Harry Cording profile
Actor profile

Harry Cording

25th April 1891 Wellington, Somerset, England, UK 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 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.

203 Movies 2 TV Shows 206 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Titanic poster
Titanic 11th April 1953 as Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
Road to Bali poster
Road to Bali 5th December 1952 as Verna’s Father (uncredited)
Iron Man poster
Iron Man 20th September 1951 as Miner (uncredited)
Sirocco poster
Sirocco 13th June 1951 as Master Sergeant (uncredited)
Convicted poster
Convicted 1st August 1950 as Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited)
Red River poster
Red River 17th September 1948 as Gambler (uncredited)
Tap Roots poster
Tap Roots 25th August 1948 as Leader (uncredited)
The Exile poster
The Exile 17th October 1947 as Roundhead (uncredited)
Calcutta poster
Calcutta 20th December 1946 as Tea Planter (uncredited)
The Verdict poster
The Verdict 24th October 1946 as Tough Englishman (uncredited)
Devotion poster
Devotion 5th April 1946 as Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)
Captain Kidd poster
Captain Kidd 22nd November 1945 as Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited)
Sudan poster
Sudan 18th April 1945 as Uba
Bluebeard poster
Bluebeard 26th October 1944 as Policeman (Uncredited)
Phantom Lady poster
Phantom Lady 28th January 1944 as Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)
Lydia poster
Lydia 18th September 1941 as Hotel House Detective
Santa Fe Trail poster
Santa Fe Trail 20th December 1940 as Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
Virginia City poster
Virginia City 23rd March 1940 as Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited)
Crime School poster
Crime School 10th May 1938 as Jim - the Second Guard (uncredited)
Road Gang poster
Road Gang 28th March 1936 as Sam Dawson (guard with whip)
Ship Cafe poster
Ship Cafe 9th November 1935 as Stoker (uncredited)
Narcotic poster
Narcotic 1st August 1933 as Dr. William G. Davis
Sweepings poster
Sweepings 14th April 1933 as Customer (Uncredited)
Mata Hari poster
Mata Hari 26th December 1931 as Ivan (uncredited)
The Sea Ghost poster
The Sea Ghost 28th November 1931 as Sailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter (uncredited)
New Moon poster
New Moon 23rd December 1930 as Kirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz