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