Hank Worden
Known for Acting · 146 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 (15)
Bonanza
1959
as Station Attendant
Twin Peaks
1990
as Waiter
Knight Rider
1982
as Slim
Wagon Train
1957
as Hank
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Farmer / Roy Turlock / Luke / Band Member
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Daniel Boone
1964
as Blue Belly (uncredited) / Hansom Cab Driver
Rawhide
1959
as Driver
Green Acres
1965
Gunsmoke
1955
as Claude
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Rusty Bates / Bruckner
Lancer
1968
Bronco
1958
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Cop Rock
1990
as 2nd Elderly Man
Movies (131)
True Grit
1969
as R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
The Searchers
1956
as Mose Harper
Stagecoach
1939
as Cavalryman (uncredited)
The Alamo
1960
as Parson
Smokey and the Bandit
1977
as Trucker (uncredited)
Every Which Way but Loose
1978
as Trailer Court Manager
Fort Apache
1948
as Southern Recruit
McLintock!
1963
as Curly Fletcher
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
as Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
Rio Lobo
1970
as Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Runaway Train
1985
as Old Con
Red River
1948
as Simms Reeves
Chisum
1970
as Stationmaster Elwood
Big Jake
1971
as Hank
The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Deacon Clump
Duel in the Sun
1946
as Party Guest (uncredited)
One-Eyed Jacks
1961
as Doc
3 Godfathers
1948
as Deputy Curly
Bronco Billy
1980
as Station Mechanic
Angel and the Badman
1947
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Music Man
1962
as Undertaker
Big Wednesday
1978
as Shopping Cart / Shopping Cart (as Hank Warden)
The Ice Pirates
1984
as Elderly Jason
Yellow Sky
1948
as Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Western Character (uncredited)
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
as Albert, Valentine Stationmaster
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
as Old Lonely Hearts Club Band
Wagon Master
1950
as Luke Clegg
Undercurrent
1946
as Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited)
Crime Wave
1953
as Sweeney (uncredited)
The Big Sky
1952
as Poordevil
UFOria
1984
as Colonel
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
1955
as Cave Bar Patron (uncredited)
Almost an Angel
1990
as Pop
Forty Guns
1957
as Marshal John Chisum
The Indian Fighter
1955
as Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper
The Sea of Grass
1947
as Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
as Laredo (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
as Joe (uncredited)
So Proudly We Hail
1943
as Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited)
High Wall
1947
Frenchie
1950
as Mr. Grady (uncredited)
Northwest Passage
1940
as Ranger Tying Oars
Space Rage
1985
as Old Codger
Scream
1981
as John
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
1956
as Fiddler
Hellfire
1949
as Witness (uncredited)
Tap Roots
1948
as Cropper (uncredited)
Once Upon a Texas Train
1988
as Old Timer
Come and Get It
1936
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949
as Abner Todd
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Cowhand Leonard (uncredited)
Hondo and the Apaches
1967
as Miner
Hammett
1982
as Pool Room Attendant
The Great Moment
1944
as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)
Barbary Coast
1935
as Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)
Which Way Is Up?
1977
as The Flunky
Roseanna McCoy
1949
as Jacob (uncredited)
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950
as American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited)
Good Times
1967
as Kid
Zachariah
1971
as Old Cowboy (uncredited)
Hazard
1948
as Man in Cheap Hotel (uncredited)
The Hanged Man
1974
as Ab Wickes
The Range Busters
1940
as Cowhand
The Night Riders
1939
as Rancher
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
1958
as Liveryman
None Shall Escape
1944
as German Motorcycle Soldier (uncredited)
Flesh and Fantasy
1943
as Circus Spectator (uncredited)
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948
as Clem (uncredited)
Beyond Tomorrow
1940
as Hospital Visitor (uncredited)
Accused of Murder
1956
as Les Fuller
Whispering Smith
1948
Apache War Smoke
1952
as Amber
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
1981
as Old Geezer
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951
as Shooting Match Official
Boots Malone
1952
as Auto Mechanic
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943
as Waiter
Brigham Young
1940
as Mormon Cheering Porter
Viva Cisco Kid
1940
as Deputy
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978
as Butch Collins
The Sainted Sisters
1948
as Taub Beasley
Cover Up
1949
as Undertaker
Triple Justice
1940
as Townsman Outside Saloon
Ghost Town Gold
1936
as Mr. Crabtree (uncredited)
Gaucho Serenade
1940
as Farmer Driving Jalopy
Reno
1939
as Townsman
Black Noon
1971
as Joseph
Oklahoma Frontier
1939
as Townsman
Thunder Over Arizona
1956
as Old Jonas
Sky Hei$t
1975
as Old Coot
The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958
as Pete
Spoilers of the Forest
1957
as Pat Casey
The Man from Texas
1948
as (uncredited)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
as Self
Ghost Town Riders
1938
as Tom 'Cherokee' Walton
Woman of the North Country
1952
as Tom Gordon
The Quiet Gun
1957
as Sampson
Border Vigilantes
1941
as Aunt Jennifer's Wagon Driver
The President's Analyst
1967
as Dirty Old Man (uncredited)
The Woman of the Town
1943
as The Barber
Father Is a Bachelor
1950
as Finnegan (uncredited)
Hollywood Round-Up
1937
as Saloon Set Extra
Big Bad John
1990
as Good Ole Boy
Riders of Pasco Basin
1940
as Townsman (uncredited)
Frontier Town
1938
as Henchman Buck
Bullwhip
1958
as Tex
Dragoon Wells Massacre
1957
as Hopi Charlie
The Buckskin Lady
1957
as Lon
Rollin' Westward
1939
as Slim Regan
Cross-Country Romance
1940
as Wedding Witness
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen
1937
as Deputy
The Legend of Frank Woods
1977
as Slim
Winners of the West
1940
as Drunk
Sugarfoot
1951
as Johnny Behind-the-Stove
Sing Cowboy Sing
1937
as Henchman
Hittin' the Trail
1937
as Sidekick Hank
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
1940
as Henry Haggerty
Lawless Breed
1946
as The Deputy
Triple Cross
1951
as Hard-of-Hearing Farmer
Prairie Express
1947
as Deputy Clint
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 146 credits spanning from 1935 to 1992, Hank Worden has appeared in 131 films and 15 TV shows.
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- True Grit (1969) — as R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
- The Searchers (1956) — as Mose Harper
- Stagecoach (1939) — as Cavalryman (uncredited)
- The Alamo (1960) — as Parson
- Smokey and the Bandit (1977) — as Trucker (uncredited)
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