
Hank Worden
Born: 1901-07-23
Place of Birth: 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 of Death: 6 December 1992, Los Angeles, California, USA (natural causes)
Known For

Accused of Murder

The Great Moment

The Hanged Man

Sergeant Rutledge

The Music Man

The Searchers

Fort Apache

The Stranger from Arizona

Tap Roots

Crime Wave

Barbary Coast

Red River

3 Godfathers

True Grit

Boots Malone

Smokey and the Bandit

McLintock!

Almost an Angel

Scream

For the Service

Gaucho Serenade

Joe Palooka in Triple Cross

Cover Up

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Chisum

Stagecoach

Undercurrent

The Ice Pirates

Every Which Way but Loose

Hammett

Oklahoma Frontier

One-Eyed Jacks

The Californian

Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride

Duel in the Sun

Prairie Express

Reno

The Legend of Frank Woods

Rio Lobo

Big Jake

Cross-Country Romance

Yellow Sky

Runaway Train

Big Daddy

The Alamo

Hellfire

Whispering Smith

UFOria

Brigham Young

Rollin' Westward

Border Vigilantes

Zachariah

The Sea of Grass

Frenchie

The Horse Soldiers

The Fighting Kentuckian

Bullwhip

Robbers of the Range

Sugarfoot

So Proudly We Hail

Sky Hei$t

Angel and the Badman

None Shall Escape

Bronco Billy

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Thunder Over Arizona

The Indian Fighter

Flesh and Fantasy

Space Rage

The Buckskin Lady

Roseanna McCoy

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Spoilers of the Forest

Wagon Master

The Notorious Mr. Monks

The Big Sky

Cahill: United States Marshal

Hondo and the Apaches

The Night Riders

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'

Big Wednesday

Big Wednesday

Hollywood Round-Up

Big Bad John

The Man from Texas

Black Market Rustlers

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

Northwest Passage

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

The Quiet Gun

Forty Guns

Please Don't Eat the Babies

Which Way Is Up?

Once Upon a Texas Train

Dragoon Wells Massacre

Comin' Round the Mountain

When Willie Comes Marching Home

Hazard

Beyond Tomorrow

The Range Busters

A Lady Takes a Chance

Come and Get It

Winners of the West

Good Times

Ghost Town Gold

Woman of the North Country

Black Noon

The Cowboy and the Lady

The President's Analyst

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

Frontier Town

The Toughest Gun in Tombstone

They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way

Sing Cowboy Sing

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

Sundown on the Prairie

Viva Cisco Kid

The Sainted Sisters

Triple Justice

Deep in the Heart of Texas

Father Is a Bachelor

Apache War Smoke

The Woman of the Town

The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen

Lawless Breed

Chip of the Flying U

Riders of Pasco Basin
