Hank Worden
Acting
1901-07-23 · Rolfe, Iowa, USA
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)
Filmography
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992 · Movie
Almost an Angel
1990 · Movie
Cop Rock
1990 · Series
Twin Peaks
1990 · Series
Big Bad John
1990 · Movie
Once Upon a Texas Train
1988 · Movie
Space Rage
1985 · Movie
Runaway Train
1985 · Movie
UFOria
1984 · Movie
The Ice Pirates
1984 · Movie
Please Don't Eat the Babies
1983 · Movie
Knight Rider
1982 · Series
Hammett
1982 · Movie
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
1981 · Movie
Scream
1981 · Movie
Bronco Billy
1980 · Movie
Every Which Way but Loose
1978 · Movie
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978 · Movie
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978 · Movie
Big Wednesday
1978 · Movie
Which Way Is Up?
1977 · Movie
Smokey and the Bandit
1977 · Movie
The Legend of Frank Woods
1977 · Movie
Sky Hei$t
1975 · Movie
The Hanged Man
1974 · Movie
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973 · Movie
Black Noon
1971 · Movie
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971 · Movie
Big Jake
1971 · Movie
Zachariah
1971 · Movie
Chisum
1970 · Movie
Rio Lobo
1970 · Movie
True Grit
1969 · Movie
Big Daddy
1969 · Movie
Lancer
1968 · Series
The President's Analyst
1967 · Movie
Hondo and the Apaches
1967 · Movie
Good Times
1967 · Movie
Green Acres
1965 · Series
Daniel Boone
1964 · Series
McLintock!
1963 · Movie
Petticoat Junction
1963 · Series
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · Series
The Virginian
1962 · Series
The Music Man
1962 · Movie
One-Eyed Jacks
1961 · Movie
The Alamo
1960 · Movie
Sergeant Rutledge
1960 · Movie
Bonanza
1959 · Series
The Horse Soldiers
1959 · Movie
Rawhide
1959 · Series
Bronco
1958 · Series
Bullwhip
1958 · Movie
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
1958 · Movie
The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958 · Movie
Wagon Train
1957 · Series
Forty Guns
1957 · Movie
Dragoon Wells Massacre
1957 · Movie
The Quiet Gun
1957 · Movie
The Buckskin Lady
1957 · Movie
Spoilers of the Forest
1957 · Movie
Accused of Murder
1956 · Movie
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956 · Series
Thunder Over Arizona
1956 · Movie
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
1956 · Movie
The Searchers
1956 · Movie
The Indian Fighter
1955 · Movie
Gunsmoke
1955 · Series
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
1955 · Movie
Crime Wave
1953 · Movie
Apache War Smoke
1952 · Movie
The Big Sky
1952 · Movie
Woman of the North Country
1952 · Movie
Boots Malone
1952 · Movie
Triple Cross
1951 · Movie
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951 · Movie
Sugarfoot
1951 · Movie
Frenchie
1950 · Movie
Wagon Master
1950 · Movie
Father Is a Bachelor
1950 · Movie
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950 · Movie
Roseanna McCoy
1949 · Movie
The Lone Ranger
1949 · Series
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949 · Movie
Hellfire
1949 · Movie
Cover Up
1949 · Movie
3 Godfathers
1948 · Movie
Yellow Sky
1948 · Movie
Whispering Smith
1948 · Movie
Red River
1948 · Movie
Tap Roots
1948 · Movie
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948 · Movie
Hazard
1948 · Movie
Fort Apache
1948 · Movie
The Sainted Sisters
1948 · Movie
The Man from Texas
1948 · Movie
High Wall
1947 · Movie
Prairie Express
1947 · Movie
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947 · Movie
The Sea of Grass
1947 · Movie
Angel and the Badman
1947 · Movie
Duel in the Sun
1946 · Movie
Undercurrent
1946 · Movie
Lawless Breed
1946 · Movie
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945 · Movie
The Great Moment
1944 · Movie
None Shall Escape
1944 · Movie
The Woman of the Town
1943 · Movie
Flesh and Fantasy
1943 · Movie
So Proudly We Hail
1943 · Movie
Black Market Rustlers
1943 · Movie
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943 · Movie
Deep in the Heart of Texas
1942 · Movie
Border Vigilantes
1941 · Movie
Robbers of the Range
1941 · Movie
Mad About Moonshine
1941 · Movie
Brigham Young
1940 · Movie
Triple Justice
1940 · Movie
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
1940 · Movie
The Range Busters
1940 · Movie
Cross-Country Romance
1940 · Movie
Winners of the West
1940 · Movie
Beyond Tomorrow
1940 · Movie
Gaucho Serenade
1940 · Movie
Viva Cisco Kid
1940 · Movie
Riders of Pasco Basin
1940 · Movie
Northwest Passage
1940 · Movie
Reno
1939 · Movie
Chip of the Flying U
1939 · Movie
Oklahoma Frontier
1939 · Movie
The Night Riders
1939 · Movie
Stagecoach
1939 · Movie
Rollin' Westward
1939 · Movie
Sundown on the Prairie
1939 · Movie
Ghost Town Riders
1938 · Movie
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938 · Movie
The Stranger from Arizona
1938 · Movie
Frontier Town
1938 · Movie
Hollywood Round-Up
1937 · Movie
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen
1937 · Movie
The Californian
1937 · Movie
Sing Cowboy Sing
1937 · Movie
Hittin' the Trail
1937 · Movie
Come and Get It
1936 · Movie
Ghost Town Gold
1936 · Movie
For the Service
1936 · Movie
Barbary Coast
1935 · Movie