Hank Worden
Acting
- Born:
- 1901-07-23
- Died:
- 1992-12-06
- Place of birth:
- Rolfe, Iowa, USA
Biography
Raised on a cattle ranch in Montana. Educated at Stanford and the University of Nevada as an engineer. Washed out as an Army pilot. Toured the country in rodeos as a saddle bronc rider. Broke his neck in a horsefall in his 20s, but didn't know it until his 40s. Chosen along with Tex Ritter from a rodeo at Madison Square Garden in New York to appear in the Broadway play "Green Grow the Lilacs", the play from which the musical "Oklahoma" was later derived. Drove a cab in New York, then worked on dude ranches as a wrangler and as a guide on the Bright Angel trail of the Grand Canyon. Recommended by Billie Burke to several movie producers. Became friends with John Wayne, Howard Hawks, and later John Ford, all of whom provided him with much work. Survived by adopted daughter Dawn Henry. Date of Death: 6 December 1992, Los Angeles, California, USA (natural causes)
Known For
Filmography
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Almost an Angel
Cop Rock
Twin Peaks
Big Bad John
Once Upon a Texas Train
Space Rage
Runaway Train
UFOria
The Ice Pirates
Please Don't Eat the Babies
Knight Rider
Hammett
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
Scream
Bronco Billy
Every Which Way but Loose
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Big Wednesday
Which Way Is Up?
Smokey and the Bandit
The Legend of Frank Woods
Sky Hei$t
The Hanged Man
Cahill: United States Marshal
Black Noon
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Big Jake
Zachariah
Chisum
Rio Lobo
True Grit
Big Daddy
Lancer
The President's Analyst
Hondo and the Apaches
Good Times
Green Acres
Daniel Boone
McLintock!
Petticoat Junction
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Virginian
The Music Man
One-Eyed Jacks
The Alamo
Sergeant Rutledge
Bonanza
The Horse Soldiers
Rawhide
Bronco
Bullwhip
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
The Notorious Mr. Monks
Wagon Train
Forty Guns
Dragoon Wells Massacre
The Quiet Gun
The Buckskin Lady
Spoilers of the Forest
Accused of Murder
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Thunder Over Arizona
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
The Searchers
The Indian Fighter
Gunsmoke
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
Crime Wave
Apache War Smoke
The Big Sky
Woman of the North Country
Boots Malone
Triple Cross
Comin' Round the Mountain
Sugarfoot
Frenchie
Wagon Master
Father Is a Bachelor
When Willie Comes Marching Home
Roseanna McCoy
The Fighting Kentuckian
The Lone Ranger
Hellfire
Cover Up
3 Godfathers
Yellow Sky
Whispering Smith
Red River
Tap Roots
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Hazard
Fort Apache
The Sainted Sisters
The Man from Texas
High Wall
Prairie Express
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Sea of Grass
Angel and the Badman
Duel in the Sun
Undercurrent
Lawless Breed
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
The Great Moment
None Shall Escape
The Woman of the Town
Flesh and Fantasy
So Proudly We Hail
Black Market Rustlers
A Lady Takes a Chance
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Border Vigilantes
Robbers of the Range
Mad About Moonshine
Brigham Young
Triple Justice
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
The Range Busters
Cross-Country Romance
Winners of the West
Beyond Tomorrow
Gaucho Serenade
Viva Cisco Kid
Riders of Pasco Basin
Northwest Passage
Reno
Chip of the Flying U
Oklahoma Frontier
The Night Riders
Stagecoach
Rollin' Westward
Sundown on the Prairie
Ghost Town Riders
The Cowboy and the Lady
The Stranger from Arizona
Frontier Town
Hollywood Round-Up
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen
The Californian
Sing Cowboy Sing
Hittin' the Trail
Come and Get It
Ghost Town Gold
For the Service
Barbary Coast