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Harry Cording

Harry Cording

Acting

Biography

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 Movies

Acting

Poster for Cripple Creek
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Cripple Creek

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Cripple Creek
Hibbs (uncredited)
Poster for A Woman's Vengeance
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A Woman's Vengeance

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A Woman's Vengeance
Chauffeur McNabb
Poster for The Ghost of Frankenstein
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The Ghost of Frankenstein

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The Ghost of Frankenstein
Mob Leader (uncredited)
The Secret Of St. IvesMOVIE
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The Secret Of St. Ives

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The Secret Of St. Ives
Innkeeper (uncredited)
Poster for Dressed to Kill
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Dressed to Kill

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Dressed to Kill
Hamid
Poster for Hot Cargo
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Hot Cargo

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Hot Cargo
Matt Wayne
Poster for The Black Cat
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The Black Cat

6.7(0.3K)
The Black Cat
Thamal
Poster for The House of Fear
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The House of Fear

6.9(0.1K)
The House of Fear
John Simpson
Poster for The Pearl of Death
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The Pearl of Death

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The Pearl of Death
George Gelder (uncredited)
Poster for The Wolf Man
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The Wolf Man

7.0(0.7K)
The Wolf Man
Wykes (uncredited)

Gallery

Harry Cording portrait
Harry Cording portrait
Harry Cording portrait