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 | John Wayne's 'The Alamo' | Self | 1992-06-06 |
Series | Twin Peaks | Waiter | 1990-04-08 |
Movie | Big Bad John | Good Ole Boy | 1990-02-01 |
Movie | Almost an Angel | Pop | 1990-12-21 |
Movie | Once Upon a Texas Train | Old Timer | 1988-10-12 |
Movie | Runaway Train | Old Con | 1985-11-15 |
Movie | Space Rage | Old Codger | 1985-12-25 |
Movie | The Ice Pirates | Elderly Jason | 1984-03-16 |
Movie | UFOria | Colonel | 1984-07-10 |
Movie | Please Don't Eat the Babies | Gramps Jebediah | 1983-11-11 |
Movie | Hammett | Pool Room Attendant | 1982-06-09 |
Series | Knight Rider | Slim | 1982-09-26 |
Movie | Scream | John | 1981-01-08 |
Movie | Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. | Old Geezer | 1981-10-09 |
Movie | Bronco Billy | Station Mechanic | 1980-06-11 |
Movie | Big Wednesday | Shopping Cart (as Hank Warden) | 1978-05-26 |
Movie | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Old Lonely Hearts Club Band | 1978-07-24 |
Movie | They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way | Butch Collins | 1978-12-01 |
Movie | Every Which Way but Loose | Trailer Court Manager | 1978-12-16 |
Movie | Smokey and the Bandit | Trucker (uncredited) | 1977-05-26 |
Movie | The Legend of Frank Woods | Slim | 1977-04-30 |
Movie | Which Way Is Up? | The Flunky | 1977-11-04 |
Movie | The Hanged Man | Ab Wickes | 1974-03-13 |
Movie | Cahill: United States Marshal | Albert, Valentine Stationmaster | 1973-07-11 |
Movie | Big Jake | Hank | 1971-05-26 |
Movie | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Old Home Guardsman (uncredited) | 1971-10-07 |
Movie | Black Noon | Joseph | 1971-11-05 |
Movie | Rio Lobo | Hank, the hotel desk clerk | 1970-04-01 |
Movie | Chisum | Stationmaster Elwood | 1970-07-23 |
Movie | Big Daddy | Unknown | 1969-06-11 |
Movie | True Grit | R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited) | 1969-06-11 |
Series | Lancer | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Movie | Hondo and the Apaches | Miner | 1967-09-08 |
Movie | Good Times | Kid | 1967-04-11 |
Movie | The President's Analyst | Dirty Old Man (uncredited) | 1967-12-21 |
Series | Green Acres | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Series | Daniel Boone | Hansom Cab Driver | 1964-09-24 |
Series | Petticoat Junction | Band Member | 1963-09-24 |
Movie | McLintock! | Curly Fletcher | 1963-11-12 |
Series | The Beverly Hillbillies | Unknown | 1962-09-26 |
Movie | The Music Man | Undertaker | 1962-06-19 |
Movie | One-Eyed Jacks | Doc | 1961-03-30 |
Movie | Sergeant Rutledge | Laredo (uncredited) | 1960-05-25 |
Movie | The Alamo | Parson | 1960-10-23 |
Series | Rawhide | Driver | 1959-01-09 |
Movie | The Horse Soldiers | Deacon Clump | 1959-06-11 |
Movie | The Notorious Mr. Monks | Pete | 1958-02-28 |
Movie | The Toughest Gun in Tombstone | Liveryman | 1958-05-14 |
Movie | Bullwhip | Tex | 1958-05-25 |
Series | Bronco | Unknown | 1958-09-23 |
Movie | The Buckskin Lady | Lon | 1957-07-01 |
Movie | Spoilers of the Forest | Pat Casey | 1957-04-04 |
Movie | The Quiet Gun | Sampson | 1957-07-18 |
Movie | Forty Guns | Marshal John Chisum | 1957-09-10 |
Movie | Dragoon Wells Massacre | Hopi Charlie | 1957-08-28 |
Series | Wagon Train | Hank | 1957-09-18 |
Movie | The Searchers | Mose Harper | 1956-05-16 |
Movie | Davy Crockett and the River Pirates | Fiddler | 1956-07-18 |
Series | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Unknown | 1956-09-07 |
Movie | Thunder Over Arizona | Old Jonas | 1956-08-04 |
Movie | Accused of Murder | Les Fuller | 1956-12-21 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Claude | 1955-09-10 |
Movie | The Indian Fighter | Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper | 1955-12-21 |
Movie | Crime Wave | Sweeney (uncredited) | 1953-10-22 |
Movie | Boots Malone | Auto Mechanic | 1952-01-11 |
Movie | Woman of the North Country | Tom Gordon | 1952-07-23 |
Movie | The Big Sky | Poordevil | 1952-08-19 |
Movie | Apache War Smoke | Amber | 1952-09-25 |
Movie | Sugarfoot | Johnny Behind-the-Stove | 1951-02-11 |
Movie | Joe Palooka in Triple Cross | Hard-of-Hearing Farmer | 1951-09-16 |
Movie | Comin' Round the Mountain | Shooting Match Official | 1951-07-26 |
Movie | When Willie Comes Marching Home | American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited) | 1950-02-17 |
Movie | Father Is a Bachelor | Finnegan (uncredited) | 1950-02-22 |
Movie | Frenchie | Mr. Grady (uncredited) | 1950-12-25 |
Movie | Wagon Master | Luke Clegg | 1950-04-22 |
Movie | Cover Up | Undertaker | 1949-02-25 |
Movie | Hellfire | Unknown | 1949-05-29 |
Series | The Lone Ranger | Rusty Bates | 1949-09-15 |
Movie | The Fighting Kentuckian | Abner Todd | 1949-09-15 |
Movie | Roseanna McCoy | Jacob (uncredited) | 1949-10-12 |
Movie | Hazard | Man in Cheap Hotel (uncredited) | 1948-05-28 |
Movie | The Sainted Sisters | Taub Beasley | 1948-04-30 |
Movie | The Man from Texas | (uncredited) | 1948-03-06 |
Movie | Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' | Clem (uncredited) | 1948-06-01 |
Movie | Fort Apache | Southern Recruit | 1948-06-14 |
Movie | Yellow Sky | Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited) | 1948-12-24 |
Movie | 3 Godfathers | Deputy Curly | 1948-12-31 |
Movie | Whispering Smith | 1948-12-09 | |
Movie | Red River | Simms Reeves | 1948-08-26 |
Movie | Tap Roots | Cropper (uncredited) | 1948-08-25 |
Movie | Angel and the Badman | Townsman (uncredited) | 1947-02-15 |
Movie | The Sea of Grass | Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited) | 1947-04-25 |
Movie | Prairie Express | Deputy Clint | 1947-10-24 |
Movie | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Western Character (uncredited) | 1947-09-01 |
Movie | Undercurrent | Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited) | 1946-11-11 |
Movie | Lawless Breed | The Deputy | 1946-08-16 |
Movie | Duel in the Sun | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1946-12-31 |
Movie | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood | Joe (uncredited) | 1945-10-05 |
Movie | The Great Moment | Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited) | 1944-07-18 |
Movie | Black Market Rustlers | Slim | 1943-08-27 |
Movie | So Proudly We Hail | Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited) | 1943-09-09 |
Movie | A Lady Takes a Chance | Waiter | 1943-08-19 |
Movie | Flesh and Fantasy | Circus Spectator (uncredited) | 1943-10-29 |
Movie | The Woman of the Town | The Barber | 1943-12-31 |
Movie | Deep in the Heart of Texas | Townsman | 1942-09-25 |
Movie | Robbers of the Range | Stagecoach Attendant (uncredited) | 1941-04-17 |
Movie | Border Vigilantes | Aunt Jennifer's Wagon Driver | 1941-04-18 |
Movie | Gaucho Serenade | Farmer Driving Jalopy | 1940-05-09 |
Movie | Viva Cisco Kid | Deputy | 1940-04-12 |
Movie | Northwest Passage | Ranger Tying Oars | 1940-02-23 |
Movie | Beyond Tomorrow | Hospital Visitor (Uncredited) | 1940-05-10 |
Movie | Riders of Pasco Basin | Townsman (uncredited) | 1940-04-04 |
Movie | Cross-Country Romance | Wedding Witness | 1940-07-12 |
Movie | Triple Justice | Townsman Outside Saloon | 1940-09-22 |
Movie | Brigham Young | Mormon Cheering Porter | 1940-09-27 |
Movie | Winners of the West | Drunk | 1940-07-02 |
Movie | Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride | Henry Haggerty | 1940-09-05 |
Movie | The Range Busters | Cowhand | 1940-08-22 |
Movie | Rollin' Westward | Slim Regan | 1939-03-01 |
Movie | Sundown on the Prairie | Henchman Hank | 1939-02-08 |
Movie | Stagecoach | Cavalryman Extra (uncredited) | 1939-03-03 |
Movie | Chip of the Flying U | Cowhand | 1939-11-29 |
Movie | The Night Riders | Rancher | 1939-04-12 |
Movie | Reno | Townsman | 1939-12-01 |
Movie | Oklahoma Frontier | Townsman | 1939-10-09 |
Movie | Frontier Town | Henchman Buck | 1938-03-04 |
Movie | The Stranger from Arizona | Skeeter | 1938-09-22 |
Movie | The Cowboy and the Lady | Cowhand Leonard (uncredited) | 1938-11-17 |
Movie | Ghost Town Riders | Tom 'Cherokee' Walton | 1938-12-16 |
Movie | Hittin' the Trail | Sidekick Hank | 1937-04-03 |
Movie | Sing Cowboy Sing | Henchman | 1937-05-22 |
Movie | Hollywood Round-Up | Saloon Set Extra | 1937-11-06 |
Movie | The Californian | Ruiz Man | 1937-07-18 |
Movie | The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen | Deputy | 1937-08-06 |
Movie | For the Service | Henchman (uncredited) | 1936-06-01 |
Movie | Come and Get It | Lumberjack (uncredited) | 1936-11-06 |
Movie | Barbary Coast | Barfly / Townsman (uncredited) | 1935-10-13 |