Harry Cording

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Hector William Harry Cording 26 April 1891 1 September 1954 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 sixfoot height and stocky build Harry the Henchman usually portrayed thugs villains henchmen and policemen Cordings most notable roles were probably as the villainous Dickon Malbete Captain of the Guard in Errol Flynns Adventures of Robin Hood and as Thamal the hulking henchman to Bela Lugosis character in 1934s 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 CenturyFoxs 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