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…

Filmography

• Stagecoach as Cavalryman (uncredited)
• Red River as Simms Reeves
• The Searchers as Mose Harper
• Runaway Train as Old Con
• The Horse Soldiers as Deacon Clump
• Smokey and the Bandit as Trucker (uncredited)
• Bedknobs and Broomsticks as Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
• True Grit as R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
• The Alamo as Parson
• Fort Apache as Southern Recruit

TV

• Twin Peaks as Waiter
• Green Acres
• Knight Rider as Slim
• The Beverly Hillbillies
• Petticoat Junction as Farmer
• Gunsmoke as Claude
• The Lone Ranger as Rusty Bates
• Rawhide as Driver
• Daniel Boone as Blue Belly (uncredited)
• Lancer