

Acting
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...
Highest rated appearances
as Dickon Malbete
The Secret Of St. Ives
as Innkeeper (uncredited)

Red River
as Gambler (uncredited)

Tap Roots
as Leader (uncredited)

That Lady in Ermine
as Orlando (uncredited)

13 Lead Soldiers
as Edward Vane

The Black Arrow
as Guard (uncredited)

A Woman's Vengeance
as Chauffeur McNabb

Trail of the Mounties
as Hawkins

The Exile
as Roundhead (uncredited)

Forever Amber

The Marauders
as Riker

Dangerous Venture
as Morgan

California
as Miner (uncredited)

Calcutta
as Tea Planter (uncredited)

The Verdict
as Tough Englishman (uncredited)

Fool's Gold
as Duke

Hot Cargo
as Matt Wayne

Inside Job
as Bartender

Dressed to Kill
as Hamid

Devotion
as Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)

Terror by Night
as Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)

Captain Kidd
as Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited)

The Fatal Witness
as Gus

Sudan
as Uba

The House of Fear
as John Simpson

The Man in Half Moon Street
as Bobby

Lost in a Harem
as Police Chief (uncredited)

Bluebeard
as Policeman (Uncredited)

Mrs. Parkington
as Humphrey

Gypsy Wildcat
as Captain Marver

The Pearl of Death
as George Gelder (uncredited)

The Great Alaskan Mystery
as Captain Greeder

Passage to Marseille
as Chief Guard (uncredited)

Phantom Lady
as Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
as Mahmoud

The Spider Woman
as Fred Garvin (uncredited)

There's Something About a Soldier

The Man from the Rio Grande
as John King

For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Man Who Flails the Mayor

Don't You Believe It
as Rogue

Fugitive from Sonora
as Iron Joe Martin

Two Tickets to London
as Sutliff (uncredited)

Mission to Moscow
as Blacksmith (uncredited)

The Moon Is Down
as Miner (uncredited)

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as Jack Brady (uncredited)

Arabian Nights
as Blacksmith

Road to Morocco
as Warrior (uncredited)

The Mummy's Tomb
as Vic - Farmer (uncredited)

Overland Mail
as Sam Gregg - Henchman

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
as Camberwell

The Spoilers
as Miner (uncredited)

The Ghost of Frankenstein
as Mob Leader (uncredited)

Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Saloon Bouncer

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Turnkey (uncredited)

Riders of the Badlands
as Blacksmith Higgins

The Wolf Man
as Wykes (uncredited)

Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Poker Player (uncredited)

Lydia
as Hotel House Detective

Badlands of Dakota
as Jackson

Rawhide Rangers
as Blackie

Raiders of the Desert
as Rawlins

They Met in Bombay
as Corporal at Base (uncredited)

Singapore Woman
as Crow's Nest Manager (uncredited)

Mutiny in the Arctic
as Harmon

The Lady from Cheyenne
as Mike, Cork's Henchman

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
as J. L. Red Clinton

So Ends Our Night
as Card Player (uncredited)

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as Dannick - Crooked Construction Foreman

Santa Fe Trail
as Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)

Trail of the Vigilantes
as Phil

The Great Plane Robbery
as Eddie Lindo

Law and Order
as Poe Daggett

A Dispatch from Reuters
as Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)

King of the Royal Mounted
as Wade Garson

When the Daltons Rode
as Rigby Henchman

The Sea Hawk
as Slavemaster

Stage to Chino
as Pete Brannigan

Passport to Alcatraz
as Jeffers

Florian
as Leader

Texas Stagecoach
as Clancy

Dark Command
as Angry Townsman in Bank

The House of the Seven Gables
as Blacksmith Hawkins

Virginia City
as Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited)

The Grapes of Wrath
as Deputy (uncredited)

Strange Cargo
as Guard (uncredited)

Little Old New York
as Man in Mob About to Set 'Clermont' Afire

The Invisible Man Returns
as Miner (uncredited)

The Light That Failed
as Soldier

Destry Rides Again
as Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)

We Are Not Alone
as Man Carrying Leni

Tower of London
as Lead Murderer of the Children

Rulers of the Sea
as Seaman (Uncredited)

The Marshal Of Mesa City
as Henchman Bat Cardigan

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Second Fake Constable (uncredited)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Guard (uncredited)

Each Dawn I Die
as Temple

Mutiny on the Blackhawk
as Bos'un

The Sun Never Sets
as Zurof Camp Guard

Sons of Liberty
as Arresting British Trooper (uncredited)

The Story of Dr. Jenner
as Village Dairyman (uncredited)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Man Stealing Watermelon (uncredited)

Arizona Legion
as Whiskey Joe

Son of Frankenstein
as Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)

Devil's Island
as Guard Accepting Bribe

Stand Up and Fight
as Bullet Line Blacksmith

A Christmas Carol
as Waiter (uncredited)

Heart of the North
as Miner Leading Mob (uncredited)

Valley of the Giants
as Greer

Marie Antoinette
as Executioner (uncredited)

Painted Desert
as Henchman Burke

The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Dickon Malbete

Crime School
as Jim - the Second Guard (uncredited)

Song of Revolt
as Peasant Rebel Leader (uncredited)

The Prince and the Pauper
as Second Guard

The Soldier and the Lady
as Peasant (Uncredited)

Sea Devils
as Sailor (uncredited)

Maid of Salem
as Guard (Uncredited)

You Only Live Once
as Guard (uncredited)

Daniel Boone
as Joe Burch

The White Angel
as Hospital Storekeeper (uncredited)

Road Gang
as Sam Dawson (guard with whip)

The Country Doctor
as Logger (uncredited)

Sutter's Gold
as Seaman Lars

Captain Blood
as Kent

Mutiny on the Bounty
as Soldier (uncredited)

Ship Cafe
as Stoker (uncredited)

Peter Ibbetson
as Guard (uncredited)

Black Fury
as Louie (uncredited)

Les Misérables
as Beam Warder

Naughty Marietta
as Pirate (uncredited)

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
as Turk, an Opium Addict (uncredited)

Charlie Chan in Paris
as Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited)

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Sentry (uncredited)

Strange Wives
as Tribesman

We Live Again
as Jailer

Great Expectations
as Orlick

The Black Cat
as Thamal

The House of Rothschild
as Man (uncredited)

Roman Scandals
as Valerius' Soldier (uncredited)

To the Last Man
as Colby Man Fred (uncredited)

Captured!
as First Orderly

Narcotic
as Dr. William G. Davis

The Girl in 419
as Henchman Driver

Sweepings
as Customer (Uncredited)

The Intruder
as Cramer

File 113
as Michele

Secrets of the French Police
as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)

Scarlet Dawn
as Revolutionary (Uncredited)

The Cabin in the Cotton
as Ross Clinton (uncredited)

Merrily We Go to Hell
as Fred (uncredited)

The World and the Flesh
as Ivanovitch

Texas Cyclone
as Jake Farwell

Night Beat
as Chill Scarpelli

Mata Hari
as Ivan (uncredited)

The Sea Ghost
as Sailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter (uncredited)

Honor of the Family
as Kouski

I Like Your Nerve
as San Arango Officer (uncredited)

The Conquering Horde
as Butch Daggett

New Moon
as Kirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz

The Right of Way
as Rouge's Henchman

Rough Romance
as Chick Carson

Bride of the Regiment
as Sergeant Dostal

Captain of the Guard
as Le Bruin

Christina
as Dick Torpe

The Isle of Lost Ships
as Gallagher

The Squall
as Peter

Sins of the Fathers
as The Hijacker

The Patriot
as Stefan

The Last Command
as Revolutionist (uncredited)

Daredevil's Reward
as Second Heavy

Turkish Delight

Black Jack
as Haskins

The Knockout
as Steve McKenna