Hank Worden

Biography

Raised on a cattle ranch in Montana. Educated at Stanford and the University of Nevada as an engineer. Washed out as an Army pilot. Toured the country in rodeos as a saddle bronc rider. Broke his neck in a horsefall in his 20s, but didn't know it until his 40s. Chosen along with Tex Ritter from a rodeo at Madison Square Garden in New York to appear in the Broadway play "Green Grow the Lilacs", the play from which the musical "Oklahoma" was later derived. Drove a cab in New York, then worked on dude ranches as a wrangler and as a guide on the Bright Angel trail of the Grand Canyon. Recommended by Billie Burke to several movie producers. Became friends with John Wayne, Howard Hawks, and later John Ford, all of whom provided him with much work. Survived by adopted daughter Dawn Henry. Date of Death:  6 December 1992, Los Angeles, California, USA  (natural causes)

Known For

Cavalryman (uncredited)

Stagecoach

Elderly Jason

The Ice Pirates

Simms Reeves

Red River

Mose Harper

The Searchers

Old Con

Runaway Train

Western Character (uncredited)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Undertaker

The Music Man

Deputy Curly

3 Godfathers

Les Fuller

Accused of Murder

Poordevil

The Big Sky

Curly Fletcher

McLintock!

Old Lonely Hearts Club Band

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Deacon Clump

The Horse Soldiers

Henchman

Sing Cowboy Sing

Deputy

The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen

Doc

One-Eyed Jacks

Skeeter

The Stranger from Arizona

Hopi Charlie

Dragoon Wells Massacre

Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Rio Lobo

Gramps Jebediah

Please Don't Eat the Babies

Old Jonas

Thunder Over Arizona

John

Scream

Pete

The Notorious Mr. Monks

Hellfire

Amber

Apache War Smoke

Butch Collins

They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way

(uncredited)

The Man from Texas

Sidekick Hank

Hittin' the Trail

The Flunky

Which Way Is Up?

Trucker (uncredited)

Smokey and the Bandit

Sampson

The Quiet Gun

Mr. Grady (uncredited)

Frenchie

Whispering Smith

Miner

Hondo and the Apaches

Liveryman

The Toughest Gun in Tombstone

Taub Beasley

The Sainted Sisters

Shooting Match Official

Comin' Round the Mountain

Tom 'Cherokee' Walton

Ghost Town Riders

Townsman (uncredited)

Riders of Pasco Basin

Marshal John Chisum

Forty Guns

Albert, Valentine Stationmaster

Cahill: United States Marshal

Old Geezer

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)

Barbary Coast

Lumberjack (uncredited)

Come and Get It

Tex

Bullwhip

Cowhand Leonard (uncredited)

The Cowboy and the Lady

Jacob (uncredited)

Roseanna McCoy

Johnny Behind-the-Stove

Sugarfoot

Stationmaster Elwood

Chisum

Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)

True Grit

Parson

The Alamo

Dirty Old Man (uncredited)

The President's Analyst

Shopping Cart

Big Wednesday

Henchman Buck

Frontier Town

Saloon Set Extra

Hollywood Round-Up

Station Mechanic

Bronco Billy

Laredo (uncredited)

Sergeant Rutledge

Pat Casey

Spoilers of the Forest

Southern Recruit

Fort Apache

Rancher

The Night Riders

Townsman

Reno

Lon

The Buckskin Lady

Henry Haggerty

Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride

Cowhand

The Range Busters

Deputy

Viva Cisco Kid

Slim Regan

Rollin' Westward

American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited)

When Willie Comes Marching Home

Henchman (uncredited)

For the Service

Sweeney (uncredited)

Crime Wave

Henchman Hank

Sundown on the Prairie

Townsman (uncredited)

Angel and the Badman

Stagecoach Attendant (uncredited)

Robbers of the Range

Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)

The Great Moment

Finnegan (uncredited)

Father Is a Bachelor

Undertaker

Cover Up

Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper

The Indian Fighter

The Deputy

Lawless Breed

Clem (uncredited)

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'

Townsman Outside Saloon

Triple Justice

Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited)

The Sea of Grass

Townsman

Oklahoma Frontier

Cowhand

Chip of the Flying U

Mormon Cheering Porter

Brigham Young

Farmer Driving Jalopy

Gaucho Serenade

Hank

Big Jake

Ruiz Man

The Californian

Drunk

Winners of the West

Kid

Good Times

Ranger Tying Oars

Northwest Passage

Man in Cheap Hotel (uncredited)

Hazard

Fiddler

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

Hospital Visitor (uncredited)

Beyond Tomorrow

Wedding Witness

Cross-Country Romance

Slim

Black Market Rustlers

Deputy Clint

Prairie Express

Aunt Jennifer's Wagon Driver

Border Vigilantes

Townsman

Deep in the Heart of Texas

Tom Gordon

Woman of the North Country

The Barber

The Woman of the Town

Waiter

A Lady Takes a Chance

Circus Spectator (uncredited)

Flesh and Fantasy

Auto Mechanic

Boots Malone

Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited)

Yellow Sky

Abner Todd

The Fighting Kentuckian

Slim

The Legend of Frank Woods

Party Guest (uncredited)

Duel in the Sun

Ab Wickes

The Hanged Man

Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited)

So Proudly We Hail

Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited)

Undercurrent

Big Daddy

Trailer Court Manager

Every Which Way but Loose

Joe (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

Pool Room Attendant

Hammett

Cropper (uncredited)

Tap Roots

Joseph

Black Noon

Hard-of-Hearing Farmer

Joe Palooka in Triple Cross

Colonel

UFOria

Pop

Almost an Angel

Good Ole Boy

Big Bad John

Old Timer

Once Upon a Texas Train

Old Codger

Space Rage

Luke Clegg

Wagon Master

Self

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

Shopping Cart (as Hank Warden)

Big Wednesday

Old Cowboy (uncredited)

Zachariah

Mr. Crabtree (uncredited)

Ghost Town Gold

German Motorcycle Soldier (uncredited)

None Shall Escape

Old Coot

Sky Hei$t

Cave Bar Patron (uncredited)

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

130

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-07-23

Place of Birth

Rolfe, Iowa, USA

Also Known As

Norton Earl Worden