Place of Birth: Rolfe, Iowa, USA
Hank Worden
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)
Movie | Cast | Year |
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Stagecoach | Cavalryman (uncredited) | 1939 |
The Ice Pirates | Elderly Jason | 1984 |
Red River | Simms Reeves | 1948 |
The Searchers | Mose Harper | 1956 |
Runaway Train | Old Con | 1985 |
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Western Character (uncredited) | 1947 |
The Music Man | Undertaker | 1962 |
3 Godfathers | Deputy Curly | 1948 |
Accused of Murder | Les Fuller | 1956 |
The Big Sky | Poordevil | 1952 |
McLintock! | Curly Fletcher | 1963 |
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Old Lonely Hearts Club Band | 1978 |
The Horse Soldiers | Deacon Clump | 1959 |
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen | Deputy | 1937 |
Sing Cowboy Sing | Henchman | 1937 |
One-Eyed Jacks | Doc | 1961 |
The Stranger from Arizona | Skeeter | 1938 |
Dragoon Wells Massacre | Hopi Charlie | 1957 |
Rio Lobo | Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited) | 1970 |
Please Don't Eat the Babies | Gramps Jebediah | 1983 |
Thunder Over Arizona | Old Jonas | 1956 |
Scream | John | 1981 |
The Notorious Mr. Monks | Pete | 1958 |
Hellfire | 1949 | |
Apache War Smoke | Amber | 1952 |
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way | Butch Collins | 1978 |
The Man from Texas | (uncredited) | 1948 |
Hittin' the Trail | Sidekick Hank | 1937 |
Which Way Is Up? | The Flunky | 1977 |
Smokey and the Bandit | Trucker (uncredited) | 1977 |
The Quiet Gun | Sampson | 1957 |
Frenchie | Mr. Grady (uncredited) | 1950 |
Whispering Smith | 1948 | |
Hondo and the Apaches | Miner | 1967 |
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone | Liveryman | 1958 |
The Sainted Sisters | Taub Beasley | 1948 |
Comin' Round the Mountain | Shooting Match Official | 1951 |
Ghost Town Riders | Tom 'Cherokee' Walton | 1938 |
Riders of Pasco Basin | Townsman (uncredited) | 1940 |
Forty Guns | Marshal John Chisum | 1957 |
Cahill: United States Marshal | Albert, Valentine Stationmaster | 1973 |
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. | Old Geezer | 1981 |
Barbary Coast | Barfly / Townsman (uncredited) | 1935 |
Come and Get It | Lumberjack (uncredited) | 1936 |
Bullwhip | Tex | 1958 |
The Cowboy and the Lady | Cowhand Leonard (uncredited) | 1938 |
Roseanna McCoy | Jacob (uncredited) | 1949 |
Sugarfoot | Johnny Behind-the-Stove | 1951 |
Chisum | Stationmaster Elwood | 1970 |
Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Old Home Guardsman (uncredited) | 1971 |
True Grit | R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited) | 1969 |
The Alamo | Parson | 1960 |
The President's Analyst | Dirty Old Man (uncredited) | 1967 |
Big Wednesday | Shopping Cart | 1978 |
Frontier Town | Henchman Buck | 1938 |
Hollywood Round-Up | Saloon Set Extra | 1937 |
Bronco Billy | Station Mechanic | 1980 |
Sergeant Rutledge | Laredo (uncredited) | 1960 |
Spoilers of the Forest | Pat Casey | 1957 |
Fort Apache | Southern Recruit | 1948 |
The Night Riders | Rancher | 1939 |
Reno | Townsman | 1939 |
The Buckskin Lady | Lon | 1957 |
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride | Henry Haggerty | 1940 |
Viva Cisco Kid | Deputy | 1940 |
The Range Busters | Cowhand | 1940 |
Rollin' Westward | Slim Regan | 1939 |
When Willie Comes Marching Home | American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited) | 1950 |
For the Service | Henchman (uncredited) | 1936 |
Crime Wave | Sweeney (uncredited) | 1953 |
Sundown on the Prairie | Henchman Hank | 1939 |
Angel and the Badman | Townsman (uncredited) | 1947 |
Robbers of the Range | Stagecoach Attendant (uncredited) | 1941 |
The Great Moment | Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited) | 1944 |
Father Is a Bachelor | Finnegan (uncredited) | 1950 |
Cover Up | Undertaker | 1949 |
The Indian Fighter | Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper | 1955 |
Lawless Breed | The Deputy | 1946 |
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' | Clem (uncredited) | 1948 |
Triple Justice | Townsman Outside Saloon | 1940 |
The Sea of Grass | Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited) | 1947 |
Oklahoma Frontier | Townsman | 1939 |
Chip of the Flying U | Cowhand | 1939 |
Brigham Young | Mormon Cheering Porter | 1940 |
Gaucho Serenade | Farmer Driving Jalopy | 1940 |
The Californian | Ruiz Man | 1937 |
Big Jake | Hank | 1971 |
Winners of the West | Drunk | 1940 |
Good Times | Kid | 1967 |
Northwest Passage | Ranger Tying Oars | 1940 |
Hazard | Man in Cheap Hotel (uncredited) | 1948 |
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates | Fiddler | 1956 |
Beyond Tomorrow | Hospital Visitor (Uncredited) | 1940 |
Cross-Country Romance | Wedding Witness | 1940 |
Black Market Rustlers | Slim | 1943 |
Prairie Express | Deputy Clint | 1947 |
Border Vigilantes | Aunt Jennifer's Wagon Driver | 1941 |
Deep in the Heart of Texas | Townsman | 1942 |
Woman of the North Country | Tom Gordon | 1952 |
The Woman of the Town | The Barber | 1943 |
A Lady Takes a Chance | Waiter | 1943 |
Flesh and Fantasy | Circus Spectator (uncredited) | 1943 |
Rio Lobo | Hank, the hotel desk clerk | 1970 |
Boots Malone | Auto Mechanic | 1952 |
Yellow Sky | Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited) | 1948 |
The Fighting Kentuckian | Abner Todd | 1949 |
The Legend of Frank Woods | Slim | 1977 |
Duel in the Sun | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1946 |
The Hanged Man | Ab Wickes | 1974 |
So Proudly We Hail | Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited) | 1943 |
Undercurrent | Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited) | 1946 |
Big Daddy | 1969 | |
Every Which Way but Loose | Trailer Court Manager | 1978 |
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood | Joe (uncredited) | 1945 |
Hammett | Pool Room Attendant | 1982 |
Tap Roots | Cropper (uncredited) | 1948 |
Black Noon | Joseph | 1971 |
Joe Palooka in Triple Cross | Hard-of-Hearing Farmer | 1951 |
UFOria | Colonel | 1984 |
Big Bad John | Good Ole Boy | 1990 |
Wagon Master | Luke Clegg | 1950 |
Space Rage | Old Codger | 1985 |
Once Upon a Texas Train | Old Timer | 1988 |
Almost an Angel | Pop | 1990 |
John Wayne's 'The Alamo' | Self | 1992 |
Big Wednesday | Shopping Cart (as Hank Warden) | 1978 |
Zachariah | Old Cowboy (uncredited) | 1971 | Series | Cast | Year |
Green Acres | 1965 | |
Twin Peaks | Waiter | 1990 |
Knight Rider | Slim | 1982 |
The Beverly Hillbillies | 1962 | |
Petticoat Junction | Farmer | 1963 |
Gunsmoke | Claude | 1955 |
The Lone Ranger | Rusty Bates | 1949 |
Rawhide | Driver | 1959 |
Daniel Boone | Blue Belly (uncredited) | 1964 |
Lancer | 1968 | |
Bronco | 1958 | |
The Adventures of Jim Bowie | 1956 | |
Wagon Train | Hank | 1957 |
Petticoat Junction | Roy Turlock | 1963 |
Petticoat Junction | Luke | 1963 |
Petticoat Junction | Band Member | 1963 |
Daniel Boone | Hansom Cab Driver | 1964 |