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