Hank Worden
Known for: Acting
Born: July 23, 1901
Died: December 6, 1992
Place of birth: 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)
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Filmography
131 movies · 16 TV shows, newest first
8.3
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
5.8
Almost an Angel
1990
4.3
Cop Rock
1990
8.3
Twin Peaks
1990
5.0
Big Bad John
1990
5.2
Once Upon a Texas Train
1988
4.1
Space Rage
1985
7.0
Runaway Train
1985
5.8
UFOria
1984
5.7
The Ice Pirates
1984
4.0
Please Don't Eat the Babies
1983
7.5
Knight Rider
1982
6.2
Hammett
1982
5.1
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
1981
3.9
Scream
1981
6.3
Bronco Billy
1980
6.1
Every Which Way but Loose
1978
4.4
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978
4.3
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
6.9
Big Wednesday
1978
5.8
Which Way Is Up?
1977
7.0
Smokey and the Bandit
1977
7.0
The Legend of Frank Woods
1977
5.3
Sky Hei$t
1975
4.6
The Hanged Man
1974
6.1
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
6.5
Black Noon
1971
7.0
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
6.8
Big Jake
1971
5.3
Zachariah
1971
6.7
Chisum
1970
6.5
Rio Lobo
1970
7.3
True Grit
1969
8.0
Big Daddy
1969
5.6
Lancer
1968
5.9
The President's Analyst
1967
7.2
Hondo and the Apaches
1967
5.2
Good Times
1967
7.2
Green Acres
1965
7.0
Daniel Boone
1964
6.6
McLintock!
1963
5.9
Petticoat Junction
1963
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
6.5
The Virginian
1962
7.1
The Music Man
1962
6.8
One-Eyed Jacks
1961
7.1
The Alamo
1960
7.0
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
7.5
Bonanza
1959
6.9
The Horse Soldiers
1959
7.2
Rawhide
1959
6.0
Bronco
1958
4.9
Bullwhip
1958
6.5
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
1958
7.0
The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958
6.6
Wagon Train
1957
6.6
Forty Guns
1957
7.2
Dragoon Wells Massacre
1957
6.6
The Quiet Gun
1957
4.3
The Buckskin Lady
1957
6.0
Spoilers of the Forest
1957
4.8
Accused of Murder
1956
5.3
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
6.3
Thunder Over Arizona
1956
6.3
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
1956
7.7
The Searchers
1956
6.3
The Indian Fighter
1955
6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
6.4
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
1955
7.1
Crime Wave
1953
5.0
Apache War Smoke
1952
6.6
The Big Sky
1952
5.0
Woman of the North Country
1952
8.1
Boots Malone
1952
9.0
Triple Cross
1951
6.1
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951
5.3
Sugarfoot
1951
6.0
Frenchie
1950
6.7
Wagon Master
1950
7.4
Father Is a Bachelor
1950
6.9
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950
6.1
Roseanna McCoy
1949
6.0
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949
6.8
The Lone Ranger
1949
6.4
Hellfire
1949
6.6
Cover Up
1949
6.8
3 Godfathers
1948
7.0
Yellow Sky
1948
6.7
Whispering Smith
1948
7.3
Red River
1948
6.9
Tap Roots
1948
7.3
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948
8.0
Hazard
1948
7.0
Fort Apache
1948
7.3
The Sainted Sisters
1948
8.0
The Man from Texas
1948
6.4
High Wall
1947
NR
Prairie Express
1947
6.8
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
6.1
The Sea of Grass
1947
6.4
Angel and the Badman
1947
6.4
Duel in the Sun
1946
5.9
Undercurrent
1946
9.0
Lawless Breed
1946
5.8
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
5.9
The Great Moment
1944
6.5
None Shall Escape
1944
6.4
The Woman of the Town
1943
7.1
Flesh and Fantasy
1943
5.9
So Proudly We Hail
1943
10.0
Black Market Rustlers
1943
5.9
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943
7.5
Deep in the Heart of Texas
1942
6.3
Border Vigilantes
1941
7.7
Robbers of the Range
19419.0
Mad About Moonshine
1941
4.6
Brigham Young
1940
7.5
Triple Justice
1940
5.5
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
1940
5.8
The Range Busters
1940
6.7
Cross-Country Romance
1940
7.0
Winners of the West
1940
6.1
Beyond Tomorrow
1940
6.5
Gaucho Serenade
1940
6.4
Viva Cisco Kid
1940
5.5
Riders of Pasco Basin
1940
6.6
Northwest Passage
1940
6.7
Reno
1939
7.5
Chip of the Flying U
1939
6.0
Oklahoma Frontier
1939
5.8
The Night Riders
1939
7.6
Stagecoach
1939
5.8
Rollin' Westward
1939
8.0
Sundown on the Prairie
19399.0
Ghost Town Riders
1938
6.3
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
6.0
The Stranger from Arizona
1938
6.3
Frontier Town
1938
5.3
Hollywood Round-Up
1937
6.0
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen
1937
7.0
The Californian
1937
4.4
Sing Cowboy Sing
1937
6.0
Hittin' the Trail
1937
6.8
Come and Get It
1936
5.7
Ghost Town Gold
1936
10.0
For the Service
1936
6.4
Barbary Coast
1935