--- name: "Hank Worden" canonical: "https://film.one/person/hank-worden" fi1m_id: "hank-worden" imdb_id: "nm0941401" tmdb_id: 30299 wikidata_id: "Q1376991" roles: ["Actor"] born: "23 July 1901" died: "6 December 1992" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 72 average_as: "actor" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-09-25T05:13:01.654280+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Hank Worden ## Identity Hank Worden - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hank-worden - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** hank-worden - **IMDb ID:** nm0941401 - **TMDB ID:** 30299 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1376991 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Worden, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1376991, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0941401/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30299 Actor. Born 23 July 1901 in Rolfe, Iowa, USA. Died 6 December 1992. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 23 July 1901, Rolfe, Iowa, USA - **Died:** 6 December 1992 - **Active:** 1948–1962 - **Also known as:** Norton Earl Worden, Worden Norten - **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 acting, 1 other - **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 4 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 84 (1), 1940s 88 (1), 1950s 73 (1), 1960s 64 (2) - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Western 3, Adventure 2, Romance 2, Comedy 1, Family 1, History 1 - **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $32m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Worden, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1376991, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0941401/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30299 ## Streaming the US now - **Tubi:** [*Red River*](https://film.one/film/red-river.md) (88) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Hank Worden (born Norton Earl Worden) was an American character actor known for comic and rustic roles, mainly in Westerns. Born on 23 July 1901 in Rolfe, Iowa, he was raised on a cattle ranch near Glendive, Montana. He studied engineering at Stanford University and the University of Nevada, toured as a rodeo rider, and appeared on Broadway in *Green Grow the Lilacs* (1931) alongside Tex Ritter. Worden made his film debut in the 1930s and became a familiar face in Westerns. He played Simms Reeves in Howard Hawks's *Red River* (1948) and Mose Harper in John Ford's *The Searchers* (1956). He appeared in a dozen John Ford films and 17 with John Wayne, with whom he formed a close association. Other credits include uncredited roles in *Stagecoach* (1939) and *True Grit* (1969), as well as the waiter in *Twin Peaks* (1990). Worden died on 6 December 1992 in Los Angeles, aged 91. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (5) ### Performed in (4) — the average rests on these - *The Music Man* (1962), Fi1m 78, as Undertaker — [page](https://film.one/film/the-music-man.md) - *The Alamo* (1960), Fi1m 50, as Parson — [page](https://film.one/film/the-alamo.md) - *The Big Sky* (1952), Fi1m 73, as Poordevil — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-sky.md) - *Red River* (1948), Fi1m 88, as Simms Reeves — [page](https://film.one/film/red-river.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Stagecoach* (1939), Fi1m 84, as Cavalryman (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/stagecoach.md) ## Complete filmography (146) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Almost an Angel* (1990), as Pop - *Cop Rock* (1990), series, as 2nd Elderly Man - *Twin Peaks* (1990), series, as Waiter — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/twin-peaks.md) - *Big Bad John* (1990), as Good Ole Boy - *Once Upon a Texas Train* (1988), as Old Timer - *Space Rage* (1985), as Old Codger - *Runaway Train* (1985), as Old Con - *UFOria* (1984), as Colonel - *The Ice Pirates* (1984), as Elderly Jason - *Please Don't Eat the Babies* (1983), as Gramps Jebediah - *Knight Rider* (1982), series, as Slim - *Hammett* (1982), as Pool Room Attendant - *Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.* (1981), as Old Geezer - *Scream* (1981), as John - *Bronco Billy* (1980), as Station Mechanic - *Every Which Way but Loose* (1978), as Trailer Court Manager - *They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way* (1978), as Butch Collins - *Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band* (1978), as Old Lonely Hearts Club Band - *Big Wednesday* (1978), as Shopping Cart, Shopping Cart (as Hank Warden) - *Which Way Is Up?* (1977), as The Flunky - *Smokey and the Bandit* (1977), as Trucker (uncredited) - *The Legend of Frank Woods* (1977), as Slim - *Sky Hei$t* (1975), as Old Coot - *The Hanged Man* (1974), as Ab Wickes - *Cahill: United States Marshal* (1973), as Albert, Valentine Stationmaster - *Black Noon* (1971), as Joseph - *Bedknobs and Broomsticks* (1971), as Old Home Guardsman (uncredited) - *Big Jake* (1971), as Hank - *Zachariah* (1971), as Old Cowboy (uncredited) - *Chisum* (1970), as Stationmaster Elwood - *Rio Lobo* (1970), as Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited) - *True Grit* (1969), as R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited) - *Big Daddy* (1969), Actor - *Lancer* (1968), series, Actor - *The President's Analyst* (1967), as Dirty Old Man (uncredited) - *Hondo and the Apaches* (1967), as Miner - *Good Times* (1967), as Kid - *Green Acres* (1965), series, Actor - *Daniel Boone* (1964), series, as Blue Belly (uncredited), Hansom Cab Driver - *McLintock!* (1963), as Curly Fletcher - *Petticoat Junction* (1963), series, as Farmer, Roy Turlock, Luke, Band Member - *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1962), series, Actor - *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Calico (uncredited) - *The Music Man* (1962), as Undertaker — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-music-man.md) - *One-Eyed Jacks* (1961), as Doc - *The Alamo* (1960), as Parson — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/the-alamo.md) - *Sergeant Rutledge* (1960), as Laredo (uncredited) - *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Station Attendant - *The Horse Soldiers* (1959), as Deacon Clump - *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Driver - *Bronco* (1958), series, Actor - *Bullwhip* (1958), as Tex - *The Toughest Gun in Tombstone* (1958), as Liveryman - *The Notorious Mr. Monks* (1958), as Pete - *Wagon Train* (1957), series, as Hank - *Forty Guns* (1957), as Marshal John Chisum - *Dragoon Wells Massacre* (1957), as Hopi Charlie - *The Quiet Gun* (1957), as Sampson - *The Buckskin Lady* (1957), as Lon - *Spoilers of the Forest* (1957), as Pat Casey - *Accused of Murder* (1956), as Les Fuller - *The Adventures of Jim Bowie* (1956), series, Actor - *Thunder Over Arizona* (1956), as Old Jonas - *Davy Crockett and the River Pirates* (1956), as Fiddler - *The Searchers* (1956), as Mose Harper - *The Indian Fighter* (1955), as Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper - *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Claude - *Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier* (1955), as Cave Bar Patron (uncredited) - *Crime Wave* (1953), as Sweeney (uncredited) - *Apache War Smoke* (1952), as Amber - *The Big Sky* (1952), as Poordevil — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-sky.md) - *Woman of the North Country* (1952), as Tom Gordon - *Boots Malone* (1952), as Auto Mechanic - *Triple Cross* (1951), as Hard-of-Hearing Farmer - *Comin' Round the Mountain* (1951), as Shooting Match Official - *Sugarfoot* (1951), as Johnny Behind-the-Stove - *Frenchie* (1950), as Mr. Grady (uncredited) - *Wagon Master* (1950), as Luke Clegg - *Father Is a Bachelor* (1950), as Finnegan (uncredited) - *When Willie Comes Marching Home* (1950), as American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited) - *Roseanna McCoy* (1949), as Jacob (uncredited) - *The Fighting Kentuckian* (1949), as Abner Todd - *The Lone Ranger* (1949), series, as Rusty Bates, Bruckner - *Hellfire* (1949), as Witness (uncredited) - *Cover Up* (1949), as Undertaker - *3 Godfathers* (1948), as Deputy Curly - *Yellow Sky* (1948), as Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited) - *Whispering Smith* (1948), Actor - *Red River* (1948), as Simms Reeves — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/red-river.md) - *Tap Roots* (1948), as Cropper (uncredited) - *Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'* (1948), as Clem (uncredited) - *Hazard* (1948), as Man in Cheap Hotel (uncredited) - *Fort Apache* (1948), as Southern Recruit - *The Sainted Sisters* (1948), as Taub Beasley - *The Man from Texas* (1948), as (uncredited) - *High Wall* (1947), Actor - *Prairie Express* (1947), as Deputy Clint - *The Secret Life of Walter Mitty* (1947), as Western Character (uncredited) - *The Sea of Grass* (1947), as Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited) - *Angel and the Badman* (1947), as Townsman (uncredited) - *Duel in the Sun* (1946), as Party Guest (uncredited) - *Undercurrent* (1946), as Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited) - *Lawless Breed* (1946), as The Deputy - *Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood* (1945), as Joe (uncredited) - *The Great Moment* (1944), as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited) - *None Shall Escape* (1944), as German Motorcycle Soldier (uncredited) - *The Woman of the Town* (1943), as The Barber - *Flesh and Fantasy* (1943), as Circus Spectator (uncredited) - *So Proudly We Hail* (1943), as Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited) - *Black Market Rustlers* (1943), as Slim - *A Lady Takes a Chance* (1943), as Waiter - *Deep in the Heart of Texas* (1942), as Townsman - *Border Vigilantes* (1941), as Aunt Jennifer's Wagon Driver - *Robbers of the Range* (1941), as Stagecoach Attendant (uncredited) - *Mad About Moonshine* (1941), as Hillbilly - *Brigham Young* (1940), as Mormon Cheering Porter - *Triple Justice* (1940), as Townsman Outside Saloon - *Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride* (1940), as Henry Haggerty - *The Range Busters* (1940), as Cowhand - *Cross-Country Romance* (1940), as Wedding Witness - *Winners of the West* (1940), as Drunk - *Beyond Tomorrow* (1940), as Hospital Visitor (uncredited) - *Gaucho Serenade* (1940), as Farmer Driving Jalopy - *Viva Cisco Kid* (1940), as Deputy - *Riders of Pasco Basin* (1940), as Townsman (uncredited) - *Northwest Passage* (1940), as Ranger Tying Oars - *Reno* (1939), as Townsman - *Chip of the Flying U* (1939), as Cowhand - *Oklahoma Frontier* (1939), as Townsman - *The Night Riders* (1939), as Rancher - *Stagecoach* (1939), as Cavalryman (uncredited) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/stagecoach.md) - *Rollin' Westward* (1939), as Slim Regan - *Sundown on the Prairie* (1939), as Henchman Hank - *Ghost Town Riders* (1938), as Tom 'Cherokee' Walton - *The Cowboy and the Lady* (1938), as Cowhand Leonard (uncredited) - *The Stranger from Arizona* (1938), as Skeeter - *Frontier Town* (1938), as Henchman Buck - *Hollywood Round-Up* (1937), as Saloon Set Extra - *The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen* (1937), as Deputy - *The Californian* (1937), as Ruiz Man - *Sing Cowboy Sing* (1937), as Henchman - *Hittin' the Trail* (1937), as Sidekick Hank - *Come and Get It* (1936), as Lumberjack (uncredited) - *Ghost Town Gold* (1936), as Mr. Crabtree (uncredited) - *For the Service* (1936), as Henchman (uncredited) - *Barbary Coast* (1935), as Barfly / Townsman (uncredited) ## Gallery - ![Hank Worden](https://film.one/media/person/322609/gallery-a2c3dd432130.jpg) Hank Worden — DVD (Batjac-Paramount Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Hank_Worden_in_McLintock%21_%281963%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - 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