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