Hank Worden

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

7/23/1901

Place of Birth

Rolfe, Iowa, USA

Also Known As

Norton Earl WordenWorden Norten

Hank Worden

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 dude ranches as a wrangler and as a guide on the Bright Angel trail of the Grand Canyon. Recommended ...

Known For

Career Timeline

1992

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

as Self

1990

Almost an Angel

as Pop

Cop Rock

as 2nd Elderly Man

Twin Peaks

as Waiter

Big Bad John

as Good Ole Boy

1988

Once Upon a Texas Train

as Old Timer

1985

Space Rage

as Old Codger

Runaway Train

as Old Con

1984

UFOria

as Colonel

The Ice Pirates

as Elderly Jason

1983

Please Don't Eat the Babies

as Gramps Jebediah

1982

Knight Rider

as Slim

Hammett

as Pool Room Attendant

1981

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

as Old Geezer

Scream

as John

1980

Bronco Billy

as Station Mechanic

1978

Every Which Way but Loose

as Trailer Court Manager

They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way

as Butch Collins

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

as Old Lonely Hearts Club Band

Big Wednesday

as Shopping Cart

Big Wednesday

as Shopping Cart (as Hank Warden)

1977

Which Way Is Up?

as The Flunky

Smokey and the Bandit

as Trucker (uncredited)

The Legend of Frank Woods

as Slim

1975

Sky Hei$t

as Old Coot

1974

The Hanged Man

as Ab Wickes

1973

Cahill: United States Marshal

as Albert, Valentine Stationmaster

1971

Black Noon

as Joseph

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

as Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)

Big Jake

as Hank

Zachariah

as Old Cowboy (uncredited)

1970

Chisum

as Stationmaster Elwood

Rio Lobo

as Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

1969

True Grit

as R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)

Big Daddy

Role unknown

1968

Lancer

Role unknown

1967

The President's Analyst

as Dirty Old Man (uncredited)

Hondo and the Apaches

as Miner

Good Times

as Kid

1965

Green Acres

Role unknown

1964

Daniel Boone

as Blue Belly (uncredited)

Daniel Boone

as Hansom Cab Driver

1963

McLintock!

as Curly Fletcher

Petticoat Junction

as Farmer

Petticoat Junction

as Roy Turlock

Petticoat Junction

as Luke

Petticoat Junction

as Band Member

1962

The Beverly Hillbillies

Role unknown

The Music Man

as Undertaker

1961

One-Eyed Jacks

as Doc

1960

The Alamo

as Parson

Sergeant Rutledge

as Laredo (uncredited)

1959

The Horse Soldiers

as Deacon Clump

Rawhide

as Driver

1958

Bronco

Role unknown

Bullwhip

as Tex

The Toughest Gun in Tombstone

as Liveryman

The Notorious Mr. Monks

as Pete

1957

Wagon Train

as Hank

Forty Guns

as Marshal John Chisum

Dragoon Wells Massacre

as Hopi Charlie

The Quiet Gun

as Sampson

The Buckskin Lady

as Lon

Spoilers of the Forest

as Pat Casey

1956

Accused of Murder

as Les Fuller

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Role unknown

Thunder Over Arizona

as Old Jonas

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

as Fiddler

The Searchers

as Mose Harper

1955

The Indian Fighter

as Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper

Gunsmoke

as Claude

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

as Cave Bar Patron (uncredited)

1953

Crime Wave

as Sweeney (uncredited)

1952

Apache War Smoke

as Amber

The Big Sky

as Poordevil

Woman of the North Country

as Tom Gordon

Boots Malone

as Auto Mechanic

1951

Joe Palooka in Triple Cross

as Hard-of-Hearing Farmer

Comin' Round the Mountain

as Shooting Match Official

Sugarfoot

as Johnny Behind-the-Stove

1950

Frenchie

as Mr. Grady (uncredited)

Wagon Master

as Luke Clegg

Father Is a Bachelor

as Finnegan (uncredited)

When Willie Comes Marching Home

as American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited)

1949

Roseanna McCoy

as Jacob (uncredited)

The Fighting Kentuckian

as Abner Todd

The Lone Ranger

as Rusty Bates

Hellfire

Role unknown

Cover Up

as Undertaker

1948

3 Godfathers

as Deputy Curly

Yellow Sky

as Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited)

Whispering Smith

Role unknown

Red River

as Simms Reeves

Tap Roots

as Cropper (uncredited)

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'

as Clem (uncredited)

Hazard

as Man in Cheap Hotel (uncredited)

Fort Apache

as Southern Recruit

The Sainted Sisters

as Taub Beasley

The Man from Texas

as (uncredited)

1947

Prairie Express

as Deputy Clint

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

as Western Character (uncredited)

The Sea of Grass

as Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited)

Angel and the Badman

as Townsman (uncredited)

1946

Duel in the Sun

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Undercurrent

as Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited)

Lawless Breed

as The Deputy

1945

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

as Joe (uncredited)

1944

The Great Moment

as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)

None Shall Escape

as German Motorcycle Soldier (uncredited)

1943

The Woman of the Town

as The Barber

Flesh and Fantasy

as Circus Spectator (uncredited)

So Proudly We Hail

as Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited)

Black Market Rustlers

as Slim

A Lady Takes a Chance

as Waiter

1942

Deep in the Heart of Texas

as Townsman

1941

Border Vigilantes

as Aunt Jennifer's Wagon Driver

Robbers of the Range

as Stagecoach Attendant (uncredited)

1940

Brigham Young

as Mormon Cheering Porter

Triple Justice

as Townsman Outside Saloon

Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride

as Henry Haggerty

The Range Busters

as Cowhand

Cross-Country Romance

as Wedding Witness

Winners of the West

as Drunk

Beyond Tomorrow

as Hospital Visitor (Uncredited)

Gaucho Serenade

as Farmer Driving Jalopy

Viva Cisco Kid

as Deputy

Riders of Pasco Basin

as Townsman (uncredited)

Northwest Passage

as Ranger Tying Oars

1939

Reno

as Townsman

Chip of the Flying U

as Cowhand

Oklahoma Frontier

as Townsman

The Night Riders

as Rancher

Stagecoach

as Cavalryman (uncredited)

Rollin' Westward

as Slim Regan

Sundown on the Prairie

as Henchman Hank

1938

Ghost Town Riders

as Tom 'Cherokee' Walton

The Cowboy and the Lady

as Cowhand Leonard (uncredited)

The Stranger from Arizona

as Skeeter

Frontier Town

as Henchman Buck

1937

Hollywood Round-Up

as Saloon Set Extra

The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen

as Deputy

The Californian

as Ruiz Man

Sing Cowboy Sing

as Henchman

Hittin' the Trail

as Sidekick Hank

1936

Come and Get It

as Lumberjack (uncredited)

Ghost Town Gold

as Mr. Crabtree (uncredited)

For the Service

as Henchman (uncredited)

1935

Barbary Coast

as Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)