Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1901-07-23
Day of Death
1992-12-06
Place of Birth
Rolfe, Iowa, USA
Hank Worden
Biography
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 (131)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
Almost an Angel
1990
Big Bad John
1990
Once Upon a Texas Train
1988
Space Rage
1985
Runaway Train
1985
UFOria
1984
The Ice Pirates
1984
Please Don't Eat the Babies
1983
Hammett
1982
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
1981
Scream
1981
Bronco Billy
1980
Every Which Way but Loose
1978
