# Your favorite movie/TV henchmen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 19, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-tv-henchmen/942506 "2021-05-19T21:14:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-tv-henchmen/942506/61 "2021-05-22T21:44:33Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > (though with one fewer “g” 😉 ) And I lived in Brussels for two years and should know better. I’m going to claim that I was thinking of the port of Zeebrugge and see if anyone buys it. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-tv-henchmen/942506/62 "2021-05-23T16:14:32Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I always liked Christopher George in **El Dorado**. > [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Has anyone mentioned “Jefe” in **The Three Amigos**? Neither of those were henchmen - would make a list of good-to-great villians, however. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-tv-henchmen/942506/63 "2021-05-23T16:36:27Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Has anyone mentioned “Jefe” in **The Three Amigos**? > [@Folacin](#): > > Neither of those were henchmen - would make a list of good-to-great villians, however. Say again? Are you confusing _El Guapo_ with _Jefe_? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-tv-henchmen/942506/64 "2021-05-23T16:43:54Z")
And are you mistaking Christopher George with _Ed Asner_? Nelse McLeod was definitely a henchman. Also a mook, hired gun and all around baddie, but NOT The Big Bad. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-tv-henchmen/942506/65 "2021-05-23T21:33:25Z")
[quote=“TreacherousCretin, post:63, topic:942506”] Say again? Are you confusing _El Guapo_ with _Jefe_ ?[/quote] [quote=“silenus, post:64, topic:942506”] Nelse McLeod was definitely a henchman. Also a mook, hired gun and all around baddie, but NOT The Big Bad.[/quote] I think we have established I’m an idiot, if nothing else. In my partial defense, it’s been a long time since I watched the Amigos, and _jefe_ is Spanish for leader. As evidence of my idiocy, I just watched El Dorado the other night, so no excuse there. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-tv-henchmen/942506/66 "2021-05-23T23:13:31Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > I think we have established I’m an idiot, if nothing else. In my partial defense, it’s been a long time since I watched the Amigos, and _jefe_ is Spanish for leader. > > As evidence of my idiocy, I just watched El Dorado the other night, so no excuse there Oh KAY, then. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-tv-henchmen/942506/67 "2021-05-24T00:34:16Z")
Darth Vader. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-tv-henchmen/942506/68 "2021-05-24T03:26:58Z")
Shego’s one of my favorite Disney henchmen. My top favorite, though? Maximilian from _The Black Hole_. It’s amazing how emotive and intimidating you can be with no face, and only one instance of what could be considered a “line” in the entire movie. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-tv-henchmen/942506/69 "2021-05-24T04:22:10Z")
The nearly identical [Salamanca cousins](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/villains/images/c/cb/Cousins.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140530203305) with the fancy boots in _Breaking Bad_ and _Better Call Saul_. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-tv-henchmen/942506/70 "2021-05-24T14:25:09Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Dwight Frye as Fritz, in Universal’s _Frankenstein._ He was also “Karl” (an almost identical role) in **Bride of Frankenstein**. And, of course, he was Renfield (conflated with the Jonathan Harker role) in the 1931 Bela Lugosi/Tod Browning **Dracula** And it’s not as well known that he was Wilmer Cook in the 1931 version of **The Maltese Falcon** (the role played by Elisha Cook in the better-known 1941 version of the film So 1931 was a good year for Dwight Frye as a henchman – three iconic roles. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-tv-henchmen/942506/71 "2021-05-24T14:49:11Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > A guy born to play the heavy. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Michael_Dunn_Richard_Kiel_Wild_Wild_West.JPG/445px-Michael_Dunn_Richard_Kiel_Wild_Wild_West.JPG) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Michael_Dunn_Richard_Kiel_Wild_Wild_West.JPG/445px-Michael_Dunn_Richard_Kiel_Wild_Wild_West.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-tv-henchmen/942506/72 "2021-05-24T17:24:45Z")
Charles Dierkop was a good one. > **[Charles Dierkop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dierkop)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Charles Richard Dierkop (born September 11, 1936) is an American character actor. He is most recognized for his supporting roles in the films Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and The Sting (1973) and the television series Police Woman (1974-1978). > Dierkop was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and attended Aquinas High School in La Crosse. He was raised by his aunt and uncle after his father left when Dierkop was an infant and his mother "lef... ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-tv-henchmen/942506/73 "2021-05-24T22:53:49Z")
In the movie-within-a-movie **Return Of The Killer Tomatoes** — not to be confused, see, with its own movie-within-a-movie-within-a-movie — John Astin’s henchman Igor manhandles George Clooney with all the _enthusiasm_ you’d expect from an Igor, but with the _brawn_ of a tall and broad-shouldered Olympic champ, plus the upbeat delivery of a smiling TV anchorman. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-tv-henchmen/942506/74 "2021-05-25T12:51:18Z")
Ooooooh, I’d forgotten about these guys, and I recently finished the series. I know I promised an updated list to y’all, but I’ve been dealing with henchmen at work, and haven’t had time to read this thread. My apologies. Tripler The worst kind: _bureaucratic_ henchmen. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-tv-henchmen/942506/75 "2021-05-25T13:47:55Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Darth Vader. I can’t believe this is the first mention of Darth Vader. Obi Wan, Tarkin, the Emperor…Vader always had a boss. ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-tv-henchmen/942506/76 "2021-05-25T13:57:41Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Max from _The Great Race_ I agree. Another Peter Falk role, “Joy Boy” as a henchman to Glenn Ford in _Pocketful of Miracles 1961_. He does the character perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-tv-henchmen/942506/77 "2021-05-25T17:27:09Z")
[Sir Robert Helpmann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Robert_Helpmann) as the Child Catcher. [![](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1790435.main_image.jpg) ](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1790435.main_image.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-tv-henchmen/942506/78 "2021-05-26T20:24:08Z")
Alright, I’ve gotta update my list, specifically the last two slots. - [Sven-Ole Thorsen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sven-Ole_Thorsen) - [Dave Bautista](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Bautista). - [Richard Kiel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kiel) - [Al Leong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Leong) makes the list for his Christmas hench and because, well . . . Ho ho ho, now I have a machine gun _ **and** _ a Snickers bar. - [Billy Drago](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Drago) because he’s got that cold-as-ice stare, some serious prolific hench-work, and because “Hey, I gotta permit for that.” Tripler I gotta start watching more movies for more hench-a-bility in my list. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-tv-henchmen/942506/79 "2021-06-03T02:50:58Z")
> [@thinksnow](#): > > [Henchman 21](https://venturebrothers.fandom.com/wiki/Henchman_21?file=Shot042423.jpg) > > [An Ode to Henchmen.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4LlA_yunVY) Yes, this is probably the correct answer. He’s the greatest henchman. He’s got a “Born 2 Hench” tattoo, for god’s sake. Plus, he and 24 have the best dialogue of any henchmen. Though, your avatar makes me think of Gir, who’s certainly in the running: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HzfOk0Dsba0/maxresdefault.jpg "Best GIR Moments from Invader ZIM! 🤖 NickRewind") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzfOk0Dsba0) ---
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