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