Harry Cording
Acting
Born April 25, 1891 · Wellington, Somerset, England, UK
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.
Films (199)
East of Eden
1955
Jungle Gents
1954
The Black Shield of Falworth
1954
Killer Leopard
1954
King Richard and the Crusaders
1954
Man in the Attic
1953
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1953
Law and Order
1953
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
1953
Titanic
1953
Treasure of the Golden Condor
1953
Against All Flags
1952
Road to Bali
1952
Captain Pirate
1952
Cripple Creek
1952
Brave Warrior
1952
Night Stage to Galveston
1952
The Big Trees
1952
The Strange Door
1951
Iron Man
1951
Mask of the Avenger
1951
Sirocco
1951
Santa Fe
1951
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
1951
Last of the Buccaneers
1950
Convicted
1950
The Iroquois Trail
1950
Fortunes of Captain Blood
1950
Buccaneer's Girl
1950
Tyrant of the Sea
1950
The Secret Of St. Ives
1949
Red River
1948
Tap Roots
1948
That Lady in Ermine
1948
13 Lead Soldiers
1948
The Black Arrow
1948
A Woman's Vengeance
1948
Trail of the Mounties
1947
The Exile
1947
The Marauders
1947
Dangerous Venture
1947
California
1947
Calcutta
1946
Fool's Gold
1946
Hot Cargo
1946
Inside Job
1946
Dressed to Kill
1946
Devotion
1946
Terror by Night
1946
Captain Kidd
1945
The Fatal Witness
1945
Sudan
1945
The House of Fear
1945
The Man in Half Moon Street
1945
Lost in a Harem
1944
Bluebeard
1944
Mrs. Parkington
1944
Gypsy Wildcat
1944
The Pearl of Death
1944
The Great Alaskan Mystery
1944
Phantom Lady
1944
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944
The Spider Woman
1943
The Man from the Rio Grande
1943
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943
Don't You Believe It
1943
Fugitive from Sonora
1943
Two Tickets to London
1943
Mission to Moscow
1943
The Moon Is Down
1943
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942
Arabian Nights
1942
Road to Morocco
1942
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
Overland Mail
1942
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942
The Spoilers
1942
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
Riders of the Badlands
1941
The Wolf Man
1941
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941
Lydia
1941
Badlands of Dakota
1941
Rawhide Rangers
1941
Raiders of the Desert
1941
They Met in Bombay
1941
Singapore Woman
1941
Mutiny in the Arctic
1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941
So Ends Our Night
1941
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
1940
Santa Fe Trail
1940
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940
The Great Plane Robbery
1940
Law and Order
1940
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
King of the Royal Mounted
1940
When the Daltons Rode
1940
The Sea Hawk
1940
Stage to Chino
1940
Passport to Alcatraz
1940
Florian
1940
Texas Stagecoach
1940
Dark Command
1940
The House of the Seven Gables
1940
Virginia City
1940
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
Strange Cargo
1940
Little Old New York
1940
The Invisible Man Returns
1940
The Light That Failed
1939
Destry Rides Again
1939
We Are Not Alone
1939
Tower of London
1939
Rulers of the Sea
1939
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
Each Dawn I Die
1939
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
1939
The Sun Never Sets
1939
Sons of Liberty
1939
The Story of Dr. Jenner
1939
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
Arizona Legion
1939
Son of Frankenstein
1939
Devil's Island
1939
Stand Up and Fight
1939
A Christmas Carol
1938
Heart of the North
1938
Valley of the Giants
1938
Marie Antoinette
1938
Painted Desert
1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938
Crime School
1938
Song of Revolt
1937
The Prince and the Pauper
1937
The Soldier and the Lady
1937
Sea Devils
1937
Maid of Salem
1937
You Only Live Once
1937
Daniel Boone
1936
The White Angel
1936
Road Gang
1936
The Country Doctor
1936
Sutter's Gold
1936
Captain Blood
1935
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
Ship Cafe
1935
Peter Ibbetson
1935
Black Fury
1935
Les Misérables
1935
Naughty Marietta
1935
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935
Charlie Chan in Paris
1935
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
Strange Wives
1934
We Live Again
1934
Great Expectations
1934
The Black Cat
1934
The House of Rothschild
1934
Roman Scandals
1933
To the Last Man
1933
Captured!
1933
Narcotic
1933
The Girl in 419
1933
Sweepings
1933
The Intruder
1933
File 113
1933
Secrets of the French Police
1932
Scarlet Dawn
1932
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
The World and the Flesh
1932
Texas Cyclone
1932
Night Beat
1931
Mata Hari
1931
The Sea Ghost
1931
Honor of the Family
1931
I Like Your Nerve
1931
The Conquering Horde
1931
New Moon
1930
The Right of Way
1930
Rough Romance
1930
Bride of the Regiment
1930
Captain of the Guard
1930
Christina
1929
The Isle of Lost Ships
1929
The Squall
1929
Sins of the Fathers
1928
The Patriot
1928
The Last Command
1928
Daredevil's Reward
1928
Turkish Delight
1927
Black Jack
1927
The Knockout
1925