Hank Worden
Date of birth: 1901-07-23
Place of birth: Rolfe, Iowa, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Norton Earl Worden, Worden Norten
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)
Movie Credits
Stagecoach
1939-03-02
A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo
The Ice Pirates
1984-03-16
In the not too distant future, where by far the most precious commodity in the galaxy is water. The
Red River
1948-09-17
Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive fr
The Searchers
1956-05-16
As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation
Runaway Train
1985-11-15
A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only t
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947-09-01
Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero
The Music Man
1962-06-19
Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing
3 Godfathers
1948-12-31
Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safe
Accused of Murder
1956-12-21
A police detective finds himself entangled in the web of the underworld when he falls in love with a
The Big Sky
1952-08-19
Two tough Kentucky mountaineers join a trading expedition from St. Louis up the Missouri River to tr
McLintock!
1963-11-12
Ageing, wealthy, rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numer
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978-07-21
A small town band makes it big, but loses track of their roots, as they get caught up into the big-t
The Horse Soldiers
1959-06-11
A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center.
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen
1937-08-06
Tex is up against a group of hooded outlaws. When he shoots one, he uses the hood to infiltrate the
Sing Cowboy Sing
1937-05-22
Kalmus is after the freight contract held by Summers. When his gang kill Summers, Tex and Duke step
One-Eyed Jacks
1961-03-30
Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the
The Stranger from Arizona
1938-09-22
A quiet cowboy on a white horse saves a gal from cattle rustlers.
Dragoon Wells Massacre
1957-08-28
A cavalry officer, the sole survivor of an Indian attack, and a wagon load of prisoners travel throu
Rio Lobo
1970-04-01
After the Civil War, a former Union colonel searches for the two traitors whose perfidy led to the l
Please Don't Eat the Babies
1983-11-11
Teenage girls are kidnapped and brought to a remote island, which is inhabited by a family of crazed
Thunder Over Arizona
1956-08-04
Ervin Plummer-played by the estimable George Macready, who like his good friend Vincent Price was a
Scream
1981-01-08
A group of people on a rafting excursion happen upon a deserted town and decide to set up camp. Out
The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958-02-28
A drunken driver, his wife and a hitchhiker equals murder.
Hellfire
1949-05-29
Zeb Smith is a gambler with a larcenous streak, but when an itinerant preacher takes a bullet meant
Apache War Smoke
1952-09-25
An outlaw murders several Apaches and flees to a stagecoach way station with the tribe in hot pursui
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978-12-01
Dewey and Wallace are small-town lawmen who are ordered by the governor to go undercover as prison i
The Man from Texas
1948-03-06
James Craig is torn between his criminal career as the masked bandit named the "El Paso Kid," and th
Hittin' the Trail
1937-04-03
When he swaps horses with the Tombstone Kid — a wrongly accused man on the run from the law — singin
Which Way Is Up?
1977-11-04
Orange picker Leroy Jones inadvertently becomes a union leader and is forced out of town, leaving be
Smokey and the Bandit
1977-05-27
A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hour
The Quiet Gun
1957-07-18
A mild mannered sheriff must fight both a hired gun and local anti-Indian bigotry in a small frontie
Frenchie
1950-12-25
Frenchie Fontaine sells her successful business in New Orleans to come West. Her reason? Find the me
Whispering Smith
1948-12-09
Smith is an iron-willed railroad detective. When his friend Murray is fired from the railroad and be
Hondo and the Apaches
1967-09-08
Two episodes from the TV series "Hondo" edited together and released as a feature.
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
1958-05-14
A lawman goes undercover in order to capture the outlaws who murdered his wife.
The Sainted Sisters
1948-04-30
Two female con artists from New York City, fleeing the law with money from their latest scam, hide o
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951-07-26
Al Stewart and Wilbert are magicians doing a stage act when they run into Wilbert's cousin, Dorothy
Ghost Town Riders
1938-12-16
Molly Taylor owns the town of Stillwell but is unaware the taxes are due as Gomer has stolen her not
Riders of Pasco Basin
1940-04-04
Kirby and Evans are pulling off an irrigation project swindle and newspaper editor Scott realizes it
Forty Guns
1957-09-10
An authoritarian rancher rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new Ma
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973-07-11
J.D. Cahill is the toughest U.S. Marshal they've got, just the sound of his name makes bad guys stop
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
1981-10-09
In a small Southern town, the local sheriff tries to keep everything peaceful and under control.
Barbary Coast
1935-10-13
Mary Rutledge arrives from the east, finds her fiancé dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel o
Come and Get It
1936-11-06
An ambitious lumberjack abandons his saloon girl lover so that he can marry into wealth, but years l
Bullwhip
1958-05-25
In order to avoid the hangman's noose, a cowboy agrees to marry a beautiful but fiery redhead.
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938-11-17
Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out
Roseanna McCoy
1949-10-12
It's the Hatfields vs. the McCoys in this 1949 film, with Farley Granger and Joan Evans as the hillb
Sugarfoot
1951-02-11
The lawless west had never met a gun-throwing gent like...
Chisum
1970-07-23
Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971-10-07
Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinst
True Grit
1969-06-11
The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging h
The Alamo
1960-10-23
The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat a
The President's Analyst
1967-12-21
At first, Dr. Sidney Schaefer feels honored and thrilled to be offered the job of the President's An
Big Wednesday
1978-05-26
Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.
Frontier Town
1938-03-04
Regan is passing off counterfeit money at rodeos betting on his man Denby. When Tex appears and wins
Hollywood Round-Up
1937-11-06
While filming a western on location, the stand-in/stunt double for an egotistical cowboy movie star
Bronco Billy
1980-06-11
An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luc
Sergeant Rutledge
1960-05-25
Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white w
Spoilers of the Forest
1957-04-04
Vera Ralston plays Joan Milna, who shares several thousand acres of valuable Montana timberland with
Fort Apache
1948-05-21
Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military hon
The Night Riders
1939-04-12
Talbot uses a phony land grant to rule thirteen million acres, taxing everyone heavily and evicting
Reno
1939-12-01
A divorce lawyer prospers as a gambling tycoon.
The Buckskin Lady
1957-07-01
Patricia Medina plays the title character in The Buckskin Lady. Medina is cast as female gambler Ang
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
1940-09-05
Gene inherits a meat-packing plant, then faces stiff competition from snooty Ann Randolph, rival own
Viva Cisco Kid
1940-04-12
Cisco saves a stagecoach from being robbed and takes a shine to one of the passengers whose father i
The Range Busters
1940-08-22
A phantom-like gunman is murdering the hands at the Circle T Ranch and the Range Busters are recruit
Rollin' Westward
1939-03-01
A cowboy helps a pretty young woman and her father in their fight against land-grabbers who are tryi
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950-02-17
When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frus
For the Service
1936-06-01
Cowboy star Buck Jones made his directorial debut with the Universal western For the Service. Jones
Crime Wave
1953-10-22
Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out fo
Sundown on the Prairie
1939-02-08
Tex and Ananias are sent by the government to capture some Santa Fe rustlers. Tex recognizes Hendric
Angel and the Badman
1947-02-15
Notorious shootist and womanizer Quirt Evans' horse collapses as he passes a Quaker family's home. Q
Robbers of the Range
1941-04-17
Railroad agents frame a landowner who wont sell out to them.
The Great Moment
1944-07-18
The biography of Dr. W.T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia
Father Is a Bachelor
1950-02-22
Johnny Rutledge is a drifter who comes to and discovers a cabin in the forest where five kids: Janua
Cover Up
1949-02-25
Insurance investigator Sam Donovan is looking into the apparent suicide of a man in a small Midweste
The Indian Fighter
1955-12-21
A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country gets involved with a Sioux chief's daug
Lawless Breed
1946-08-16
Government agents Ted Everett and Tumbleweed are sent to Spearville, Texas, where the law agencies h
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948-06-01
A fast-talking salesman is "kidnapped" by a town, which intends to use him in its annual race with a
Triple Justice
1940-09-22
Brad Henderson arrives in Star City just in time to witness three men rob a bank of $30,000 and kill
The Sea of Grass
1947-04-25
On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by t
Oklahoma Frontier
1939-10-09
It's the opening of the Cherokee strip and the Rankins are after a particular section. Frazier is al
Chip of the Flying U
1939-11-29
Chip of the Flying U was Johnny Mack Brown's first western entry for 1940. Brown essays the title ro
Brigham Young
1940-09-27
Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transp
Gaucho Serenade
1940-05-09
Gene Autry and sidekick Frog Millhouse depart Madison Square Garden and NYC heading west for home in
The Californian
1937-07-18
Native son returns from school in Spain to California in 1855 and finds corrupt politicians stealing
Big Jake
1971-05-26
An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grand
Winners of the West
1940-07-02
Beyond Hell's Gate Pass is territory controlled by a man who calls himself King Carter; he uses a va
Good Times
1967-04-11
Given the opportunity to headline their own feature film by studio executive Mr. Mordicus, Sonny and
Northwest Passage
1940-02-23
Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who jo
Hazard
1948-05-28
A compulsive gambler bets her freedom against a $16,000 debt to a crime boss…and loses. But before h
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
1956-07-18
Davy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River") in a
Beyond Tomorrow
1940-05-10
The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help reuni
Cross-Country Romance
1940-07-12
A runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco.
Black Market Rustlers
1943-08-27
In this WW II film meant to discourage the purchase of black market beef, the Range Busters are call
Prairie Express
1947-10-24
Johnny Mack Brown comes to the aid of a beleaguered female freight line operator in this standard Mo
Border Vigilantes
1941-04-18
A town bedeviled with outlaws sends for Hoppy, Lucky and California after their own vigilante commit
Deep in the Heart of Texas
1942-09-25
Hoping to increase its box-office allure by adopting the title of a popular song, Deep in the Heart
Woman of the North Country
1952-07-23
In 1890 Minnesota Christine Powell is the scheming head of the Powell dynasty, the richest mining em
The Woman of the Town
1943-12-31
Bat Masterson, who after failing to secure a job as a newspaper reporter becomes marshal of Dodge Ci
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943-08-19
A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her ci
Flesh and Fantasy
1943-10-29
Anthology film of three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in New O
Boots Malone
1952-01-11
An agent for horse jockeys faces his greatest challenge.
Yellow Sky
1948-12-24
In 1867, a gang robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws encounter a ghost t
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949-09-15
John Breen (John Wayne), a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De Marchand
The Legend of Frank Woods
1977-04-30
Legendary Quick-shot Frank Woods is caught in a shootout and kills three drunks in self-defense. In
Duel in the Sun
1946-12-31
Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself
The Hanged Man
1974-03-13
A gunfighter who survives his own hanging helps a young widow who is trying to keep a ruthless land
So Proudly We Hail
1943-09-09
During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head of a
Undercurrent
1946-11-11
After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his
Big Daddy
1969-06-11
A visitor to the Everglades swamps in Florida encounters and falls in love with an uneducated girl.
Every Which Way but Loose
1978-12-16
Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room brawler west
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945-10-05
When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder
Hammett
1982-06-09
Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with
Tap Roots
1948-08-25
Set at the beginning of the Civil War, Tap Roots is all about a county in Mississippi which chooses
Black Noon
1971-11-05
Reverend John Keyes and his wife, Lorna, on their way to a new congregation out west, break down in
Joe Palooka in Triple Cross
1951-09-16
Joe Palooka and two friends are taking hostage by three criminals.
UFOria
1984-07-10
Sheldon Bart (Fred Ward) is a drifter, and a small-time con man. He meets his old friend, Brother Bu
Big Bad John
1990-02-01
Jimmy Dean's popular 1950 song is translated into a feature length movie about a young couple who el
Wagon Master
1950-04-22
Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terra
Space Rage
1985-12-25
In this sci-fi/western film set two hundred years from now, a bank robber, Grange is captured and se
Once Upon a Texas Train
1988-10-12
Captain Hayes of the mighty law enforcement squad named the Texas Rangers reached the pinnacle of hi
Almost an Angel
1990-12-21
Terry Dean is an electronics wizard and thief. After he is released from jail, he is hit by a car wh
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992-06-06
Documentary about the making of the John Wayne film The Alamo (1960). Included are behind-the-scenes
Big Wednesday
1978-05-26
Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.
Zachariah
1971-01-24
A blacksmith and an amateur gunslinger embark on journey through the west together but soon separate
Ghost Town Gold
1936-10-26
The three Mesquiteers try to recover the gold stolen by a gang in its effort to ruin the banker/mayo
None Shall Escape
1944-02-03
Through flashbacks going as far back as the end of WW1, the story of a Nazi war criminal is exposed
Sky Hei$t
1975-05-26
A husband and wife come up with a plan to steal $10 million in gold, using the hijacking of a polic
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
1955-05-25
Legends (and myths) from the life of famed American frontiersman Davy Crockett are depicted in this