Hank Worden
Acting
🎂 1901-07-23
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)
Cast credits(146)
Slim
1982
Waiter
1990
Hank
1957
Driver
1959
Rusty Bates
1949
Blue Belly (uncredited)
1964
Hansom Cab Driver
1964
Farmer
1963
Roy Turlock
1963
Luke
1963
Band Member
1963
Claude
1955
1962
1965
1958
1968
1956
Old Con
1985
R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
1969
Parson
1960
Stationmaster Elwood
1970
Cavalryman (uncredited)
1939
Trailer Court Manager
1978
Mose Harper
1956
Trucker (uncredited)
1977
Simms Reeves
1948
Old Coot
1975
Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
1971
Southern Recruit
1948
Curly Fletcher
1963
Abner Todd
1949
Albert, Valentine Stationmaster
1973
Deacon Clump
1959
Hank
1971
Elderly Jason
1984
Ab Wickes
1974
Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1970
Doc
1961
Undertaker
1962
Shopping Cart
1978
Shopping Cart (as Hank Warden)
1978
Tex
1958
Miner
1967
Amber
1952
Western Character (uncredited)
1947
Fiddler
1956
Party Guest (uncredited)
1946
Station Mechanic
1980
Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited)
1947
Townsman (uncredited)
1947
Ranger Tying Oars
1940
Laredo (uncredited)
1960
Old Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
Shooting Match Official
1951
Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited)
1948
Sweeney (uncredited)
1953
Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited)
1946
Hard-of-Hearing Farmer
1951
Luke Clegg
1950
Slim
1977
American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited)
1950
Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper
1955
Tom Gordon
1952
Cowhand Leonard (uncredited)
1938
Mr. Crabtree (uncredited)
1936
Pop
1990
Old Codger
1985
Old Jonas
1956
1948
Dirty Old Man (uncredited)
1967
Joe (uncredited)
1945
Deputy Curly
1948
Waiter
1943
Taub Beasley
1948
Marshal John Chisum
1957
Colonel
1984
Les Fuller
1956
Man in Cheap Hotel (uncredited)
1948
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)
1944
Rancher
1939
Old Cowboy (uncredited)
1971
Old Timer
1988
Mr. Grady (uncredited)
1950
Pool Room Attendant
1982
The Flunky
1977
Wedding Witness
1940
Circus Spectator (uncredited)
1943
Pete
1958
Finnegan (uncredited)
1950
Clem (uncredited)
1948
Cropper (uncredited)
1948
Aunt Jennifer's Wagon Driver
1941
Auto Mechanic
1952
John
1981
Pat Casey
1957
Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)
1935
Butch Collins
1978
Self
1992
Poordevil
1952
Townsman
1939
Lon
1957
Drunk
1940
Liveryman
1958
1969
Hospital Visitor (Uncredited)
1940
Jacob (uncredited)
1949
German Motorcycle Soldier (uncredited)
1944
Deputy
1940
Kid
1967
Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited)
1943
The Barber
1943
Undertaker
1949
Lumberjack (uncredited)
1936
Sampson
1957
Tom 'Cherokee' Walton
1938
Cowhand
1940
Townsman Outside Saloon
1940
Mormon Cheering Porter
1940
Gramps Jebediah
1983
Deputy
1937
Townsman (uncredited)
1940
1949
Joseph
1971
Henchman Buck
1938
Stagecoach Attendant (uncredited)
1941
Henry Haggerty
1940
Townsman
1942
Johnny Behind-the-Stove
1951
The Deputy
1946
Ruiz Man
1937
Old Geezer
1981
Cowhand
1939
Hopi Charlie
1957
(uncredited)
1948
Slim Regan
1939
Skeeter
1938
Townsman
1939
Farmer Driving Jalopy
1940
Henchman
1937
Henchman Hank
1939
Saloon Set Extra
1937
Slim
1943
Good Ole Boy
1990
Henchman (uncredited)
1936
Deputy Clint
1947
Sidekick Hank
1937