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Hank Worden
Rolfe, Iowa, USA
Raised on a cattle ranch in Montana. Educated at Stanford and the University of Nevada as an engineer. Washed out as an Army pilot. Toured the country in rodeos as a saddle bronc…
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Raised on a cattle ranch in Montana. Educated at Stanford and the University of Nevada as an engineer. Washed out as an Army pilot. Toured the country in rodeos as a saddle bronc rider. Broke his neck in a horsefall in his 20s, but didn't know it until his 40s. Chosen along with Tex Ritter from a rodeo at Madison Square Garden in New York to appear in the Broadway play "Green Grow the Lilacs", the play from which the musical "Oklahoma" was later derived. Drove a cab in New York, then worked on dude ranches as a wrangler and as a guide on the Bright Angel trail of the Grand Canyon. Recommended by Billie Burke to several movie producers. Became friends with John Wayne, Howard Hawks, and later John Ford, all of whom provided him with much work. Survived by adopted daughter Dawn Henry. Date of Death: 6 December 1992, Los Angeles, California, USA (natural causes)
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1992
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Movie Self
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1990
Almost an Angel
Movie Pop
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1990
Cop Rock
TV show 2nd Elderly Man
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1990
Twin Peaks
TV show Waiter
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1990
Big Bad John
Movie Good Ole Boy
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1988
Once Upon a Texas Train
Movie Old Timer
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1985
Space Rage
Movie Old Codger
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1985
Runaway Train
Movie Old Con
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1984
UFOria
Movie Colonel
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1984
The Ice Pirates
Movie Elderly Jason
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1983
Please Don't Eat the Babies
Movie Gramps Jebediah
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1982
Knight Rider
TV show Slim
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1982
Hammett
Movie Pool Room Attendant
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1981
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
Movie Old Geezer
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1981
Scream
Movie John
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1980
Bronco Billy
Movie Station Mechanic
More credits
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1978
Every Which Way but Loose
Movie Trailer Court Manager
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1978
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Movie Butch Collins
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1978
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Movie Old Lonely Hearts Club Band
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1978
Big Wednesday
Movie Shopping Cart
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1977
Which Way Is Up?
Movie The Flunky
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1977
Smokey and the Bandit
Movie Trucker (uncredited)
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1977
The Legend of Frank Woods
Movie Slim
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1975
Sky Hei$t
Movie Old Coot
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1974
The Hanged Man
Movie Ab Wickes
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1973
Cahill: United States Marshal
Movie Albert, Valentine Stationmaster
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1971
Black Noon
Movie Joseph
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1971
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Movie Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
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1971
Big Jake
Movie Hank
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1971
Zachariah
Movie Old Cowboy (uncredited)
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1970
Chisum
Movie Stationmaster Elwood
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1970
Rio Lobo
Movie Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
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1969
True Grit
Movie R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
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1969
Big Daddy
Movie
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1968
Lancer
TV show
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1967
The President's Analyst
Movie Dirty Old Man (uncredited)
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1967
Hondo and the Apaches
Movie Miner
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1967
Good Times
Movie Kid
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1965
Green Acres
TV show
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1964
Daniel Boone
TV show Blue Belly (uncredited)
