Hank Worden

Known for ActingBorn 1901-07-23Died 1992-12-06Rolfe, 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)Read more

Movies & web series

Black Market Rustlers

For the Service

Triple Cross

Lawless Breed

Ghost Town Riders

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

Twin Peaks

Boots Malone

Big Daddy

The Man from Texas

Hazard

Sundown on the Prairie

Knight Rider

The Searchers

Bonanza

Robbers of the Range

Hondo and the Apaches

True Grit

Stagecoach

Father Is a Bachelor

Deep in the Heart of Texas

Triple Justice

Chip of the Flying U

Green Acres

Red River

Runaway Train

Rawhide

The Sainted Sisters

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'

Dragoon Wells Massacre

The Legend of Frank Woods

The Music Man

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Smokey and the Bandit

Big Wednesday

The Alamo

Daniel Boone

Big Jake

Crime Wave

The Horse Soldiers

Sergeant Rutledge

The Notorious Mr. Monks

The Beverly Hillbillies

Flesh and Fantasy

Fort Apache

Yellow Sky

Chisum

Winners of the West