Hank Worden
Known for: Acting
Raised on a cattle ranch in Montana. Educated at Stanford and the University of Nevada as an engineer. Washed out as an Army pilot. Toured the country in rodeos as a saddle bronc rider. Broke his neck in a horsefall in his 20s, but didn't know it until his 40s. Chosen along with Tex Ritter from a rodeo at Madison Square Garden in New York to appear in the Broadway play "Green Grow the Lilacs", the play from which the musical "Oklahoma" was later derived. Drove a cab in New York, then worked on dude ranches as a wrangler and as a guide on the Bright Angel trail of the Grand Canyon. Recommended by Billie Burke to several movie producers. Became friends with John Wayne, Howard Hawks, and later John Ford, all of whom provided him with much work. Survived by adopted daughter Dawn Henry. Date of Death: 6 December 1992, Los Angeles, California, USA (natural causes)
Filmography
Series
Bonanza
Station Attendant
1959
Series
Petticoat Junction
Farmer
1963
Series
Petticoat Junction
Roy Turlock
1963
Series
Petticoat Junction
Luke
1963
Series
Petticoat Junction
Band Member
1963
Series
Twin Peaks
Waiter
1990
Series
Wagon Train
Hank
1957
Series
Knight Rider
Slim
1982
Series
The Virginian
Calico (uncredited)
1962
Series
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Series
Daniel Boone
Blue Belly (uncredited)
1964
Series
Daniel Boone
Hansom Cab Driver
1964
Series
Rawhide
Driver
1959
Series
Green Acres
1965
Series
The Lone Ranger
Rusty Bates
1949
Series
The Lone Ranger
Bruckner
1949
Series
Gunsmoke
Claude
1955
Series
Bronco
1958
Series
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Series
Lancer
1968
Film
The Searchers
Mose Harper
1956
Film
Bronco Billy
Station Mechanic
1980
Film
True Grit
R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
1969
Film
Chisum
Stationmaster Elwood
1970
Film
Every Which Way but Loose
Trailer Court Manager
1978
Film
Fort Apache
Southern Recruit
1948
Film
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
Fiddler
1956
Series
Cop Rock
2nd Elderly Man
1990
Film
Smokey and the Bandit
Trucker (uncredited)
1977
Film
Runaway Train
Old Con
1985
Film
Rio Lobo
Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1970
Film
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
1971
Film
The Alamo
Parson
1960
Film
McLintock!
Curly Fletcher
1963
Film
Stagecoach
Cavalryman (uncredited)
1939
Film
Duel in the Sun
Party Guest (uncredited)
1946
Film
The Ice Pirates
Elderly Jason
1984
Film
One-Eyed Jacks
Doc
1961
Film
3 Godfathers
Deputy Curly
1948
Film
Angel and the Badman
Townsman (uncredited)
1947
Film
Hammett
Pool Room Attendant
1982
Film
Red River
Simms Reeves
1948
Film
The Horse Soldiers
Deacon Clump
1959
Film
Big Jake
Hank
1971
Film
The Music Man
Undertaker
1962
Film
Cahill: United States Marshal
Albert, Valentine Stationmaster
1973
Film
Big Wednesday
Shopping Cart
1978
Film
Big Wednesday
Shopping Cart (as Hank Warden)
1978
Film
The Hanged Man
Ab Wickes
1974
Film
Yellow Sky
Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited)
1948
Film
Sergeant Rutledge
Laredo (uncredited)
1960
Film
Wagon Master
Luke Clegg
1950
Film
Flesh and Fantasy
Circus Spectator (uncredited)
1943
Film
Tap Roots
Cropper (uncredited)
1948
Film
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Western Character (uncredited)
1947
Film
Cover Up
Undertaker
1949
Film
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Old Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
Film
Undercurrent
Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited)
1946
Film
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
Cave Bar Patron (uncredited)
1955
Film
The Indian Fighter
Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper
1955
Film
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
Old Geezer
1981
Film
Ghost Town Gold
Mr. Crabtree (uncredited)
1936
Film
So Proudly We Hail
Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited)
1943
Film
Crime Wave
Sweeney (uncredited)
1953
Film
Almost an Angel
Pop
1990
Film
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Joe (uncredited)
1945
Film
Beyond Tomorrow
Hospital Visitor (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Big Sky
Poordevil
1952
Film
The Fighting Kentuckian
Abner Todd
1949
Film
When Willie Comes Marching Home
American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited)
1950
Film
The President's Analyst
Dirty Old Man (uncredited)
1967
Film
The Sea of Grass
Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited)
1947
Film
The Cowboy and the Lady
Cowhand Leonard (uncredited)
1938
Film
Once Upon a Texas Train
Old Timer
1988
Film
Brigham Young
Mormon Cheering Porter
1940
Film
A Lady Takes a Chance
Waiter
1943
Film
Big Bad John
Good Ole Boy
1990
Film
Which Way Is Up?
The Flunky
1977
Film
Northwest Passage
Ranger Tying Oars
1940
Film
Comin' Round the Mountain
Shooting Match Official
1951
Film
The Sainted Sisters
Taub Beasley
1948
Film
Forty Guns
Marshal John Chisum
1957
Film
Frenchie
Mr. Grady (uncredited)
1950
Film
UFOria
Colonel
1984
Film
Hondo and the Apaches
Miner
1967
Film
Come and Get It
Lumberjack (uncredited)
1936
Film
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Butch Collins
1978
Film
Whispering Smith
1948
Film
Good Times
Kid
1967
Film
Dragoon Wells Massacre
Hopi Charlie
1957
Film
Spoilers of the Forest
Pat Casey
1957
Film
Big Daddy
1969
Film
Black Noon
Joseph
1971
Film
High Wall
1947
Film
Winners of the West
Drunk
1940
Film
Father Is a Bachelor
Finnegan (uncredited)
1950
Film
Triple Cross
Hard-of-Hearing Farmer
1951
Film
Thunder Over Arizona
Old Jonas
1956
Film
Sugarfoot
Johnny Behind-the-Stove
1951
Film
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Townsman
1942
Film
Barbary Coast
Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)
1935
Film
The Man from Texas
(uncredited)
1948
Film
Space Rage
Old Codger
1985
Film
Hellfire
Witness (uncredited)
1949
Film
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
Liveryman
1958
Film
Hazard
Man in Cheap Hotel (uncredited)
1948
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Self
1992
Film
Bullwhip
Tex
1958
Film
The Great Moment
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)
1944
Film
The Woman of the Town
The Barber
1943
Film
Chip of the Flying U
Cowhand
1939
Film
Sky Hei$t
Old Coot
1975
Film
Boots Malone
Auto Mechanic
1952
Film
Roseanna McCoy
Jacob (uncredited)
1949
Film
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Clem (uncredited)
1948
Film
Zachariah
Old Cowboy (uncredited)
1971
Film
Apache War Smoke
Amber
1952
Film
Riders of Pasco Basin
Townsman (uncredited)
1940
Film
None Shall Escape
German Motorcycle Soldier (uncredited)
1944
Film
Sundown on the Prairie
Henchman Hank
1939
Film
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen
Deputy
1937
Film
The Quiet Gun
Sampson
1957
Film
The Notorious Mr. Monks
Pete
1958
Film
The Stranger from Arizona
Skeeter
1938
Film
Gaucho Serenade
Farmer Driving Jalopy
1940
Film
Woman of the North Country
Tom Gordon
1952
Film
The Night Riders
Rancher
1939
Film
The Buckskin Lady
Lon
1957
Film
The Legend of Frank Woods
Slim
1977
Film
Hollywood Round-Up
Saloon Set Extra
1937
Film
Scream
John
1981
Film
Accused of Murder
Les Fuller
1956
Film
Triple Justice
Townsman Outside Saloon
1940
Film
The Californian
Ruiz Man
1937
Film
Please Don't Eat the Babies
Gramps Jebediah
1983
Film
Robbers of the Range
Stagecoach Attendant (uncredited)
1941
Film
Viva Cisco Kid
Deputy
1940
Film
For the Service
Henchman (uncredited)
1936
Film
Prairie Express
Deputy Clint
1947
Film
Sing Cowboy Sing
Henchman
1937
Film
Oklahoma Frontier
Townsman
1939
Film
Reno
Townsman
1939
Film
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
Henry Haggerty
1940
Film
Hittin' the Trail
Sidekick Hank
1937
Mad About Moonshine
Hillbilly
1941
Film
Cross-Country Romance
Wedding Witness
1940
Film
Rollin' Westward
Slim Regan
1939
Film
Black Market Rustlers
Slim
1943
Film
The Range Busters
Cowhand
1940
Film
Border Vigilantes
Aunt Jennifer's Wagon Driver
1941
Ghost Town Riders
Tom 'Cherokee' Walton
1938
Film
Frontier Town
Henchman Buck
1938
Film
Lawless Breed
The Deputy
1946