Hank Worden
Birthday
1901/07/23
Day of death
1992/12/06 (91 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Rolfe, Iowa, USA
Also know as
Norton Earl Worden, Worden Norten
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 d...Read more
Acting
(1939) Stagecoach
as Cavalryman (uncredited)
(1984) The Ice Pirates
as Elderly Jason
(1948) Red River
as Simms Reeves
(1956) The Searchers
as Mose Harper
(1985) Runaway Train
as Old Con
(1947) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Western Character (uncredited)
(1962) The Music Man
as Undertaker
(1948) 3 Godfathers
as Deputy Curly
(1956) Accused of Murder
as Les Fuller
(1952) The Big Sky
as Poordevil
(1963) McLintock!
as Curly Fletcher
(1978) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
as Old Lonely Hearts Club Band
(1959) The Horse Soldiers
as Deacon Clump
(1937) Sing Cowboy Sing
as Henchman
(1937) The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen
as Deputy
(1961) One-Eyed Jacks
as Doc
(1938) The Stranger from Arizona
as Skeeter
(1957) Dragoon Wells Massacre
as Hopi Charlie
(1970) Rio Lobo
as Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
(1983) Please Don't Eat the Babies
as Gramps Jebediah
(1956) Thunder Over Arizona
as Old Jonas
(1981) Scream
as John
(1958) The Notorious Mr. Monks
as Pete
(1949) Hellfire
as ---
(1952) Apache War Smoke
as Amber
(1978) They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
as Butch Collins
(1948) The Man from Texas
as (uncredited)
(1937) Hittin' the Trail
as Sidekick Hank
(1977) Which Way Is Up?
as The Flunky
(1977) Smokey and the Bandit
as Trucker (uncredited)
(1957) The Quiet Gun
as Sampson
(1950) Frenchie
as Mr. Grady (uncredited)
(1948) Whispering Smith
as ---
(1967) Hondo and the Apaches
as Miner
(1958) The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
as Liveryman
(1948) The Sainted Sisters
as Taub Beasley
(1951) Comin' Round the Mountain
as Shooting Match Official
(1938) Ghost Town Riders
as Tom 'Cherokee' Walton
(1940) Riders of Pasco Basin
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1957) Forty Guns
as Marshal John Chisum
(1973) Cahill: United States Marshal
as Albert, Valentine Stationmaster
(1981) Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
as Old Geezer
(1935) Barbary Coast
as Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)
(1936) Come and Get It
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
(1958) Bullwhip
as Tex
(1938) The Cowboy and the Lady
as Cowhand Leonard (uncredited)
(1949) Roseanna McCoy
as Jacob (uncredited)
(1951) Sugarfoot
as Johnny Behind-the-Stove
(1970) Chisum
as Stationmaster Elwood
(1971) Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
(1969) True Grit
as R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
(1960) The Alamo
as Parson
(1967) The President's Analyst
as Dirty Old Man (uncredited)
(1978) Big Wednesday
as Shopping Cart
(1938) Frontier Town
as Henchman Buck
(1937) Hollywood Round-Up
as Saloon Set Extra
(1980) Bronco Billy
as Station Mechanic
(1960) Sergeant Rutledge
as Laredo (uncredited)
(1957) Spoilers of the Forest
as Pat Casey
(1948) Fort Apache
as Southern Recruit
(1939) The Night Riders
as Rancher
(1939) Reno
as Townsman
(1957) The Buckskin Lady
as Lon
(1940) Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
as Henry Haggerty
(1940) The Range Busters
as Cowhand
(1940) Viva Cisco Kid
as Deputy
(1939) Rollin' Westward
as Slim Regan
(1950) When Willie Comes Marching Home
as American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited)
(1936) For the Service
as Henchman (uncredited)
(1953) Crime Wave
as Sweeney (uncredited)
(1939) Sundown on the Prairie
as Henchman Hank
(1947) Angel and the Badman
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1941) Robbers of the Range
as Stagecoach Attendant (uncredited)
(1944) The Great Moment
as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)
(1950) Father Is a Bachelor
as Finnegan (uncredited)
(1949) Cover Up
as Undertaker
(1955) The Indian Fighter
as Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper
(1946) Lawless Breed
as The Deputy
(1948) Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
as Clem (uncredited)
(1940) Triple Justice
as Townsman Outside Saloon
(1947) The Sea of Grass
as Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited)
(1939) Chip of the Flying U
as Cowhand
(1939) Oklahoma Frontier
as Townsman
(1940) Brigham Young
as Mormon Cheering Porter
(1940) Gaucho Serenade
as Farmer Driving Jalopy
(1971) Big Jake
as Hank
(1937) The Californian
as Ruiz Man
(1940) Winners of the West
as Drunk
(1967) Good Times
as Kid
(1940) Northwest Passage
as Ranger Tying Oars
(1948) Hazard
as Man in Cheap Hotel (uncredited)
(1956) Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
as Fiddler
(1940) Beyond Tomorrow
as Hospital Visitor (Uncredited)
(1940) Cross-Country Romance
as Wedding Witness
(1943) Black Market Rustlers
as Slim
(1947) Prairie Express
as Deputy Clint
(1941) Border Vigilantes
as Aunt Jennifer's Wagon Driver
(1942) Deep in the Heart of Texas
as Townsman
(1952) Woman of the North Country
as Tom Gordon
(1943) The Woman of the Town
as The Barber
(1943) A Lady Takes a Chance
as Waiter
(1943) Flesh and Fantasy
as Circus Spectator (uncredited)
(1952) Boots Malone
as Auto Mechanic
(1948) Yellow Sky
as Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited)
(1949) The Fighting Kentuckian
as Abner Todd
(1977) The Legend of Frank Woods
as Slim
(1946) Duel in the Sun
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1974) The Hanged Man
as Ab Wickes
(1943) So Proudly We Hail
as Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited)
(1946) Undercurrent
as Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited)
(1969) Big Daddy
as ---
(1978) Every Which Way but Loose
as Trailer Court Manager
(1945) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Joe (uncredited)
(1982) Hammett
as Pool Room Attendant
(1948) Tap Roots
as Cropper (uncredited)
(1971) Black Noon
as Joseph
(1951) Joe Palooka in Triple Cross
as Hard-of-Hearing Farmer
(1984) UFOria
as Colonel
(1988) Once Upon a Texas Train
as Old Timer
(1990) Big Bad John
as Good Ole Boy
(1950) Wagon Master
as Luke Clegg
(1990) Almost an Angel
as Pop
(1985) Space Rage
as Old Codger
(1992) John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
as Self
(1978) Big Wednesday
as Shopping Cart (as Hank Warden)
(1971) Zachariah
as Old Cowboy (uncredited)
(1936) Ghost Town Gold
as Mr. Crabtree (uncredited)
(1944) None Shall Escape
as German Motorcycle Soldier (uncredited)
(1975) Sky Hei$t
as Old Coot
(1955) Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
as Cave Bar Patron (uncredited)
(1965) Green Acres
as ---
(1990) Twin Peaks
as Waiter
(1982) Knight Rider
as Slim
(1962) The Beverly Hillbillies
as ---
(1963) Petticoat Junction
as Farmer
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Claude
(1949) The Lone Ranger
as Rusty Bates
(1959) Rawhide
as Driver
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Blue Belly (uncredited)
(1968) Lancer
as ---
(1958) Bronco
as ---
(1956) The Adventures of Jim Bowie
as ---
(1957) Wagon Train
as Hank
(1963) Petticoat Junction
as Roy Turlock
(1963) Petticoat Junction
as Luke
(1963) Petticoat Junction
as Band Member
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Hansom Cab Driver
(1990) Cop Rock
as 2nd Elderly Man