- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 3, 1911
- Place of Birth
- Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Died
- May 2, 1995
Michael Hordern
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.
Filmography
movieWalt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
2008 · Squire Thomas Banks (archive footage)
movieA Very Open Prison
1995 · Lord Langland
tvMiddlemarch
1994 · Peter Featherstone
moviePaddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt
1993 · Narrator
The Christmas Collection
1992 · Badger (voice)
movieFreddie As F.R.O.7.
1992 · King (voice)
movieTruckers
1992 · The Abbot (voice)
movieMemento Mori
1992 · Godfrey Colston
movieBeauty and the Beast
1992 · Monsieur Du Blois (voice)
The Fool
1990 · Mr. Tatham
tvThe Green Man
1990 · Gramps
movieDiamond Skulls
1990 · Lord Crewne
More Children's Holiday Favourites
1990 · Badger (voice)
tvPerfect Scoundrels
1990 · Sir Norman
Oh, Mr. Toad
1990 · Badger
tvChillers
1990 · Colonel Eddie Phelps
movieThe Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
1989 · Badger (voice)
movieDanny the Champion of the World
1989 · Lord Claybury
More Children's Summer Stories
1989 · Badger (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1989 · Badger (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
1989 · Badger (voice)
movieThe Dog It Was That Died
1989 · George
Ending Up
1989 · George
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1988 · Badger (voice)
movieThe Trouble with Spies
1987 · Jason Locke
movieThe Secret Garden
1987 · Ben Weatherstaff
Daytime Live
1987
movieComrades
1987 · Mr. Pitt
movieScoop
1987 · Uncle Theodor
movieThe Secret World of Polly Flint
1987 · Narrator
tvInspector Morse
1987 · Doctor Starkie
movieSuspicion
1987 · Lord McLaidlaw
movieThe Little Match Girl
1986 · Himself - Introduction
movieThe Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
1986 · Badger (voice)
tvParadise Postponed
1986 · Rev. Simeon Simcox
movieLabyrinth
1986 · The Wiseman (voice)
Paradise Postponed
1986 · Simeon Simcox
movieLady Jane
1986 · Dr. Feckenham
tvLovejoy
1986 · Wilfred Shotley
moviePaddington Goes to School
1986 · , Vocals
moviePaddington's Birthday Bonanza
1986 · Narrator
movieYoung Sherlock Holmes
1985 · Older Watson (voice)
tvTheatre Night
1985
movieA Crack in the Ice
1985 · The Storyteller
movieNow Voyager
1985 · The Old Man
tvScreen Two
1985 · Lord Langland, Godfrey Colston
movieThe Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
1984 · Psychoanalyst
tvThe Wind in the Willows
1984 · Badger (voice)
movieThe Wind in the Willows
1983 · Badger
movieCymbeline
1983 · Jupiter
movieYellowbeard
1983 · Dr. Gilpin
movieGroup Madness
1983 · Self / Dr. Gilpin
movieClash of Loyalties
1983 · Narrator
movieGandhi
1982 · Sir George Hodge
movieThe Missionary
1982 · Slatterthewaite/Narrator
movieKing Lear
1982 · King Lear
tvWogan
1982 · Self
movieOliver Twist
1982 · Mr. Brownlow
movieIvanhoe
1982 · Cedric
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982 · Lord McLaidlaw
movieYou're All Right, How Am I?
1981 · Patient
movieAll's Well That Ends Well
1981 · Lafeu
tvThe History Man
1981 · Professor Marvin
tvShōgun
1980 · Friar Domingo
movieThe Wildcats of St Trinian's
1980 · Sir Charles Hackforth
movieGauguin the Savage
1980 · Durand-Huel
moviePaddington Bear Goes to the Movies
1980 · Narrator (voice)
movieThe Tempest
1980 · Prospero
The Spirit of Cheshire
1980
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979 · Cyril Bixby
movieThe Talking Parcel
1978 · Oswald, the Sea Serpent
movieRomeo and Juliet
1978 · Capulet
tvThe BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 · Capulet, Prospero, Lafeu
movieWatership Down
1978 · Frith (voice)
movieThe Medusa Touch
1978 · Atropos - Fortune Teller
movieA Christmas Carol
1977 · Ebenezer Scrooge
movieJoseph Andrews
1977 · Parson Adams
movieThe Chester Mystery Plays
1976 · God
Cakes and Ale
1976 · Willie Ashenden
movieThe Slipper and the Rose
1976 · King
moviePaddington Bear
1976 · Narrator / All
tvPaddington Bear
1976 · Narrator
tvPaddington
1976 · Narrator
movieLucky Lady
1975 · Captain Rockwell
movieBarry Lyndon
1975 · Narrator (voice)
movieThe Old Curiosity Shop
1975 · Edward Trent
movieRoyal Flash
1975 · Headmaster
tvEdward the Seventh
1975 · W. E. Gladstone
movieKing Lear
1975 · King Lear
movieJuggernaut
1974 · Mr. Baker
tvFall of Eagles
1974 · Narrator, Narrator (voice)
tvPlayhouse
1974 · Patient
movieThe Three Musketeers
1973 · Treville (voice)
movieThe MacKintosh Man
1973 · Mr. Brown
movieEngland Made Me
1973 · F. Minty
movieTheatre of Blood
1973 · George Maxwell
movieThe Pied Piper
1972 · Melius, Alchemist
movieAlice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972 · Mock Turtle
movieDemons of the Mind
1972 · Priest
movieThe Possession of Joel Delaney
1972 · Justin
tvA Ghost Story for Christmas
1971 · Professor Parkins
movieA Christmas Carol
1971 · Marley's Ghost (voice)
Tall Stories
1971
Film '72
1971 · Self
movieGirl Stroke Boy
1971 · George Mason
movieUp Pompeii
1971 · Ludicrus Sextus
tvSix Dates with Barker
1971 · Arch Funster
movieSome Will, Some Won't
1970 · Denniston Russell
movieFuttocks End
1970 · The Butler
movieAnne of the Thousand Days
1969 · Thomas Boleyn
movieThe Bed Sitting Room
1969 · Bules Martin
movieWhere Eagles Dare
1968 · Adm. Rolland
moviePrudence and the Pill
1968 · Dr. Morley (uncredited)
movieWhistle and I'll Come to You
1968 · Professor Parkins
movieI'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967 · Headmaster
movieHow I Won the War
1967 · Grapple
tvOmnibus
1967 · Self, Self - Narrator (voice), Professor Parkins
movieThe Jokers
1967 · Sir Matthew
movieThe Taming of the Shrew
1967 · Baptista
tvSir Arthur Conan Doyle
1967 · Prof. Ainslie Grey
movieA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966 · Senex
movieKhartoum
1966 · Lord Granville
movieCast a Giant Shadow
1966 · British Ambassador
Turner
1966 · Reads recollections
movieThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965 · Ashe
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965 · Mr. Posket, God, The Devil, Tartuffe, Lear
movieGenghis Khan
1965 · Geen
movieThe Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964 · Harnsworth
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964 · Sir Jocelyn Symonds, Gen. Kokoshkin, Chief of Police
Story Parade
1964 · Anatol Stiller
tvDetective
1964 · Detective Inspector Rason
movieMacbeth
1964 · Banquo
tvThe Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
1964 · Squire Banks
movieDr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
1963 · Squire Thomas Banks
Festival
1963 · Sir Augustus Thwaites
tvEspionage
1963 · Minister
movieThe V.I.P.s
1963 · Airport Director
movieCleopatra
1963 · Cicero
movieEl Cid
1961 · Don Diego
The Square
1961 · The Man
movieMan in the Moon
1960 · Dr. Davidson
Sunday-Night Play
1960 · Walter Ormund
movieSink the Bismarck!
1960 · Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'
movieMoment of Danger
1960 · Inspector Farrell
movieBack to Back
1959
movieI Was Monty's Double
1958 · Governor of Gibralter
movieGirls at Sea
1958 · Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt
movieThe Spaniard's Curse
1958 · Judge Manton
movieI Accuse!
1958 · Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial
movieWindom's Way
1957 · Patterson
movieNo Time for Tears
1957 · Surgeon
movieThe Dock Brief
1957 · Morgenhall
movieThe Spanish Gardener
1956 · Harrington Brande
tvArmchair Theatre
1956 · Det. Supt. Coates
movieThe Baby and the Battleship
1956 · Capt. Hugh
movieThe Man Who Never Was
1956 · Gen. Coburn
movieAlexander the Great
1956 · Demosthenes
moviePacific Destiny
1956 · Resident Commissioner
movieStorm Over the Nile
1955 · General Faversham
movieThe Constant Husband
1955 · The Judge
movieThe Dark Avenger
1955 · King Edward
movieThe Night My Number Came Up
1955 · Lindsay
tvThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Squire Banks
movieSvengali
1954 · Billy's Uncle
movieThe Beachcomber
1954 · The Headman
movieForbidden Cargo
1954 · Director of Customs
movieYou Know What Sailors Are
1954
Tonight in Britain
1954 · Self
movieThe Heart of the Matter
1953 · Commissioner
moviePersonal Affair
1953 · Headmaster Griffith
movieGrand National Night
1953 · Inspector Ayling
movieStreet Corner
1953 · Insp. Heron
movieThe Hour of 13
1952 · Sir Herbert Frensham
movieThe Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
1952 · Scathelock
movieThe Card
1952 · Bank Manager
movieThe Magic Box
1952 · Official Receiver
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Banquo, Ben Weatherstaff, Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII
movieScrooge
1951 · Jacob Marley
movieTom Brown's Schooldays
1951 · Wilkes
movieFlesh and Blood
1951 · Webster
movieHighly Dangerous
1950 · Lab Director Owens
movieTrio
1950 · Vicar
movieThe Astonished Heart
1950 · Ernest
tvSunday Night Theatre
1950 · Epilogue spoken by (voice), Jacques, Hugh Wigmore, Trigorin, General Parmenion, Christopher Williams, Major Booth Voysey, Rev. James Mavor Morell, Shylock, Maurice Lammering
moviePassport to Pimlico
1949 · Bashford
movieTrain of Events
1949 · First Plain Clothes Man
moviePortrait from Life
1948 · Johnson
movieThe Small Voice
1948 · Dr. Mennell
movieGood-Time Girl
1948 · Seddon
movieNightbeat
1947 · Police Training Officer
movieMine Own Executioner
1947 · Co-Counsel at Inquest
Rebecca
1947 · Maxim de Winter
movieSchool for Secrets
1946 · Lt. Cmdr. Lowther
Morning Departure
1946 · Commander Gates
movieA Girl in a Million
1946 · Divorce Counsel
movieThe Years Between
1946 · Member of Parliament (uncredited)
movieGirl in the News
1940 · Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)
movieBand Waggon
1940 · (uncredited)
movieA Girl Must Live
1939