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.
Filmography (204 titles)
7.5MovieEast of Eden
Bouncer (uncredited) · 1955
5.2MovieJungle Gents
Henchman Shanks · 1954
6.2MovieThe Black Shield of Falworth
Captain of King's Guards (uncredited) · 1954
5.7MovieKiller Leopard
Supt. Saunders · 1954
6.4MovieKing Richard and the Crusaders
Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited) · 1954
5.5MovieMan in the Attic
Detective Sgt. Bates · 1953
6.3MovieAbbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Rough Character in the Park · 1953
5.7MovieLaw and Order
Townsman (uncredited) · 1953
6.6MovieAmbush at Tomahawk Gap
Stableman (uncredited) · 1953
6.6MovieTitanic
Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited) · 1953
6.3MovieTreasure of the Golden Condor
Breton (uncredited) · 1953
6.1MovieAgainst All Flags
Gow · 1952
6.2MovieRoad to Bali
Verna’s Father (uncredited) · 1952
5.4ShowHopalong Cassidy
1952
5.4MovieCaptain Pirate
Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited) · 1952
6.0MovieCripple Creek
Hibbs (uncredited) · 1952
4.2MovieBrave Warrior
Shayne MacGregor · 1952
5.8MovieNight Stage to Galveston
Ted Driscoll · 1952
5.6MovieThe Big Trees
Cleve Gregg · 1952
6.1MovieThe Strange Door
1951
6.2MovieIron Man
Miner (uncredited) · 1951
5.8MovieMask of the Avenger
Zio d'Orsini · 1951
6.0MovieSirocco
Master Sergeant (uncredited) · 1951
5.3ShowThe Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
6.8MovieSanta Fe
Moose Legrande · 1951
5.8MovieAl Jennings of Oklahoma
Mike Bridges · 1951
6.7MovieLast of the Buccaneers
Brown · 1950
6.2MovieConvicted
Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited) · 1950
6.6MovieThe Iroquois Trail
Frontiersman (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1950
7.3MovieFortunes of Captain Blood
Will Ward · 1950