Hank Worden
Known for Acting · 146 credits
- Born
- 1901-07-23
- Died
- 1992-12-06
- Place of birth
- Rolfe, Iowa, USA
- Also known as
- Norton Earl Worden · Worden Norten
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)
Known For
TV Shows (15)
Bonanza
1959
as Station Attendant
Twin Peaks
1990
as Waiter
Wagon Train
1957
as Hank
Knight Rider
1982
as Slim
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Farmer / Roy Turlock / Luke / Band Member
Rawhide
1959
as Driver
Green Acres
1965
Daniel Boone
1964
as Blue Belly (uncredited) / Hansom Cab Driver
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Rusty Bates / Bruckner
Gunsmoke
1955
as Claude
Lancer
1968
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Bronco
1958
Cop Rock
1990
as 2nd Elderly Man
Movies (131)
The Searchers
1956
as Mose Harper
True Grit
1969
as R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
Smokey and the Bandit
1977
as Trucker (uncredited)
Fort Apache
1948
as Southern Recruit
Rio Lobo
1970
as Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Runaway Train
1985
as Old Con
Chisum
1970
as Stationmaster Elwood
McLintock!
1963
as Curly Fletcher
Red River
1948
as Simms Reeves
Stagecoach
1939
as Cavalryman (uncredited)
Big Jake
1971
as Hank
Undercurrent
1946
as Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited)
Every Which Way but Loose
1978
as Trailer Court Manager
The Alamo
1960
as Parson
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
as Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Deacon Clump
3 Godfathers
1948
as Deputy Curly
Yellow Sky
1948
as Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited)
UFOria
1984
as Colonel
Duel in the Sun
1946
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Rollin' Westward
1939
as Slim Regan
Bronco Billy
1980
as Station Mechanic
The Music Man
1962
as Undertaker
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
as Old Lonely Hearts Club Band
One-Eyed Jacks
1961
as Doc
Barbary Coast
1935
as Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)
Forty Guns
1957
as Marshal John Chisum
Crime Wave
1953
as Sweeney (uncredited)
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
as Albert, Valentine Stationmaster
Big Wednesday
1978
as Shopping Cart / Shopping Cart (as Hank Warden)
The Ice Pirates
1984
as Elderly Jason
Zachariah
1971
as Old Cowboy (uncredited)
Frontier Town
1938
as Henchman Buck
Prairie Express
1947
as Deputy Clint
Almost an Angel
1990
as Pop
High Wall
1947
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Western Character (uncredited)
Wagon Master
1950
as Luke Clegg
Northwest Passage
1940
as Ranger Tying Oars
Once Upon a Texas Train
1988
as Old Timer
Hammett
1982
as Pool Room Attendant
The Indian Fighter
1955
as Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper
Space Rage
1985
as Old Codger
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949
as Abner Todd
The Big Sky
1952
as Poordevil
Triple Justice
1940
as Townsman Outside Saloon
Angel and the Badman
1947
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass
1947
as Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited)
Oklahoma Frontier
1939
as Townsman
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
as Laredo (uncredited)
Frenchie
1950
as Mr. Grady (uncredited)
The Buckskin Lady
1957
as Lon
Lawless Breed
1946
as The Deputy
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
1955
as Cave Bar Patron (uncredited)
The Hanged Man
1974
as Ab Wickes
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951
as Shooting Match Official
Come and Get It
1936
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Cowhand Leonard (uncredited)
Which Way Is Up?
1977
as The Flunky
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
as Joe (uncredited)
Dragoon Wells Massacre
1957
as Hopi Charlie
Tap Roots
1948
as Cropper (uncredited)
The President's Analyst
1967
as Dirty Old Man (uncredited)
So Proudly We Hail
1943
as Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited)
Brigham Young
1940
as Mormon Cheering Porter
Flesh and Fantasy
1943
as Circus Spectator (uncredited)
Bullwhip
1958
as Tex
Beyond Tomorrow
1940
as Hospital Visitor (uncredited)
Good Times
1967
as Kid
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950
as American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited)
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
1981
as Old Geezer
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948
as Clem (uncredited)
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943
as Waiter
Boots Malone
1952
as Auto Mechanic
Thunder Over Arizona
1956
as Old Jonas
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
1956
as Fiddler
The Night Riders
1939
as Rancher
Sugarfoot
1951
as Johnny Behind-the-Stove
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
as Self
Winners of the West
1940
as Drunk
Sky Hei$t
1975
as Old Coot
Whispering Smith
1948
Father Is a Bachelor
1950
as Finnegan (uncredited)
Accused of Murder
1956
as Les Fuller
The Woman of the Town
1943
as The Barber
Hondo and the Apaches
1967
as Miner
Big Bad John
1990
as Good Ole Boy
Hellfire
1949
as Witness (uncredited)
Gaucho Serenade
1940
as Farmer Driving Jalopy
The Range Busters
1940
as Cowhand
Cover Up
1949
as Undertaker
The Great Moment
1944
as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)
Reno
1939
as Townsman
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
1958
as Liveryman
The Man from Texas
1948
as (uncredited)
Hazard
1948
as Man in Cheap Hotel (uncredited)
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978
as Butch Collins
For the Service
1936
as Henchman (uncredited)
Woman of the North Country
1952
as Tom Gordon
Scream
1981
as John
Spoilers of the Forest
1957
as Pat Casey
Ghost Town Riders
1938
as Tom 'Cherokee' Walton
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen
1937
as Deputy
Riders of Pasco Basin
1940
as Townsman (uncredited)
Roseanna McCoy
1949
as Jacob (uncredited)
Ghost Town Gold
1936
as Mr. Crabtree (uncredited)
The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958
as Pete
Viva Cisco Kid
1940
as Deputy
Black Noon
1971
as Joseph
Apache War Smoke
1952
as Amber
Big Daddy
1969
None Shall Escape
1944
as German Motorcycle Soldier (uncredited)
The Californian
1937
as Ruiz Man
The Sainted Sisters
1948
as Taub Beasley
Cross-Country Romance
1940
as Wedding Witness
Hollywood Round-Up
1937
as Saloon Set Extra
Hittin' the Trail
1937
as Sidekick Hank
The Stranger from Arizona
1938
as Skeeter
Deep in the Heart of Texas
1942
as Townsman
The Quiet Gun
1957
as Sampson
About Hank Worden
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 B… With 146 credits spanning from 1935 to 1992, Hank Worden has appeared in 131 films and 15 TV shows.
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- The Searchers (1956) — as Mose Harper
- True Grit (1969) — as R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
- Smokey and the Bandit (1977) — as Trucker (uncredited)
- Fort Apache (1948) — as Southern Recruit
- Rio Lobo (1970) — as Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
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