Harry Cording
Acting
- Born:
- 1891-04-25
- Died:
- 1954-09-01
- Place of birth:
- Wellington, Somerset, England, UK
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.
Known For
Filmography
East of Eden
Jungle Gents
The Black Shield of Falworth
Killer Leopard
King Richard and the Crusaders
Man in the Attic
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Law and Order
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
Titanic
Treasure of the Golden Condor
Against All Flags
Road to Bali
Hopalong Cassidy
Captain Pirate
Cripple Creek
Brave Warrior
Night Stage to Galveston
The Big Trees
The Strange Door
Iron Man
Mask of the Avenger
Sirocco
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Santa Fe
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Last of the Buccaneers
Convicted
The Iroquois Trail
Fortunes of Captain Blood
Buccaneer's Girl
Tyrant of the Sea
The Secret Of St. Ives
Red River
Tap Roots
That Lady in Ermine
13 Lead Soldiers
The Black Arrow
A Woman's Vengeance
Trail of the Mounties
The Exile
Forever Amber
The Marauders
Dangerous Venture
California
Calcutta
The Verdict
Fool's Gold
Hot Cargo
Inside Job
Dressed to Kill
Devotion
Terror by Night
Captain Kidd
The Fatal Witness
Sudan
The House of Fear
The Man in Half Moon Street
Lost in a Harem
Bluebeard
Mrs. Parkington
Gypsy Wildcat
The Pearl of Death
The Great Alaskan Mystery
Passage to Marseille
Phantom Lady
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
The Spider Woman
There's Something About a Soldier
The Man from the Rio Grande
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Don't You Believe It
Fugitive from Sonora
Two Tickets to London
Mission to Moscow
The Moon Is Down
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Arabian Nights
Road to Morocco
The Mummy's Tomb
Overland Mail
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
The Spoilers
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Riders of the Badlands
The Wolf Man
Lydia
Badlands of Dakota
Rawhide Rangers
Raiders of the Desert
They Met in Bombay
Singapore Woman
Mutiny in the Arctic
The Lady from Cheyenne
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
So Ends Our Night
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Santa Fe Trail
Trail of the Vigilantes
The Great Plane Robbery
Law and Order
A Dispatch from Reuters
King of the Royal Mounted
When the Daltons Rode
The Sea Hawk
Stage to Chino
Passport to Alcatraz
Florian
Texas Stagecoach
Dark Command
The House of the Seven Gables
Virginia City
The Grapes of Wrath
Strange Cargo
Little Old New York
The Invisible Man Returns
The Light That Failed
Destry Rides Again
We Are Not Alone
Tower of London
Rulers of the Sea
The Marshal Of Mesa City
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Each Dawn I Die
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
The Sun Never Sets
Sons of Liberty
The Story of Dr. Jenner
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Arizona Legion
Son of Frankenstein
Devil's Island
Stand Up and Fight
A Christmas Carol
Heart of the North
Valley of the Giants
Marie Antoinette
Painted Desert
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Crime School
Song of Revolt
The Prince and the Pauper
The Soldier and the Lady
Sea Devils
Maid of Salem
You Only Live Once
Daniel Boone
The White Angel
Road Gang
The Country Doctor
Sutter's Gold
Captain Blood
Mutiny on the Bounty
Ship Cafe
Peter Ibbetson
Black Fury
Les Misérables
Naughty Marietta
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Charlie Chan in Paris
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Strange Wives
We Live Again
Great Expectations
The Black Cat
The House of Rothschild
Roman Scandals
To the Last Man
Captured!
Narcotic
The Girl in 419
Sweepings
The Intruder
File 113
Secrets of the French Police
Scarlet Dawn
The Cabin in the Cotton
Merrily We Go to Hell
The World and the Flesh
Texas Cyclone
Night Beat
Mata Hari
The Sea Ghost
Honor of the Family
I Like Your Nerve
The Conquering Horde
New Moon
The Right of Way
Rough Romance
Bride of the Regiment
Captain of the Guard
Christina
The Isle of Lost Ships
The Squall
Sins of the Fathers
The Patriot
The Last Command
Daredevil's Reward
Turkish Delight
Black Jack
The Knockout