Carol Henry (July 14, 1918 – September 17, 1987)[citation needed] was an American character actor who played the parts of henchmen in Western films and television series throughout the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.[1][2] He also served as a stunt man in various films although all his work in that field went uncredited.[citation needed]
Born in Oklahoma,[3] he appeared in an episode of Sergeant Preston of the Yukon in 1955 as McClain, a murderer. In 1958 he appeared as a posse member in the TV western Tales of Wells Fargo in the episode titled "Butch Cassidy." [citation needed]
Carol Henry died in North Hollywood, aged 69.
Selected filmography
edit- Gun Talk (1947)
- Courtin' Trouble (1948)
- Gunning for Justice (1948)
- Hidden Danger (1948)
- The Sheriff of Medicine Bow (1948)
- Across the Rio Grande (1949)
- Gun Law Justice (1949)
- Trails End (1949)
- Roll, Thunder, Roll! (1949)
- Range Land (1949)
- Outlaw Gold (1950)
- Gunslingers (1950)
- The Longhorn (1951)
References
edit- ^ "The Henchies". B-westerns.com. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
- ^ Carol Henry at AllMovie
- ^ Scott Freese, Gene (April 10, 2014). Hollywood Stunt Performers, 1910s-1970s: A Biographical Dictionary, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 125. ISBN 9780786476435 – via Google Books.