Hank Worden
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)
Movies
Almost an Angel
Pop
Big Bad John
Good Ole Boy
Once Upon a Texas Train
Old Timer
Space Rage
Old Codger
Runaway Train
Old Con
UFOria
Colonel
The Ice Pirates
Elderly Jason
Please Don't Eat the Babies
Gramps Jebediah
Hammett
Pool Room Attendant
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
Old Geezer
Scream
John
Bronco Billy
Station Mechanic
Every Which Way but Loose
Trailer Court Manager
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Butch Collins
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Old Lonely Hearts Club Band
Big Wednesday
Shopping Cart
Which Way Is Up?
The Flunky
Smokey and the Bandit
Trucker (uncredited)
The Legend of Frank Woods
Slim
Sky Hei$t
Old Coot
The Hanged Man
Ab Wickes
Cahill: United States Marshal
Albert, Valentine Stationmaster
Black Noon
Joseph
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
Big Jake
Hank
Zachariah
Old Cowboy (uncredited)
Chisum
Stationmaster Elwood
Rio Lobo
Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
True Grit
R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
Big Daddy
The President's Analyst
Dirty Old Man (uncredited)
Hondo and the Apaches
Miner
Good Times
Kid
McLintock!
Curly Fletcher
The Music Man
Undertaker
One-Eyed Jacks
Doc
The Alamo
Parson
Sergeant Rutledge
Laredo (uncredited)
The Horse Soldiers
Deacon Clump
Bullwhip
Tex
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
Liveryman
The Notorious Mr. Monks
Pete
Forty Guns
Marshal John Chisum
Dragoon Wells Massacre
Hopi Charlie
The Quiet Gun
Sampson
The Buckskin Lady
Lon
Spoilers of the Forest
Pat Casey
Accused of Murder
Les Fuller
Thunder Over Arizona
Old Jonas
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
Fiddler
The Searchers
Mose Harper
The Indian Fighter
Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
Cave Bar Patron (uncredited)
Crime Wave
Sweeney (uncredited)
Apache War Smoke
Amber
The Big Sky
Poordevil
Woman of the North Country
Tom Gordon
Boots Malone
Auto Mechanic
Joe Palooka in Triple Cross
Hard-of-Hearing Farmer
Comin' Round the Mountain
Shooting Match Official
Sugarfoot
Johnny Behind-the-Stove
Frenchie
Mr. Grady (uncredited)
Wagon Master
Luke Clegg
Father Is a Bachelor
Finnegan (uncredited)
When Willie Comes Marching Home
American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited)
Roseanna McCoy
Jacob (uncredited)
The Fighting Kentuckian
Abner Todd
Hellfire
Cover Up
Undertaker
3 Godfathers
Deputy Curly
Yellow Sky
Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited)
Whispering Smith
Red River
Simms Reeves
Tap Roots
Cropper (uncredited)
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Clem (uncredited)
Hazard
Man in Cheap Hotel (uncredited)
Fort Apache
Southern Recruit
The Sainted Sisters
Taub Beasley
The Man from Texas
(uncredited)
Prairie Express
Deputy Clint
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Western Character (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass
Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited)
Angel and the Badman
Townsman (uncredited)
Duel in the Sun
Party Guest (uncredited)
Undercurrent
Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited)
Lawless Breed
The Deputy
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Joe (uncredited)
The Great Moment
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)
None Shall Escape
German Motorcycle Soldier (uncredited)
The Woman of the Town
The Barber
Flesh and Fantasy
Circus Spectator (uncredited)
So Proudly We Hail
Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited)
Black Market Rustlers
Slim
A Lady Takes a Chance
Waiter
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Townsman
Border Vigilantes
Aunt Jennifer's Wagon Driver
Robbers of the Range
Stagecoach Attendant (uncredited)
Brigham Young
Mormon Cheering Porter
Triple Justice
Townsman Outside Saloon
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
Henry Haggerty
The Range Busters
Cowhand
Cross-Country Romance
Wedding Witness
Winners of the West
Drunk
Beyond Tomorrow
Hospital Visitor (uncredited)
Gaucho Serenade
Farmer Driving Jalopy
Viva Cisco Kid
Deputy
Riders of Pasco Basin
Townsman (uncredited)
Northwest Passage
Ranger Tying Oars
Reno
Townsman
Chip of the Flying U
Cowhand
Oklahoma Frontier
Townsman
The Night Riders
Rancher
Stagecoach
Cavalryman (uncredited)
Rollin' Westward
Slim Regan
Sundown on the Prairie
Henchman Hank
Ghost Town Riders
Tom 'Cherokee' Walton
The Cowboy and the Lady
Cowhand Leonard (uncredited)
The Stranger from Arizona
Skeeter
Frontier Town
Henchman Buck
Hollywood Round-Up
Saloon Set Extra
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen
Deputy
The Californian
Ruiz Man
Sing Cowboy Sing
Henchman
Hittin' the Trail
Sidekick Hank
Come and Get It
Lumberjack (uncredited)
Ghost Town Gold
Mr. Crabtree (uncredited)
For the Service
Henchman (uncredited)
Barbary Coast
Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)
TV Series
Cop Rock
2nd Elderly Man
1 Episode
Twin Peaks
Waiter
4 Episodes
Knight Rider
Slim
1 Episode
Lancer
1 Episode
Green Acres
2 Episodes
Daniel Boone
Blue Belly (uncredited)
1 Episode
Petticoat Junction
Farmer
1 Episode
The Beverly Hillbillies
1 Episode
Rawhide
Driver
1 Episode
Bronco
1 Episode
Wagon Train
Hank
1 Episode
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1 Episode
Gunsmoke
Claude
1 Episode
The Lone Ranger
Rusty Bates
1 Episode