Hank Worden
ActingAlso Known 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 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)
Movies
(130 total)
The Searchers
as Mose Harper
Stagecoach
as Cavalryman (uncredited)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
True Grit
as R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
Smokey and the Bandit
as Trucker (uncredited)
Runaway Train
as Old Con
Red River
as Simms Reeves
Every Which Way but Loose
as Trailer Court Manager
Fort Apache
as Southern Recruit
The Alamo
as Parson
Bronco Billy
as Station Mechanic
Rio Lobo
as Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
The Horse Soldiers
as Deacon Clump
McLintock!
as Curly Fletcher
One-Eyed Jacks
as Doc
Big Jake
as Hank
The Ice Pirates
as Elderly Jason
3 Godfathers
as Deputy Curly
Chisum
as Stationmaster Elwood
The Music Man
as Undertaker
TV Shows
(19 total)
Twin Peaks
as Waiter
Knight Rider
as Slim
Gunsmoke
as Claude
Rawhide
as Driver
Petticoat Junction
as Farmer
Petticoat Junction
as Roy Turlock
Petticoat Junction
as Luke
Petticoat Junction
as Band Member
The Lone Ranger
as Rusty Bates
The Lone Ranger
as Bruckner
Daniel Boone
as Blue Belly (uncredited)
Daniel Boone
as Hansom Cab Driver
Wagon Train
as Hank
Cop Rock
as 2nd Elderly Man
