Hank Worden
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1901-07-23 (91 years old)
Deathday
1992-12-06
Place of Birth
Rolfe, Iowa, USA
Also known As
Norton Earl Worden
Worden Norten
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...
Acting
1939
as Cavalryman (uncredited)
1984
as Elderly Jason
1948
as Simms Reeves
1956
as Mose Harper
1985
as Old Con
1947
as Western Character (uncredited)
1962
as Undertaker
1948
as Deputy Curly
1956
as Les Fuller
1952
as Poordevil
1963
as Curly Fletcher
1978
as Old Lonely Hearts Club Band
1959
as Deacon Clump
1937
as Deputy
1937
as Henchman
1961
as Doc
1938
as Skeeter
1957
as Hopi Charlie
1970
as Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1983
as Gramps Jebediah
1956
as Old Jonas
1981
as John
1958
as Pete
1949
1952
as Amber
1978
as Butch Collins
1948
as (uncredited)
1937
as Sidekick Hank
1977
as The Flunky
1977
as Trucker (uncredited)
1957
as Sampson
1950
as Mr. Grady (uncredited)
1948
1967
as Miner
1958
as Liveryman
1948
as Taub Beasley
1951
as Shooting Match Official
1938
as Tom 'Cherokee' Walton
1940
as Townsman (uncredited)
1957
as Marshal John Chisum
1973
as Albert, Valentine Stationmaster
1981
as Old Geezer
1935
as Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)
1936
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
1958
as Tex
1938
as Cowhand Leonard (uncredited)
1949
as Jacob (uncredited)
1951
as Johnny Behind-the-Stove
1970
as Stationmaster Elwood
1971
as Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
1969
as R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
1960
as Parson
1967
as Dirty Old Man (uncredited)
1978
as Shopping Cart
1938
as Henchman Buck
1937
as Saloon Set Extra
1980
as Station Mechanic
1960
as Laredo (uncredited)
1957
as Pat Casey
1948
as Southern Recruit
1939
as Rancher
1939
as Townsman
1957
as Lon
1940
as Henry Haggerty
1940
as Deputy
1940
as Cowhand
1939
as Slim Regan
1950
as American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited)
1936
as Henchman (uncredited)
1953
as Sweeney (uncredited)
1939
as Henchman Hank
1947
as Townsman (uncredited)
1941
as Stagecoach Attendant (uncredited)
1944
as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)
1950
as Finnegan (uncredited)
1949
as Undertaker
1955
as Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper
1946
as The Deputy
1948
as Clem (uncredited)
1940
as Townsman Outside Saloon
1947
as Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited)
1939
as Townsman
1939
as Cowhand
1940
as Mormon Cheering Porter
1940
as Farmer Driving Jalopy
1937
as Ruiz Man
1971
as Hank
1940
as Drunk
1967
as Kid
1940
as Ranger Tying Oars
1948
as Man in Cheap Hotel (uncredited)
1956
as Fiddler
1940
as Hospital Visitor (Uncredited)
1940
as Wedding Witness
1943
as Slim
1947
as Deputy Clint
1941
as Aunt Jennifer's Wagon Driver
1942
as Townsman
1952
as Tom Gordon
1943
as The Barber
1943
as Waiter
1943
as Circus Spectator (uncredited)
1952
as Auto Mechanic
1948
as Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited)
1949
as Abner Todd
1977
as Slim
1946
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1974
as Ab Wickes
1943
as Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited)
1946
as Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited)
1969
1978
as Trailer Court Manager
1945
as Joe (uncredited)
1982
as Pool Room Attendant
1948
as Cropper (uncredited)
1971
as Joseph
1951
as Hard-of-Hearing Farmer
1984
as Colonel
1990
as Good Ole Boy
1950
as Luke Clegg
1985
as Old Codger
1988
as Old Timer
1990
as Pop
1992
as Self
1978
as Shopping Cart (as Hank Warden)
1971
as Old Cowboy (uncredited)
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