Harry Cording
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Series
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
Film
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Guard (uncredited)
1939
Film
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Dickon Malbete
1938
Film
The Verdict
Tough Englishman (uncredited)
1946
Film
The Grapes of Wrath
Deputy (uncredited)
1940
Film
Red River
Gambler (uncredited)
1948
Film
Titanic
Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
1953
Film
The Wolf Man
Wykes (uncredited)
1941
Film
East of Eden
Bouncer (uncredited)
1955
Film
Les Misérables
Beam Warder
1935
Film
Mutiny on the Bounty
Soldier (uncredited)
1935
Film
Peter Ibbetson
Guard (uncredited)
1935
Film
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Man Who Flails the Mayor
1943
Film
A Christmas Carol
Waiter (uncredited)
1938
Film
Marie Antoinette
Executioner (uncredited)
1938
Film
Ship Cafe
Stoker (uncredited)
1935
Film
The Spoilers
Miner (uncredited)
1942
Film
Captain Kidd
Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited)
1945
Film
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Mahmoud
1944
Film
Sirocco
Master Sergeant (uncredited)
1951
Film
California
Miner (uncredited)
1947
Film
Dressed to Kill
Hamid
1946
Film
Virginia City
Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited)
1940
Film
Mata Hari
Ivan (uncredited)
1931
Film
Captain Blood
Kent
1935
Film
Captured!
First Orderly
1933
Film
A Dispatch from Reuters
Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
1940
Film
Law and Order
Townsman (uncredited)
1953
Film
Lydia
Hotel House Detective
1941
Film
Son of Frankenstein
Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)
1939
Film
Sweepings
Customer (Uncredited)
1933
Film
Jungle Gents
Henchman Shanks
1954
Film
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Mike Bridges
1951
Film
The House of Rothschild
Man (uncredited)
1934
Film
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Second Fake Constable (uncredited)
1939
Film
Mrs. Parkington
Humphrey
1944
Film
Phantom Lady
Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)
1944
Film
The Sea Hawk
Slavemaster
1940
Film
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Man Stealing Watermelon (uncredited)
1939
Film
Arabian Nights
Blacksmith
1942
Film
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Jack Brady (uncredited)
1942
Film
Dark Command
Angry Townsman in Bank
1940
Film
Gypsy Wildcat
Captain Marver
1944
Film
Santa Fe Trail
Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Black Cat
Thamal
1934
Film
File 113
Michele
1933
Film
The Intruder
Cramer
1933
Film
Road to Morocco
Warrior (uncredited)
1942
Film
Against All Flags
Gow
1952
Film
The House of the Seven Gables
Blacksmith Hawkins
1940
Film
Texas Stagecoach
Clancy
1940
Film
Tap Roots
Leader (uncredited)
1948
Film
The Invisible Man Returns
Miner (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Black Arrow
Guard (uncredited)
1948
Film
Arizona Legion
Whiskey Joe
1939
Film
Badlands of Dakota
Jackson
1941
Film
The House of Fear
John Simpson
1945
Film
Cripple Creek
Hibbs (uncredited)
1952
Film
The Squall
Peter
1929
Film
King Richard and the Crusaders
Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)
1954
Film
Terror by Night
Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)
1946
Film
The White Angel
Hospital Storekeeper (uncredited)
1936
Film
Strange Cargo
Guard (uncredited)
1940
Film
A Volta do Besouro Verde
Dannick - Crooked Construction Foreman
1940
Film
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Mob Leader (uncredited)
1942
Film
Road to Bali
Verna’s Father (uncredited)
1952
Film
Road to Bali
Verna's Father (uncredited)
1952
Film
Destry Rides Again
Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)
1939
Film
Fortunes of Captain Blood
Will Ward
1950
Film
The Black Shield of Falworth
Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)
1954
Film
13 Lead Soldiers
Edward Vane
1948
Film
Bluebeard
Policeman (Uncredited)
1944
Film
You Only Live Once
Guard (uncredited)
1937
Film
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Rough Character in the Park
1953
Film
The Prince and the Pauper
Second Guard
1937
Film
Crime School
Jim - the Second Guard (uncredited)
1938
Film
Florian
Leader
1940
Film
Convicted
Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited)
1950
Film
The Strange Door
1951
Film
Captain Pirate
Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)
1952
Film
To the Last Man
Colby Man Fred (uncredited)
1933
Film
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Camberwell
1942
Film
Devotion
Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)
1946
Film
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Turk, an Opium Addict (uncredited)
1935
Film
The Moon Is Down
Miner (uncredited)
1943
Film
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Sentry (uncredited)
1935
Film
Devil's Island
Guard Accepting Bribe
1939
Film
Iron Man
Miner (uncredited)
1951
Film
Sudan
Uba
1945
Film
Sea Devils
Sailor (uncredited)
1937
Film
The Soldier and the Lady
Peasant (Uncredited)
1937
Film
The Mummy's Tomb
Vic - Farmer (uncredited)
1942
Film
The Pearl of Death
George Gelder (uncredited)
1944
Film
Mask of the Avenger
Zio d'Orsini
1951
Film
Buccaneer's Girl
Barfly (uncredited)
1950
Film
Heart of the North
Miner Leading Mob (uncredited)
1938
Film
The Spider Woman
Fred Garvin (uncredited)
1943
Film
Treasure of the Golden Condor
Breton (uncredited)
1953
Film
There's Something About a Soldier
1943
Film
Mission to Moscow
Blacksmith (uncredited)
1943
Film
A Woman's Vengeance
Chauffeur McNabb
1948
Film
Naughty Marietta
Pirate (uncredited)
1935
Film
Santa Fe
Moose Legrande
1951
Film
Charlie Chan in Paris
Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited)
1935
Film
Valley of the Giants
Greer
1938
Film
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Turnkey (uncredited)
1942
Film
King of the Royal Mounted
Wade Garson
1940
Film
Sutter's Gold
Seaman Lars
1936
Film
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Poker Player (uncredited)
1941
Film
Texas Cyclone
Jake Farwell
1932
Film
The Last Command
Revolutionist (uncredited)
1928
Film
Inside Job
Bartender
1946
Film
Each Dawn I Die
Temple
1939
Film
The Marauders
Riker
1947
Film
They Met in Bombay
Corporal at Base (uncredited)
1941
Film
The Big Trees
Cleve Gregg
1952
Film
Calcutta
Tea Planter (uncredited)
1946
Film
The Iroquois Trail
1950
Film
Overland Mail
Sam Gregg - Henchman
1942
Film
Narcotic
Dr. William G. Davis
1933
Film
The Cabin in the Cotton
Ross Clinton (uncredited)
1932
Film
Black Fury
Louie (uncredited)
1935
Film
Two Tickets to London
Sutliff (uncredited)
1943
Film
Brave Warrior
Shayne MacGregor
1952
Film
Lost in a Harem
Police Chief (uncredited)
1944
Film
The Light That Failed
Soldier
1939
Film
So Ends Our Night
Card Player (uncredited)
1941
Film
Roman Scandals
Valerius' Soldier (uncredited)
1933
Film
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Saloon Bouncer
1942
Film
Tower of London
Lead Murderer of the Children
1939
Film
Daniel Boone
Joe Burch
1936
Film
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
Stableman (uncredited)
1953
Film
The Exile
Roundhead (uncredited)
1947
Film
Road Gang
Sam Dawson (guard with whip)
1936
Film
That Lady in Ermine
Orlando (uncredited)
1948
Film
Night Beat
Chill Scarpelli
1931
Film
Man in the Attic
Detective Sgt. Bates
1953
Film
Maid of Salem
Guard (Uncredited)
1937
Film
The Fatal Witness
Gus
1945
Film
Rough Romance
Chick Carson
1930
Film
Singapore Woman
Crow's Nest Manager (uncredited)
1941
Film
The Sun Never Sets
Zurof Camp Guard
1939
Film
The Country Doctor
Logger (uncredited)
1936
Film
Stand Up and Fight
Bullet Line Blacksmith
1939
Film
The Man in Half Moon Street
Bobby
1945
Film
Rawhide Rangers
Blackie
1941
The Secret Of St. Ives
Innkeeper (uncredited)
1949
Film
The Right of Way
Rouge's Henchman
1930
Film
Merrily We Go to Hell
Fred (uncredited)
1932
Film
Strange Wives
Tribesman
1934
Film
Scarlet Dawn
Revolutionary (Uncredited)
1932
Film
When the Daltons Rode
Rigby Henchman
1940
Film
Great Expectations
Orlick
1934
Film
The Patriot
Stefan
1928
Film
The Girl in 419
Henchman Driver
1933
Film
Riders of the Badlands
Blacksmith Higgins
1941
Film
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
J. L. Red Clinton
1941
Film
Rulers of the Sea
Seaman (Uncredited)
1939
Film
Stage to Chino
Pete Brannigan
1940
Film
Little Old New York
Man in Mob About to Set 'Clermont' Afire
1940
Film
We Live Again
Jailer
1934
Film
Mutiny in the Arctic
Harmon
1941
Film
The Story of Dr. Jenner
Village Dairyman (uncredited)
1939
Film
New Moon
Kirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz
1930
Film
Don't You Believe It
Rogue
1943
Film
Dangerous Venture
Morgan
1947
Film
The Lady from Cheyenne
Mike, Cork's Henchman
1941
Film
Hot Cargo
Matt Wayne
1946
Film
I Like Your Nerve
San Arango Officer (uncredited)
1931
Film
Sons of Liberty
Arresting British Trooper (uncredited)
1939
Film
Captain of the Guard
Le Bruin
1930
Film
Fool's Gold
Duke
1946
Film
Passport to Alcatraz
Jeffers
1940
Film
Trail of the Vigilantes
Phil
1940
Film
We Are Not Alone
Man Carrying Leni
1939
Film
The World and the Flesh
Ivanovitch
1932
Film
The Sea Ghost
Sailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter (uncredited)
1931
Film
Christina
Dick Torpe
1929
Film
The Conquering Horde
Butch Daggett
1931
Film
The Marshal Of Mesa City
Henchman Bat Cardigan
1939
Film
The Great Alaskan Mystery
Captain Greeder
1944
Film
Honor of the Family
Kouski
1931
Film
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
Bos'un
1939
Film
Raiders of the Desert
Rawlins
1941
Film
Killer Leopard
Supt. Saunders
1954
Film
Last of the Buccaneers
Brown
1950
Film
Night Stage to Galveston
Ted Driscoll
1952
Film
The Isle of Lost Ships
Gallagher
1929
Film
Painted Desert
Henchman Burke
1938
Film
Song of Revolt
Peasant Rebel Leader (uncredited)
1937
Film
Law and Order
Poe Daggett
1940
Film
The Great Plane Robbery
Eddie Lindo
1940
Film
Secrets of the French Police
Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
1932
Film
The Knockout
Steve McKenna
1925
Film
Bride of the Regiment
Sergeant Dostal
1930
Film
Sins of the Fathers
The Hijacker
1928
Film
Fugitive from Sonora
Iron Joe Martin
1943
Film
Daredevil's Reward
Second Heavy
1928
Film
Trail of the Mounties
Hawkins
1947
Film
Black Jack
Haskins
1927
Film
Tyrant of the Sea
Sampson Edwards
1950
Film
Turkish Delight
1927
Film
The Man from the Rio Grande
John King
1943