Michael Hordern
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 3, 1911
- Died
- May 2, 1995 (aged 83)
- Birthplace
- Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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.
Known For
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Filmography
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
Movie · as Squire Thomas Banks (archive footage)
A Very Open Prison
Movie · as Lord Langland
Middlemarch
TV · as Peter Featherstone · 6 eps
Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt
Movie · as Narrator
Beauty and the Beast
Movie · as Monsieur Du Blois (voice)
Truckers
Movie · as The Abbot (voice)
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
Movie · as King (voice)
Memento Mori
Movie · as Godfrey Colston
The Christmas Collection
Movie · as Badger (voice)
Diamond Skulls
Movie · as Lord Crewne
The Fool
Movie · as Mr. Tatham
More Children's Holiday Favourites
Movie · as Badger (voice)
Perfect Scoundrels
TV · as Sir Norman · 1 ep
Oh, Mr. Toad
TV · as Badger · 13 eps
The Green Man
TV · as Gramps · 3 eps
Chillers
TV · as Colonel Eddie Phelps · 1 ep
Danny the Champion of the World
Movie · as Lord Claybury
The Dog It Was That Died
Movie · as George
Ending Up
Movie · as George
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
Movie · as Badger (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
Movie · as Badger (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
Movie · as Badger (voice)
More Children's Summer Stories
Movie · as Badger (voice)
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
Movie · as Badger (voice)
The Secret Garden
Movie · as Ben Weatherstaff
Scoop
Movie · as Uncle Theodor
The Trouble with Spies
Movie · as Jason Locke
The Secret World of Polly Flint
Movie · as Narrator
Comrades
Movie · as Mr. Pitt
Suspicion
Movie · as Lord McLaidlaw
Inspector Morse
TV · as Doctor Starkie · 1 ep
Daytime Live
TV · 1 ep
The Secret World of Polly Flint
TV · as Narrator · 6 eps
Paddington Goes to School
Movie
The Little Match Girl
Movie · as Himself - Introduction
Paddington's Birthday Bonanza
Movie · as Narrator
Lady Jane
Movie · as Dr. Feckenham
Labyrinth
Movie · as The Wiseman (voice)
Paradise Postponed
Movie · as Simeon Simcox
The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
Movie · as Badger (voice)
Lovejoy
TV · as Wilfred Shotley · 1 ep
Paradise Postponed
TV · as Rev. Simeon Simcox · 14 eps
Young Sherlock Holmes
Movie · as Older Watson (voice)
Now Voyager
Movie · as The Old Man
A Crack in the Ice
Movie · as The Storyteller
Theatre Night
TV · as Sir William Gower · 1 ep
Screen Two
TV · as Lord Langland, Godfrey Colston · 1 ep
Summer Season
TV · as The Storyteller · 1 ep
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
Movie · as Psychoanalyst
The Wind in the Willows
TV · as Badger (voice) · 65 eps
Yellowbeard
Movie · as Dr. Gilpin
The Wind in the Willows
Movie · as Badger
Clash of Loyalties
Movie · as Narrator
Group Madness
Movie · as Self / Dr. Gilpin
Cymbeline
Movie · as Jupiter
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Ivanhoe
Movie · as Cedric
Oliver Twist
Movie · as Mr. Brownlow
Gandhi
Movie · as Sir George Hodge
The Missionary
Movie · as Slatterthewaite/Narrator
King Lear
Movie · as King Lear
Wogan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
American Playhouse
TV · as Lord McLaidlaw · 1 ep
All's Well That Ends Well
Movie · as Lafeu
You're All Right, How Am I?
Movie · as Patient
The History Man
TV · as Professor Marvin · 3 eps
Gauguin the Savage
Movie · as Durand-Huel
The Spirit of Cheshire
Movie · as Silver Ghost (voice)
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
Movie · as Sir Charles Hackforth
Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Tempest
Movie · as Prospero
Shōgun
TV · as Friar Domingo · 5 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Cyril Bixby · 1 ep
The Medusa Touch
Movie · as Atropos - Fortune Teller
The Talking Parcel
Movie · as Oswald, the Sea Serpent
Watership Down
Movie · as Narrator / Frith (voice)
Romeo and Juliet
Movie · as Capulet
The BBC Television Shakespeare
TV · as Capulet, Prospero, Lafeu · 1 ep
Joseph Andrews
Movie · as Parson Adams
A Christmas Carol
Movie · as Ebenezer Scrooge
The Slipper and the Rose
Movie · as King
Paddington Bear
Movie · as Narrator / All
The Chester Mystery Plays
Movie · as God
Paddington Bear
TV · as Narrator · 56 eps
Paddington
TV · as Narrator · 56 eps
Cakes and Ale
TV · as Willie Ashenden · 3 eps
Lucky Lady
Movie · as Captain Rockwell
The Old Curiosity Shop
Movie · as Edward Trent
King Lear
Movie · as King Lear
Royal Flash
Movie · as Headmaster
Barry Lyndon
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Edward the Seventh
TV · as W. E. Gladstone · 5 eps
Juggernaut
Movie · as Mr. Baker
Fall of Eagles
TV · as Narrator, Narrator (voice) · 13 eps
Playhouse
TV · as Patient · 1 ep
The MacKintosh Man
Movie · as Brown
Theatre of Blood
Movie · as George Maxwell
The Three Musketeers
Movie · as Treville (voice)
England Made Me
Movie · as F. Minty
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Movie · as Mock Turtle
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Movie · as Justin
Demons of the Mind
Movie · as Priest
The Pied Piper
Movie · as Melius, Alchemist
Up Pompeii
Movie · as Ludicrus Sextus
A Christmas Carol
Movie · as Marley's Ghost (voice)
Girl Stroke Boy
Movie · as George Mason
Tall Stories
TV · 6 eps
A Ghost Story for Christmas
TV · as Professor Parkins · 1 ep
Six Dates with Barker
TV · as Arch Funster · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Futtocks End
Movie · as The Butler
Some Will, Some Won't
Movie · as Denniston Russell
Anne of the Thousand Days
Movie · as Thomas Boleyn
The Bed Sitting Room
Movie · as Bules Martin
Where Eagles Dare
Movie · as Adm. Rolland
Prudence and the Pill
Movie · as Dr. Morley (uncredited)
Whistle and I'll Come to You
Movie · as Professor Parkins
The Taming of the Shrew
Movie · as Baptista
The Jokers
Movie · as Sir Matthew
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
Movie · as Headmaster
How I Won the War
Movie · as Grapple
Omnibus
TV · as Self, Self - Narrator (voice), Professor Parkins · 1 ep
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
TV · as Prof. Ainslie Grey · 1 ep
Khartoum
Movie · as Lord Granville
Turner
Movie · as Reads recollections
Cast a Giant Shadow
Movie · as British Ambassador
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Movie · as Senex
Genghis Khan
Movie · as Geen
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Movie · as Ashe
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Mr. Posket, God, The Devil, Tartuffe, Lear · 1 ep
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Movie · as Harnsworth
Macbeth
Movie · as Banquo
Detective
TV · as Detective Inspector Rason · 1 ep
The Wednesday Play
TV · as Sir Jocelyn Symonds, Gen. Kokoshkin, Chief of Police · 1 ep
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
TV · as Squire Banks · 3 eps
Story Parade
TV · as Anatol Stiller · 1 ep
Cleopatra
Movie · as Cicero
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
Movie · as Squire Thomas Banks
The V.I.P.s
Movie · as Airport Director
Festival
TV · as Sir Augustus Thwaites · 1 ep
Espionage
TV · as Minister · 1 ep
The Square
Movie · as The Man
El Cid
Movie · as Don Diego
Sink the Bismarck!
Movie · as Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'
Man in the Moon
Movie · as Dr. Davidson
Moment of Danger
Movie · as Inspector Farrell
Sunday-Night Play
TV · as Walter Ormund · 1 ep
Back to Back
Movie
I Was Monty's Double
Movie · as Governor of Gibralter
I Accuse!
Movie · as Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial
The Spaniard's Curse
Movie · as Judge Manton
Girls at Sea
Movie · as Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt
Windom's Way
Movie · as Patterson
The Dock Brief
Movie · as Morgenhall
No Time for Tears
Movie · as Surgeon
The Man Who Never Was
Movie · as Gen. Coburn
The Spanish Gardener
Movie · as Harrington Brande
Alexander the Great
Movie · as Demosthenes
Pacific Destiny
Movie · as Resident Commissioner
The Baby and the Battleship
Movie · as Capt. Hugh
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Det. Supt. Coates · 1 ep
The Dark Avenger
Movie · as King Edward
Storm Over the Nile
Movie · as General Faversham
The Night My Number Came Up
Movie · as Lindsay
The Constant Husband
Movie · as The Judge
You Know What Sailors Are
Movie
Forbidden Cargo
Movie · as Director of Customs
The Beachcomber
Movie · as The Headman
Svengali
Movie · as Billy's Uncle
Tonight in Britain
Movie · as Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Squire Banks · 3 eps
Grand National Night
Movie · as Inspector Ayling
Personal Affair
Movie · as Headmaster Griffith
The Heart of the Matter
Movie · as Commissioner
Street Corner
Movie · as Insp. Heron
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
Movie · as Scathelock
The Hour of 13
Movie · as Herbert Frensham
The Card
Movie · as Bank Manager
The Magic Box
Movie · as Official Receiver
Scrooge
Movie · as Jacob Marley
Tom Brown's Schooldays
Movie · as Wilkes
Flesh and Blood
Movie · as Webster
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Banquo, Ben Weatherstaff, Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII · 1 ep
Highly Dangerous
Movie · as Lab Director Owens
The Astonished Heart
Movie · as Ernest
Trio
Movie · as Vicar
Sunday Night Theatre
TV · as Epilogue spoken by (voice), Jacques, Hugh Wigmore, Trigorin, General Parmenion, Christopher Williams, Major Booth Voysey, Rev. James Mavor Morell, Shylock, Maurice Lammering · 1 ep
Passport to Pimlico
Movie · as Bashford
Train of Events
Movie · as First Plain Clothes Man
The Small Voice
Movie · as Dr. Mennell
Good-Time Girl
Movie · as Seddon
Portrait from Life
Movie · as Johnson
Mine Own Executioner
Movie · as Co-Counsel at Inquest
Nightbeat
Movie · as Police Training Officer
Rebecca
Movie · as Maxim de Winter
School for Secrets
Movie · as Lt. Cmdr. Lowther
Morning Departure
Movie · as Commander Gates
The Years Between
Movie · as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
A Girl in a Million
Movie · as Divorce Counsel
Girl in the News
Movie · as Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)
Band Waggon
Movie · as (uncredited)
A Girl Must Live
Movie