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