Harry Cording

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
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Personal Info

Id

98052

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1

Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-04-25

Place of Birth

Wellington, Somerset, England, UK

Also Known As

  • Hector William Cording
  • Harry Gording
  • Hector William "Harry" Cording
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    100

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    Known For

    Cripple Creek

    Cripple Cree

    A Woman's Vengeance

    A Woman's Ve

    The Ghost of Frankenstein

    The Ghost of

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    The Secret O

    Dressed to Kill

    Dressed to K

    Hot Cargo

    Hot Cargo

    The Black Cat

    The Black Ca

    The House of Fear

    The House of

    The Pearl of Death

    The Pearl of

    The Wolf Man

    The Wolf Man

    The House of the Seven Gables

    The House of

    The Invisible Man Returns

    The Invisibl

    Killer Leopard

    Killer Leopa

    Man in the Attic

    Man in the A

    Daredevil's Reward

    Daredevil's

    The Prince and the Pauper

    The Prince a

    The Big Trees

    The Big Tree

    Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

    Ali Baba and

    Against All Flags

    Against All

    The Sea Ghost

    The Sea Ghos

    Crime School

    Crime School

    Captain Blood

    Captain Bloo

    The Strange Door

    The Strange

    The Black Shield of Falworth

    The Black Sh

    Peter Ibbetson

    Peter Ibbets

    The Iroquois Trail

    The Iroquois

    The Patriot

    The Patriot

    Fortunes of Captain Blood

    Fortunes of

    They Met in Bombay

    They Met in

    Two Tickets to London

    Two Tickets

    The Fatal Witness

    The Fatal Wi

    Law and Order

    Law and Orde

    Road to Bali

    Road to Bali

    Captain Pirate

    Captain Pira

    King Richard and the Crusaders

    King Richard

    Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

    Son of Fury:

    Titanic

    Titanic

    Sea Devils

    Sea Devils

    Bluebeard

    Bluebeard

    Ambush at Tomahawk Gap

    Ambush at To

    Night Stage to Galveston

    Night Stage

    Buccaneer's Girl

    Buccaneer's

    Sweepings

    Sweepings

    The Squall

    The Squall

    Captured!

    Captured!

    Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

    The Great Alaskan Mystery

    The Great Al

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    Sons of Libe

    Al Jennings of Oklahoma

    Al Jennings

    Placeholder

    Narcotic

    Bride of the Regiment

    Bride of the

    Charlie Chan in Paris

    Charlie Chan

    Rough Romance

    Rough Romanc

    New Moon

    New Moon

    Last of the Buccaneers

    Last of the

    Captain of the Guard

    Captain of t

    The Intruder

    The Intruder

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    Strange Wive

    Calcutta

    Calcutta

    Placeholder

    Rawhide Rang

    Sutter's Gold

    Sutter's Gol

    The Moon Is Down

    The Moon Is

    The Mummy's Tomb

    The Mummy's

    That Lady in Ermine

    That Lady in

    Phantom Lady

    Phantom Lady

    Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Abbott and C

    The White Angel

    The White An

    Fool's Gold

    Fool's Gold

    Devil's Island

    Devil's Isla

    Stand Up and Fight

    Stand Up and

    Son of Frankenstein

    Son of Frank

    Sirocco

    Sirocco

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    The Adventur

    Arizona Legion

    Arizona Legi

    The Sun Never Sets

    The Sun Neve

    Tower of London

    Tower of Lon

    We Are Not Alone

    We Are Not A

    We Live Again

    We Live Agai

    Each Dawn I Die

    Each Dawn I

    Mutiny on the Blackhawk

    Mutiny on th

    Placeholder

    Stage to Chi

    Destry Rides Again

    Destry Rides

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    The Hunchbac

    The Light That Failed

    The Light Th

    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    The Adventur

    The Marshal Of Mesa City

    The Marshal

    Placeholder

    Night Beat

    Heart of the North

    Heart of the

    King of the Royal Mounted

    King of the

    Texas Stagecoach

    Texas Stagec

    The Grapes of Wrath

    The Grapes o

    Fugitive from Sonora

    Fugitive fro

    The Country Doctor

    The Country

    East of Eden

    East of Eden

    The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

    The Green Ho

    Little Old New York

    Little Old N

    Valley of the Giants

    Valley of th

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    The Adventur

    Jungle Gents

    Jungle Gents

    Mutiny on the Bounty

    Mutiny on th

    Law and Order

    Law and Orde

    Trail of the Vigilantes

    Trail of the

    Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

    Bury Me Not

    The Lady from Cheyenne

    The Lady fro

    When the Daltons Rode

    When the Dal

    Santa Fe Trail

    Santa Fe Tra

    Dark Command

    Dark Command

    Virginia City

    Virginia Cit

    The World and the Flesh

    The World an

    Scarlet Dawn

    Scarlet Dawn

    The Sea Hawk

    The Sea Hawk

    Strange Cargo

    Strange Carg

    Dangerous Venture

    Dangerous Ve

    A Dispatch from Reuters

    A Dispatch f

    Florian

    Florian

    Placeholder

    Don't You Be

    To the Last Man

    To the Last

    Road Gang

    Road Gang

    Christina

    Christina

    The Girl in 419

    The Girl in

    Brave Warrior

    Brave Warrio

    Riders of the Badlands

    Riders of th

    Overland Mail

    Overland Mai

    The Man from the Rio Grande

    The Man from

    The Marauders

    The Marauder

    Trail of the Mounties

    Trail of the

    Badlands of Dakota

    Badlands of

    Wild Bill Hickok Rides

    Wild Bill Hi

    Ride 'Em Cowboy

    Ride 'Em Cow

    The Spoilers

    The Spoilers

    Santa Fe

    Santa Fe

    Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

    Sherlock Hol

    So Ends Our Night

    So Ends Our

    Arabian Nights

    Arabian Nigh

    Texas Cyclone

    Texas Cyclon

    The Spider Woman

    The Spider W

    Mata Hari

    Mata Hari

    A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas

    Terror by Night

    Terror by Ni

    Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

    Sherlock Hol

    The Right of Way

    The Right of

    The Soldier and the Lady

    The Soldier

    Inside Job

    Inside Job

    Singapore Woman

    Singapore Wo

    The Cabin in the Cotton

    The Cabin in

    Tyrant of the Sea

    Tyrant of th

    Placeholder

    Song of Revo

    The Last Command

    The Last Com

    Gypsy Wildcat

    Gypsy Wildca

    Sudan

    Sudan

    The Conquering Horde

    The Conqueri

    Honor of the Family

    Honor of the

    For Whom the Bell Tolls

    For Whom the

    Mission to Moscow

    Mission to M

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    File 113

    The Exile

    The Exile

    Maid of Salem

    Maid of Sale

    Great Expectations

    Great Expect

    Red River

    Red River

    Rulers of the Sea

    Rulers of th

    Road to Morocco

    Road to Moro

    Convicted

    Convicted

    Lydia

    Lydia

    Lost in a Harem

    Lost in a Ha

    Captain Kidd

    Captain Kidd

    Placeholder

    Ship Cafe

    Placeholder

    The Knockout

    The Man in Half Moon Street

    The Man in H

    Devotion

    Devotion

    Mask of the Avenger

    Mask of the

    You Only Live Once

    You Only Liv

    Tap Roots

    Tap Roots

    The Great Plane Robbery

    The Great Pl

    Marie Antoinette

    Marie Antoin

    Placeholder

    Painted Dese

    Naughty Marietta

    Naughty Mari

    Placeholder

    The Story of

    Merrily We Go to Hell

    Merrily We G

    Black Jack

    Black Jack

    Sins of the Fathers

    Sins of the

    Mutiny in the Arctic

    Mutiny in th

    Passport to Alcatraz

    Passport to

    The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

    The Lives of

    Mrs. Parkington

    Mrs. Parking

    Black Fury

    Black Fury

    Raiders of the Desert

    Raiders of t

    13 Lead Soldiers

    13 Lead Sold

    The Isle of Lost Ships

    The Isle of

    California

    California

    Les Misérables

    Les Misérabl

    The House of Rothschild

    The House of

    The Black Arrow

    The Black Ar

    The Mystery of Edwin Drood

    The Mystery

    Secrets of the French Police

    Secrets of t

    I Like Your Nerve

    I Like Your

    Roman Scandals

    Roman Scanda

    Treasure of the Golden Condor

    Treasure of

    Iron Man

    Iron Man

    No title found

    No title found

    Placeholder

    No title found

    1955

    East of Eden

    asBouncer (uncredited)

    1954

    Jungle Gents

    asHenchman Shanks

    1954

    The Black Shield of Falworth

    asCaptain of King's Guards (uncredited)

    1954

    Killer Leopard

    asSupt. Saunders

    1954

    King Richard and the Crusaders

    asCastelaine Spokesman (uncredited)

    1953

    Man in the Attic

    asDetective Sgt. Bates

    1953

    Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    asRough Character in the Park

    1953

    Law and Order

    asTownsman (uncredited)

    1953

    Ambush at Tomahawk Gap

    asStableman (uncredited)

    1953

    Titanic

    asBoiler Room Engineer (uncredited)

    1953

    Treasure of the Golden Condor

    asBreton (uncredited)

    1952

    Against All Flags

    asGow

    1952

    Road to Bali

    asVerna’s Father (uncredited)

    1952

    Captain Pirate

    asCol. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)

    1952

    Cripple Creek

    asHibbs (uncredited)

    1952

    Brave Warrior

    asShayne MacGregor

    1952

    Night Stage to Galveston

    asTed Driscoll

    1952

    The Big Trees

    asCleve Gregg

    1951

    The Strange Door

    as

    1951

    Iron Man

    asMiner (uncredited)

    1951

    Mask of the Avenger

    asZio d'Orsini

    1951

    Sirocco

    asMaster Sergeant (uncredited)

    1951

    Santa Fe

    asMoose Legrande

    1951

    Al Jennings of Oklahoma

    asMike Bridges

    1950

    Last of the Buccaneers

    asBrown

    1950

    Convicted

    asConvict in Prison Yard (uncredited)

    1950

    The Iroquois Trail

    as

    1950

    Fortunes of Captain Blood

    asWill Ward

    1950

    Buccaneer's Girl

    asBarfly (uncredited)

    1950

    Tyrant of the Sea

    asSampson Edwards

    1949

    The Secret Of St. Ives

    asInnkeeper (uncredited)

    1948

    Red River

    asGambler (uncredited)

    1948

    Tap Roots

    asLeader (uncredited)

    1948

    That Lady in Ermine

    asOrlando (uncredited)

    1948

    13 Lead Soldiers

    asEdward Vane

    1948

    The Black Arrow

    asGuard (uncredited)

    1948

    A Woman's Vengeance

    asChauffeur McNabb

    1947

    Trail of the Mounties

    asHawkins

    1947

    The Exile

    asRoundhead (uncredited)

    1947

    The Marauders

    asRiker

    1947

    Dangerous Venture

    asMorgan

    1947

    California

    asMiner (uncredited)

    1946

    Calcutta

    asTea Planter (uncredited)

    1946

    Fool's Gold

    asDuke

    1946

    Hot Cargo

    asMatt Wayne

    1946

    Inside Job

    asBartender

    1946

    Dressed to Kill

    asHamid

    1946

    Devotion

    asCoachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)

    1946

    Terror by Night

    asMock the Undertaker (uncredited)

    1945

    Captain Kidd

    asNewgate Prison Warder (uncredited)

    1945

    The Fatal Witness

    asGus

    1945

    Sudan

    asUba

    1945

    The House of Fear

    asJohn Simpson

    1945

    The Man in Half Moon Street

    asBobby

    1944

    Lost in a Harem

    asPolice Chief (uncredited)

    1944

    Bluebeard

    asPoliceman (Uncredited)

    1944

    Mrs. Parkington

    asHumphrey

    1944

    Gypsy Wildcat

    asCaptain Marver

    1944

    The Pearl of Death

    asGeorge Gelder (uncredited)

    1944

    The Great Alaskan Mystery

    asCaptain Greeder

    1944

    Phantom Lady

    asCourtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)

    1944

    Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

    asMahmoud

    1943

    The Spider Woman

    asFred Garvin (uncredited)

    1943

    The Man from the Rio Grande

    asJohn King

    1943

    For Whom the Bell Tolls

    asMan Who Flails the Mayor

    1943

    Don't You Believe It

    asRogue

    1943

    Fugitive from Sonora

    asIron Joe Martin

    1943

    Two Tickets to London

    asSutliff (uncredited)

    1943

    Mission to Moscow

    asBlacksmith (uncredited)

    1943

    The Moon Is Down

    asMiner (uncredited)

    1942

    Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

    asJack Brady (uncredited)

    1942

    Arabian Nights

    asBlacksmith

    1942

    Road to Morocco

    asWarrior (uncredited)

    1942

    The Mummy's Tomb

    asVic - Farmer (uncredited)

    1942

    Overland Mail

    asSam Gregg - Henchman

    1942

    Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

    asCamberwell

    1942

    The Spoilers

    asMiner (uncredited)

    1942

    The Ghost of Frankenstein

    asMob Leader (uncredited)

    1942

    Wild Bill Hickok Rides

    asSaloon Bouncer

    1942

    Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

    asTurnkey (uncredited)

    1941

    Riders of the Badlands

    asBlacksmith Higgins

    1941

    The Wolf Man

    asWykes (uncredited)

    1941

    Ride 'Em Cowboy

    asPoker Player (uncredited)

    1941

    Lydia

    asHotel House Detective

    1941

    Badlands of Dakota

    asJackson

    1941

    Rawhide Rangers

    asBlackie

    1941

    Raiders of the Desert

    asRawlins

    1941

    They Met in Bombay

    asCorporal at Base (uncredited)

    1941

    Singapore Woman

    asCrow's Nest Manager (uncredited)

    1941

    Mutiny in the Arctic

    asHarmon

    1941

    The Lady from Cheyenne

    asMike, Cork's Henchman

    1941

    Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

    asJ. L. Red Clinton

    1941

    So Ends Our Night

    asCard Player (uncredited)

    1940

    The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

    asDannick - Crooked Construction Foreman

    1940

    Santa Fe Trail

    asWorkman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)

    1940

    Trail of the Vigilantes

    asPhil

    1940

    The Great Plane Robbery

    asEddie Lindo

    1940

    Law and Order

    asPoe Daggett

    1940

    A Dispatch from Reuters

    asSailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)

    1940

    King of the Royal Mounted

    asWade Garson

    1940

    When the Daltons Rode

    asRigby Henchman

    1940

    The Sea Hawk

    asSlavemaster

    1940

    Stage to Chino

    asPete Brannigan

    1940

    Passport to Alcatraz

    asJeffers

    1940

    Florian

    asLeader

    1940

    Texas Stagecoach

    asClancy

    1940

    Dark Command

    asAngry Townsman in Bank

    1940

    The House of the Seven Gables

    asBlacksmith Hawkins

    1940

    Virginia City

    asScarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited)

    1940

    The Grapes of Wrath

    asDeputy (uncredited)

    1940

    Strange Cargo

    asGuard (uncredited)

    1940

    Little Old New York

    asMan in Mob About to Set 'Clermont' Afire

    1940

    The Invisible Man Returns

    asMiner (uncredited)

    1939

    The Light That Failed

    asSoldier

    1939

    Destry Rides Again

    asCreepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)

    1939

    We Are Not Alone

    asMan Carrying Leni

    1939

    Tower of London

    asLead Murderer of the Children

    1939

    Rulers of the Sea

    asSeaman (Uncredited)

    1939

    The Marshal Of Mesa City

    asHenchman Bat Cardigan

    1939

    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    asSecond Fake Constable (uncredited)

    1939

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    asGuard (uncredited)

    1939

    Each Dawn I Die

    asTemple

    1939

    Mutiny on the Blackhawk

    asBos'un

    1939

    The Sun Never Sets

    asZurof Camp Guard

    1939

    Sons of Liberty

    asArresting British Trooper (uncredited)

    1939

    The Story of Dr. Jenner

    asVillage Dairyman (uncredited)

    1939

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    asMan Stealing Watermelon (uncredited)

    1939

    Arizona Legion

    asWhiskey Joe

    1939

    Son of Frankenstein

    asBearded Gendarme (uncredited)

    1939

    Devil's Island

    asGuard Accepting Bribe

    1939

    Stand Up and Fight

    asBullet Line Blacksmith

    1938

    A Christmas Carol

    asWaiter (uncredited)

    1938

    Heart of the North

    asMiner Leading Mob (uncredited)

    1938

    Valley of the Giants

    asGreer

    1938

    Marie Antoinette

    asExecutioner (uncredited)

    1938

    Painted Desert

    asHenchman Burke

    1938

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    asDickon Malbete

    1938

    Crime School

    asJim - the Second Guard (uncredited)

    1937

    Song of Revolt

    asPeasant Rebel Leader (uncredited)

    1937

    The Prince and the Pauper

    asSecond Guard

    1937

    The Soldier and the Lady

    asPeasant (Uncredited)

    1937

    Sea Devils

    asSailor (uncredited)

    1937

    Maid of Salem

    asGuard (Uncredited)

    1937

    You Only Live Once

    asGuard (uncredited)

    1936

    Daniel Boone

    asJoe Burch

    1936

    The White Angel

    asHospital Storekeeper (uncredited)

    1936

    Road Gang

    asSam Dawson (guard with whip)

    1936

    The Country Doctor

    asLogger (uncredited)

    1936

    Sutter's Gold

    asSeaman Lars

    1935

    Captain Blood

    asKent

    1935

    Mutiny on the Bounty

    asSoldier (uncredited)

    1935

    Ship Cafe

    asStoker (uncredited)

    1935

    Peter Ibbetson

    asGuard (uncredited)

    1935

    Black Fury

    asLouie (uncredited)

    1935

    Les Misérables

    asBeam Warder

    1935

    Naughty Marietta

    asPirate (uncredited)

    1935

    The Mystery of Edwin Drood

    asTurk, an Opium Addict (uncredited)

    1935

    Charlie Chan in Paris

    asGendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited)

    1935

    The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

    asSentry (uncredited)

    1934

    Strange Wives

    asTribesman

    1934

    We Live Again

    asJailer

    1934

    Great Expectations

    asOrlick

    1934

    The Black Cat

    asThamal

    1934

    The House of Rothschild

    asMan (uncredited)

    1933

    Roman Scandals

    asValerius' Soldier (uncredited)

    1933

    To the Last Man

    asColby Man Fred (uncredited)

    1933

    Captured!

    asFirst Orderly

    1933

    Narcotic

    asDr. William G. Davis

    1933

    The Girl in 419

    asHenchman Driver

    1933

    Sweepings

    asCustomer (Uncredited)

    1933

    The Intruder

    asCramer

    1933

    File 113

    asMichele

    1932

    Secrets of the French Police

    asMan Reading Newspaper (uncredited)

    1932

    Scarlet Dawn

    asRevolutionary (Uncredited)

    1932

    The Cabin in the Cotton

    asRoss Clinton (uncredited)

    1932

    Merrily We Go to Hell

    asFred (uncredited)

    1932

    The World and the Flesh

    asIvanovitch

    1932

    Texas Cyclone

    asJake Farwell

    1931

    Night Beat

    asChill Scarpelli

    1931

    Mata Hari

    asIvan (uncredited)

    1931

    The Sea Ghost

    asSailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter (uncredited)

    1931

    Honor of the Family

    asKouski

    1931

    I Like Your Nerve

    asSan Arango Officer (uncredited)

    1931

    The Conquering Horde

    asButch Daggett

    1930

    New Moon

    asKirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz

    1930

    The Right of Way

    asRouge's Henchman

    1930

    Rough Romance

    asChick Carson

    1930

    Bride of the Regiment

    asSergeant Dostal

    1930

    Captain of the Guard

    asLe Bruin

    1929

    Christina

    asDick Torpe

    1929

    The Isle of Lost Ships

    asGallagher

    1929

    The Squall

    asPeter

    1928

    Sins of the Fathers

    asThe Hijacker

    1928

    The Patriot

    asStefan

    1928

    The Last Command

    asRevolutionist (uncredited)

    1928

    Daredevil's Reward

    asSecond Heavy

    1927

    Black Jack

    asHaskins

    1925

    The Knockout

    asSteve McKenna

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