Harry Cording

Harry Cording

Date of Birth:

Apr 25, 1891

Place of Birth:

Wellington, Somerset, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hector William "Harry" Cording (26 April 1891 – 1 September 1954) 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.

filmography:

Santa Fe Santa Fe

1951

Mata Hari Mata Hari

1931

Christina Christina

1929

Florian Florian

1940

Road Gang Road Gang

1936

Inside Job Inside Job

1946

Devotion Devotion

1946

Tap Roots Tap Roots

1948

Black Jack Black Jack

1927

California California

1947

Black Fury Black Fury

1935

Sudan Sudan

1945

File 113 File 113

1933

The Exile The Exile

1947

Lydia Lydia

1941

Ship Cafe Ship Cafe

1935

Convicted Convicted

1950

Red River Red River

1948

Titanic Titanic

1953

The Squall The Squall

1929

Captured! Captured!

1933

Sweepings Sweepings

1933

Sea Devils Sea Devils

1937

Bluebeard Bluebeard

1944

Hot Cargo Hot Cargo

1946

Night Beat Night Beat

1931

Sirocco Sirocco

1951

Calcutta Calcutta

1946

Narcotic Narcotic

1933

New Moon New Moon

1930

Comments