Harry Cording
Acting
🎂 1891-04-25
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.
Cast credits(195)
1950
Dickon Malbete
1938
1952
Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
1953
Turk, an Opium Addict (uncredited)
1935
1951
Guard (uncredited)
1939
Jack Brady (uncredited)
1942
Soldier (uncredited)
1935
Gambler (uncredited)
1948
Man Who Flails the Mayor
1943
Whiskey Joe
1939
Innkeeper (uncredited)
1949
Second Guard
1937
Bouncer (uncredited)
1955
Wykes (uncredited)
1941
Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)
1954
Deputy (uncredited)
1940
Henchman Burke
1938
Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)
1954
Townsman (uncredited)
1953
Kent
1935
Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
1940
Colby Man Fred (uncredited)
1933
Blacksmith (uncredited)
1943
Moose Legrande
1951
Humphrey
1944
Sam Gregg - Henchman
1942
Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)
1939
Hamid
1946
Miner (uncredited)
1942
Blacksmith Higgins
1941
Mob Leader (uncredited)
1942
Shayne MacGregor
1952
Michele
1933
Slavemaster
1940
Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)
1946
Peasant Rebel Leader (uncredited)
1937
Orlick
1934
Miner (uncredited)
1947
Riker
1947
Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited)
1950
Bos'un
1939
Camberwell
1942
Fred Garvin (uncredited)
1943
Logger (uncredited)
1936
Cleve Gregg
1952
Master Sergeant (uncredited)
1951
Stoker (uncredited)
1935
Morgan
1947
Sampson Edwards
1950
Angry Townsman in Bank
1940
Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited)
1940
Beam Warder
1935
Arresting British Trooper (uncredited)
1939
Stefan
1928
Policeman (Uncredited)
1944
Sentry (uncredited)
1935
Executioner (uncredited)
1938
Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)
1952
Poker Player (uncredited)
1942
Rough Character in the Park
1953
Miner (uncredited)
1940
George Gelder (uncredited)
1944
Waiter (uncredited)
1938
Gus
1945
Vic - Farmer (uncredited)
1942
Guard (uncredited)
1937
Butch Daggett
1931
Sailor (uncredited)
1937
Zio d'Orsini
1951
Wade Garson
1940
Gallagher
1929
Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)
1944
Second Fake Constable (uncredited)
1939
Rouge's Henchman
1930
Roundhead (uncredited)
1947
Guard (uncredited)
1940
Hotel House Detective
1941
Peasant (Uncredited)
1937
Crow's Nest Manager (uncredited)
1941
Sutliff (uncredited)
1943
Pete Brannigan
1940
Guard (uncredited)
1935
Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)
1939
1950
Chick Carson
1930
Man (uncredited)
1934
Guard (uncredited)
1948
Leader (uncredited)
1948
Edward Vane
1948
Jeffers
1940
Duke
1946
Man in Mob About to Set 'Clermont' Afire
1940
Revolutionist (uncredited)
1928
1951
Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited)
1945
Eddie Lindo
1940
Gow
1952
Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
1940
Detective Sgt. Bates
1953
Kirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz
1930
Chauffeur McNabb
1948
Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)
1946
Miner Leading Mob (uncredited)
1938
Captain Marver
1944
Turnkey (uncredited)
1942
Mahmoud
1944
John Simpson
1945
Man Stealing Watermelon (uncredited)
1939
Ivan (uncredited)
1931
Cramer
1933
Seaman Lars
1936
Rogue
1943
Hospital Storekeeper (uncredited)
1936
Guard (Uncredited)
1937
Phil
1940
Blacksmith
1942
Harmon
1941
Saloon Bouncer
1942
Thamal
1934
Henchman Shanks
1954
Greer
1938
Sergeant Dostal
1930
Warrior (uncredited)
1942
Orlando (uncredited)
1948
Seaman (Uncredited)
1939
Soldier
1939
Ross Clinton (uncredited)
1932
Supt. Saunders
1954
The Hijacker
1928
Hibbs (uncredited)
1952
Temple
1939
Will Ward
1950
Rigby Henchman
1940
Jake Farwell
1932
Haskins
1927
Blacksmith Hawkins
1940
Miner (uncredited)
1943
Sam Dawson (guard with whip)
1936
Mike, Cork's Henchman
1941
Verna’s Father (uncredited)
1953
Uba
1945
Ted Driscoll
1952
Dannick - Crooked Construction Foreman
1940
Henchman Bat Cardigan
1939
Village Dairyman (uncredited)
1939
Le Bruin
1930
Clancy
1940
Tea Planter (uncredited)
1946
Police Chief (uncredited)
1944
Pirate (uncredited)
1935
Joe Burch
1936
Bullet Line Blacksmith
1939
Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited)
1935
First Orderly
1933
Customer (Uncredited)
1933
Leader
1940
Bobby
1945
Corporal at Base (uncredited)
1941
Jailer
1934
Zurof Camp Guard
1939
Lead Murderer of the Children
1939
Jim - the Second Guard (uncredited)
1938
Man Carrying Leni
1939
Captain Greeder
1944
Stableman (uncredited)
1953
Tribesman
1934
Guard Accepting Bribe
1939
Dr. William G. Davis
1933
Chill Scarpelli
1931
Sailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter (uncredited)
1931
Mike Bridges
1951
Brown
1950
Fred (uncredited)
1932
Louie (uncredited)
1935
Peter
1929
Blackie
1941
Henchman Driver
1933
Poe Daggett
1940
Rawlins
1941
Jackson
1941
Revolutionary (Uncredited)
1932
Ivanovitch
1932
Matt Wayne
1946
Kouski
1931
Card Player (uncredited)
1941
Second Heavy
1928
J. L. Red Clinton
1941
John King
1943
Dick Torpe
1929
Steve McKenna
1925
Iron Joe Martin
1943
Hawkins
1947
Bartender
1946