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.
202 movies · 2 shows
East of Eden
1955·7.5
Jungle Gents
1954·5.2
The Black Shield of Falworth
1954·6.2
Killer Leopard
1954·5.7
King Richard and the Crusaders
1954·6.4
Man in the Attic
1953·5.5
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1953·6.3
Law and Order
1953·5.7
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
1953·6.6
Titanic
1953·6.6
Treasure of the Golden Condor
1953·6.3
Against All Flags
1952·6.0
Road to Bali
1952·6.2
Captain Pirate
1952·5.5
Cripple Creek
1952·6.0
Brave Warrior
1952·4.3
Night Stage to Galveston
1952·5.8
The Big Trees
1952·5.6
The Strange Door
1951·6.2
Iron Man
1951·6.2
Mask of the Avenger
1951·5.8
Sirocco
1951·6.0
Santa Fe
1951·6.8
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
1951·5.8
Last of the Buccaneers
1950·6.7
Convicted
1950·6.2
The Iroquois Trail
1950·6.6
Fortunes of Captain Blood
1950·7.3
Buccaneer's Girl
1950·5.8
Tyrant of the Sea
1950·6.5
The Secret Of St. Ives
1949·6.0
Red River
1948·7.3
Tap Roots
1948·6.9
That Lady in Ermine
1948·6.0
13 Lead Soldiers
1948·6.2
The Black Arrow
1948·5.5
A Woman's Vengeance
1948·6.3
Trail of the Mounties
1947·7.0
The Exile
1947·6.3
Forever Amber
1947·6.0
The Marauders
1947·7.0
Dangerous Venture
1947·6.3
California
1947·6.8
Calcutta
1946·6.4
The Verdict
1946·6.5
Fool's Gold
1946·6.5
Hot Cargo
1946·8.0
Inside Job
1946·5.9
Dressed to Kill
1946·6.6
Devotion
1946·5.9
Terror by Night
1946·6.6
Captain Kidd
1945·6.3
The Fatal Witness
1945·6.0
Sudan
1945·6.4
The House of Fear
1945·6.9
The Man in Half Moon Street
1945·5.9
Lost in a Harem
1944·5.6
Bluebeard
1944·5.5
Mrs. Parkington
1944·6.0
Gypsy Wildcat
1944·6.0
The Pearl of Death
1944·7.1
The Great Alaskan Mystery
1944·6.0
Phantom Lady
1944·7.0
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944·6.2
The Spider Woman
1943·7.0
There's Something About a Soldier
1943·5.4
The Man from the Rio Grande
1943·8.0
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943·6.5
Don't You Believe It
1943·6.3
Fugitive from Sonora
1943·7.0
Two Tickets to London
1943·7.5
Mission to Moscow
1943·5.7
The Moon Is Down
1943·6.9
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942·6.4
Arabian Nights
1942·6.0
Road to Morocco
1942·6.9
The Mummy's Tomb
1942·5.5
Overland Mail
1942·10.0
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942·6.5
The Spoilers
1942·6.2
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942·5.8
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942·5.5
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942·7.2
Riders of the Badlands
1941·6.5
The Wolf Man
1941·7.0
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941·6.0
Lydia
1941·6.5
Badlands of Dakota
1941·6.0
Rawhide Rangers
1941·6.7
Raiders of the Desert
1941·8.0
They Met in Bombay
1941·7.3
Singapore Woman
1941·7.2
Mutiny in the Arctic
1941·7.5
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941·5.7
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941·6.5
So Ends Our Night
1941·6.3
A Volta do Besouro Verde
1940·6.8
Santa Fe Trail
1940·5.8
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940·10.0
The Great Plane Robbery
1940·9.0
Law and Order
1940·8.0
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940·6.3
King of the Royal Mounted
1940·7.5
When the Daltons Rode
1940·6.2
The Sea Hawk
1940·7.2
Stage to Chino
1940·5.9
Passport to Alcatraz
1940·8.0
Florian
1940·4.5
Texas Stagecoach
1940·9.0
Dark Command
1940·6.4
The House of the Seven Gables
1940·7.0
Virginia City
1940·6.3
The Grapes of Wrath
1940·7.8
Strange Cargo
1940·7.0
Little Old New York
1940·5.3
The Invisible Man Returns
1940·6.3
The Light That Failed
1939·5.8
Destry Rides Again
1939·7.2
We Are Not Alone
1939·6.9
Tower of London
1939·6.1
Rulers of the Sea
1939·6.7
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939·7.5
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939·6.9
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939·7.3
Each Dawn I Die
1939·6.8
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
1939·8.0
The Sun Never Sets
1939·5.5
Sons of Liberty
1939·6.3
The Story of Dr. Jenner
1939·8.0
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939·6.7
Arizona Legion
1939·5.5
Son of Frankenstein
1939·6.7
Devil's Island
1939·5.7
Stand Up and Fight
1939·6.0
A Christmas Carol
1938·7.0
Heart of the North
1938·5.2
Valley of the Giants
1938·6.7
Marie Antoinette
1938·6.6
Painted Desert
1938·6.0
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938·7.5
Crime School
1938·6.4
Song of Revolt
1937·6.3
The Prince and the Pauper
1937·6.8
The Soldier and the Lady
1937·7.3
Sea Devils
1937·6.0
Maid of Salem
1937·6.2
You Only Live Once
1937·7.1
Daniel Boone
1936·4.9
The White Angel
1936·7.2
Road Gang
1936·7.0
The Country Doctor
1936·6.5
Sutter's Gold
1936·7.0
Captain Blood
1935·7.2
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935·7.4
Ship Cafe
1935·8.0
Peter Ibbetson
1935·7.0
Black Fury
1935·6.3
Les Misérables
1935·7.1
Naughty Marietta
1935·5.5
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935·5.9
Charlie Chan in Paris
1935·6.6
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935·6.6
Strange Wives
1934·7.0
We Live Again
1934·6.8
Great Expectations
1934·7.0
The Black Cat
1934·6.7
The House of Rothschild
1934·6.2
Roman Scandals
1933·5.9
To the Last Man
1933·5.9
Captured!
1933·5.5
Narcotic
1933·3.7
The Girl in 419
1933·4.2
Sweepings
1933·5.8
The Intruder
1933·4.6
File 113
1933·7.0
Secrets of the French Police
1932·6.6
Scarlet Dawn
1932·7.3
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932·6.3
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932·6.5
The World and the Flesh
1932·7.7
Texas Cyclone
1932·4.5
Night Beat
1931·6.2
Mata Hari
1931·6.2
The Sea Ghost
1931·5.7
Honor of the Family
1931·7.0
I Like Your Nerve
1931·5.9
The Conquering Horde
1931·7.0
New Moon
1930·5.8
The Right of Way
1930·5.2
Rough Romance
1930·5.8
Bride of the Regiment
1930·6.5
Captain of the Guard
1930·8.0
Christina
1929·7.0
The Isle of Lost Ships
1929·7.0
The Squall
1929·4.0
Sins of the Fathers
1928·8.0
The Patriot
1928·5.8
The Last Command
1928·7.4
Daredevil's Reward
1928·8.0
Turkish Delight
1927·8.0
Black Jack
1927·9.0
The Knockout
1925·7.0