Harry Cording
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1891-04-25 (63 years old)
Deathday
1954-09-01
Place of Birth
Wellington, Somerset, England, UK
Also known As
Hector William Cording
Harry Gording
Hector William "Harry" Cording
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 Universa...
Acting
1952
as Hibbs (uncredited)
1948
as Chauffeur McNabb
1942
as Mob Leader (uncredited)
1949
as Innkeeper (uncredited)
1946
as Hamid
1946
as Matt Wayne
1934
as Thamal
1945
as John Simpson
1944
as George Gelder (uncredited)
1941
as Wykes (uncredited)
1940
as Blacksmith Hawkins
1940
as Miner (uncredited)
1954
as Supt. Saunders
1953
as Detective Sgt. Bates
1928
as Second Heavy
1937
as Second Guard
1952
as Cleve Gregg
1944
as Mahmoud
1952
as Gow
1931
as Sailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter (uncredited)
1938
as Jim - the Second Guard (uncredited)
1935
as Kent
1951
1954
as Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)
1935
as Guard (uncredited)
1928
as Stefan
1950
as Will Ward
1941
as Corporal at Base (uncredited)
1943
as Sutliff (uncredited)
1945
as Gus
1953
as Townsman (uncredited)
1953
as Verna’s Father (uncredited)
1952
as Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)
1954
as Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)
1942
as Turnkey (uncredited)
1953
as Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
1937
as Sailor (uncredited)
1944
as Policeman (Uncredited)
1953
as Stableman (uncredited)
1952
as Ted Driscoll
1950
1933
as Customer (Uncredited)
1929
as Peter
1933
as First Orderly
1936
as Joe Burch
1944
as Captain Greeder
1939
as Arresting British Trooper (uncredited)
1951
as Mike Bridges
1933
as Dr. William G. Davis
1930
as Sergeant Dostal
1935
as Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited)
1930
as Kirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz
1930
as Chick Carson
1950
as Brown
1930
as Le Bruin
1933
as Cramer
1934
as Tribesman
1946
as Tea Planter (uncredited)
1941
as Blackie
1936
as Seaman Lars
1943
as Miner (uncredited)
1942
as Vic - Farmer (uncredited)
1948
as Orlando (uncredited)
1944
as Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)
1953
as Rough Character in the Park
1936
as Hospital Storekeeper (uncredited)
1946
as Duke
1939
as Guard Accepting Bribe
1939
as Bullet Line Blacksmith
1939
as Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)
1951
as Master Sergeant (uncredited)
1939
as Man Stealing Watermelon (uncredited)
1939
as Whiskey Joe
1939
as Zurof Camp Guard
1939
as Lead Murderer of the Children
1939
as Man Carrying Leni
1934
as Jailer
1939
as Temple
1939
as Bos'un
1940
as Pete Brannigan
1939
as Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)
1939
as Guard (uncredited)
1939
as Second Fake Constable (uncredited)
1939
as Soldier
1939
as Henchman Bat Cardigan
1931
as Chill Scarpelli
1938
as Miner Leading Mob (uncredited)
1940
as Wade Garson
1940
as Clancy
1940
as Deputy (uncredited)
1943
as Iron Joe Martin
1936
as Logger (uncredited)
1955
as Bouncer (uncredited)
1940
as Dannick - Crooked Construction Foreman
1940
as Man in Mob About to Set 'Clermont' Afire
1938
as Greer
1938
as Dickon Malbete
1954
as Henchman Shanks
1935
as Soldier (uncredited)
1940
as Poe Daggett
1940
as Phil
1941
as J. L. Red Clinton
1941
as Mike, Cork's Henchman
1940
as Rigby Henchman
1940
as Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
1940
as Angry Townsman in Bank
1940
as Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited)
1932
as Ivanovitch
1932
as Revolutionary (Uncredited)
1940
as Guard (uncredited)
1940
as Slavemaster
1947
as Morgan
1940
as Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
1940
as Leader
1943
as Rogue
1933
as Colby Man Fred (uncredited)
1936
as Sam Dawson (guard with whip)
1929
as Dick Torpe
1933
as Henchman Driver
1952
as Shayne MacGregor
1941
as Blacksmith Higgins
1942
as Sam Gregg - Henchman
1943
as John King
1947
as Riker
1947
as Hawkins
1941
as Jackson
1942
as Saloon Bouncer
1942
as Poker Player (uncredited)
1942
as Miner (uncredited)
1951
as Moose Legrande
1942
as Jack Brady (uncredited)
1941
as Card Player (uncredited)
1942
as Blacksmith
1932
as Jake Farwell
1943
as Fred Garvin (uncredited)
1931
as Ivan (uncredited)
1938
as Waiter (uncredited)
1946
as Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)
1942
as Camberwell
1930
as Rouge's Henchman
1937
as Peasant (Uncredited)
1946
as Bartender
1941
as Crow's Nest Manager (uncredited)
1932
as Ross Clinton (uncredited)
1950
as Sampson Edwards
1937
as Peasant Rebel Leader (uncredited)
1928
as Revolutionist (uncredited)
1944
as Captain Marver
1945
as Uba
1931
as Butch Daggett
1931
as Kouski
1943
as Man Who Flails the Mayor
1943
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
1933
as Michele
1947
as Roundhead (uncredited)
1937
as Guard (Uncredited)
1934
as Orlick
1948
as Gambler (uncredited)
1939
as Seaman (Uncredited)
1942
as Warrior (uncredited)
1950
as Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited)
1941
as Hotel House Detective
1944
as Police Chief (uncredited)
1945
as Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited)
1935
as Stoker (uncredited)
1925
as Steve McKenna
1945
as Bobby
1946
as Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)
1951
as Zio d'Orsini
1937
as Guard (uncredited)
1948
as Leader (uncredited)
1940
as Eddie Lindo
1938
as Executioner (uncredited)
1938
as Henchman Burke
1935
as Pirate (uncredited)
1939
as Village Dairyman (uncredited)
1932
as Fred (uncredited)
1927
as Haskins
1928
as The Hijacker
1941
as Harmon
1940
as Jeffers
1935
as Sentry (uncredited)
1944
as Humphrey
1935
as Louie (uncredited)
1941
as Rawlins
1948
as Edward Vane
1929
as Gallagher
1947
as Miner (uncredited)
1935
as Beam Warder
1934
as Man (uncredited)
1948
as Guard (uncredited)
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