Harry Cording
Age: N/A | From: Wellington, Somerset, England, UK
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Hector William Cording , Harry Gording , Hector William "Harry" Cording
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Wellington, Somerset, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 171
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Red River
(1948) Gambler (uncredited)
Titanic
(1953) Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939) Guard (uncredited)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
(1938) Dickon Malbete
Captain Blood
(1935) Kent
The Spoilers
(1942) Miner (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Bounty
(1935) Soldier (uncredited)
Dark Command
(1940) Angry Townsman in BankActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Bouncer (uncredited) | |
| 1954 | Henchman Shanks | |
| Captain of King's Guards (uncredited) | ||
| Supt. Saunders | ||
| Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited) | ||
| 1953 | Detective Sgt. Bates | |
| Rough Character in the Park | ||
| Townsman (uncredited) | ||
| Stableman (uncredited) | ||
| Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited) | ||
| Verna’s Father (uncredited) | ||
| 1952 | Gow | |
| N/A | ||
| Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited) | ||
| Hibbs (uncredited) | ||
| Shayne MacGregor | ||
| Ted Driscoll | ||
| Cleve Gregg | ||
| 1951 | Zio d'Orsini | |
| N/A | ||
| Master Sergeant (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Moose Legrande | ||
| Mike Bridges | ||
| 1950 | Brown | |
| Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Will Ward | ||
| N/A | ||
| Sampson Edwards | ||
| 1949 | Innkeeper (uncredited) | |
| 1948 | Gambler (uncredited) | |
| Leader (uncredited) | ||
| Orlando (uncredited) | ||
| Edward Vane | ||
| Chauffeur McNabb | ||
| 1947 | Hawkins | |
| Roundhead (uncredited) | ||
| Riker | ||
| Morgan | ||
| 1946 | Tea Planter (uncredited) | |
| Duke | ||
| Matt Wayne | ||
| Bartender | ||
| Hamid | ||
| Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited) | ||
| Mock the Undertaker (uncredited) | ||
| 1945 | Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited) | |
| Gus | ||
| Uba | ||
| John Simpson | ||
| Bobby | ||
| 1944 | Police Chief (uncredited) | |
| Policeman (Uncredited) | ||
| Humphrey | ||
| Captain Marver | ||
| George Gelder (uncredited) | ||
| Captain Greeder | ||
| Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited) | ||
| Mahmoud | ||
| 1943 | Fred Garvin (uncredited) | |
| John King | ||
| Man Who Flails the Mayor | ||
| Rogue | ||
| Iron Joe Martin | ||
| Sutliff (uncredited) | ||
| Blacksmith (uncredited) | ||
| Miner (uncredited) | ||
| 1942 | Jack Brady (uncredited) | |
| Blacksmith | ||
| Warrior (uncredited) | ||
| Vic - Farmer (uncredited) | ||
| Sam Gregg - Henchman | ||
| Camberwell | ||
| Miner (uncredited) | ||
| Mob Leader (uncredited) | ||
| Poker Player (uncredited) | ||
| Saloon Bouncer | ||
| Turnkey (uncredited) | ||
| 1941 | Blacksmith Higgins | |
| Wykes | ||
| Hotel House Detective | ||
| Jackson | ||
| Blackie | ||
| Rawlins | ||
| Corporal at Base (uncredited) | ||
| Crow's Nest Manager (uncredited) | ||
| Harmon | ||
| Mike, Cork's Henchman | ||
| J. L. Red Clinton | ||
| Card Player (uncredited) | ||
| 1940 | Dannick - Crooked Construction Foreman | |
| Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited) | ||
| Phil | ||
| Eddie Lindo | ||
| Poe Daggett | ||
| Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited) | ||
| Wade Garson | ||
| Rigby Henchman | ||
| Slavemaster | ||
| Pete Brannigan | ||
| Jeffers | ||
| Leader | ||
| Clancy | ||
| Angry Townsman in Bank | ||
| Blacksmith Hawkins | ||
| Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited) | ||
| Deputy (uncredited) | ||
| Guard (uncredited) | ||
| Man in Mob About to Set 'Clermont' Afire | ||
| Miner (uncredited) | ||
| 1939 | Guard (uncredited) | |
| Soldier | ||
| Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited) | ||
| Man Carrying Leni | ||
| Lead Murderer of the Children | ||
| Seaman (Uncredited) | ||
| Henchman Bat Cardigan | ||
| Second Fake Constable (uncredited) | ||
| Temple | ||
| Bos'un | ||
| Zurof Camp Guard | ||
| Arresting British Trooper (uncredited) | ||
| Village Dairyman (uncredited) | ||
| Man Stealing Watermelon (uncredited) | ||
| Whiskey Joe | ||
| Bearded Gendarme (uncredited) | ||
| Guard Accepting Bribe | ||
| Bullet Line Blacksmith | ||
| 1938 | Waiter (uncredited) | |
| Miner Leading Mob (uncredited) | ||
| Greer | ||
| Executioner (uncredited) | ||
| Henchman Burke | ||
| Dickon Malbete | ||
| Jim - the Second Guard (uncredited) | ||
| 1937 | Peasant Rebel Leader (uncredited) | |
| Second Guard | ||
| Peasant (Uncredited) | ||
| Sailor (uncredited) | ||
| Guard (Uncredited) | ||
| Guard (uncredited) | ||
| 1936 | Joe Burch | |
| Hospital Storekeeper (uncredited) | ||
| Sam Dawson (guard with whip) | ||
| Logger (uncredited) | ||
| Seaman Lars | ||
| 1935 | Kent | |
| Soldier (uncredited) | ||
| Stoker (uncredited) | ||
| Guard (uncredited) | ||
| Louie (uncredited) | ||
| Pirate (uncredited) | ||
| Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited) | ||
| Sentry (uncredited) | ||
| 1934 | Tribesman | |
| Jailer | ||
| Orlick | ||
| Thamal | ||
| 1933 | Colby Man Fred (uncredited) | |
| First Orderly | ||
| Dr. William G. Davis | ||
| Henchman Driver | ||
| Customer (Uncredited) | ||
| Cramer | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1932 | Revolutionary (Uncredited) | |
| Ross Clinton (uncredited) | ||
| Fred (uncredited) | ||
| Ivanovitch | ||
| Jake Farwell | ||
| 1931 | Chill Scarpelli | |
| Ivan (uncredited) | ||
| Sailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter (uncredited) | ||
| Kouski | ||
| Butch Daggett | ||
| 1930 | Kirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz | |
| Rouge's Henchman | ||
| Chick Carson | ||
| Sergeant Dostal | ||
| Le Bruin | ||
| 1929 | Dick Torpe | |
| Gallagher | ||
| Peter | ||
| 1928 | The Hijacker | |
| Stefan | ||
| Revolutionist (uncredited) | ||
| Second Heavy | ||
| 1927 | Haskins | |
| 1925 | Steve McKenna | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
