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 | Almost an Angel | Pop | 1990-12-21 |
Movie | Big Bad John | Good Ole Boy | 1990-02-01 |
Series | Twin Peaks | Waiter | 1990-04-08 |
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 | Zachariah | Old Cowboy (uncredited) | 1971-01-24 |
Movie | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Old Home Guardsman (uncredited) | 1971-10-07 |
Movie | Black Noon | Joseph | 1971-11-05 |
Movie | Rio Lobo | Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited) | 1970-04-01 |
Movie | Chisum | Stationmaster Elwood | 1970-07-23 |
Movie | Big Daddy | 1969-06-11 | |
Movie | True Grit | R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited) | 1969-06-11 |
Series | Lancer | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Movie | Good Times | Kid | 1967-04-11 |
Movie | Hondo and the Apaches | Miner | 1967-09-08 |
Movie | The President's Analyst | Dirty Old Man (uncredited) | 1967-12-21 |
Series | Green Acres | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
Series | Petticoat Junction | Unknown | 1963-09-24 |
Movie | McLintock! | Curly Fletcher | 1963-11-12 |
Movie | The Music Man | Undertaker | 1962-06-19 |
Series | The Beverly Hillbillies | Unknown | 1962-09-26 |
Movie | One-Eyed Jacks | Doc | 1961-03-30 |
Movie | Sergeant Rutledge | Laredo (uncredited) | 1960-05-25 |
Movie | The Alamo | Parson | 1960-10-23 |
Movie | The Horse Soldiers | Deacon Clump | 1959-06-11 |
Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
Movie | The Toughest Gun in Tombstone | Liveryman | 1958-05-14 |
Movie | The Notorious Mr. Monks | Pete | 1958-02-28 |
Movie | Bullwhip | Tex | 1958-05-25 |
Series | Bronco | Unknown | 1958-09-23 |
Movie | Spoilers of the Forest | Pat Casey | 1957-04-04 |
Movie | The Buckskin Lady | Lon | 1957-07-01 |
Movie | Forty Guns | Marshal John Chisum | 1957-09-10 |
Movie | The Quiet Gun | Sampson | 1957-07-18 |
Movie | Dragoon Wells Massacre | Hopi Charlie | 1957-08-28 |
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 | Unknown | 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 | Comin' Round the Mountain | Shooting Match Official | 1951-07-26 |
Movie | Joe Palooka in Triple Cross | Hard-of-Hearing Farmer | 1951-09-16 |
Movie | When Willie Comes Marching Home | American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited) | 1950-02-17 |
Movie | Wagon Master | Luke Clegg | 1950-04-22 |
Movie | Father Is a Bachelor | Finnegan (uncredited) | 1950-02-22 |
Movie | Curtain Call at Cactus Creek | 1950-05-25 | |
Movie | Frenchie | Mr. Grady (uncredited) | 1950-12-25 |
Movie | Red Canyon | Charley | 1949-04-27 |
Movie | Cover Up | Undertaker | 1949-02-25 |
Movie | Streets of Laredo | Texas Ranger (uncredited) | 1949-05-27 |
Movie | Hellfire | 1949-05-29 | |
Movie | Roseanna McCoy | Jacob (uncredited) | 1949-10-12 |
Movie | The Fighting Kentuckian | Abner Todd | 1949-09-15 |
Movie | Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' | Clem (uncredited) | 1948-06-01 |
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 | Fort Apache | Southern Recruit | 1948-06-14 |
Movie | Tap Roots | Cropper (uncredited) | 1948-08-25 |
Movie | Red River | Simms Reeves | 1948-08-26 |
Movie | 3 Godfathers | Deputy Curly | 1948-12-31 |
Movie | Yellow Sky | Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited) | 1948-12-24 |
Movie | Whispering Smith | 1948-12-09 | |
Movie | The Sea of Grass | Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited) | 1947-04-25 |
Movie | Angel and the Badman | Townsman (uncredited) | 1947-02-15 |
Movie | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Western Character (uncredited) | 1947-09-01 |
Movie | Prairie Express | Deputy Clint | 1947-10-24 |
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 | A Lady Takes a Chance | Waiter | 1943-08-19 |
Movie | So Proudly We Hail | Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited) | 1943-09-09 |
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 | Stagecoach | Cavalryman (uncredited) | 1939-03-03 |
Movie | Sundown on the Prairie | Henchman Hank | 1939-02-08 |
Movie | Reno | Townsman | 1939-12-01 |
Movie | The Night Riders | Rancher | 1939-04-12 |
Movie | Chip of the Flying U | Cowhand | 1939-11-29 |
Movie | Oklahoma Frontier | Townsman | 1939-10-09 |
Movie | Frontier Town | Henchman Buck | 1938-03-04 |
Movie | Ghost Town Riders | Tom 'Cherokee' Walton | 1938-12-16 |
Movie | The Cowboy and the Lady | Cowhand Leonard (uncredited) | 1938-11-17 |
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 |