Harry Cording
Born April 25, 1891 (Age: 134)
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Wellington, Somerset, England, UK
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.
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.
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Filmography
East of Eden
1955
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as Bouncer (uncredited)
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Age: 63
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1953
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as Rough Character in the Park
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Age: 62
Titanic
1953
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as Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
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Age: 61
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942
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as Jack Brady (uncredited)
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Age: 51
Arabian Nights
1942
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as Blacksmith
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Age: 51
Road to Morocco
1942
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as Warrior (uncredited)
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Age: 51
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
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as Vic - Farmer (uncredited)
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Age: 51
Overland Mail
1942
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as Sam Gregg - Henchman
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Age: 51
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942
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as Camberwell
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Age: 51
The Spoilers
1942
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as Miner (uncredited)
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Age: 51
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942
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as Mob Leader (uncredited)
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Age: 50
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
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as Saloon Bouncer
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Age: 50
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
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as Turnkey (uncredited)
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Age: 50
Riders of the Badlands
1941
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as Blacksmith Higgins
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Age: 50
The Wolf Man
1941
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as Wykes (uncredited)
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Age: 50
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941
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as Poker Player (uncredited)
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Age: 50
Lydia
1941
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as Hotel House Detective
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Age: 50
Badlands of Dakota
1941
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as Jackson
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Age: 50
Rawhide Rangers
1941
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as Blackie
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Age: 50
Raiders of the Desert
1941
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as Rawlins
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Age: 50
They Met in Bombay
1941
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as Corporal at Base (uncredited)
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Age: 50
Singapore Woman
1941
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as Crow's Nest Manager (uncredited)
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Age: 50
Mutiny in the Arctic
1941
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as Harmon
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Age: 49
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
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as Mike, Cork's Henchman
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Age: 49
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941
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as J. L. Red Clinton
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Age: 49
So Ends Our Night
1941
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as Card Player (uncredited)
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Age: 49
Secrets of the French Police
1932
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as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
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Age: 41
Scarlet Dawn
1932
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as Revolutionary (Uncredited)
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Age: 41
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932
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as Ross Clinton (uncredited)
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Age: 41
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
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as Fred (uncredited)
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Age: 41
The World and the Flesh
1932
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as Ivanovitch
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Age: 40
Texas Cyclone
1932
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as Jake Farwell
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Age: 40
Mata Hari
1931
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as Ivan (uncredited)
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Age: 40
Honor of the Family
1931
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as Kouski
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Age: 40
The Conquering Horde
1931
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as Butch Daggett
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Age: 39