Harry Cording

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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 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.

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1955
East of Eden
Movie Bouncer (uncredited)
1954
Jungle Gents
Movie Henchman Shanks
1954
The Black Shield of Falworth
Movie Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)
1954
Killer Leopard
Movie Supt. Saunders
1954
King Richard and the Crusaders
Movie Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)
1953
Man in the Attic
Movie Detective Sgt. Bates
1953
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie Rough Character in the Park
1953
Law and Order
Movie Townsman (uncredited)
1953
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
Movie Stableman (uncredited)
1953
Titanic
Movie Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
1953
Treasure of the Golden Condor
Movie Breton (uncredited)
1952
Against All Flags
Movie Gow
1952
Road to Bali
Movie Verna’s Father (uncredited)
1952
Hopalong Cassidy
TV show
1952
Captain Pirate
Movie Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)
1952
Cripple Creek
Movie Hibbs (uncredited)