Harry Cording
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.
Known for
ActingBirthday
April 25, 1891Deathday
September 1, 1954Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
188Place of birth
Wellington, Somerset, England, UKAlso known as
Hector William Cording, Harry Gording, Hector William "Harry" Cording
Cast credits
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Mob Leader (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill
Hamid
The Black Cat
Thamal
The House of Fear
John Simpson
The Pearl of Death
George Gelder (uncredited)
The Wolf Man
Wykes (uncredited)
The House of the Seven Gables
Blacksmith Hawkins
The Invisible Man Returns
Miner (uncredited)
Killer Leopard
Supt. Saunders
Man in the Attic
Detective Sgt. Bates
The Prince and the Pauper
Second Guard
The Big Trees
Cleve Gregg
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Mahmoud
Against All Flags
Gow
Captain Blood
Kent
The Patriot
Stefan
The Fatal Witness
Gus
Night Stage to Galveston
Ted Driscoll
Sweepings
Customer (Uncredited)
The Squall
Peter
Captured!
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