Acting
Harry Cording
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.
Filmography
East of Eden
Film · 1955
Killer Leopard
Film · 1954
The Black Shield of Falworth
Film · 1954
King Richard and the Crusaders
Film · 1954
Jungle Gents
Film · 1954
Man in the Attic
Film · 1953
Law and Order
Film · 1953
Titanic
Film · 1953
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
Film · 1953
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Film · 1953
Treasure of the Golden Condor
Film · 1953
Cripple Creek
Film · 1952
The Big Trees
Film · 1952
Against All Flags
Film · 1952
Road to Bali
Film · 1952
Captain Pirate
Film · 1952
Night Stage to Galveston
Film · 1952
Brave Warrior
Film · 1952
Road to Bali
Film · 1952
Hopalong Cassidy
Series · 1952
The Strange Door
Film · 1951
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Film · 1951
Sirocco
Film · 1951
Santa Fe
Film · 1951
Mask of the Avenger
Film · 1951
Iron Man
Film · 1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Series · 1951
The Iroquois Trail
Film · 1950
Fortunes of Captain Blood
Film · 1950
Buccaneer's Girl
Film · 1950
Last of the Buccaneers
Film · 1950
Tyrant of the Sea
Film · 1950
Convicted
Film · 1950
The Secret Of St. Ives
Film · 1949
A Woman's Vengeance
Film · 1948
That Lady in Ermine
Film · 1948
Red River
Film · 1948
Tap Roots
Film · 1948
13 Lead Soldiers
Film · 1948
The Black Arrow
Film · 1948
Dangerous Venture
Film · 1947
The Marauders
Film · 1947
Trail of the Mounties
Film · 1947
The Exile
Film · 1947
California
Film · 1947
Forever Amber
Film · 1947
Dressed to Kill
Film · 1946
Hot Cargo
Film · 1946
Calcutta
Film · 1946
Fool's Gold
Film · 1946
Terror by Night
Film · 1946
Inside Job
Film · 1946
Devotion
Film · 1946
The Verdict
Film · 1946
The House of Fear
Film · 1945
The Fatal Witness
Film · 1945
Sudan
Film · 1945
Captain Kidd
Film · 1945
The Man in Half Moon Street
Film · 1945
The Pearl of Death
Film · 1944
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Film · 1944
Bluebeard
Film · 1944
The Great Alaskan Mystery
Film · 1944
Phantom Lady
Film · 1944
Gypsy Wildcat
Film · 1944
Lost in a Harem
Film · 1944
Mrs. Parkington
Film · 1944
Passage to Marseille
Film · 1944
Two Tickets to London
Film · 1943
The Moon Is Down
Film · 1943
Fugitive from Sonora
Film · 1943
Don't You Believe It
Film · 1943
The Man from the Rio Grande
Film · 1943
The Spider Woman
Film · 1943
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Film · 1943
Mission to Moscow
Film · 1943
There's Something About a Soldier
Film · 1943
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Film · 1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Film · 1942
The Mummy's Tomb
Film · 1942
Overland Mail
Film · 1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Film · 1942
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Film · 1942
The Spoilers
Film · 1942
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Film · 1942
Arabian Nights
Film · 1942
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Film · 1942
Road to Morocco
Film · 1942
The Wolf Man
Film · 1941
They Met in Bombay
Film · 1941
Rawhide Rangers
Film · 1941
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
Film · 1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
Film · 1941
Riders of the Badlands
Film · 1941
Badlands of Dakota
Film · 1941
So Ends Our Night
Film · 1941
Singapore Woman
Film · 1941
Lydia
Film · 1941
Mutiny in the Arctic
Film · 1941
Raiders of the Desert
Film · 1941
The House of the Seven Gables
Film · 1940
The Invisible Man Returns
Film · 1940
Stage to Chino
Film · 1940
King of the Royal Mounted
Film · 1940
Texas Stagecoach
Film · 1940
The Grapes of Wrath
Film · 1940
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Film · 1940
Little Old New York
Film · 1940
Law and Order
Film · 1940
Trail of the Vigilantes
Film · 1940
When the Daltons Rode
Film · 1940
Santa Fe Trail
Film · 1940
Dark Command
Film · 1940
Virginia City
Film · 1940
The Sea Hawk
Film · 1940
Strange Cargo
Film · 1940
A Dispatch from Reuters
Film · 1940
Florian
Film · 1940
The Great Plane Robbery
Film · 1940
Passport to Alcatraz
Film · 1940
Sons of Liberty
Film · 1939
Devil's Island
Film · 1939
Stand Up and Fight
Film · 1939
Son of Frankenstein
Film · 1939
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Film · 1939
Arizona Legion
Film · 1939
The Sun Never Sets
Film · 1939
Tower of London
Film · 1939
We Are Not Alone
Film · 1939
Each Dawn I Die
Film · 1939
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
Film · 1939
Destry Rides Again
Film · 1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Film · 1939
The Light That Failed
Film · 1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Film · 1939
The Marshal Of Mesa City
Film · 1939
Rulers of the Sea
Film · 1939
The Story of Dr. Jenner
Film · 1939
Crime School
Film · 1938
Heart of the North
Film · 1938
Valley of the Giants
Film · 1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Film · 1938
A Christmas Carol
Film · 1938
Marie Antoinette
Film · 1938
Painted Desert
Film · 1938
The Prince and the Pauper
Film · 1937
Sea Devils
Film · 1937
The Soldier and the Lady
Film · 1937
Song of Revolt
Film · 1937
Maid of Salem
Film · 1937
You Only Live Once
Film · 1937
Daniel Boone
Film · 1936
Sutter's Gold
Film · 1936
The White Angel
Film · 1936
The Country Doctor
Film · 1936
Road Gang
Film · 1936
Captain Blood
Film · 1935
Peter Ibbetson
Film · 1935
Charlie Chan in Paris
Film · 1935
Mutiny on the Bounty
Film · 1935
Ship Cafe
Film · 1935
Naughty Marietta
Film · 1935
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Film · 1935
Black Fury
Film · 1935
Les Misérables
Film · 1935
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Film · 1935
The Black Cat
Film · 1934
Strange Wives
Film · 1934
We Live Again
Film · 1934
Great Expectations
Film · 1934
The House of Rothschild
Film · 1934
Sweepings
Film · 1933
Captured!
Film · 1933
Narcotic
Film · 1933
The Intruder
Film · 1933
To the Last Man
Film · 1933
The Girl in 419
Film · 1933
File 113
Film · 1933
Roman Scandals
Film · 1933
The World and the Flesh
Film · 1932
Scarlet Dawn
Film · 1932
Texas Cyclone
Film · 1932
The Cabin in the Cotton
Film · 1932
Merrily We Go to Hell
Film · 1932
Secrets of the French Police
Film · 1932
The Sea Ghost
Film · 1931
Night Beat
Film · 1931
Mata Hari
Film · 1931
The Conquering Horde
Film · 1931
Honor of the Family
Film · 1931
I Like Your Nerve
Film · 1931
Bride of the Regiment
Film · 1930
Rough Romance
Film · 1930
New Moon
Film · 1930
Captain of the Guard
Film · 1930
The Right of Way
Film · 1930
The Squall
Film · 1929
Christina
Film · 1929
The Isle of Lost Ships
Film · 1929
Daredevil's Reward
Film · 1928
The Patriot
Film · 1928
The Last Command
Film · 1928
Sins of the Fathers
Film · 1928
Black Jack
Film · 1927
Turkish Delight
Film · 1927
The Knockout
Film · 1925