
Cast
Acting
Cast
Known for
Acting
Born
1891-04-25
From
Wellington, Somerset, England, UK
Died
1954-09-01
Also known as Hector William Cording, Harry Gording, Hector William "Harry" Cording
Hector William βHarryβ 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.

as Dickon Malbete

as Guard (uncredited)

as Deputy (uncredited)

as Gambler (uncredited)

as Bouncer (uncredited)

as Wykes (uncredited)

as Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)

as Soldier (uncredited)

as Ivan (uncredited)

as Chill Scarpelli

as Man Who Flails the Mayor


as Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)

as Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)

as Kent

as Townsman (uncredited)

as Miner (uncredited)

as Stefan

as Leader (uncredited)

as Guard (uncredited)

as Fred (uncredited)

as Mob Leader (uncredited)

as Dannick - Crooked Construction Foreman

as Master Sergeant (uncredited)

as Mahmoud

as Slavemaster

as Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)


as Executioner (uncredited)

as Barfly (uncredited)

as Second Guard

as Second Fake Constable (uncredited)

as Jack Brady (uncredited)

as George Gelder (uncredited)

as Will Ward

as Blacksmith

as Guard (uncredited)

as Thamal

as Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)

as Sam Dawson (guard with whip)

as Zio d'Orsini

as Miner (uncredited)

as Waiter (uncredited)

as Hamid

as Man Stealing Watermelon (uncredited)

as Gow

as Angry Townsman in Bank

as Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)

as Guard (uncredited)

as Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)

as John Simpson

as Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)

as Greer

as Turk, an Opium Addict (uncredited)

as Beam Warder

as Warrior (uncredited)

as Cleve Gregg

as Saloon Bouncer

as Stableman (uncredited)

as Camberwell

as Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited)

as Vic - Farmer (uncredited)

as Vernaβs Father (uncredited)

as Verna's Father (uncredited)

as Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited)

as Dick Torpe


as Man (uncredited)

as Corporal at Base (uncredited)

as Uba

as Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)

as Police Chief (uncredited)

as Pirate (uncredited)

as Hotel House Detective

as Sentry (uncredited)

as Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited)

as Moose Legrande

as Rigby Henchman

as Poker Player (uncredited)

as Guard Accepting Bribe

as Jackson

as Miner (uncredited)

as Miner (uncredited)

as Eddie Lindo

as Louie (uncredited)

as Humphrey

as Bullet Line Blacksmith

as Lead Murderer of the Children

as Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)

as Blacksmith (uncredited)

as Turnkey (uncredited)

as Mike Bridges

as Ross Clinton (uncredited)

as Orlando (uncredited)

as Roundhead (uncredited)

as Temple

as Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)

as Chauffeur McNabb

as Miner (uncredited)

as Tough Englishman (uncredited)

as Peasant (Uncredited)

as Rough Character in the Park

as Tea Planter (uncredited)

as Hibbs (uncredited)

as Man in Mob About to Set 'Clermont' Afire

as Blacksmith Hawkins

as Jim - the Second Guard (uncredited)

as Shayne MacGregor

as Hospital Storekeeper (uncredited)

as Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited)

as Revolutionist (uncredited)

as Jake Farwell

as Guard (Uncredited)

as Joe Burch

as Peter

as Gus

as Second Heavy

as Valerius' Soldier (uncredited)

as Henchman Driver

as Soldier

as Innkeeper (uncredited)

as Crow's Nest Manager (uncredited)

as Fred Garvin (uncredited)

as Brown

as Breton (uncredited)

as Guard (uncredited)

as Riker

as Morgan

as Kouski

as The Hijacker

as Phil

as Rogue

as Blacksmith Higgins

as Arresting British Trooper (uncredited)

as Ivanovitch

as Harmon

as Dr. William G. Davis

as Sutliff (uncredited)

as Logger (uncredited)

as Man Carrying Leni

as Henchman Shanks

as Sam Gregg - Henchman

as San Arango Officer (uncredited)

as Revolutionary (Uncredited)

as Bobby

as Mike, Cork's Henchman

as Customer (Uncredited)

as Jailer

as Seaman Lars

as Captain Marver

as Ted Driscoll

as Seaman (Uncredited)

as Blackie


as Orlick

as Cramer

as Zurof Camp Guard

as Leader

as Sampson Edwards

as First Orderly

as Hawkins

as Colby Man Fred (uncredited)

as Duke

as Frontiersman (archive footage) (uncredited)

as Miner Leading Mob (uncredited)

as Detective Sgt. Bates

as Captain Greeder

as Jeffers

as Poe Daggett

as Policeman (Uncredited)

as J. L. Red Clinton

as Supt. Saunders

as Butch Daggett

as Card Player (uncredited)

as Sergeant Dostal

as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)

as Wade Garson

as Sailor (uncredited)

as Tribesman

as Clancy

as Bos'un

as Chick Carson

as Whiskey Joe

as Rouge's Henchman

as John King

as Iron Joe Martin

as Michele

as Steve McKenna

as Edward Vane

as Stoker (uncredited)

as Le Bruin

as Kirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz

as Rawlins

as Bartender

as Sailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter (uncredited)

as Peasant Rebel Leader (uncredited)

as Village Dairyman (uncredited)

as Henchman Bat Cardigan

as Haskins

as Henchman Burke

as Pete Brannigan

as Gallagher

as Matt Wayne