Max in “The Muppet Movie” - henchman to Doc Hopper.
Smee in “Hook”
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Furio Giunta from The Sopranos. He doesn’t actually make that many appearances in the show but it’s always highly impactful, both literally and figuratively, when he does.
That was the first thing that popped up in my mind. A guy born to play the heavy. He sort of took over that role from Ted Cassidy who played Lurch and who played Harvey at the beginning of Butch Cassidy. These aren’t really the best, just big guys, some of the others mentioned accomplish it more with their acting ability.
Cruellas’s henchmen, Jasper and 'orace
If we’re expanding to henchmen characters, and animated ones at that, Shego, Dr. Drakken’s henchperson from Kim Possible is my all time favorite.
Karl Urban as Kirill in “The Bourne Supremacy”. Had hardly any spoken lines, but was insanely cool, I would say about 750 milliDelon.
Kronk! He does his own theme music! And his spinach puffs are to die for.
Obviously:
Let us not forget his turn in the Marvel Universe:
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For your consideration: Martin Landau in North By Northwest.
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‘Don Logan’ ( Ben Kingsley ) in the film ‘Sexy Best’.
Also “Reace” in Silver Streak and “Club” in Pale Rider.
Billy Drago as Frank Nitti.
Slim Pickens had another great bad-guy role as Deputy Lon Dedrick in Marlon Brando’s One-Eyed Jacks. More of a sadistic fuck than a henchman, I guess.
Career henching greats:
Exceptional henching in one movie:
William Bendix – The Glass Key (1942)
Bob Steele – The Big Sleep (1946)
Richard Widmark – Kiss of Death (1947)
Neville Brand – D.O.A. (1949)
Lee Van Cleef and Earl Holliman – The Big Combo (1955)
Kong Do – The Battle Wizard (1977)
Edited from an IMDB review: “…main henchman is a man-beast (played well by Kong Do) with a metallic skull and shooting (lobster) claw hands who likes pretty girls.” Totally awesome flick.
Dammit @Chelonaut, I’d forgotten about him! But I forget on who’s authority he was henching for. . .
@DCnDC, that’s a good one–it’s been a few years since I’d binged The Sopranos. Didn’t that same actor have a part in Friends? That might affect his hench-factor.
@silenus, who’s that? I’m gonna admit, I’m not a Marvel Universe guy. . .
@Baal_Houtham, I gotta watch North by Northwest now. . .
But @BrickBat, I did see Sexy Beast, and remember Ben Kingsley but wasn’t he the main villain?
Oooh, Billy Drago’s one that I forgot about–I need to see Pale Rider too.
Tripler
Updated list forthcoming. . .
One of the many high points of Thor: Ragnarok. Hel’s right-hand hench.
Michael Ironside.