Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1911-10-03
- Day of Death1995-05-02 (83 years)
- Place of BirthBerkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Also Known AsSir Michael HordernSir Michael Murray HordernMichael Murray HordernМайкл Хордерн
Michael Hordern
Biography
Sir Michael Murray Hordern (3 October 1911 – 2 May 1995) was an English actor, knighted in 1983 for his services to the theatre, which stretched back to before the Second World War. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Hordern, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Acting Career
- 2008
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
As: Squire Thomas Banks
- 1995
A Very Open Prison
As: Lord Langland
- 1994
Middlemarch
As: Peter Featherstone
- 1993
Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt
As: Narrator
- 1992
Freddie as F.R.O.7.
As: King (voice)
- 1992
Truckers
As: The Abbot (voice)
- 1992
Memento Mori
As: Godfrey Colston
- 1992
Beauty and the Beast
As: Monsieur Du Blois (voice)
1990The Green Man
As: Gramps
1990Chillers
As: Colonel Eddie Phelps
1990Dark Obsession
As: Lord Crewne
1989Danny the Champion of the World
As: Lord Claybury
1989The Dog It Was That Died
As: George
1988The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
As: Badger (voice)
1987The Trouble with Spies
As: Jason Locke
1987The Secret Garden
As: Ben Weatherstaff
1987Comrades
As: Mr. Pitt
1987Scoop
As: Uncle Theodor
1987The Secret World of Polly Flint
As: Narrator
1987Inspector Morse
As: Doctor Starkie
1987Suspicion
As: Lord McLaidlaw
1986Paradise Postponed
As: Rev. Simeon Simcox
- 1986
Labyrinth
As: The Wiseman (voice)
1986Lady Jane
As: Dr. Feckenham
1986Lovejoy
As: Wilfred Shotley
1986Paddington's Birthday Bonanza
As: Narrator
1985Young Sherlock Holmes
As: Older Watson (voice)
1985Now Voyager
As: The Old Man
1985Screen Two
As: Lord Langland
- 1985
Screen Two
As: Godfrey Colston
1984The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
As: Psychoanalyst
1984The Wind in the Willows
As: Badger (voice)
1983The Wind in the Willows
As: Badger
1983Yellowbeard
As: Dr. Gilpin
1983Clash of Loyalties
As: Narrator
1982Cymbeline
As: Jupiter
- 1982
Gandhi
As: Sir George Hodge
1982The Missionary
As: Slatterthewaite
1982King Lear
As: King Lear
1982Oliver Twist
As: Mr. Brownlow
1982Ivanhoe
As: Cedric
1981You're All Right, How Am I?
As: Patient
1981All's Well That Ends Well
As: Lafeu
1981The History Man
As: Prof Marvin
1980Shōgun
As: Friar Domingo
1980The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
As: Sir Charles Hackforth
1980Gauguin the Savage
As: Durand-Huel
1980Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies
As: Narrator (voice)
1980The Tempest
As: Prospero
1979Tales of the Unexpected
As: Cyril Bixby
1978The Talking Parcel
As: Oswald, the Sea Serpent
1978Romeo & Juliet
As: Capulet
1978The BBC Television Shakespeare
As: Capulet
1978Watership Down
As: Frith (voice)
1978The Medusa Touch
As: Atropos - Fortune Teller
1977A Christmas Carol
As: Ebenezer Scrooge
1977Joseph Andrews
As: Parson Adams
1976The Slipper and the Rose
As: King
1976Paddington Bear
As: Narrator
1975Lucky Lady
As: Captain Rockwell
- 1975
Barry Lyndon
As: Narrator (voice)
1975The Old Curiosity Shop
As: Edward Trent
1975Royal Flash
As: Headmaster
1975King Lear
As: King Lear
1974Juggernaut
As: Mr. Baker
1974Fall of Eagles
As: Narrator
1973The Three Musketeers
As: Treville (voice)
1973The MacKintosh Man
As: Mr. Brown
1973England Made Me
As: F. Minty
1973Theatre of Blood
As: George Maxwell
1972The Pied Piper
As: Melius, Alchemist
1972Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
As: Mock Turtle
1972Demons of the Mind
As: Priest
1972The Possession of Joel Delaney
As: Justin
1971A Ghost Story for Christmas
As: Professor Parkins
1971A Christmas Carol
As: Marley's Ghost (voice)
1971Girl Stroke Boy
As: George Mason
1971Up Pompeii
As: Ludicrus Sextus
1970Some Will, Some Won't
As: Denniston Russell
1970Futtocks End
As: The Butler
1969Anne of the Thousand Days
As: Thomas Boleyn
1969The Bed Sitting Room
As: Bules Martin
- 1968
Where Eagles Dare
As: Adm. Rolland
1968Prudence and the Pill
As: Dr. Morley (uncredited)
1968Whistle and I'll Come to You
As: Professor Parkins
1967I'll Never Forget What's'isname
As: Headmaster
1967How I Won the War
As: Grapple
1967The Jokers
As: Sir Matthew
1967The Taming of the Shrew
As: Baptista
1966A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
As: Senex
1966Khartoum
As: Lord Granville
1966Cast a Giant Shadow
As: British Ambassador
1965The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
As: Ashe
1965BBC Play of the Month
As: Mr. Posket
- 1965
BBC Play of the Month
As: God
1965Genghis Khan
As: Geen
1964The Yellow Rolls-Royce
As: Harnsworth
1964Macbeth
As: Banquo
1963Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
As: Squire Thomas Banks
1963The V.I.P.s
As: Airport Director
- 1963
Cleopatra
As: Cicero
1961El Cid
As: Don Diego
1960Man in the Moon
As: Dr. Davidson
1960Sink the Bismarck!
As: Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'
1960Moment of Danger
As: Inspector Farrell
1958I Was Monty's Double
As: Governor of Gibralter
1958Girls at Sea
As: Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt
1958The Spaniard's Curse
As: Judge Manton
1958I Accuse!
As: Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial
1957Windom's Way
As: Patterson
1957No Time for Tears
As: Surgeon
1956The Spanish Gardener
As: Harrington Brande
1956The Baby and the Battleship
As: Capt. Hugh
1956The Man Who Never Was
As: Gen. Coburn
1956Alexander the Great
As: Demosthenes
1956Pacific Destiny
As: Resident Commissioner
1955Storm Over the Nile
As: General Faversham
1955The Constant Husband
As: The Judge
1955The Dark Avenger
As: King Edward
1955The Night My Number Came Up
As: Lindsay
1954The Wonderful World of Disney
As: Squire Banks
1954Svengali
As: Billy's Uncle
1954The Beachcomber
As: The Headman
1954Forbidden Cargo
As: Director of Customs
1953The Heart of the Matter
As: Commissioner
1953Personal Affair
As: Headmaster Griffith
1953Grand National Night
As: Inspector Ayling
1953Street Corner
As: Insp. Heron
1952The Hour of 13
As: Sir Herbert Frensham
1952The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
As: Scathelock
1952The Card
As: Bank Manager
1952The Magic Box
As: Official Receiver
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Banquo
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Ben Weatherstaff
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII
1951Scrooge
As: Jacob Marley
1951Tom Brown's Schooldays
As: Wilkes
1951Flesh and Blood
As: Webster
1950Highly Dangerous
As: Lab Director Owens
1950Trio
As: Vicar
1950The Astonished Heart
As: Ernest
1950Sunday Night Theatre
As: Epilogue spoken by (voice)
- 1950
Sunday Night Theatre
As: Jacques
1949Passport to Pimlico
As: Bashford
1949Train of Events
As: First Plain Clothes Man
1948Portrait from Life
As: Johnson
1948The Small Voice
As: Dr. Mennell
1948Good-Time Girl
As: Seddon
1947Nightbeat
As: Police Training Officer
1947Mine Own Executioner
As: Co-Counsel at Inquest
1946School for Secrets
As: Lt. Cmdr. Lowther
1946The Years Between
As: Member of Parliament (uncredited)
1940Girl in the News
As: Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)
1940Band Waggon
As: (uncredited)