Person Details

Birthday: 1901-07-23 21:07:34

Death: 1992-12-06 21:07:34

Aliases: Norton Earl Worden , Worden Norten

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Rolfe, Iowa, USA

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 92

TV Involvements: 8


Most Famous Work

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)

Most Famous Work

Twin Peaks
Average
8

Twin Peaks

(1990) Waiter
Daniel Boone
Average
7

Daniel Boone

(1964) Hansom Cab Driver
Wagon Train
Average
6

Wagon Train

(1957) Hank
Knight Rider
Average
8

Knight Rider

(1982) Slim
Rawhide
Average
7

Rawhide

(1959) Driver
The Lone Ranger
Average
7

The Lone Ranger

(1949) Rusty Bates
Gunsmoke
Average
7

Gunsmoke

(1955) Claude
True Grit
Average
7

True Grit

(1969) R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1992 Self
1990 Pop
Waiter
Good Ole Boy
1988 Old Timer
1985 Old Con
Old Codger
1984 Colonel
Elderly Jason
1983 Gramps Jebediah
1982 Slim
Pool Room Attendant
1981 Old Geezer
John
1980 Station Mechanic
1978 Trailer Court Manager
Butch Collins
Old Lonely Hearts Club Band
Shopping Cart
Shopping Cart (as Hank Warden)
1977 The Flunky
Trucker (uncredited)
Slim
1974 Ab Wickes
1973 Albert, Valentine Stationmaster
1971 Joseph
Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
Hank
1970 Stationmaster Elwood
Hank, the hotel desk clerk
Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1969 N/A
R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
1968 N/A
1967 Dirty Old Man (uncredited)
Miner
Kid
1965 N/A
1964 Blue Belly (uncredited)
Hansom Cab Driver
1963 Curly Fletcher
Farmer
Roy Turlock
Luke
Band Member
1962 N/A
Undertaker
1961 Doc
1960 Parson
Laredo (uncredited)
1959 Deacon Clump
Driver
1958 N/A
Tex
Liveryman
Pete
1957 Hank
Marshal John Chisum
Hopi Charlie
Sampson
Lon
Pat Casey
1956 Les Fuller
N/A
Old Jonas
Fiddler
Mose Harper
1955 Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper
Claude
1953 Sweeney (uncredited)
1952 Amber
Poordevil
Tom Gordon
Auto Mechanic
1951 Hard-of-Hearing Farmer
Shooting Match Official
Johnny Behind-the-Stove
1950 Mr. Grady (uncredited)
Luke Clegg
Finnegan (uncredited)
American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited)
1949 Jacob (uncredited)
Rusty Bates
Abner Todd
N/A
Undertaker
1948 Deputy Curly
Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited)
N/A
Simms Reeves
Cropper (uncredited)
Southern Recruit
Clem (uncredited)
Taub Beasley
(uncredited)
1947 Deputy Clint
Western Character (uncredited)
Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
1946 Party Guest (uncredited)
Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited)
The Deputy
1945 Joe (uncredited)
1944 Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)
1943 The Barber
Circus Spectator (uncredited)
Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited)
Slim
Waiter
1942 Townsman
1941 Aunt Jennifer's Wagon Driver
Stagecoach Attendant (uncredited)
1940 Mormon Cheering Porter
Townsman Outside Saloon
Henry Haggerty
Cowhand
Wedding Witness
Drunk
Hospital Visitor (Uncredited)
Farmer Driving Jalopy
Deputy
Townsman (uncredited)
Ranger Tying Oars
1939 Townsman
Cowhand
Townsman
Rancher
Cavalryman Extra (uncredited)
Slim Regan
Henchman Hank
1938 Tom 'Cherokee' Walton
Cowhand Leonard (uncredited)
Skeeter
Henchman Buck
1937 Saloon Set Extra
Deputy
Ruiz Man
Henchman
Sidekick Hank
1936 Lumberjack (uncredited)
Henchman (uncredited)
1935 Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

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