Hank Worden
Acting
Born July 23, 1901 · Rolfe, Iowa, USA
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)
Films (129)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
Almost an Angel
1990
Big Bad John
1990
Once Upon a Texas Train
1988
Space Rage
1985
Runaway Train
1985
UFOria
1984
The Ice Pirates
1984
Please Don't Eat the Babies
1983
Hammett
1982
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
1981
Scream
1981
Bronco Billy
1980
Every Which Way but Loose
1978
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
Big Wednesday
1978
Which Way Is Up?
1977
Smokey and the Bandit
1977
The Legend of Frank Woods
1977
Sky Hei$t
1975
The Hanged Man
1974
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
Black Noon
1971
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
Big Jake
1971
Zachariah
1971
Chisum
1970
Rio Lobo
1970
True Grit
1969
Big Daddy
1969
The President's Analyst
1967
Hondo and the Apaches
1967
Good Times
1967
McLintock!
1963
The Music Man
1962
One-Eyed Jacks
1961
The Alamo
1960
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
The Horse Soldiers
1959
Bullwhip
1958
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
1958
The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958
Forty Guns
1957
Dragoon Wells Massacre
1957
The Quiet Gun
1957
The Buckskin Lady
1957
Spoilers of the Forest
1957
Accused of Murder
1956
Thunder Over Arizona
1956
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
1956
The Searchers
1956
The Indian Fighter
1955
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
1955
Crime Wave
1953
Apache War Smoke
1952
The Big Sky
1952
Woman of the North Country
1952
Boots Malone
1952
Triple Cross
1951
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951
Sugarfoot
1951
Frenchie
1950
Wagon Master
1950
Father Is a Bachelor
1950
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950
Roseanna McCoy
1949
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949
Hellfire
1949
Cover Up
1949
3 Godfathers
1948
Yellow Sky
1948
Whispering Smith
1948
Red River
1948
Tap Roots
1948
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948
Hazard
1948
Fort Apache
1948
The Sainted Sisters
1948
The Man from Texas
1948
Prairie Express
1947
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
The Sea of Grass
1947
Angel and the Badman
1947
Duel in the Sun
1946
Undercurrent
1946
Lawless Breed
1946
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
The Great Moment
1944
None Shall Escape
1944
The Woman of the Town
1943
Flesh and Fantasy
1943
So Proudly We Hail
1943
Black Market Rustlers
1943
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943
Deep in the Heart of Texas
1942
Border Vigilantes
1941
Robbers of the Range
1941
Brigham Young
1940
Triple Justice
1940
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
1940
The Range Busters
1940
Cross-Country Romance
1940
Winners of the West
1940
Beyond Tomorrow
1940
Gaucho Serenade
1940
Viva Cisco Kid
1940
Riders of Pasco Basin
1940
Northwest Passage
1940
Reno
1939
Chip of the Flying U
1939
Oklahoma Frontier
1939
The Night Riders
1939
Stagecoach
1939
Rollin' Westward
1939
Sundown on the Prairie
1939
Ghost Town Riders
1938
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
The Stranger from Arizona
1938
Frontier Town
1938
Hollywood Round-Up
1937
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen
1937
The Californian
1937
Sing Cowboy Sing
1937
Hittin' the Trail
1937
Come and Get It
1936
Ghost Town Gold
1936
For the Service
1936
Barbary Coast
1935