Harry Cording
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
as Guard (uncredited)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
as Dickon Malbete
Red River (1948)
as Gambler (uncredited)
East of Eden (1955)
as Bouncer (uncredited)
Titanic (1953)
as Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
The Wolf Man (1941)
as Wykes (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
as Deputy (uncredited)
Captain Blood (1935)
as Kent
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
as Soldier (uncredited)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
as Man Who Flails the Mayor
The Black Cat (1934)
as Thamal
Tap Roots (1948)
as Leader (uncredited)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
as Slavemaster
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
as Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)
Sirocco (1951)
as Master Sergeant (uncredited)
Law and Order (1953)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Les Misérables (1935)
as Beam Warder
Dressed to Kill (1946)
as Hamid
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)
as Mahmoud
Mata Hari (1931)
as Ivan (uncredited)
The House of Rothschild (1934)
as Man (uncredited)
The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
as Miner (uncredited)
Peter Ibbetson (1935)
as Guard (uncredited)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
as Second Fake Constable (uncredited)
Convicted (1950)
as Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
as Jack Brady (uncredited)
The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
as Vic - Farmer (uncredited)
The Patriot (1928)
as Stefan
Destry Rides Again (1939)
as Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)
Naughty Marietta (1935)
as Pirate (uncredited)
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
as Mob Leader (uncredited)
The Verdict (1946)
as Tough Englishman (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
as Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
Road to Morocco (1942)
as Warrior (uncredited)
The Big Trees (1952)
as Cleve Gregg
A Christmas Carol (1938)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
as Executioner (uncredited)
Arabian Nights (1942)
as Blacksmith
The Spoilers (1942)
as Miner (uncredited)
Terror by Night (1946)
as Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
as Sentry (uncredited)
Strange Cargo (1940)
as Guard (uncredited)
Road to Bali (1952)
as Verna’s Father (uncredited)
Crime School (1938)
as Jim - the Second Guard (uncredited)
The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
as Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)
Dark Command (1940)
as Angry Townsman in Bank
A Volta do Besouro Verde (1940)
as Dannick - Crooked Construction Foreman
Road Gang (1936)
as Sam Dawson (guard with whip)
Captain Kidd (1945)
as Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited)
The Spider Woman (1943)
as Fred Garvin (uncredited)
Bluebeard (1944)
as Policeman (Uncredited)
Mission to Moscow (1943)
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
Buccaneer's Girl (1950)
as Barfly (uncredited)
The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
as Blacksmith Hawkins
You Only Live Once (1937)
as Guard (uncredited)
The House of Fear (1945)
as John Simpson
Phantom Lady (1944)
as Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)
Sea Devils (1937)
as Sailor (uncredited)
The White Angel (1936)
as Hospital Storekeeper (uncredited)
Against All Flags (1952)
as Gow
King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
as Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)
Brave Warrior (1952)
as Shayne MacGregor
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1941)
as Poker Player (uncredited)
Lydia (1941)
as Hotel House Detective
Lost in a Harem (1944)
as Police Chief (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down (1943)
as Miner (uncredited)
Iron Man (1951)
as Miner (uncredited)
Mrs. Parkington (1944)
as Humphrey
That Lady in Ermine (1948)
as Orlando (uncredited)
Forever Amber (1947)
Actor
The Iroquois Trail (1950)
as Frontiersman (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Pearl of Death (1944)
as George Gelder (uncredited)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
as Man Stealing Watermelon (uncredited)
The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
as Peasant (Uncredited)
They Met in Bombay (1941)
as Corporal at Base (uncredited)
Badlands of Dakota (1941)
as Jackson
Maid of Salem (1937)
as Guard (Uncredited)
The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
as Second Guard
Al Jennings of Oklahoma (1951)
as Mike Bridges
Each Dawn I Die (1939)
as Temple
Christina (1929)
as Dick Torpe
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
as Camberwell
Secrets of the French Police (1932)
as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
as Fred (uncredited)
Cripple Creek (1952)
as Hibbs (uncredited)
Gypsy Wildcat (1944)
as Captain Marver
Roman Scandals (1933)
as Valerius' Soldier (uncredited)
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
as Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
Sudan (1945)
as Uba
Santa Fe (1951)
as Moose Legrande
Virginia City (1940)
as Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited)
California (1947)
as Miner (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
as Rough Character in the Park
The Black Arrow (1948)
as Guard (uncredited)
Inside Job (1946)
as Bartender
Tower of London (1939)
as Lead Murderer of the Children
When the Daltons Rode (1940)
as Rigby Henchman
The Exile (1947)
as Roundhead (uncredited)
Singapore Woman (1941)
as Crow's Nest Manager (uncredited)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)
as Turk, an Opium Addict (uncredited)
Valley of the Giants (1938)
as Greer
Devil's Island (1939)
as Guard Accepting Bribe
Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)
as Will Ward
To the Last Man (1933)
as Colby Man Fred (uncredited)
Man in the Attic (1953)
as Detective Sgt. Bates
Great Expectations (1934)
as Orlick
The Last Command (1928)
as Revolutionist (uncredited)
Black Fury (1935)
as Louie (uncredited)
The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)
as Mike, Cork's Henchman
Devotion (1946)
as Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
as Saloon Bouncer
Two Tickets to London (1943)
as Sutliff (uncredited)
Stand Up and Fight (1939)
as Bullet Line Blacksmith
Scarlet Dawn (1932)
as Revolutionary (Uncredited)
King of the Royal Mounted (1940)
as Wade Garson
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
as Turnkey (uncredited)
Bride of the Regiment (1930)
as Sergeant Dostal
The Light That Failed (1939)
as Soldier
The Strange Door (1951)
Actor
Captain Pirate (1952)
as Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Paris (1935)
as Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited)
Florian (1940)
as Leader
We Are Not Alone (1939)
as Man Carrying Leni
Calcutta (1946)
as Tea Planter (uncredited)
Honor of the Family (1931)
as Kouski
The Sun Never Sets (1939)
as Zurof Camp Guard
Heart of the North (1938)
as Miner Leading Mob (uncredited)
We Live Again (1934)
as Jailer
A Woman's Vengeance (1948)
as Chauffeur McNabb
The Marauders (1947)
as Riker
Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953)
as Breton (uncredited)
The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
as Ross Clinton (uncredited)
Mutiny in the Arctic (1941)
as Harmon
The Great Plane Robbery (1940)
as Eddie Lindo
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap (1953)
as Stableman (uncredited)
Tyrant of the Sea (1950)
as Sampson Edwards
Sutter's Gold (1936)
as Seaman Lars
Turkish Delight (1927)
Actor
Night Beat (1931)
as Chill Scarpelli
The Girl in 419 (1933)
as Henchman Driver
Arizona Legion (1939)
as Whiskey Joe
The Great Alaskan Mystery (1944)
as Captain Greeder
So Ends Our Night (1941)
as Card Player (uncredited)
The Squall (1929)
as Peter
Daniel Boone (1936)
as Joe Burch
Little Old New York (1940)
as Man in Mob About to Set 'Clermont' Afire
The Man in Half Moon Street (1945)
as Bobby
Sons of Liberty (1939)
as Arresting British Trooper (uncredited)
New Moon (1930)
as Kirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz
Don't You Believe It (1943)
as Rogue
Overland Mail (1942)
as Sam Gregg - Henchman
Mask of the Avenger (1951)
as Zio d'Orsini
The Story of Dr. Jenner (1939)
as Village Dairyman (uncredited)
The Secret Of St. Ives (1949)
as Innkeeper (uncredited)
Captured! (1933)
as First Orderly
Mutiny on the Blackhawk (1939)
as Bos'un
Daredevil's Reward (1928)
as Second Heavy
Raiders of the Desert (1941)
as Rawlins
Trail of the Vigilantes (1940)
as Phil
The Intruder (1933)
as Cramer
Song of Revolt (1937)
as Peasant Rebel Leader (uncredited)
The Marshal Of Mesa City (1939)
as Henchman Bat Cardigan
The Country Doctor (1936)
as Logger (uncredited)
Rulers of the Sea (1939)
as Seaman (Uncredited)
Strange Wives (1934)
as Tribesman
There's Something About a Soldier (1943)
Actor
Ship Cafe (1935)
as Stoker (uncredited)
The Sea Ghost (1931)
as Sailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter (uncredited)
Rough Romance (1930)
as Chick Carson
Texas Cyclone (1932)
as Jake Farwell
The World and the Flesh (1932)
as Ivanovitch
Last of the Buccaneers (1950)
as Brown
Painted Desert (1938)
as Henchman Burke
Captain of the Guard (1930)
as Le Bruin
Rawhide Rangers (1941)
as Blackie
Narcotic (1933)
as Dr. William G. Davis
The Right of Way (1930)
as Rouge's Henchman
13 Lead Soldiers (1948)
as Edward Vane
The Fatal Witness (1945)
as Gus
Sins of the Fathers (1928)
as The Hijacker
File 113 (1933)
as Michele
Sweepings (1933)
as Customer (Uncredited)
Jungle Gents (1954)
as Henchman Shanks
Riders of the Badlands (1941)
as Blacksmith Higgins
Black Jack (1927)
as Haskins
Dangerous Venture (1947)
as Morgan
Texas Stagecoach (1940)
as Clancy
Law and Order (1940)
as Poe Daggett
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (1941)
as J. L. Red Clinton
Trail of the Mounties (1947)
as Hawkins
Fool's Gold (1946)
as Duke
I Like Your Nerve (1931)
as San Arango Officer (uncredited)
Night Stage to Galveston (1952)
as Ted Driscoll
Passport to Alcatraz (1940)
as Jeffers
The Isle of Lost Ships (1929)
as Gallagher
Stage to Chino (1940)
as Pete Brannigan
Killer Leopard (1954)
as Supt. Saunders
The Knockout (1925)
as Steve McKenna
The Man from the Rio Grande (1943)
as John King
Hot Cargo (1946)
as Matt Wayne
Fugitive from Sonora (1943)
as Iron Joe Martin
The Conquering Horde (1931)
as Butch Daggett