By Vlad Zakh · April 19, 2026
Harry Cording brought a burly, menacing presence to Hollywood across an extraordinarily prolific career, frequently as a henchman or brutish villain. The Black Cat traps a honeymooning couple in a satanic architect’s revenge, The House of Rothschild rises amid antisemitic prejudice, The Cabin in the Cotton tears a sharecropper’s son between family and a plantation owner, and Mata Hari sends a spy falling for a Russian officer. The Patriot and The Last Command round out the list.
01 Bela Lugosi stars as a honeymooning couple becomes trapped in a deadly feud between a vengeful doctor and an architect.
Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer · 1h 05m
Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
Rent: Amazon Video
02 Harry Cording appears as the Rothschild banking family rises to influence across Europe despite persecution.
Directed by Alfred L. Werker · 1h 28m
Stream: Artiflix
Stream: Artiflix
Stream: Artiflix
Stream: Artiflix
Stream: Artiflix
03 Harry Cording appears as a poor sharecropper's son is torn between loyalty to his family and a wealthy landowner's daughter.
Directed by Michael Curtiz · 1h 18m · Rated NR
04 A seductive exotic dancer serves as a spy during the First World War while falling for a Russian pilot.
Directed by George Fitzmaurice · 1h 29m · Rated NR
Stream: TCM · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
05 Harry Cording features in this silent drama about a conflicted Russian czar's advisor who plots against him while battling his own conscience.
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch · 1h 53m
06 Emil Jannings plays a former Russian imperial general, reduced to a Hollywood extra, who relives his tragic past.
Directed by Josef von Sternberg · 1h 28m
Stream: Philo, Fandor Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel
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