Harry Cording
Acting
Born: 1891-04-25 in 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.
Known For
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
East of Eden
Bouncer (uncredited)
Titanic
Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
Deputy (uncredited)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Dickon Malbete
Hopalong Cassidy
The Wolf Man
Wykes (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Guard (uncredited)
Captain Blood
Kent
Red River
Gambler (uncredited)
Mata Hari
Ivan (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Rough Character in the Park
The Sea Hawk
Slavemaster
Mutiny on the Bounty
Soldier (uncredited)
Sirocco
Master Sergeant (uncredited)
Terror by Night
Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill
Hamid
Tap Roots
Leader (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail
Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Mahmoud
Peter Ibbetson
Guard (uncredited)
A Christmas Carol
Waiter (uncredited)
Captain Pirate
Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)
Son of Frankenstein
Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)
Forever Amber
The Spoilers
Miner (uncredited)
Turkish Delight
King Richard and the Crusaders
Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Man Who Flails the Mayor
Against All Flags
Gow
Law and Order
Townsman (uncredited)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Second Fake Constable (uncredited)
The Verdict
Tough Englishman (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
Executioner (uncredited)
The Pearl of Death
George Gelder (uncredited)
Night Beat
Chill Scarpelli
Arabian Nights
Blacksmith
Destry Rides Again
Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)
The Black Cat
Thamal
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Jack Brady (uncredited)