Harry Cording
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: April 25, 1891
Place of Birth: Wellington, Somerset, England, UK
Known For
Filmography
as Bouncer (uncredited)
as Henchman Shanks
as Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)
as Supt. Saunders
as Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)
as Detective Sgt. Bates
as Rough Character in the Park
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Stableman (uncredited)
as Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
as Breton (uncredited)
as Verna’s Father (uncredited)
as Gow
as Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)
as Hibbs (uncredited)
as Shayne MacGregor
as Ted Driscoll
as Cleve Gregg
as Zio d'Orsini
as Master Sergeant (uncredited)
as Moose Legrande
as Mike Bridges
as Brown
as Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited)
as Will Ward
as Sampson Edwards
as Gambler (uncredited)
as Leader (uncredited)
as Orlando (uncredited)
as Edward Vane
as Guard (uncredited)
as Chauffeur McNabb
as Hawkins
as Roundhead (uncredited)
as Riker
as Morgan
as Miner (uncredited)
as Tea Planter (uncredited)
as Duke
as Matt Wayne
as Bartender
as Hamid
as Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)
as Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)
as Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited)
as Gus
as Uba
as John Simpson
as Bobby
as Police Chief (uncredited)
as Policeman (Uncredited)
as Humphrey
as Captain Marver
as George Gelder (uncredited)
as Captain Greeder
as Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)
as Mahmoud
as Fred Garvin (uncredited)
as John King
as Man Who Flails the Mayor
as Rogue
as Iron Joe Martin
as Sutliff (uncredited)
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
as Miner (uncredited)
as Jack Brady (uncredited)
as Blacksmith
as Warrior (uncredited)
as Vic - Farmer (uncredited)
as Sam Gregg - Henchman
as Camberwell
as Miner (uncredited)
as Mob Leader (uncredited)
as Poker Player (uncredited)
as Saloon Bouncer
as Turnkey (uncredited)
as Blacksmith Higgins
as Wykes (uncredited)
as Hotel House Detective
as Jackson
as Blackie
as Rawlins
as Corporal at Base (uncredited)
as Crow's Nest Manager (uncredited)
as Harmon
as Mike, Cork's Henchman
as J. L. Red Clinton
as Card Player (uncredited)
as Dannick - Crooked Construction Foreman
as Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
as Phil
as Eddie Lindo
as Poe Daggett
as Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
as Wade Garson
as Rigby Henchman
as Slavemaster
as Pete Brannigan
as Jeffers
as Leader
as Clancy
as Angry Townsman in Bank
as Blacksmith Hawkins
as Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited)
as Deputy (uncredited)
as Guard (uncredited)
as Man in Mob About to Set 'Clermont' Afire
as Miner (uncredited)
as Guard (uncredited)
as Soldier
as Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)
as Man Carrying Leni
as Lead Murderer of the Children
as Seaman (Uncredited)
as Henchman Bat Cardigan
as Second Fake Constable (uncredited)
as Temple
as Bos'un
as Zurof Camp Guard
as Arresting British Trooper (uncredited)
as Village Dairyman (uncredited)
as Man Stealing Watermelon (uncredited)
as Whiskey Joe
as Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)
as Guard Accepting Bribe
as Bullet Line Blacksmith
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Miner Leading Mob (uncredited)
as Greer
as Executioner (uncredited)
as Henchman Burke
as Dickon Malbete
as Jim - the Second Guard (uncredited)
as Peasant Rebel Leader (uncredited)
as Second Guard
as Peasant (Uncredited)
as Sailor (uncredited)
as Guard (Uncredited)
as Guard (uncredited)
as Joe Burch
as Hospital Storekeeper (uncredited)
as Sam Dawson (guard with whip)
as Logger (uncredited)
as Seaman Lars
as Kent
as Soldier (uncredited)
as Stoker (uncredited)
as Guard (uncredited)
as Louie (uncredited)
as Beam Warder
as Pirate (uncredited)
as Turk, an Opium Addict (uncredited)
as Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited)
as Sentry (uncredited)
as Tribesman
as Jailer
as Orlick
as Thamal
as Man (uncredited)
as Valerius' Soldier (uncredited)
as Colby Man Fred (uncredited)
as First Orderly
as Dr. William G. Davis
as Henchman Driver
as Customer (Uncredited)
as Cramer
as Michele
as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
as Revolutionary (Uncredited)
as Ross Clinton (uncredited)
as Fred (uncredited)
as Ivanovitch
as Jake Farwell
as Ivan (uncredited)
as Chill Scarpelli
as Sailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter (uncredited)
as Kouski
as San Arango Officer (uncredited)
as Butch Daggett
as Kirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz
as Rouge's Henchman
as Chick Carson
as Sergeant Dostal
as Le Bruin
as Dick Torpe
as Gallagher
as Peter
as The Hijacker
as Stefan
as Revolutionist (uncredited)
as Second Heavy
as Haskins
as Steve McKenna