World and the Flesh | Ivanovitch | 1932-04-22 |
Movie | The Cabin in the Cotton | Ross Clinton (uncredited) | 1932-09-26 |
Movie | Merrily We Go to Hell | Fred (uncredited) | 1932-06-10 |
Movie | Scarlet Dawn | Revolutionary (Uncredited) | 1932-11-12 |
Movie | The Sea Ghost | Sailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter (uncredited) | 1931-11-28 |
Movie | The Conquering Horde | Butch Daggett | 1931-03-01 |
Movie | Honor of the Family | Kouski | 1931-10-17 |
Movie | Night Beat | Chill Scarpelli | 1931-12-26 |
Movie | Mata Hari | Ivan (uncredited) | 1931-12-26 |
Movie | Rough Romance | Chick Carson | 1930-06-15 |
Movie | Captain of the Guard | Le Bruin | 1930-03-28 |
Movie | Bride of the Regiment | Sergeant Dostal | 1930-05-21 |
Movie | New Moon | Kirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz | 1930-12-23 |
Movie | The Right of Way | Rouge's Henchman | 1930-12-11 |
Movie | The Squall | Peter | 1929-05-09 |
Movie | Christina | Dick Torpe | 1929-12-15 |
Movie | The Last Command | Revolutionist (uncredited) | 1928-01-21 |
Movie | The Patriot | Stefan | 1928-09-01 |
Movie | Black Jack | Haskins | 1927-09-25 |