8.0
8.0
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939
as Henchman Bat Cardigan
Harry Cording
Acting
Born:April 25, 1891
Died:September 1, 1954(aged 63)
Birthplace:Wellington, Somerset, England, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (136 movies)
7.5
7.5
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938
as Dickon Malbete
7.3
7.3
They Met in Bombay
1941
as Corporal at Base (uncredited)
7.3
7.3
The Last Command
1928
as Revolutionist (uncredited)
7.2
7.2
Captain Blood
1935
as Kent
7.1
7.1
Fortunes of Captain Blood
1950
as Will Ward
7.1
7.1
The Pearl of Death
1944
as George Gelder (uncredited)
7.0
7.0
The Wolf Man
1941
as Wykes (uncredited)
7.0
7.0
Strange Cargo
1940
as Guard (uncredited)
7.0
7.0
Phantom Lady
1944
as Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)
6.9
6.9
Peter Ibbetson
1935
as Guard (uncredited)
6.9
6.9
The House of the Seven Gables
1940
as Blacksmith Hawkins
6.9
6.9
The House of Fear
1945
as John Simpson
6.9
6.9
Road to Morocco
1942
as Warrior (uncredited)
6.8
6.8
Each Dawn I Die
1939
as Temple
6.8
6.8
The Spider Woman
1943
as Fred Garvin (uncredited)
6.8
6.8
Santa Fe
1951
as Moose Legrande
6.7
6.7
Son of Frankenstein
1939
as Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)
6.7
6.7
Tap Roots
1948
as Leader (uncredited)
6.7
6.7
The Black Cat
1934
as Thamal
6.6
6.6
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
as Sentry (uncredited)
6.6
6.6
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
as Man Stealing Watermelon (uncredited)
6.6
6.6
Singapore Woman
1941
as Crow's Nest Manager (uncredited)
6.6
6.6
Titanic
1953
as Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
6.5
6.5
Dressed to Kill
1946
as Hamid
6.5
6.5
The Soldier and the Lady
1937
as Peasant (Uncredited)
6.5
6.5
Charlie Chan in Paris
1935
as Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited)
6.5
6.5
Lydia
1941
as Hotel House Detective
6.5
6.5
Road Gang
1936
as Sam Dawson (guard with whip)
6.5
6.5
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
1953
as Stableman (uncredited)
6.5
6.5
The World and the Flesh
1932
as Ivanovitch
6.5
6.5
Terror by Night
1946
as Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)
6.5
6.5
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942
as Camberwell
6.3
6.3
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1953
as Rough Character in the Park
6.3
6.3
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942
as Jack Brady (uncredited)
6.3
6.3
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932
as Ross Clinton (uncredited)
6.3
6.3
King Richard and the Crusaders
1954
as Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)
6.3
6.3
Black Fury
1935
as Louie (uncredited)
6.3
6.3
Sudan
1945
as Uba
6.3
6.3
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
as Fred (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
Road to Bali
1953
as Verna’s Father (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
Captain Kidd
1945
as Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
Sons of Liberty
1939
as Arresting British Trooper (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
Great Expectations
1934
as Orlick
6.2
6.2
Treasure of the Golden Condor
1953
as Breton (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
The Black Shield of Falworth
1954
as Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
Mata Hari
1931
as Ivan (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
A Woman's Vengeance
1948
as Chauffeur McNabb
6.1
6.1
Secrets of the French Police
1932
as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
6.1
6.1
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944
as Mahmoud
6.1
6.1
The Strange Door
1951
6.0
6.0
Bride of the Regiment
1930
as Sergeant Dostal
6.0
6.0
Arabian Nights
1942
as Blacksmith
6.0
6.0
13 Lead Soldiers
1948
as Edward Vane
6.0
6.0
The Secret Of St. Ives
1949
as Innkeeper (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
King of the Royal Mounted
1940
as Wade Garson
6.0
6.0
Song of Revolt
1937
as Peasant Rebel Leader (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Tyrant of the Sea
1950
as Sampson Edwards
6.0
6.0
Passport to Alcatraz
1940
as Jeffers
6.0
6.0
Sins of the Fathers
1928
as The Hijacker
6.0
6.0
Devotion
1946
as Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Valley of the Giants
1938
as Greer
5.9
5.9
Against All Flags
1952
as Gow
5.9
5.9
Mrs. Parkington
1944
as Humphrey
5.9
5.9
That Lady in Ermine
1948
as Orlando (uncredited)
5.9
5.9
I Like Your Nerve
1931
as San Arango Officer (uncredited)
5.8
5.8
The Fatal Witness
1945
as Gus
5.8
5.8
Painted Desert
1938
as Henchman Burke
5.8
5.8
The Iroquois Trail
1950
5.8
5.8
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942
as Mob Leader (uncredited)
5.7
5.7
To the Last Man
1933
as Colby Man Fred (uncredited)
5.7
5.7
Cripple Creek
1952
as Hibbs (uncredited)
5.6
5.6
Inside Job
1946
as Bartender
5.6
5.6
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
as Vic - Farmer (uncredited)
5.5
5.5
Gypsy Wildcat
1944
as Captain Marver
5.5
5.5
Last of the Buccaneers
1950
as Brown
5.5
5.5
Night Beat
1931
as Chill Scarpelli
5.5
5.5
The Big Trees
1952
as Cleve Gregg
5.4
5.4
Man in the Attic
1953
as Detective Sgt. Bates
5.4
5.4
Stage to Chino
1940
as Pete Brannigan
5.3
5.3
Bluebeard
1944
as Policeman (Uncredited)
5.3
5.3
Law and Order
1953
as Townsman (uncredited)
5.3
5.3
Mask of the Avenger
1951
as Zio d'Orsini
5.2
5.2
Captured!
1933
as First Orderly
5.2
5.2
The Black Arrow
1948
as Guard (uncredited)
5.2
5.2
Captain Pirate
1952
as Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)
5.2
5.2
The Sea Ghost
1931
as Sailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter (uncredited)
5.1
5.1
Sweepings
1933
as Customer (Uncredited)
5.0
5.0
Rawhide Rangers
1941
as Blackie
5.0
5.0
The Patriot
1928
as Stefan
5.0
5.0
Killer Leopard
1954
as Supt. Saunders
5.0
5.0
Night Stage to Galveston
1952
as Ted Driscoll
5.0
5.0
Don't You Believe It
1943
as Rogue
5.0
5.0
The Great Alaskan Mystery
1944
as Captain Greeder
5.0
5.0
Arizona Legion
1939
as Whiskey Joe
5.0
5.0
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941
as J. L. Red Clinton
5.0
5.0
The Conquering Horde
1931
as Butch Daggett
5.0
5.0
Rough Romance
1930
as Chick Carson
4.8
4.8
The Sun Never Sets
1939
as Zurof Camp Guard
4.6
4.6
Daniel Boone
1936
as Joe Burch
4.4
4.4
The Right of Way
1930
as Rouge's Henchman
4.3
4.3
New Moon
1930
as Kirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz
4.2
4.2
Texas Cyclone
1932
as Jake Farwell
4.0
4.0
The Intruder
1933
as Cramer
4.0
4.0
Riders of the Badlands
1941
as Blacksmith Higgins
4.0
4.0
Jungle Gents
1954
as Henchman Shanks
4.0
4.0
Dangerous Venture
1947
as Morgan
4.0
4.0
The Marauders
1947
as Riker
3.6
3.6
Brave Warrior
1952
as Shayne MacGregor
3.5
3.5
The Girl in 419
1933
as Henchman Driver
3.4
3.4
Narcotic
1933
as Dr. William G. Davis
3.0
3.0
Fool's Gold
1946
as Duke
3.0
3.0
The Squall
1929
as Peter
Raiders of the Desert
1941
as Rawlins
Law and Order
1940
as Poe Daggett
Captain of the Guard
1930
as Le Bruin
Christina
1929
as Dick Torpe
Overland Mail
1942
as Sam Gregg - Henchman
The Isle of Lost Ships
1929
as Gallagher
Hot Cargo
1946
as Matt Wayne
Honor of the Family
1931
as Kouski
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940
as Phil
Ship Cafe
1935
as Stoker (uncredited)
The Great Plane Robbery
1940
as Eddie Lindo
File 113
1933
as Michele
The Story of Dr. Jenner
1939
as Village Dairyman (uncredited)
Fugitive from Sonora
1943
as Iron Joe Martin
The Knockout
1925
as Steve McKenna
Black Jack
1927
as Haskins
Daredevil's Reward
1928
as Second Heavy
Texas Stagecoach
1940
as Clancy
Strange Wives
1934
as Tribesman
Trail of the Mounties
1947
as Hawkins
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
1939
as Bos'un
The Man from the Rio Grande
1943
as John King
Mutiny in the Arctic
1941
as Harmon
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