Hank Worden
Known for Acting · 147 credits
- Born
- 1901-07-23
- Died
- 1992-12-06
- Place of birth
- Rolfe, Iowa, USA
- Also known as
- Norton Earl Worden · Worden Norten
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 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)
Known For
TV Shows (16)
Twin Peaks
1990
as Waiter
Bonanza
1959
as Station Attendant
Wagon Train
1957
as Hank
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
The Virginian
1962
as Calico (uncredited)
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Farmer / Roy Turlock / Luke / Band Member
Knight Rider
1982
as Slim
Rawhide
1959
as Driver
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Rusty Bates / Bruckner
Daniel Boone
1964
as Blue Belly (uncredited) / Hansom Cab Driver
Gunsmoke
1955
as Claude
Green Acres
1965
Bronco
1958
Lancer
1968
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Cop Rock
1990
as 2nd Elderly Man
Movies (131)
Smokey and the Bandit
1977
as Trucker (uncredited)
The Searchers
1956
as Mose Harper
True Grit
1969
as R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
as Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
Chisum
1970
as Stationmaster Elwood
3 Godfathers
1948
as Deputy Curly
McLintock!
1963
as Curly Fletcher
Every Which Way but Loose
1978
as Trailer Court Manager
The Alamo
1960
as Parson
Runaway Train
1985
as Old Con
Red River
1948
as Simms Reeves
Stagecoach
1939
as Cavalryman (uncredited)
Tap Roots
1948
as Cropper (uncredited)
One-Eyed Jacks
1961
as Doc
Rio Lobo
1970
as Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Deacon Clump
Dragoon Wells Massacre
1957
as Hopi Charlie
Fort Apache
1948
as Southern Recruit
Big Wednesday
1978
as Shopping Cart / Shopping Cart (as Hank Warden)
The Music Man
1962
as Undertaker
Flesh and Fantasy
1943
as Circus Spectator (uncredited)
Duel in the Sun
1946
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Big Daddy
1969
Brigham Young
1940
as Mormon Cheering Porter
Bronco Billy
1980
as Station Mechanic
The Indian Fighter
1955
as Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper
Triple Cross
1951
as Hard-of-Hearing Farmer
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
as Albert, Valentine Stationmaster
Sugarfoot
1951
as Johnny Behind-the-Stove
Big Jake
1971
as Hank
Hondo and the Apaches
1967
as Miner
The Ice Pirates
1984
as Elderly Jason
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949
as Abner Todd
Once Upon a Texas Train
1988
as Old Timer
The Sea of Grass
1947
as Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited)
Angel and the Badman
1947
as Townsman (uncredited)
Almost an Angel
1990
as Pop
So Proudly We Hail
1943
as Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
as Laredo (uncredited)
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
1956
as Fiddler
Undercurrent
1946
as Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited)
The President's Analyst
1967
as Dirty Old Man (uncredited)
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943
as Waiter
UFOria
1984
as Colonel
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Cowhand Leonard (uncredited)
Cover Up
1949
as Undertaker
Yellow Sky
1948
as Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited)
The Hanged Man
1974
as Ab Wickes
The Buckskin Lady
1957
as Lon
Mad About Moonshine
as Hillbilly
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
as Old Lonely Hearts Club Band
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
1955
as Cave Bar Patron (uncredited)
Wagon Master
1950
as Luke Clegg
Hammett
1982
as Pool Room Attendant
Frenchie
1950
as Mr. Grady (uncredited)
Barbary Coast
1935
as Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)
Roseanna McCoy
1949
as Jacob (uncredited)
The Night Riders
1939
as Rancher
Come and Get It
1936
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
Sky Hei$t
1975
as Old Coot
Northwest Passage
1940
as Ranger Tying Oars
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950
as American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited)
High Wall
1947
Forty Guns
1957
as Marshal John Chisum
Spoilers of the Forest
1957
as Pat Casey
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948
as Clem (uncredited)
Whispering Smith
1948
The Range Busters
1940
as Cowhand
The Sainted Sisters
1948
as Taub Beasley
Which Way Is Up?
1977
as The Flunky
Beyond Tomorrow
1940
as Hospital Visitor (uncredited)
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951
as Shooting Match Official
The Woman of the Town
1943
as The Barber
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
1981
as Old Geezer
Good Times
1967
as Kid
Crime Wave
1953
as Sweeney (uncredited)
The Man from Texas
1948
as (uncredited)
Zachariah
1971
as Old Cowboy (uncredited)
Hellfire
1949
as Witness (uncredited)
Boots Malone
1952
as Auto Mechanic
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Western Character (uncredited)
Frontier Town
1938
as Henchman Buck
Father Is a Bachelor
1950
as Finnegan (uncredited)
Space Rage
1985
as Old Codger
Cross-Country Romance
1940
as Wedding Witness
Black Noon
1971
as Joseph
The Quiet Gun
1957
as Sampson
Woman of the North Country
1952
as Tom Gordon
Hazard
1948
as Man in Cheap Hotel (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
as Joe (uncredited)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
as Self
Winners of the West
1940
as Drunk
Reno
1939
as Townsman
Thunder Over Arizona
1956
as Old Jonas
Apache War Smoke
1952
as Amber
Robbers of the Range
1941
as Stagecoach Attendant (uncredited)
The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958
as Pete
Hollywood Round-Up
1937
as Saloon Set Extra
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
1940
as Henry Haggerty
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
1958
as Liveryman
Big Bad John
1990
as Good Ole Boy
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978
as Butch Collins
The Big Sky
1952
as Poordevil
Triple Justice
1940
as Townsman Outside Saloon
Bullwhip
1958
as Tex
Viva Cisco Kid
1940
as Deputy
The Californian
1937
as Ruiz Man
Ghost Town Gold
1936
as Mr. Crabtree (uncredited)
Scream
1981
as John
The Legend of Frank Woods
1977
as Slim
Riders of Pasco Basin
1940
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Great Moment
1944
as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)
Accused of Murder
1956
as Les Fuller
Gaucho Serenade
1940
as Farmer Driving Jalopy
Black Market Rustlers
1943
as Slim
Please Don't Eat the Babies
1983
as Gramps Jebediah
Sundown on the Prairie
1939
as Henchman Hank
Oklahoma Frontier
1939
as Townsman
Border Vigilantes
1941
as Aunt Jennifer's Wagon Driver
For the Service
1936
as Henchman (uncredited)
About Hank Worden
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 B… With 147 credits spanning from 1935 to 1992, Hank Worden has appeared in 131 films and 16 TV shows.
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- Smokey and the Bandit (1977) — as Trucker (uncredited)
- The Searchers (1956) — as Mose Harper
- True Grit (1969) — as R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) — as Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
- Chisum (1970) — as Stationmaster Elwood
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