Actor
Hank Worden
131 movies as actor
Born Jul 23, 1901 – Dec 6, 1992 (aged 91)From Rolfe, Iowa, USAAlso known as Norton Earl Worden, Worden Norten
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
The Searchers
1956 · Western
Stagecoach
1939 · Western
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971 · Family, Animation
True Grit
1969 · Western, Drama
Smokey and the Bandit
1977 · Action, Adventure
Runaway Train
1985 · Action, Thriller
Red River
1948 · Western, Drama
Every Which Way but Loose
1978 · Comedy, Adventure
Fort Apache
1948 · Western
The Alamo
1960 · War, Adventure
Bronco Billy
1980 · Drama, Romance
Rio Lobo
1970 · Western
Hank Worden movies
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992 · Self
Almost an Angel
1990 · Pop
Big Bad John
1990 · Good Ole Boy
Once Upon a Texas Train
1988 · Old Timer
Space Rage
1985 · Old Codger
Runaway Train
1985 · Old Con
UFOria
1984 · Colonel
The Ice Pirates
1984 · Elderly Jason
Please Don't Eat the Babies
1983 · Gramps Jebediah
Hammett
1982 · Pool Room Attendant
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
1981 · Old Geezer
Scream
1981 · John
Bronco Billy
1980 · Station Mechanic
Every Which Way but Loose
1978 · Trailer Court Manager
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978 · Butch Collins
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978 · Old Lonely Hearts Club Band
Big Wednesday
1978 · Shopping Cart, Shopping Cart (as Hank Warden)
Which Way Is Up?
1977 · The Flunky
Smokey and the Bandit
1977 · Trucker (uncredited)
The Legend of Frank Woods
1977 · Slim
Sky Hei$t
1975 · Old Coot
The Hanged Man
1974 · Ab Wickes
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973 · Albert, Valentine Stationmaster
Black Noon
1971 · Joseph
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971 · Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
Big Jake
1971 · Hank
Zachariah
1971 · Old Cowboy (uncredited)
Chisum
1970 · Stationmaster Elwood
Rio Lobo
1970 · Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
True Grit
1969 · R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
Big Daddy
1969
The President's Analyst
1967 · Dirty Old Man (uncredited)
Hondo and the Apaches
1967 · Miner
Good Times
1967 · Kid
McLintock!
1963 · Curly Fletcher
The Music Man
1962 · Undertaker
One-Eyed Jacks
1961 · Doc
The Alamo
1960 · Parson
Sergeant Rutledge
1960 · Laredo (uncredited)
The Horse Soldiers
1959 · Deacon Clump
Bullwhip
1958 · Tex
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
1958 · Liveryman
The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958 · Pete
Forty Guns
1957 · Marshal John Chisum
Dragoon Wells Massacre
1957 · Hopi Charlie
The Quiet Gun
1957 · Sampson
The Buckskin Lady
1957 · Lon
Spoilers of the Forest
1957 · Pat Casey
Accused of Murder
1956 · Les Fuller
Thunder Over Arizona
1956 · Old Jonas
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
1956 · Fiddler
The Searchers
1956 · Mose Harper
The Indian Fighter
1955 · Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
1955 · Cave Bar Patron (uncredited)
Crime Wave
1953 · Sweeney (uncredited)
Apache War Smoke
1952 · Amber
The Big Sky
1952 · Poordevil
Woman of the North Country
1952 · Tom Gordon
Boots Malone
1952 · Auto Mechanic
Triple Cross
1951 · Hard-of-Hearing Farmer
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951 · Shooting Match Official
Sugarfoot
1951 · Johnny Behind-the-Stove
Frenchie
1950 · Mr. Grady (uncredited)
Wagon Master
1950 · Luke Clegg
Father Is a Bachelor
1950 · Finnegan (uncredited)
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950 · American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited)
Roseanna McCoy
1949 · Jacob (uncredited)
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949 · Abner Todd
Hellfire
1949 · Witness (uncredited)
Cover Up
1949 · Undertaker
3 Godfathers
1948 · Deputy Curly
Yellow Sky
1948 · Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited)
Whispering Smith
1948
Red River
1948 · Simms Reeves
Tap Roots
1948 · Cropper (uncredited)
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948 · Clem (uncredited)
Hazard
1948 · Man in Cheap Hotel (uncredited)
Fort Apache
1948 · Southern Recruit
The Sainted Sisters
1948 · Taub Beasley
The Man from Texas
1948 · (uncredited)
High Wall
1947
Prairie Express
1947 · Deputy Clint
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947 · Western Character (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass
1947 · Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited)
Angel and the Badman
1947 · Townsman (uncredited)
Duel in the Sun
1946 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Undercurrent
1946 · Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited)
Lawless Breed
1946 · The Deputy
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945 · Joe (uncredited)
The Great Moment
1944 · Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)
None Shall Escape
1944 · German Motorcycle Soldier (uncredited)
The Woman of the Town
1943 · The Barber
Flesh and Fantasy
1943 · Circus Spectator (uncredited)
So Proudly We Hail
1943 · Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited)
Black Market Rustlers
1943 · Slim
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943 · Waiter
Deep in the Heart of Texas
1942 · Townsman
Border Vigilantes
1941 · Aunt Jennifer's Wagon Driver
Robbers of the Range
1941 · Stagecoach Attendant (uncredited)
Mad About Moonshine
Mad About Moonshine
1941 · Hillbilly
Brigham Young
1940 · Mormon Cheering Porter
Triple Justice
1940 · Townsman Outside Saloon
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
1940 · Henry Haggerty
The Range Busters
1940 · Cowhand
Cross-Country Romance
1940 · Wedding Witness
Winners of the West
1940 · Drunk
Beyond Tomorrow
1940 · Hospital Visitor (uncredited)
Gaucho Serenade
1940 · Farmer Driving Jalopy
Viva Cisco Kid
1940 · Deputy
Riders of Pasco Basin
1940 · Townsman (uncredited)
Northwest Passage
1940 · Ranger Tying Oars
Reno
1939 · Townsman
Chip of the Flying U
1939 · Cowhand
Oklahoma Frontier
1939 · Townsman
The Night Riders
1939 · Rancher
Stagecoach
1939 · Cavalryman (uncredited)
Rollin' Westward
1939 · Slim Regan
Sundown on the Prairie
1939 · Henchman Hank
Ghost Town Riders
Ghost Town Riders
1938 · Tom 'Cherokee' Walton
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938 · Cowhand Leonard (uncredited)
The Stranger from Arizona
1938 · Skeeter
Frontier Town
1938 · Henchman Buck
Hollywood Round-Up
1937 · Saloon Set Extra
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen
1937 · Deputy
The Californian
1937 · Ruiz Man
Sing Cowboy Sing
1937 · Henchman
Hittin' the Trail
1937 · Sidekick Hank
Come and Get It
1936 · Lumberjack (uncredited)
Ghost Town Gold
1936 · Mr. Crabtree (uncredited)
For the Service
1936 · Henchman (uncredited)
Barbary Coast
1935 · Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)
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