Harry Cording
Known for Acting · 204 credits
- Born
- 1891-04-25
- Died
- 1954-09-01
- Place of birth
- Wellington, Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as
- Hector William Cording · Harry Gording · Hector William "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 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.
Known For
TV Shows (2)
Movies (202)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938
as Dickon Malbete
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
as Guard (uncredited)
Night Beat
1931
as Chill Scarpelli
Red River
1948
as Gambler (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Deputy (uncredited)
Tap Roots
1948
as Leader (uncredited)
Terror by Night
1946
as Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)
East of Eden
1955
as Bouncer (uncredited)
The Wolf Man
1941
as Wykes (uncredited)
Mata Hari
1931
as Ivan (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
as Soldier (uncredited)
Turkish Delight
1927
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943
as Man Who Flails the Mayor
Titanic
1953
as Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
Peter Ibbetson
1935
as Guard (uncredited)
Captain Blood
1935
as Kent
The Patriot
1928
as Stefan
Sirocco
1951
as Master Sergeant (uncredited)
A Volta do Besouro Verde
1940
as Dannick - Crooked Construction Foreman
Law and Order
1953
as Townsman (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
as Fred (uncredited)
The Sea Hawk
1940
as Slavemaster
Les Misérables
1935
as Beam Warder
King Richard and the Crusaders
1954
as Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)
Son of Frankenstein
1939
as Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)
Road Gang
1936
as Sam Dawson (guard with whip)
Fortunes of Captain Blood
1950
as Will Ward
The Black Cat
1934
as Thamal
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944
as Mahmoud
Mask of the Avenger
1951
as Zio d'Orsini
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942
as Mob Leader (uncredited)
Strange Cargo
1940
as Guard (uncredited)
Valley of the Giants
1938
as Greer
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939
as Second Fake Constable (uncredited)
Buccaneer's Girl
1950
as Barfly (uncredited)
The Invisible Man Returns
1940
as Miner (uncredited)
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
1951
as Mike Bridges
The Verdict
1946
as Tough Englishman (uncredited)
The Pearl of Death
1944
as George Gelder (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill
1946
as Hamid
The Spoilers
1942
as Miner (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Paris
1935
as Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited)
Naughty Marietta
1935
as Pirate (uncredited)
A Christmas Carol
1938
as Waiter (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942
as Jack Brady (uncredited)
The Black Shield of Falworth
1954
as Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)
The House of Rothschild
1934
as Man (uncredited)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
as Saloon Bouncer
Lost in a Harem
1944
as Police Chief (uncredited)
Forever Amber
1947
Against All Flags
1952
as Gow
Phantom Lady
1944
as Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)
The Secret Of St. Ives
1949
as Innkeeper (uncredited)
Arabian Nights
1942
as Blacksmith
The Big Trees
1952
as Cleve Gregg
Devil's Island
1939
as Guard Accepting Bribe
California
1947
as Miner (uncredited)
Dark Command
1940
as Angry Townsman in Bank
Marie Antoinette
1938
as Executioner (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail
1940
as Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
1953
as Stableman (uncredited)
You Only Live Once
1937
as Guard (uncredited)
They Met in Bombay
1941
as Corporal at Base (uncredited)
Road to Morocco
1942
as Warrior (uncredited)
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
as Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again
1939
as Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
as Man Stealing Watermelon (uncredited)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935
as Turk, an Opium Addict (uncredited)
Lydia
1941
as Hotel House Detective
The White Angel
1936
as Hospital Storekeeper (uncredited)
The Prince and the Pauper
1937
as Second Guard
The Spider Woman
1943
as Fred Garvin (uncredited)
The Strange Door
1951
Mrs. Parkington
1944
as Humphrey
Virginia City
1940
as Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited)
Jungle Gents
1954
as Henchman Shanks
Captain Kidd
1945
as Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited)
The Black Arrow
1948
as Guard (uncredited)
Christina
1929
as Dick Torpe
Mission to Moscow
1943
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
Devotion
1946
as Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)
Two Tickets to London
1943
as Sutliff (uncredited)
We Live Again
1934
as Jailer
Stand Up and Fight
1939
as Bullet Line Blacksmith
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941
as Poker Player (uncredited)
Road to Bali
1952
as Verna’s Father (uncredited) / Verna's Father (uncredited)
The Light That Failed
1939
as Soldier
Each Dawn I Die
1939
as Temple
Singapore Woman
1941
as Crow's Nest Manager (uncredited)
The House of Fear
1945
as John Simpson
The Moon Is Down
1943
as Miner (uncredited)
When the Daltons Rode
1940
as Rigby Henchman
Daniel Boone
1936
as Joe Burch
A Woman's Vengeance
1948
as Chauffeur McNabb
The House of the Seven Gables
1940
as Blacksmith Hawkins
Black Fury
1935
as Louie (uncredited)
The World and the Flesh
1932
as Ivanovitch
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1953
as Rough Character in the Park
The Exile
1947
as Roundhead (uncredited)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
as Turnkey (uncredited)
The Soldier and the Lady
1937
as Peasant (Uncredited)
Treasure of the Golden Condor
1953
as Breton (uncredited)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
as Sentry (uncredited)
The Girl in 419
1933
as Henchman Driver
Sudan
1945
as Uba
Maid of Salem
1937
as Guard (Uncredited)
Gypsy Wildcat
1944
as Captain Marver
Little Old New York
1940
as Man in Mob About to Set 'Clermont' Afire
Brave Warrior
1952
as Shayne MacGregor
Daredevil's Reward
1928
as Second Heavy
That Lady in Ermine
1948
as Orlando (uncredited)
Man in the Attic
1953
as Detective Sgt. Bates
Law and Order
1940
as Poe Daggett
Rulers of the Sea
1939
as Seaman (Uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942
as Camberwell
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932
as Ross Clinton (uncredited)
Santa Fe
1951
as Moose Legrande
Captured!
1933
as First Orderly
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
as Vic - Farmer (uncredited)
The Great Alaskan Mystery
1944
as Captain Greeder
About Harry Cording
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,… With 204 credits spanning from 1925 to 1955, Harry Cording has appeared in 202 films and 2 TV shows.
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- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) — as Dickon Malbete
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) — as Guard (uncredited)
- Night Beat (1931) — as Chill Scarpelli
- Red River (1948) — as Gambler (uncredited)
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — as Deputy (uncredited)
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