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Norton Earl Worden

Also Known As: ""Aunt" Hank"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Rolfe, IA, United States
Death: December 06, 1992 (91)
Los Angeles, CA, United States (Natural causes)
Immediate Family:

Son of Norton Albert Worden and Ella Worden
Husband of Louise (Dinnie) Worden

Managed by: Carolyn Conrad Renz
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Immediate Family

About Hank Worden

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 derived. Drove a cab in NY, then worked on dude ranches as a wrangler and as a guide on the Bright 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 acting work. He appeared in 14 movies with John Wayne and in some TV shows like Bonanza. Hank and Dinnie were lovingly called "Aunt" Hank and "Uncle" Dinnie by the family. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K24W-XNS https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6324/hank-worden

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Hank Worden's Timeline

1901
July 23, 1901
Rolfe, IA, United States
1992
December 6, 1992
Age 91
Los Angeles, CA, United States