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)
Movie | Almost an Angel | Pop | 1990-12-21 |
Movie | Big Bad John | Good Ole Boy | 1990-02-01 |
Series | Twin Peaks | Waiter | 1990-04-08 |
Movie | Once Upon a Texas Train | Old Timer | 1988-10-12 |
Movie | Space Rage | Old Codger | 1985-08-15 |
Movie | Runaway Train | Old Con | 1985-11-15 |
Movie | The Ice Pirates | Elderly Jason | 1984-03-16 |
Movie | UFOria | Colonel | 1984-07-10 |
Movie | Please Don't Eat the Babies | Gramps Jebediah | 1983-11-11 |
Movie | Hammett | Pool Room Attendant | 1982-06-09 |
Series | Knight Rider | Slim | 1982-09-26 |
Movie | Scream | John | 1981-01-08 |
Movie | Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. | Old Geezer | 1981-10-09 |
Movie | Bronco Billy | Station Mechanic | 1980-06-11 |
Movie | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Old Lonely Hearts Club Band | 1978-07-24 |
Movie | Big Wednesday | Shopping Cart (as Hank Warden) | 1978-05-26 |
Movie | They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way | Butch Collins | 1978-12-01 |
Movie | Every Which Way but Loose | Trailer Court Manager | 1978-12-16 |
Movie | Smokey and the Bandit | Trucker (uncredited) | 1977-05-26 |
Movie | The Legend of Frank Woods | Slim | 1977-04-30 |
Movie | Which Way Is Up? | The Flunky | 1977-11-04 |
Movie | The Hanged Man | Ab Wickes | 1974-03-13 |
Movie | Cahill: United States Marshall | Albert, Valentine Stationmaster | 1973-07-11 |
Movie | Big Jake | Hank | 1971-05-26 |
Movie | Black Noon | Joseph | 1971-11-05 |
Movie | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Old Home Guardsman (uncredited) | 1971-10-07 |
Movie | Rio Lobo | Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited) | 1970-04-01 |
Movie | Chisum | Stationmaster Elwood | 1970-07-23 |
Movie | True Grit | R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited) | 1969-06-11 |
Movie | Big Daddy | 1969-06-11 | |
Series | Lancer | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Movie | Hondo and the Apaches | Miner | 1967-09-08 |
Movie | The President's Analyst | Dirty Old Man (uncredited) | 1967-12-21 |
Series | Green Acres | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
Series | Petticoat Junction | Unknown | 1963-09-24 |
Movie | McLintock! | Curly Fletcher | 1963-11-12 |
Movie | The Music Man | Undertaker | 1962-06-19 |
Series | The Beverly Hillbillies | Unknown | 1962-09-26 |
Movie | One-Eyed Jacks | Doc | 1961-03-30 |
Movie | Sergeant Rutledge | Laredo (uncredited) | 1960-05-25 |
Movie | The Alamo | Parson | 1960-10-23 |
Movie | The Horse Soldiers | Deacon Clump | 1959-06-11 |
Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
Movie | The Toughest Gun in Tombstone | Liveryman | 1958-05-14 |
Movie | The Notorious Mr. Monks | Pete | 1958-02-28 |
Movie | Bullwhip | Tex | 1958-05-25 |
Series | Bronco | Unknown | 1958-09-23 |
Movie | Spoilers of the Forest | Pat Casey | 1957-04-04 |
Movie | The Buckskin Lady | Lon | 1957-07-01 |
Movie | Forty Guns | Marshal John Chisum | 1957-09-10 |
Movie | The Quiet Gun | Sampson | 1957-07-18 |
Movie | Dragoon Wells Massacre | Hopi Charlie | 1957-08-28 |
Movie | Davy Crockett and the River Pirates | Fiddler | 1956-07-18 |
Movie | Thunder Over Arizona | Old Jonas | 1956-08-04 |
Movie | The Searchers | Mose Harper | 1956-05-16 |
Movie | Accused of Murder | Les Fuller | 1956-12-21 |
Series | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Unknown | 1956-09-07 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Movie | Crime Wave | Sweeney (uncredited) | 1953-10-22 |
Movie | Boots Malone | Auto Mechanic | 1952-01-11 |
Movie | Woman of the North Country | Tom Gordon | 1952-07-23 |
Movie | Apache War Smoke | Amber | 1952-09-25 |
Movie | The Big Sky | Poordevil | 1952-08-19 |
Movie | Sugarfoot | Johnny Behind-the-Stove | 1951-02-11 |
Movie | Comin' Round the Mountain | Shooting Match Official | 1951-07-26 |
Movie | Joe Palooka in Triple Cross | Hard-of-Hearing Farmer | 1951-09-16 |
Movie | When Willie Comes Marching Home | American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited) | 1950-02-17 |
Movie | Wagon Master | Luke Clegg | 1950-04-22 |
Movie | Father Is a Bachelor | Finnegan (uncredited) | 1950-02-22 |
Movie | Curtain Call at Cactus Creek | Townsman | 1950-05-25 |
Movie | Frenchie | Mr. Grady (uncredited) | 1950-12-25 |
Movie | Red Canyon | Charley | 1949-04-27 |
Movie | Cover Up | Undertaker | 1949-02-25 |
Movie | Streets of Laredo | Texas Ranger (uncredited) | 1949-05-27 |
Movie | The Fighting Kentuckian | Abner Todd | 1949-09-15 |
Movie | Hellfire | 1949-05-29 | |
Movie | Roseanna McCoy | Jacob (uncredited) | 1949-10-12 |
Movie | Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' | Clem (uncredited) | 1948-06-01 |
Movie | The Sainted Sisters | Taub Beasley | 1948-04-30 |
Movie | The Man from Texas | (uncredited) | 1948-03-06 |
Movie | Fort Apache | Southern Recruit | 1948-06-14 |
Movie | Red River | Simms Reeves | 1948-08-26 |
Movie | Tap Roots | Cropper (uncredited) | 1948-08-25 |
Movie | Yellow Sky | Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited) | 1948-12-24 |
Movie | Whispering Smith | 1948-12-09 | |
Movie | 3 Godfathers | Deputy Curly | 1948-12-31 |
Movie | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Western Character (uncredited) | 1947-09-01 |
Movie | Angel and the Badman | Townsman (uncredited) | 1947-02-15 |
Movie | Prairie Express | Deputy Clint | 1947-10-24 |
Movie | Undercurrent | Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited) | 1946-11-11 |
Movie | Lawless Breed | The Deputy | 1946-08-16 |
Movie | Duel in the Sun | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1946-12-31 |
Movie | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood | Joe (uncredited) | 1945-10-05 |
Movie | The Great Moment | Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited) | 1944-07-18 |
Movie | So Proudly We Hail | Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited) | 1943-09-09 |
Movie | A Lady Takes a Chance | Waiter | 1943-08-19 |
Movie | Black Market Rustlers | Slim | 1943-08-27 |
Movie | Flesh and Fantasy | Circus Spectator (uncredited) | 1943-10-29 |
Movie | The Woman of the Town | The Barber | 1943-12-31 |
Movie | Deep in the Heart of Texas | Townsman | 1942-09-25 |
Movie | Robbers of the Range | Stagecoach Attendant (uncredited) | 1941-04-17 |
Movie | Border Vigilantes | Aunt Jennifer's Wagon Driver | 1941-04-18 |
Movie | Gaucho Serenade | Farmer Driving Jalopy | 1940-05-09 |
Movie | Viva Cisco Kid | Deputy | 1940-04-12 |
Movie | Northwest Passage | Ranger Tying Oars | 1940-02-23 |
Movie | Beyond Tomorrow | Hospital Visitor (Uncredited) | 1940-05-10 |
Movie | Riders of Pasco Basin | Townsman (uncredited) | 1940-04-04 |
Movie | Cross-Country Romance | Wedding Witness | 1940-07-12 |
Movie | Triple Justice | Townsman Outside Saloon | 1940-09-22 |
Movie | Brigham Young | Mormon Cheering Porter | 1940-09-27 |
Movie | Winners of the West | Drunk | 1940-07-02 |
Movie | Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride | Henry Haggerty | 1940-09-05 |
Movie | The Range Busters | Cowhand | 1940-08-22 |
Movie | Rollin' Westward | Slim Regan | 1939-03-01 |
Movie | Stagecoach | Cavalryman Extra (uncredited) | 1939-03-03 |
Movie | Sundown on the Prairie | Henchman Hank | 1939-02-08 |
Movie | Reno | Townsman | 1939-12-01 |
Movie | The Night Riders | Rancher | 1939-04-12 |
Movie | Chip of the Flying U | Cowhand | 1939-11-29 |
Movie | Oklahoma Frontier | Townsman | 1939-10-09 |
Movie | Frontier Town | Henchman Buck | 1938-03-04 |
Movie | Ghost Town Riders | Tom 'Cherokee' Walton | 1938-12-16 |
Movie | The Cowboy and the Lady | Cowhand Leonard (uncredited) | 1938-11-17 |
Movie | Hittin' the Trail | Sidekick Hank | 1937-04-03 |
Movie | Sing Cowboy Sing | Henchman | 1937-05-22 |
Movie | Hollywood Round-Up | Saloon Set Extra | 1937-11-06 |
Movie | The Californian | Ruiz Man | 1937-07-18 |
Movie | The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen | Deputy | 1937-08-06 |
Movie | For the Service | Henchman (uncredited) | 1936-06-01 |
Movie | Come and Get It | Lumberjack (uncredited) | 1936-11-06 |
Movie | Barbary Coast | Barfly / Townsman (uncredited) | 1935-10-13 |