Acting
Hank Worden
Born 1901-07-23 · Died 1992-12-06
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.
Acting
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992 · Self
Almost an Angel
1990 · Pop
Big Bad John
1990 · Good Ole Boy
Once Upon a Texas Train
1988 · Old Timer
Space Rage
1985 · Old Codger
Runaway Train
1985 · Old Con
UFOria
1984 · Colonel
The Ice Pirates
1984 · Elderly Jason
Please Don't Eat the Babies
1983 · Gramps Jebediah
Hammett
1982 · Pool Room Attendant
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
1981 · Old Geezer
Scream
1981 · John
Bronco Billy
1980 · Station Mechanic
Every Which Way but Loose
1978 · Trailer Court Manager
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978 · Butch Collins
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978 · Old Lonely Hearts Club Band
Big Wednesday
1978 · Shopping Cart
Big Wednesday
1978 · Shopping Cart (as Hank Warden)
Which Way Is Up?
1977 · The Flunky
Smokey and the Bandit
1977 · Trucker (uncredited)
The Legend of Frank Woods
1977 · Slim
Sky Hei$t
1975 · Old Coot
The Hanged Man
1974 · Ab Wickes
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973 · Albert, Valentine Stationmaster
Black Noon
1971 · Joseph
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971 · Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
Big Jake
1971 · Hank
Zachariah
1971 · Old Cowboy (uncredited)
Chisum
1970 · Stationmaster Elwood
Rio Lobo
1970 · Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
True Grit
1969 · R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
Big Daddy
1969