Harry Cording
Acting
Born April 25, 1891 · 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…
Known For · 40 titles
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Hopalong Cassidy
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Red River
The Grapes of Wrath
For Whom the Bell Tolls
East of Eden
Mutiny on the Bounty
Terror by Night
The Wolf Man
Titanic
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Captain Blood
Sirocco
The Sea Hawk
A Christmas Carol
Son of Frankenstein
Naughty Marietta
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Peter Ibbetson
Tap Roots
Mata Hari
Turkish Delight
Destry Rides Again
A Volta do Besouro Verde
Les Misérables
The Invisible Man Returns
Santa Fe Trail
Dressed to Kill
King Richard and the Crusaders
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Black Shield of Falworth
The Patriot
Night Beat
The Pearl of Death
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Forever Amber
Law and Order
You Only Live Once