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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 3, 1911
Place of Birth:
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh | Squire Thomas Banks |
| 1995 | A Very Open Prison | Lord Langland |
| 1993 | Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt | Narrator |
| 1992 | Beauty and the Beast | Monsieur Du Blois (voice) |
| 1992 | Truckers | The Abbot (voice) |
| 1992 | Freddie as F.R.O.7. | King (voice) |
| 1992 | Memento Mori | Godfrey Colston |
| 1990 | Dark Obsession | Lord Crewne |
| 1990 | The Fool | Mr. Tatham |
| 1989 | Danny the Champion of the World | Lord Claybury |
| 1989 | The Dog It Was That Died | George |
| 1989 | Ending Up | George |
| 1989 | The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads | Badger (voice) |
| 1987 | The Secret Garden | Ben Weatherstaff |
| 1987 | Scoop | Uncle Theodor |
| 1987 | The Trouble with Spies | Jason Locke |
| 1987 | The Secret World of Polly Flint | Narrator |
| 1987 | Comrades | Mr. Pitt |
| 1987 | Suspicion | Lord McLaidlaw |
| 1986 | Paddington Goes to School | |
| 1986 | The Little Match Girl | Himself - Introduction |
| 1986 | Paddington's Birthday Bonanza | Narrator |
| 1986 | Lady Jane | Dr. Feckenham |
| 1986 | Labyrinth | The Wiseman (voice) |
| 1986 | Paradise Postponed | Simeon Simcox |
| 1985 | Young Sherlock Holmes | Older Watson (voice) |
| 1985 | Now Voyager | The Old Man |
| 1984 | The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood | Psychoanalyst |
| 1983 | Yellowbeard | Dr. Gilpin |
| 1983 | The Wind in the Willows | Badger |
| 1983 | Clash of Loyalties | Narrator |
| 1983 | Group Madness | Self / Dr. Gilpin |
| 1982 | Ivanhoe | Cedric |
| 1982 | Oliver Twist | Mr. Brownlow |
| 1982 | Gandhi | Sir George Hodge |
| 1982 | The Missionary | Slatterthewaite/Narrator |
| 1982 | King Lear | King Lear |
| 1982 | Cymbeline | Jupiter |
| 1981 | All's Well That Ends Well | Lafeu |
| 1981 | You're All Right, How Am I? | Patient |
| 1980 | Gauguin the Savage | Durand-Huel |
| 1980 | The Spirit of Cheshire | |
| 1980 | The Wildcats of St. Trinian's | Sir Charles Hackforth |
| 1980 | Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies | Narrator (voice) |
| 1980 | The Tempest | Prospero |
| 1978 | The Medusa Touch | Atropos - Fortune Teller |
| 1978 | The Talking Parcel | Oswald, the Sea Serpent |
| 1978 | Watership Down | Frith (voice) |
| 1978 | Romeo and Juliet | Capulet |
| 1977 | Joseph Andrews | Parson Adams |
| 1977 | A Christmas Carol | Ebenezer Scrooge |
| 1976 | The Slipper and the Rose | King |
| 1976 | Paddington Bear | Narrator / All |
| 1975 | Lucky Lady | Captain Rockwell |
| 1975 | The Old Curiosity Shop | Edward Trent |
| 1975 | King Lear | King Lear |
| 1975 | Royal Flash | Headmaster |
| 1975 | Barry Lyndon | Narrator (voice) |
| 1974 | Juggernaut | Mr. Baker |
| 1973 | The MacKintosh Man | Mr. Brown |
| 1973 | Theatre of Blood | George Maxwell |
| 1973 | The Three Musketeers | Treville (voice) |
| 1973 | England Made Me | F. Minty |
| 1972 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Mock Turtle |
| 1972 | The Possession of Joel Delaney | Justin |
| 1972 | Demons of the Mind | Priest |
| 1972 | The Pied Piper | Melius, Alchemist |
| 1971 | Up Pompeii | Ludicrus Sextus |
| 1971 | A Christmas Carol | Marley's Ghost (voice) |
| 1971 | Girl Stroke Boy | George Mason |
| 1970 | Futtocks End | The Butler |
| 1970 | Some Will, Some Won't | Denniston Russell |
| 1969 | Anne of the Thousand Days | Thomas Boleyn |
| 1969 | The Bed Sitting Room | Bules Martin |
| 1968 | Where Eagles Dare | Adm. Rolland |
| 1968 | Prudence and the Pill | Dr. Morley (uncredited) |
| 1968 | Whistle and I'll Come to You | Professor Parkins |
| 1967 | The Taming of the Shrew | Baptista |
| 1967 | The Jokers | Sir Matthew |
| 1967 | I'll Never Forget What's'isname | Headmaster |
| 1967 | How I Won the War | Grapple |
| 1966 | Khartoum | Lord Granville |
| 1966 | Turner | Reads recollections |
| 1966 | Cast a Giant Shadow | British Ambassador |
| 1966 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Senex |
| 1965 | Genghis Khan | Geen |
| 1965 | The Spy Who Came In from the Cold | Ashe |
| 1964 | The Yellow Rolls-Royce | Harnsworth |
| 1964 | Macbeth | Banquo |
| 1963 | Cleopatra | Cicero |
| 1963 | Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow | Squire Thomas Banks |
| 1963 | The V.I.P.s | Airport Director |
| 1961 | The Square | The Man |
| 1961 | El Cid | Don Diego |
| 1960 | Sink the Bismarck! | Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George' |
| 1960 | Man in the Moon | Dr. Davidson |
| 1960 | Moment of Danger | Inspector Farrell |
| 1959 | Back to Back | |
| 1958 | I Was Monty's Double | Governor of Gibralter |
| 1958 | I Accuse! | Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial |
| 1958 | The Spaniard's Curse | Judge Manton |
| 1958 | Girls at Sea | Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt |
| 1957 | Windom's Way | Patterson |
| 1957 | The Dock Brief | Morgenhall |
| 1957 | No Time for Tears | Surgeon |
| 1956 | The Man Who Never Was | Gen. Coburn |
| 1956 | The Spanish Gardener | Harrington Brande |
| 1956 | Alexander the Great | Demosthenes |
| 1956 | Pacific Destiny | Resident Commissioner |
| 1956 | The Baby and the Battleship | Capt. Hugh |
| 1955 | The Dark Avenger | King Edward |
| 1955 | Storm Over the Nile | General Faversham |
| 1955 | The Night My Number Came Up | Lindsay |
| 1955 | The Constant Husband | The Judge |
| 1954 | You Know What Sailors Are | |
| 1954 | Forbidden Cargo | Director of Customs |
| 1954 | The Beachcomber | The Headman |
| 1954 | Svengali | Billy's Uncle |
| 1954 | Tonight in Britain | Self |
| 1953 | Grand National Night | Inspector Ayling |
| 1953 | Personal Affair | Headmaster Griffith |
| 1953 | The Heart of the Matter | Commissioner |
| 1953 | Street Corner | Insp. Heron |
| 1952 | The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men | Scathelock |
| 1952 | The Hour of 13 | Sir Herbert Frensham |
| 1952 | The Card | Bank Manager |
| 1952 | The Magic Box | Official Receiver |
| 1951 | Scrooge | Jacob Marley |
| 1951 | Tom Brown's Schooldays | Wilkes |
| 1951 | Flesh and Blood | Webster |
| 1950 | Highly Dangerous | Lab Director Owens |
| 1950 | The Astonished Heart | Ernest |
| 1950 | Trio | Vicar |
| 1949 | Passport to Pimlico | Bashford |
| 1949 | Train of Events | First Plain Clothes Man |
| 1948 | The Small Voice | Dr. Mennell |
| 1948 | Good-Time Girl | Seddon |
| 1948 | Portrait from Life | Johnson |
| 1947 | Nightbeat | Police Training Officer |
| 1947 | Mine Own Executioner | Co-Counsel at Inquest |
| 1947 | Rebecca | Maxim de Winter |
| 1946 | School for Secrets | Lt. Cmdr. Lowther |
| 1946 | Morning Departure | Commander Gates |
| 1946 | The Years Between | Member of Parliament (uncredited) |
| 1946 | A Girl in a Million | Divorce Counsel |
| 1940 | Band Waggon | (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Girl in the News | Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited) |
| 1939 | A Girl Must Live |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Middlemarch | Peter Featherstone |
| 1990 | Perfect Scoundrels | Sir Norman |
| 1990 | Chillers | Colonel Eddie Phelps |
| 1990 | Oh, Mr. Toad | Badger |
| 1990 | The Green Man | Gramps |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Doctor Starkie |
| 1987 | Daytime Live | |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Wilfred Shotley |
| 1986 | Paradise Postponed | Rev. Simeon Simcox |
| 1985 | Theatre Night | |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Lord Langland |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Godfrey Colston |
| 1984 | The Wind in the Willows | Badger (voice) |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self |
| 1981 | The History Man | Prof Marvin |
| 1980 | Shōgun | Friar Domingo |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Cyril Bixby |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Capulet |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Jupiter |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Prospero |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Lafeu |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | King Lear |
| 1976 | Paddington Bear | Narrator |
| 1975 | Edward the Seventh | |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles | Narrator |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Patient |
| 1971 | Six Dates with Barker | Arch Funster |
| 1971 | Tall Stories | |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Professor Parkins |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Mr. Posket |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | God |
| 1964 | Detective | Detective Inspector Rason |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | General Kokoshkin, Chief of Police |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Sir Jocelyn Symonds |
| 1964 | The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh | Squire Banks |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night Play | Walter Ormund |
| 1957 | Theatre Night | Tony Peters |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Det. Supt. Coates |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Squire Banks |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Banquo |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Ben Weatherstaff |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Epilogue spoken by (voice) |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Jacques |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Hugh Wigmore |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Trigorin |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | General Parmenion |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Christopher Williams |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Major Booth Voysey |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Rev. James Mavor Morell |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Shylock |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Maurice Lammering |