Hank Worden
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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)
Known for
Credits
The Searchers (1956)
as Mose Harper
True Grit (1969)
as R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
Red River (1948)
as Simms Reeves
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
as Trucker (uncredited)
Every Which Way but Loose (1978)
as Trailer Court Manager
The Alamo (1960)
as Parson
McLintock! (1963)
as Curly Fletcher
Runaway Train (1985)
as Old Con
3 Godfathers (1948)
as Deputy Curly
Fort Apache (1948)
as Southern Recruit
Chisum (1970)
as Stationmaster Elwood
Stagecoach (1939)
as Cavalryman (uncredited)
Duel in the Sun (1946)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
as Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
Rio Lobo (1970)
as Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Big Jake (1971)
as Hank
The Horse Soldiers (1959)
as Deacon Clump
The Ice Pirates (1984)
as Elderly Jason
The Music Man (1962)
as Undertaker
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
as Doc
Tap Roots (1948)
as Cropper (uncredited)
Big Wednesday (1978)
as Shopping Cart
Bronco Billy (1980)
as Station Mechanic
Yellow Sky (1948)
as Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited)
Angel and the Badman (1947)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Undercurrent (1946)
as Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited)
Brigham Young (1940)
as Mormon Cheering Porter
Which Way Is Up? (1977)
as The Flunky
Wagon Master (1950)
as Luke Clegg
Forty Guns (1957)
as Marshal John Chisum
Cahill: United States Marshal (1973)
as Albert, Valentine Stationmaster
The Big Sky (1952)
as Poordevil
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
as Old Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
as Western Character (uncredited)
Almost an Angel (1990)
as Pop
Barbary Coast (1935)
as Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)
Northwest Passage (1940)
as Ranger Tying Oars
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945)
as Joe (uncredited)
Sky Hei$t (1975)
as Old Coot
UFOria (1984)
as Colonel
Crime Wave (1953)
as Sweeney (uncredited)
The Indian Fighter (1955)
as Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
as Laredo (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass (1947)
as Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited)
A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
as Waiter
Frenchie (1950)
as Mr. Grady (uncredited)
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
as Cave Bar Patron (uncredited)
Cover Up (1949)
as Undertaker
The Hanged Man (1974)
as Ab Wickes
Once Upon a Texas Train (1988)
as Old Timer
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
as Cowhand Leonard (uncredited)
The President's Analyst (1967)
as Dirty Old Man (uncredited)
The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
as Abner Todd
Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
as Shooting Match Official
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
as Fiddler
Space Rage (1985)
as Old Codger
Hammett (1982)
as Pool Room Attendant
So Proudly We Hail (1943)
as Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited)
High Wall (1947)
Actor
Triple Cross (1951)
as Hard-of-Hearing Farmer
Hondo and the Apaches (1967)
as Miner
Bullwhip (1958)
as Tex
Good Times (1967)
as Kid
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981)
as Old Geezer
Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
as Circus Spectator (uncredited)
Whispering Smith (1948)
Actor
Big Daddy (1969)
Actor
The Quiet Gun (1957)
as Sampson
Sugarfoot (1951)
as Johnny Behind-the-Stove
Hazard (1948)
as Man in Cheap Hotel (uncredited)
Black Noon (1971)
as Joseph
Hellfire (1949)
as Witness (uncredited)
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone (1958)
as Liveryman
Woman of the North Country (1952)
as Tom Gordon
Big Bad John (1990)
as Good Ole Boy
Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
as Hospital Visitor (uncredited)
Zachariah (1971)
as Old Cowboy (uncredited)
When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
as American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited)
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way (1978)
as Butch Collins
John Wayne's 'The Alamo' (1992)
as Self
Father Is a Bachelor (1950)
as Finnegan (uncredited)
Come and Get It (1936)
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
None Shall Escape (1944)
as German Motorcycle Soldier (uncredited)
Triple Justice (1940)
as Townsman Outside Saloon
The Woman of the Town (1943)
as The Barber
Reno (1939)
as Townsman
Boots Malone (1952)
as Auto Mechanic
Scream (1981)
as John
The Night Riders (1939)
as Rancher
Apache War Smoke (1952)
as Amber
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' (1948)
as Clem (uncredited)
Accused of Murder (1956)
as Les Fuller
The Buckskin Lady (1957)
as Lon
Riders of Pasco Basin (1940)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Cross-Country Romance (1940)
as Wedding Witness
Robbers of the Range (1941)
as Stagecoach Attendant (uncredited)
The Californian (1937)
as Ruiz Man
The Notorious Mr. Monks (1958)
as Pete
The Man from Texas (1948)
as (uncredited)
Spoilers of the Forest (1957)
as Pat Casey
Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957)
as Hopi Charlie
Frontier Town (1938)
as Henchman Buck
Viva Cisco Kid (1940)
as Deputy
Thunder Over Arizona (1956)
as Old Jonas
Gaucho Serenade (1940)
as Farmer Driving Jalopy
The Great Moment (1944)
as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)
The Sainted Sisters (1948)
as Taub Beasley
Roseanna McCoy (1949)
as Jacob (uncredited)
Winners of the West (1940)
as Drunk
The Range Busters (1940)
as Cowhand
Ghost Town Gold (1936)
as Mr. Crabtree (uncredited)
Sundown on the Prairie (1939)
as Henchman Hank
Deep in the Heart of Texas (1942)
as Townsman
Hollywood Round-Up (1937)
as Saloon Set Extra
The Legend of Frank Woods (1977)
as Slim
Oklahoma Frontier (1939)
as Townsman
Chip of the Flying U (1939)
as Cowhand
The Stranger from Arizona (1938)
as Skeeter
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen (1937)
as Deputy
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride (1940)
as Henry Haggerty
Border Vigilantes (1941)
as Aunt Jennifer's Wagon Driver
Rollin' Westward (1939)
as Slim Regan
Hittin' the Trail (1937)
as Sidekick Hank
Please Don't Eat the Babies (1983)
as Gramps Jebediah
Sing Cowboy Sing (1937)
as Henchman
Black Market Rustlers (1943)
as Slim
Lawless Breed (1946)
as The Deputy
Prairie Express (1947)
as Deputy Clint
For the Service (1936)
as Henchman (uncredited)
Ghost Town Riders (1938)
as Tom 'Cherokee' Walton
Mad About Moonshine (—)
as Hillbilly