Harry Cording
Known for Acting · 203 credits
- Born
- 1891-04-25
- Died
- 1954-09-01
- Place of birth
- Wellington, Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as
- Hector William Cording · Harry Gording · Hector William "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.
Known For
TV Shows (2)
Movies (201)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938
as Dickon Malbete
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
as Guard (uncredited)
Titanic
1953
as Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
The Verdict
1946
as Tough Englishman (uncredited)
Red River
1948
as Gambler (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Deputy (uncredited)
The Wolf Man
1941
as Wykes (uncredited)
Les Misérables
1935
as Beam Warder
East of Eden
1955
as Bouncer (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
1938
as Executioner (uncredited)
Ship Cafe
1935
as Stoker (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
as Soldier (uncredited)
The Spoilers
1942
as Miner (uncredited)
Captain Kidd
1945
as Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
as Man Stealing Watermelon (uncredited)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943
as Man Who Flails the Mayor
Law and Order
1953
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939
as Second Fake Constable (uncredited)
A Christmas Carol
1938
as Waiter (uncredited)
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
1951
as Mike Bridges
Captain Blood
1935
as Kent
Sweepings
1933
as Customer (Uncredited)
Sirocco
1951
as Master Sergeant (uncredited)
Virginia City
1940
as Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill
1946
as Hamid
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944
as Mahmoud
Lydia
1941
as Hotel House Detective
The Sea Hawk
1940
as Slavemaster
Jungle Gents
1954
as Henchman Shanks
Peter Ibbetson
1935
as Guard (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942
as Jack Brady (uncredited)
The Intruder
1933
as Cramer
Arizona Legion
1939
as Whiskey Joe
Mrs. Parkington
1944
as Humphrey
File 113
1933
as Michele
Gypsy Wildcat
1944
as Captain Marver
Mata Hari
1931
as Ivan (uncredited)
The Black Cat
1934
as Thamal
The Invisible Man Returns
1940
as Miner (uncredited)
California
1947
as Miner (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail
1940
as Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
Texas Stagecoach
1940
as Clancy
Captured!
1933
as First Orderly
Arabian Nights
1942
as Blacksmith
Road to Morocco
1942
as Warrior (uncredited)
Son of Frankenstein
1939
as Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)
Crime School
1938
as Jim - the Second Guard (uncredited)
Road to Bali
1952
as Verna’s Father (uncredited) / Verna's Father (uncredited)
The Black Shield of Falworth
1954
as Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)
The House of Fear
1945
as John Simpson
The Black Arrow
1948
as Guard (uncredited)
A Volta do Besouro Verde
1940
as Dannick - Crooked Construction Foreman
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942
as Mob Leader (uncredited)
Against All Flags
1952
as Gow
Dark Command
1940
as Angry Townsman in Bank
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1953
as Rough Character in the Park
The Strange Door
1951
You Only Live Once
1937
as Guard (uncredited)
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
as Vic - Farmer (uncredited)
King Richard and the Crusaders
1954
as Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)
Terror by Night
1946
as Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again
1939
as Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935
as Turk, an Opium Addict (uncredited)
Phantom Lady
1944
as Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)
Sutter's Gold
1936
as Seaman Lars
The Spider Woman
1943
as Fred Garvin (uncredited)
Florian
1940
as Leader
The Pearl of Death
1944
as George Gelder (uncredited)
Strange Cargo
1940
as Guard (uncredited)
Devotion
1946
as Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)
Buccaneer's Girl
1950
as Barfly (uncredited)
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932
as Ross Clinton (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
1943
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
Convicted
1950
as Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited)
Iron Man
1951
as Miner (uncredited)
Devil's Island
1939
as Guard Accepting Bribe
To the Last Man
1933
as Colby Man Fred (uncredited)
The House of Rothschild
1934
as Man (uncredited)
The Prince and the Pauper
1937
as Second Guard
13 Lead Soldiers
1948
as Edward Vane
The Big Trees
1952
as Cleve Gregg
Captain Pirate
1952
as Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
as Saloon Bouncer
Sudan
1945
as Uba
There's Something About a Soldier
1943
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942
as Camberwell
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
as Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
Tap Roots
1948
as Leader (uncredited)
Sea Devils
1937
as Sailor (uncredited)
The Iroquois Trail
1950
Roman Scandals
1933
as Valerius' Soldier (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down
1943
as Miner (uncredited)
Fortunes of Captain Blood
1950
as Will Ward
The Marauders
1947
as Riker
The Soldier and the Lady
1937
as Peasant (Uncredited)
The White Angel
1936
as Hospital Storekeeper (uncredited)
King of the Royal Mounted
1940
as Wade Garson
A Woman's Vengeance
1948
as Chauffeur McNabb
Inside Job
1946
as Bartender
Cripple Creek
1952
as Hibbs (uncredited)
That Lady in Ermine
1948
as Orlando (uncredited)
Calcutta
1946
as Tea Planter (uncredited)
Mask of the Avenger
1951
as Zio d'Orsini
Badlands of Dakota
1941
as Jackson
Two Tickets to London
1943
as Sutliff (uncredited)
They Met in Bombay
1941
as Corporal at Base (uncredited)
The Fatal Witness
1945
as Gus
Rawhide Rangers
1941
as Blackie
Black Fury
1935
as Louie (uncredited)
So Ends Our Night
1941
as Card Player (uncredited)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
as Sentry (uncredited)
Overland Mail
1942
as Sam Gregg - Henchman
The Last Command
1928
as Revolutionist (uncredited)
Each Dawn I Die
1939
as Temple
Naughty Marietta
1935
as Pirate (uncredited)
Bluebeard
1944
as Policeman (Uncredited)
The Man in Half Moon Street
1945
as Bobby
Charlie Chan in Paris
1935
as Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited)
Lost in a Harem
1944
as Police Chief (uncredited)
Tower of London
1939
as Lead Murderer of the Children
About Harry Cording
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,… With 203 credits spanning from 1925 to 1955, Harry Cording has appeared in 201 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Harry Cording Movies
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) — as Dickon Malbete
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) — as Guard (uncredited)
- Titanic (1953) — as Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
- The Verdict (1946) — as Tough Englishman (uncredited)
- Red River (1948) — as Gambler (uncredited)
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