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