Hank Worden
1901-07-23 ( 123 years old ) in Rolfe, Iowa, USA

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

Big Bad John 1990-02-01
Space Rage 1985-12-25
Runaway Train 1985-11-15
UFOria 1984-07-10
Hammett 1982-06-09
Scream 1981-01-08
Bronco Billy 1980-06-11
Big Wednesday 1978-05-26
Big Wednesday 1978-05-26
The Hanged Man 1974-03-13
Black Noon 1971-11-05
Big Jake 1971-05-26
Zachariah 1971-01-24
Chisum 1970-07-23
Rio Lobo 1970-04-01
True Grit 1969-06-11
Big Daddy 1969-06-11
Good Times 1967-04-11
McLintock! 1963-11-12
The Music Man 1962-06-19
One-Eyed Jacks 1961-03-30
The Alamo 1960-10-23
Bullwhip 1958-05-25
Forty Guns 1957-09-10
The Quiet Gun 1957-07-18
The Searchers 1956-05-16
Crime Wave 1953-10-22
The Big Sky 1952-08-19
Boots Malone 1952-01-11
Sugarfoot 1951-02-11
Frenchie 1950-12-25
Wagon Master 1950-04-22
Roseanna McCoy 1949-10-12
Hellfire 1949-05-29
Cover Up 1949-02-25
3 Godfathers 1948-12-31
Yellow Sky 1948-12-24
Red River 1948-08-26
Tap Roots 1948-08-25
Hazard 1948-05-28
Fort Apache 1948-05-21
Undercurrent 1946-11-11
Lawless Breed 1946-08-16
Brigham Young 1940-09-27
Triple Justice 1940-09-22
Viva Cisco Kid 1940-04-12
Reno 1939-12-01
Stagecoach 1939-03-02
Frontier Town 1938-03-04
Barbary Coast 1935-10-13