Hank Worden
Acting
Born: 1901-07-23 in Rolfe, Iowa, USA
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)
Known For
Twin Peaks
Waiter
The Searchers
Mose Harper
Knight Rider
Slim
Stagecoach
Cavalryman (uncredited)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
True Grit
R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
Smokey and the Bandit
Trucker (uncredited)
Runaway Train
Old Con
Red River
Simms Reeves
Every Which Way but Loose
Trailer Court Manager
Bonanza
Station Attendant
Fort Apache
Southern Recruit
The Alamo
Parson
Bronco Billy
Station Mechanic
Rio Lobo
Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
The Horse Soldiers
Deacon Clump
McLintock!
Curly Fletcher
One-Eyed Jacks
Doc
Big Jake
Hank
The Ice Pirates
Elderly Jason
3 Godfathers
Deputy Curly
Chisum
Stationmaster Elwood
The Music Man
Undertaker
Duel in the Sun
Party Guest (uncredited)
Big Wednesday
Shopping Cart
Big Wednesday
Shopping Cart (as Hank Warden)
Wagon Master
Luke Clegg
Cahill: United States Marshal
Albert, Valentine Stationmaster
Forty Guns
Marshal John Chisum
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Western Character (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge
Laredo (uncredited)
The Beverly Hillbillies
Angel and the Badman
Townsman (uncredited)
Yellow Sky
Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited)
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
Cave Bar Patron (uncredited)
Almost an Angel
Pop
Gunsmoke
Claude
The Big Sky
Poordevil
Crime Wave
Sweeney (uncredited)
The Indian Fighter
Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper