Harry Cording
Acting
1891-04-25 · Wellington, Somerset, England, UK
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.
Filmography(205)
movieEast of Eden
as Bouncer (uncredited) · 1955 · 7.5
movieJungle Gents
as Henchman Shanks · 1954 · 5.3
movieThe Black Shield of Falworth
as Captain of King's Guards (uncredited) · 1954 · 6.3
movieKiller Leopard
as Supt. Saunders · 1954 · 5.7
movieKing Richard and the Crusaders
as Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited) · 1954 · 6.4
movieMan in the Attic
as Detective Sgt. Bates · 1953 · 5.5
movieAbbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Rough Character in the Park · 1953 · 6.3
movieLaw and Order
as Townsman (uncredited) · 1953 · 5.7
movieAmbush at Tomahawk Gap
as Stableman (uncredited) · 1953 · 6.6
movieTitanic
as Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited) · 1953 · 6.6
movieTreasure of the Golden Condor
as Breton (uncredited) · 1953 · 6.3
movieAgainst All Flags
as Gow · 1952 · 6.1
movieRoad to Bali
as Verna’s Father (uncredited) · 1952 · 6.2
movieRoad to Bali
as Verna's Father (uncredited) · 1952 · 6.2
tvHopalong Cassidy
as · 1952 · 5.4
movieCaptain Pirate
as Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited) · 1952 · 5.4
movieCripple Creek
as Hibbs (uncredited) · 1952 · 6.0
movieBrave Warrior
as Shayne MacGregor · 1952 · 4.3
movieNight Stage to Galveston
as Ted Driscoll · 1952 · 5.8
movieThe Big Trees
as Cleve Gregg · 1952 · 5.6
movieThe Strange Door
as · 1951 · 6.1
movieIron Man
as Miner (uncredited) · 1951 · 6.2
movieMask of the Avenger
as Zio d'Orsini · 1951 · 5.8
movieSirocco
as Master Sergeant (uncredited) · 1951 · 6.0