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Hector William "Harry" Cording (26 April 1891 – 1 September 1954) 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
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Movies 189
TV Shows 2
East of Eden (1955)
Jungle Gents (1954)
The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
Killer Leopard (1954)
King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
Man in the Attic (1953)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
Law and Order (1953)
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap (1953)
Titanic (1953)
Road to Bali (1953)
Against All Flags (1952)
Hopalong Cassidy (1952)
Captain Pirate (1952)
Cripple Creek (1952)
Brave Warrior (1952)
Night Stage to Galveston (1952)
The Big Trees (1952)
Mask of the Avenger (1951)
The Strange Door (1951)
Sirocco (1951)
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
Santa Fe (1951)
Al Jennings of Oklahoma (1951)
Last of the Buccaneers (1950)
Convicted (1950)
The Iroquois Trail (1950)
Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)
Buccaneer's Girl (1950)
Tyrant of the Sea (1950)
The Secret Of St. Ives (1949)
Red River (1948)
Tap Roots (1948)
That Lady in Ermine (1948)
13 Lead Soldiers (1948)
A Woman's Vengeance (1948)
Trail of the Mounties (1947)
The Exile (1947)
The Marauders (1947)
Dangerous Venture (1947)
Calcutta (1946)
Fool's Gold (1946)
Hot Cargo (1946)
Inside Job (1946)
Dressed to Kill (1946)
Devotion (1946)
Terror by Night (1946)
Captain Kidd (1945)
Stairway to Light (1945)
The Fatal Witness (1945)
Sudan (1945)
The House of Fear (1945)
The Man in Half Moon Street (1945)
Lost in a Harem (1944)
Bluebeard (1944)
Mrs. Parkington (1944)
Gypsy Wildcat (1944)
The Pearl of Death (1944)
The Great Alaskan Mystery (1944)
Phantom Lady (1944)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)
The Spider Woman (1943)
The Man from the Rio Grande (1943)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
Don't You Believe It (1943)
Fugitive from Sonora (1943)
Two Tickets to London (1943)
Mission to Moscow (1943)
The Moon Is Down (1943)
Arabian Nights (1942)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
Road to Morocco (1942)
The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
Overland Mail (1942)
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
The Spoilers (1942)
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
Riders of the Badlands (1941)
The Wolf Man (1941)
Lydia (1941)
Badlands Of Dakota (1941)
Rawhide Rangers (1941)
Raiders of the Desert (1941)
They Met in Bombay (1941)
Singapore Woman (1941)
Mutiny in the Arctic (1941)
The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (1941)
So Ends Our Night (1941)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
Trail of the Vigilantes (1940)
The Great Plane Robbery (1940)
Law and Order (1940)
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
King of the Royal Mounted (1940)
When the Daltons Rode (1940)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Stage to Chino (1940)
Passport to Alcatraz (1940)
Florian (1940)
Texas Stagecoach (1940)
Dark Command (1940)
The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
Virginia City (1940)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Strange Cargo (1940)
Little Old New York (1940)
The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
The Light That Failed (1939)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
We Are Not Alone (1939)
Tower of London (1939)
Rulers of the Sea (1939)
The Marshal Of Mesa City (1939)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
Each Dawn I Die (1939)
Mutiny on the Blackhawk (1939)
The Sun Never Sets (1939)
Sons of Liberty (1939)
The Story of Dr. Jenner (1939)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
Arizona Legion (1939)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Devil's Island (1939)
Stand Up and Fight (1939)
A Christmas Carol (1938)
Heart of the North (1938)
Valley of the Giants (1938)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
Painted Desert (1938)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Crime School (1938)
Song of Revolt (1937)
The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
Sea Devils (1937)
Maid of Salem (1937)
You Only Live Once (1937)
Daniel Boone (1936)
The White Angel (1936)
Road Gang (1936)
The Country Doctor (1936)
Sutter's Gold (1936)
Captain Blood (1935)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Ship Cafe (1935)
Peter Ibbetson (1935)
Black Fury (1935)
Naughty Marietta (1935)
Charlie Chan in Paris (1935)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
Strange Wives (1934)
We Live Again (1934)
Great Expectations (1934)
The Black Cat (1934)
To the Last Man (1933)
Captured! (1933)
Narcotic (1933)
The Girl in 419 (1933)
Sweepings (1933)
The Intruder (1933)
File 113 (1933)
Scarlet Dawn (1932)
The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
The World and the Flesh (1932)
Texas Cyclone (1932)
Night Beat (1931)
Mata Hari (1931)
The Sea Ghost (1931)
Honor of the Family (1931)
The Conquering Horde (1931)
New Moon (1930)
The Right of Way (1930)
Rough Romance (1930)
Bride of the Regiment (1930)
Captain of the Guard (1930)
Christina (1929)
The Isle of Lost Ships (1929)
The Squall (1929)
Sins of the Fathers (1928)
The Patriot (1928)
The Last Command (1928)
Daredevil's Reward (1928)
Black Jack (1927)
The Knockout (1925)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1891-04-26
Deathday1954-09-01 (63 years old)
Birth PlaceWellington, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsHector William Cording, Harry Gording, Hector William "Harry" Cording
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