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Harry Cording

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1891-04-25

Day of Death

1954-09-01

Place of Birth

Wellington, Somerset, England, UK

Harry Cording

Biography

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.

Filmography (201)

⭐ 7.5 Role: Bouncer (uncredited)

East of Eden

1955
⭐ 5.2 Role: Henchman Shanks

Jungle Gents

1954
⭐ 6.3 Role: Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)

The Black Shield of Falworth

1954
⭐ 5.7 Role: Supt. Saunders

Killer Leopard

1954
⭐ 6.4 Role: Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)

King Richard and the Crusaders

1954
⭐ 5.5 Role: Detective Sgt. Bates

Man in the Attic

1953
⭐ 6.3 Role: Rough Character in the Park

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1953
⭐ 5.7 Role: Townsman (uncredited)

Law and Order

1953
⭐ 6.6 Role: Stableman (uncredited)

Ambush at Tomahawk Gap

1953
⭐ 6.6 Role: Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)

Titanic

1953
⭐ 6.3 Role: Breton (uncredited)

Treasure of the Golden Condor

1953
⭐ 6.1 Role: Gow

Against All Flags

1952
⭐ 6.2 Role: Verna’s Father (uncredited)

Road to Bali

1952
⭐ 5.4 Role: Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)

Captain Pirate

1952
⭐ 6.0 Role: Hibbs (uncredited)

Cripple Creek

1952