

Cast & creator
Best known for Twin Peaks, Bonanza, Wagon Train
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)
Also known as: Norton Earl Worden, Worden Norten
132
film credits
21
television credits
153
1935–1992 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Across film & television
Showing 153 of 153 credits

Waiter
1990
Station Attendant
1959
Hank
1957
Slim
1982
Calico (uncredited)
1962
Farmer
1963
Roy Turlock
1963
Luke
1963
Band Member
1963

Blue Belly (uncredited)
1964
Hansom Cab Driver
1964
Driver
1959
Rusty Bates
1949
Bruckner
1949
Claude
1955




Mose Harper
1956
2nd Elderly Man
1990
R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
1969
Trucker (uncredited)
1977
Old Con
1985
Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
1971
Trailer Court Manager
1978
Cavalryman (uncredited)
1939
Parson
1960
Deputy Curly
1948
Stationmaster Elwood
1970
Curly Fletcher
1963
Party Guest (uncredited)
1946
Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1970
Doc
1961
Deacon Clump
1959
Southern Recruit
1948
Rancher, Bank Customer (uncredited)
1948
Elderly Jason
1984
Simms Reeves
1948
Station Mechanic
1980
Townsman (uncredited)
1947
Undertaker
1962
Western Character (uncredited)
1947
Bill - Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited)
1947
Crazy Bear / Guardhouse Keeper
1955
Old Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
Albert, Valentine Stationmaster
1973
Hank
1971
Soldier on Troop Ship (Uncredited)
1943
Shopping Cart
1978
Shopping Cart (as Hank Warden)
1978
Cropper (uncredited)
1948
Dirty Old Man (uncredited)
1967
Mr. Grady (uncredited)
1950
Cave Bar Patron (uncredited)
1955
Fiddler
1956
Mormon Cheering Porter
1940
Abner Todd
1949
Cowhand Leonard (uncredited)
1938
Sweeney (uncredited)
1953
Marshal John Chisum
1957
Pool Room Attendant
1982
The Flunky
1977
Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited)
1946
Undertaker
1949
Waiter
1943
Laredo (uncredited)
1960
Ranger Tying Oars
1940
Johnny Behind-the-Stove
1951
Pop
1990
Shooting Match Official
1951
Miner
1967
Clem (uncredited)
1948
Circus Spectator (uncredited)
1943
Butch Collins
1978
Old Geezer
1981
Lumberjack (uncredited)
1936
Pat Casey
1957
American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited)
1950
Old Timer
1988
Barfly / Townsman (uncredited)
1935
Hard-of-Hearing Farmer
1951
Luke Clegg
1950
Kid
1967
Poordevil
1952
Colonel
1984
Drunk
1940


Joe (uncredited)
1945
Slim
1977
Tom Gordon
1952
Rancher
1939
Old Coot
1975
Finnegan (uncredited)
1950
Hopi Charlie
1957
(uncredited)
1948
The Barber
1943
Joseph
1971
Townsman
1942
Old Codger
1985
Liveryman
1958Self
1992

Stagecoach Attendant (uncredited)
1941
Ab Wickes
1974
Les Fuller
1956
Jacob (uncredited)
1949
John
1981
Henchman Hank
1939
Townsman (uncredited)
1940
Pete
1958
Cowhand
1939
Gramps Jebediah
1983
Deputy
1937
Lon
1957
Skeeter
1938
Deputy
1940
Tex
1958
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)
1944
German Motorcycle Soldier (uncredited)
1944
Mr. Crabtree (uncredited)
1936
Amber
1952
Aunt Jennifer's Wagon Driver
1941
Hospital Visitor (uncredited)
1940
Deputy Clint
1947
Good Ole Boy
1990
Old Cowboy (uncredited)
1971
Auto Mechanic
1952
Taub Beasley
1948
Witness (uncredited)
1949
Cowhand
1940
Townsman Outside Saloon
1940
Townsman
1939
Sampson
1957
Man in Cheap Hotel (uncredited)
1948
Ruiz Man
1937
Wedding Witness
1940
Townsman
1939
Slim Regan
1939
Henry Haggerty
1940
Old Jonas
1956
The Deputy
1946
Saloon Set Extra
1937Hillbilly
1941
Farmer Driving Jalopy
1940
Sidekick Hank
1937
Henchman (uncredited)
1936
Henchman Buck
1938Tom 'Cherokee' Walton
1938
Henchman
1937
Slim
1943