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.
Acted in 204
1950s
- 1955
- 1954
Jungle Gents
Henchman Shanks
Killer Leopard
Supt. Saunders
- 1953
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Rough Character in the Park
Treasure of the Golden Condor
Breton (uncredited)
- 1952
Against All Flags
Gow
Captain Pirate
Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)
Cripple Creek
Hibbs (uncredited)
Night Stage to Galveston
Ted Driscoll
- 1951
The Strange Door
Movie
Iron Man
Miner (uncredited)
Mask of the Avenger
Zio d'Orsini
Santa Fe
Moose Legrande
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Mike Bridges
- 1950
Last of the Buccaneers
Brown
Convicted
Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited)
The Iroquois Trail
Frontiersman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fortunes of Captain Blood
Will Ward
Buccaneer's Girl
Barfly (uncredited)
Tyrant of the Sea
Sampson Edwards
1940s
- 1948
That Lady in Ermine
Orlando (uncredited)
13 Lead Soldiers
Edward Vane
The Black Arrow
Guard (uncredited)
A Woman's Vengeance
Chauffeur McNabb
- 1947
Trail of the Mounties
Hawkins
The Exile
Roundhead (uncredited)
Dangerous Venture
Morgan
California
Miner (uncredited)
- 1946
Calcutta
Tea Planter (uncredited)
Fool's Gold
Duke
Hot Cargo
Matt Wayne
Inside Job
Bartender
Devotion
Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)
- 1945
The Fatal Witness
Gus
The House of Fear
John Simpson
The Man in Half Moon Street
Bobby
- 1944
Lost in a Harem
Police Chief (uncredited)
Bluebeard
Policeman (Uncredited)
Mrs. Parkington
Humphrey
Gypsy Wildcat
Captain Marver
The Great Alaskan Mystery
Captain Greeder
Phantom Lady
Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)
- 1943
There's Something About a Soldier
Movie
The Man from the Rio Grande
John King
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)
- 1942
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 Ghost of Frankenstein
Mob Leader (uncredited)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Poker Player (uncredited)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Saloon Bouncer
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Turnkey (uncredited)
- 1941
Riders of the Badlands
Blacksmith Higgins
Lydia
Hotel House Detective
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)
- 1940
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Dannick - Crooked Construction Foreman
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
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
Strange Cargo
Guard (uncredited)
Little Old New York
Man in Mob About to Set 'Clermont' Afire
The Invisible Man Returns
Miner (uncredited)
1930s
- 1939
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)
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
Devil's Island
Guard Accepting Bribe
Stand Up and Fight
Bullet Line Blacksmith
- 1938
Heart of the North
Miner Leading Mob (uncredited)
Valley of the Giants
Greer
Painted Desert
Henchman Burke
Crime School
Jim - the Second Guard (uncredited)
- 1937
Song of Revolt
Peasant Rebel Leader (uncredited)
The Prince and the Pauper
Second Guard
Sea Devils
Sailor (uncredited)
Maid of Salem
Guard (Uncredited)
- 1936
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
- 1935
Captain Blood
Kent
Ship Cafe
Stoker (uncredited)
Black Fury
Louie (uncredited)
Les Misérables
Beam Warder
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Turk, an Opium Addict (uncredited)
- 1934
Strange Wives
Tribesman
Great Expectations
Orlick
The House of Rothschild
Man (uncredited)
- 1933
Captured!
First Orderly
The Girl in 419
Henchman Driver
Sweepings
Customer (Uncredited)
File 113
Michele
- 1932
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
- 1931
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
- 1930
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
1920s
- 1929
Christina
Dick Torpe
The Isle of Lost Ships
Gallagher
The Squall
Peter
- 1928
Sins of the Fathers
The Hijacker
The Patriot
Stefan
Daredevil's Reward
Second Heavy
- 1927
Turkish Delight
Movie
Black Jack
Haskins
- 1925
The Knockout
Steve McKenna
