Harry Cording
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.
Movies
East of Eden
Bouncer (uncredited)
Jungle Gents
Henchman Shanks
The Black Shield of Falworth
Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)
Killer Leopard
Supt. Saunders
King Richard and the Crusaders
Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)
Man in the Attic
Detective Sgt. Bates
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Rough Character in the Park
Law and Order
Townsman (uncredited)
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
Stableman (uncredited)
Titanic
Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
Treasure of the Golden Condor
Breton (uncredited)
Against All Flags
Gow
Road to Bali
Verna’s Father (uncredited)
Captain Pirate
Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)
Cripple Creek
Hibbs (uncredited)
Brave Warrior
Shayne MacGregor
Night Stage to Galveston
Ted Driscoll
The Big Trees
Cleve Gregg
Iron Man
Miner (uncredited)
Mask of the Avenger
Zio d'Orsini
The Strange Door
Sirocco
Master Sergeant (uncredited)
Santa Fe
Moose Legrande
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Mike Bridges
Last of the Buccaneers
Brown
Convicted
Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited)
The Iroquois Trail
Fortunes of Captain Blood
Will Ward
Buccaneer's Girl
Tyrant of the Sea
Sampson Edwards
The Secret Of St. Ives
Innkeeper (uncredited)
Red River
Gambler (uncredited)
Tap Roots
Leader (uncredited)
That Lady in Ermine
Orlando (uncredited)
13 Lead Soldiers
Edward Vane
The Black Arrow
Guard (uncredited)
A Woman's Vengeance
Chauffeur McNabb
Trail of the Mounties
Hawkins
The Exile
Roundhead (uncredited)
The Marauders
Riker
Dangerous Venture
Morgan
California
Miner (uncredited)
Calcutta
Tea Planter (uncredited)
Fool's Gold
Duke
Hot Cargo
Matt Wayne
Inside Job
Bartender
Dressed to Kill
Hamid
Devotion
Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)
Terror by Night
Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)
Captain Kidd
Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited)
The Fatal Witness
Gus
Sudan
Uba
The House of Fear
John Simpson
The Man in Half Moon Street
Bobby
Lost in a Harem
Police Chief (uncredited)
Bluebeard
Policeman (Uncredited)
Mrs. Parkington
Humphrey
Gypsy Wildcat
Captain Marver
The Pearl of Death
George Gelder (uncredited)
The Great Alaskan Mystery
Captain Greeder
Phantom Lady
Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Mahmoud
The Spider Woman
Fred Garvin (uncredited)
The Man from the Rio Grande
John King
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Man Who Flails the Mayor
Don't You Believe It
Rogue
Fugitive from Sonora
Iron Joe Martin
Two Tickets to London
Sutliff (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
Blacksmith (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down
Miner (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Jack Brady (uncredited)
Arabian Nights
Blacksmith
Road to Morocco
Warrior (uncredited)
The Mummy's Tomb
Vic - Farmer (uncredited)
Overland Mail
Sam Gregg - Henchman
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Camberwell
The Spoilers
Miner (uncredited)
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Mob Leader (uncredited)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Saloon Bouncer
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Turnkey (uncredited)
Riders of the Badlands
Blacksmith Higgins
The Wolf Man
Wykes (uncredited)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Poker Player (uncredited)
Lydia
Hotel House Detective
Badlands of Dakota
Jackson
Rawhide Rangers
Blackie
Raiders of the Desert
Rawlins
They Met in Bombay
Corporal at Base (uncredited)
Singapore Woman
Crow's Nest Manager (uncredited)
Mutiny in the Arctic
Harmon
The Lady from Cheyenne
Mike, Cork's Henchman
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
J. L. Red Clinton
So Ends Our Night
Card Player (uncredited)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Dannick - Crooked Construction Foreman
Santa Fe Trail
Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
Trail of the Vigilantes
Phil
The Great Plane Robbery
Eddie Lindo
Law and Order
Poe Daggett
A Dispatch from Reuters
Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
King of the Royal Mounted
Wade Garson
When the Daltons Rode
Rigby Henchman
The Sea Hawk
Slavemaster
Stage to Chino
Pete Brannigan
Passport to Alcatraz
Jeffers
Florian
Leader
Texas Stagecoach
Clancy
Dark Command
Angry Townsman in Bank
The House of the Seven Gables
Blacksmith Hawkins
Virginia City
Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
Deputy (uncredited)
Strange Cargo
Guard (uncredited)
Little Old New York
Man in Mob About to Set 'Clermont' Afire
The Invisible Man Returns
Miner (uncredited)
The Light That Failed
Soldier
Destry Rides Again
Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)
We Are Not Alone
Man Carrying Leni
Tower of London
Lead Murderer of the Children
Rulers of the Sea
Seaman (Uncredited)
The Marshal Of Mesa City
Henchman Bat Cardigan
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Second Fake Constable (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Guard (uncredited)
Each Dawn I Die
Temple
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
Bos'un
The Sun Never Sets
Zurof Camp Guard
Sons of Liberty
Arresting British Trooper (uncredited)
The Story of Dr. Jenner
Village Dairyman (uncredited)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Man Stealing Watermelon (uncredited)
Arizona Legion
Whiskey Joe
Son of Frankenstein
Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)
Devil's Island
Guard Accepting Bribe
Stand Up and Fight
Bullet Line Blacksmith
A Christmas Carol
Waiter (uncredited)
Heart of the North
Miner Leading Mob (uncredited)
Valley of the Giants
Greer
Marie Antoinette
Executioner (uncredited)
Painted Desert
Henchman Burke
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Dickon Malbete
Crime School
Jim - the Second Guard (uncredited)
Song of Revolt
Peasant Rebel Leader (uncredited)
The Prince and the Pauper
Second Guard
The Soldier and the Lady
Peasant (Uncredited)
Sea Devils
Sailor (uncredited)
Maid of Salem
Guard (Uncredited)
You Only Live Once
Guard (uncredited)
Daniel Boone
Joe Burch
The White Angel
Hospital Storekeeper (uncredited)
Road Gang
Sam Dawson (guard with whip)
The Country Doctor
Logger (uncredited)
Sutter's Gold
Seaman Lars
Captain Blood
Kent
Mutiny on the Bounty
Soldier (uncredited)
Ship Cafe
Stoker (uncredited)
Peter Ibbetson
Guard (uncredited)
Black Fury
Louie (uncredited)
Les Misérables
Beam Warder
Naughty Marietta
Pirate (uncredited)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Turk, an Opium Addict (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Paris
Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Sentry (uncredited)
Strange Wives
Tribesman
We Live Again
Jailer
Great Expectations
Orlick
The Black Cat
Thamal
The House of Rothschild
Man (uncredited)
Roman Scandals
Valerius' Soldier (uncredited)
To the Last Man
Colby Man Fred (uncredited)
Captured!
First Orderly
Narcotic
Dr. William G. Davis
The Girl in 419
Henchman Driver
Sweepings
Customer (Uncredited)
The Intruder
Cramer
File 113
Michele
Secrets of the French Police
Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
Scarlet Dawn
Revolutionary (Uncredited)
The Cabin in the Cotton
Ross Clinton (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell
Fred (uncredited)
The World and the Flesh
Ivanovitch
Texas Cyclone
Jake Farwell
Night Beat
Chill Scarpelli
Mata Hari
Ivan (uncredited)
The Sea Ghost
Sailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter (uncredited)
Honor of the Family
Kouski
I Like Your Nerve
San Arango Officer (uncredited)
The Conquering Horde
Butch Daggett
New Moon
Kirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz
The Right of Way
Rouge's Henchman
Rough Romance
Chick Carson
Bride of the Regiment
Sergeant Dostal
Captain of the Guard
Le Bruin
Christina
Dick Torpe
The Isle of Lost Ships
Gallagher
The Squall
Peter
Sins of the Fathers
The Hijacker
The Patriot
Stefan
The Last Command
Revolutionist (uncredited)
Daredevil's Reward
Second Heavy
Black Jack
Haskins
The Knockout
Steve McKenna
