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