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Harry Cording

Actor
Biography
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.

Personal Info

Occupation Actor
Place of Birth Wellington, Somerset, England, UK
Birthday 1891-04-25

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Filmography by Year

1
1955
2
1954
3
1953
5
1952
5
1951
3
1950
1
1949
4
1948
4
1947
6
1946
5
1945
8
1944
7
1943
10
1942
12
1941
20
1940
18
1939
7
1938
5
1937
5
1936
7
1935
2
1934
7
1933
5
1932
4
1931
5
1930
3
1929
4
1928
1
1927
1
1925

Filmography by Genre

Drama
73
Western
41
Adventure
35
Romance
34
Crime
27
History
21
Action
19
Thriller
18
Mystery
17
Horror
15
War
10
Comedy
10
Music
5
Science Fiction
4
Fantasy
4
Family
3
Documentary
1