
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.

as Bouncer (uncredited)

as Henchman Shanks

as Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)

as Supt. Saunders

as Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)

as Detective Sgt. Bates

as Rough Character in the Park

as Townsman (uncredited)

as Stableman (uncredited)

as Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)

as Breton (uncredited)

as Gow

as Verna’s Father (uncredited)

as Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)

as Hibbs (uncredited)

as Shayne MacGregor

as Ted Driscoll

as Cleve Gregg

as Miner (uncredited)

as Zio d'Orsini

as Master Sergeant (uncredited)

as Moose Legrande

as Mike Bridges

as Brown

as Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited)

as Frontiersman (archive footage) (uncredited)

as Will Ward

as Barfly (uncredited)

as Sampson Edwards

as Innkeeper (uncredited)

as Gambler (uncredited)

as Leader (uncredited)

as Orlando (uncredited)

as Edward Vane

as Guard (uncredited)

as Chauffeur McNabb

as Hawkins

as Roundhead (uncredited)

as Riker

as Morgan

as Miner (uncredited)

as Tea Planter (uncredited)

as Tough Englishman (uncredited)

as Duke

as Matt Wayne

as Bartender

as Hamid

as Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)

as Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)

as Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited)

as Gus

as Uba

as John Simpson

as Bobby

as Police Chief (uncredited)

as Policeman (Uncredited)

as Humphrey

as Captain Marver

as George Gelder (uncredited)

as Captain Greeder

as Chief Guard (uncredited)

as Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)

as Mahmoud

as Fred Garvin (uncredited)

as John King

as Man Who Flails the Mayor

as Rogue

as Iron Joe Martin

as Sutliff (uncredited)

as Blacksmith (uncredited)

as Miner (uncredited)

as Jack Brady (uncredited)

as Blacksmith

as Warrior (uncredited)

as Vic - Farmer (uncredited)

as Sam Gregg - Henchman

as Camberwell

as Miner (uncredited)

as Mob Leader (uncredited)

as Poker Player (uncredited)

as Saloon Bouncer

as Turnkey (uncredited)

as Blacksmith Higgins

as Wykes (uncredited)

as Hotel House Detective

as Jackson

as Blackie

as Rawlins

as Corporal at Base (uncredited)

as Crow's Nest Manager (uncredited)

as Harmon

as Mike, Cork's Henchman

as J. L. Red Clinton

as Card Player (uncredited)

as Dannick - Crooked Construction Foreman

as Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)

as Phil

as Eddie Lindo

as Poe Daggett

as Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)

as Wade Garson

as Rigby Henchman

as Slavemaster

as Pete Brannigan

as Jeffers

as Leader

as Clancy

as Angry Townsman in Bank

as Blacksmith Hawkins

as Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited)

as Deputy (uncredited)

as Guard (uncredited)

as Man in Mob About to Set 'Clermont' Afire

as Miner (uncredited)

as Soldier

as Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)

as Man Carrying Leni

as Lead Murderer of the Children

as Seaman (Uncredited)

as Henchman Bat Cardigan

as Second Fake Constable (uncredited)

as Guard (uncredited)

as Temple

as Bos'un

as Zurof Camp Guard

as Arresting British Trooper (uncredited)

as Village Dairyman (uncredited)

as Man Stealing Watermelon (uncredited)

as Whiskey Joe

as Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)

as Guard Accepting Bribe

as Bullet Line Blacksmith

as Waiter (uncredited)

as Miner Leading Mob (uncredited)

as Greer

as Executioner (uncredited)

as Henchman Burke

as Dickon Malbete

as Jim - the Second Guard (uncredited)

as Peasant Rebel Leader (uncredited)

as Second Guard

as Peasant (Uncredited)

as Sailor (uncredited)

as Guard (Uncredited)

as Guard (uncredited)

as Joe Burch

as Hospital Storekeeper (uncredited)

as Sam Dawson (guard with whip)

as Logger (uncredited)

as Seaman Lars

as Kent

as Soldier (uncredited)

as Stoker (uncredited)

as Guard (uncredited)

as Louie (uncredited)

as Beam Warder

as Pirate (uncredited)

as Turk, an Opium Addict (uncredited)

as Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited)

as Sentry (uncredited)

as Tribesman

as Jailer

as Orlick

as Thamal

as Man (uncredited)

as Valerius' Soldier (uncredited)

as Colby Man Fred (uncredited)

as First Orderly

as Dr. William G. Davis

as Henchman Driver

as Customer (Uncredited)

as Cramer

as Michele

as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)

as Revolutionary (Uncredited)

as Ross Clinton (uncredited)

as Fred (uncredited)

as Ivanovitch

as Jake Farwell

as Chill Scarpelli

as Ivan (uncredited)

as Sailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter (uncredited)

as Kouski

as San Arango Officer (uncredited)

as Butch Daggett

as Kirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz

as Rouge's Henchman

as Chick Carson

as Sergeant Dostal

as Le Bruin

as Dick Torpe

as Gallagher

as Peter

as The Hijacker

as Stefan

as Revolutionist (uncredited)

as Second Heavy

as Haskins

as Steve McKenna