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
Titanic
Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
East of Eden
Bouncer (uncredited)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Dickon Malbete
The Grapes of Wrath
Deputy (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Guard (uncredited)
The Wolf Man
Wykes (uncredited)
Hopalong Cassidy
Red River
Gambler (uncredited)
Captain Blood
Kent
The Sea Hawk
Slavemaster
Mata Hari
Ivan (uncredited)
Sirocco
Master Sergeant (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Bounty
Soldier (uncredited)
Terror by Night
Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Mahmoud
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Man Who Flails the Mayor
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Rough Character in the Park
Son of Frankenstein
Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)
Captain Pirate
Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)
Tap Roots
Leader (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill
Hamid
Peter Ibbetson
Guard (uncredited)
The Black Cat
Thamal
Santa Fe Trail
Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
Arabian Nights
Blacksmith
Marie Antoinette
Executioner (uncredited)
Turkish Delight
A Christmas Carol
Waiter (uncredited)
Road to Bali
Verna’s Father (uncredited)
Road to Bali
Verna's Father (uncredited)
Forever Amber
Against All Flags
Gow
The Verdict
Tough Englishman (uncredited)
King Richard and the Crusaders
Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)
Law and Order
Townsman (uncredited)
Passage to Marseille
Chief Guard (uncredited)
Night Beat
Chill Scarpelli
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Mob Leader (uncredited)
Buccaneer's Girl
Barfly (uncredited)