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Michael Hordern

Michael Hordern

Acting1911Berkhamsted, 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.

Acting History

2008
1995
A Very Open Prison
as Lord Langland
1994
Middlemarch
TVas Peter Featherstone
1993
Lovejoy
TVas Wilfred Shotley• 1 eps
1992
Memento Mori
as Godfrey Colston
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
as King (voice)
Truckers
as The Abbot (voice)
The Christmas Collection
as Badger (voice)
Beauty and the Beast
as Monsieur Du Blois (voice)
Screen Two
TVas Lord Langland / Godfrey Colston• 1 eps
1990
Diamond Skulls
as Lord Crewne
The Fool
as Mr. Tatham
Oh, Mr. Toad
TVas Badger
Chillers
TVas Colonel Eddie Phelps
The Green Man
TVas Gramps
Perfect Scoundrels
TVas Sir Norman
1989
Ending Up
as George
1988
1987
Comrades
as Mr. Pitt
The Secret Garden
as Ben Weatherstaff
Scoop
as Uncle Theodor
Suspicion
as Lord McLaidlaw
Inspector Morse
TVas Doctor Starkie• 1 eps
1986
Labyrinth
as The Wiseman (voice)
Paradise Postponed
as Simeon Simcox
The Little Match Girl
as Himself - Introduction
Lady Jane
as Dr. Feckenham
Paradise Postponed
TVas Rev. Simeon Simcox
1985
Young Sherlock Holmes
as Older Watson (voice)
Now Voyager
as The Old Man
A Crack in the Ice
as The Storyteller
1984
The Wind in the Willows
as Badger (voice)
The Wind in the Willows
TVas Badger (voice)• 65 eps
1983
Yellowbeard
as Dr. Gilpin
Cymbeline
as Jupiter
Group Madness
as Self / Dr. Gilpin
1982
The Missionary
as Slatterthewaite/Narrator
Ivanhoe
as Cedric
King Lear
as King Lear
Gandhi
as Sir George Hodge
Oliver Twist
as Mr. Brownlow
Wogan
TVas Self
1981
Playhouse
TVas Patient• 1 eps
The History Man
TVas Professor Marvin
1980
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
as Sir Charles Hackforth
Gauguin the Savage
as Durand-Huel
The Tempest
as Prospero
Shōgun
TVas Friar Domingo• 5 eps
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
TVas Cyril Bixby• 1 eps
1978
The Medusa Touch
as Atropos - Fortune Teller
The Talking Parcel
as Oswald, the Sea Serpent
Watership Down
as Frith (voice)
1977
A Christmas Carol
as Ebenezer Scrooge
Joseph Andrews
as Parson Adams
1976
Paddington Bear
as Narrator / All
Paddington Bear
TVas Narrator
Paddington
TVas Narrator
1975
Royal Flash
as Headmaster
Lucky Lady
as Captain Rockwell
Barry Lyndon
as Narrator (voice)
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Edward Trent
King Lear
as King Lear
Edward the Seventh
TVas W. E. Gladstone
BBC Play of the Month
TVas Lear• 1 eps
1974
Juggernaut
as Mr. Baker
Fall of Eagles
TVas Narrator / Narrator (voice)
1973
The Three Musketeers
as Treville (voice)
Theatre of Blood
as George Maxwell
The MacKintosh Man
as Mr. Brown
England Made Me
as F. Minty
1972
The Pied Piper
as Melius, Alchemist
1971
Up Pompeii
as Ludicrus Sextus
Girl Stroke Boy
as George Mason
A Christmas Carol
as Marley's Ghost (voice)
Six Dates with Barker
TVas Arch Funster
A Ghost Story for Christmas
TVas Professor Parkins
1970
Futtocks End
as The Butler
Some Will, Some Won't
as Denniston Russell
1969
The Bed Sitting Room
as Bules Martin
1968
Whistle and I'll Come to You
as Professor Parkins
Prudence and the Pill
as Dr. Morley (uncredited)
Where Eagles Dare
as Adm. Rolland
Omnibus
TVas Professor Parkins• 1 eps
1967
The Jokers
as Sir Matthew
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
TVas Prof. Ainslie Grey
1966
Khartoum
as Lord Granville
Turner
as Reads recollections
Cast a Giant Shadow
as British Ambassador
1965
1964
Macbeth
as Banquo
Story Parade
TVas Anatol Stiller
Festival
TVas Sir Augustus Thwaites• 1 eps
Detective
TVas Detective Inspector Rason• 1 eps
The Wednesday Play
TVas Gen. Kokoshkin, Chief of Police / Sir Jocelyn Symonds• 1 eps
1963
The V.I.P.s
as Airport Director
Cleopatra
as Cicero
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
as Squire Thomas Banks
1961
El Cid
as Don Diego
The Square
as The Man
1960
Sink the Bismarck!
as Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'
Man in the Moon
as Dr. Davidson
Moment of Danger
as Inspector Farrell
Sunday-Night Play
TVas Walter Ormund• 1 eps
1959
Sunday Night Theatre
TVas Jacques / Shylock / Christopher Williams / Maurice Lammering / Epilogue spoken by (voice) / Hugh Wigmore / General Parmenion / Rev. James Mavor Morell / Major Booth Voysey / Trigorin• 1 eps
1958
I Was Monty's Double
as Governor of Gibralter
The Spaniard's Curse
as Judge Manton
I Accuse!
as Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial
Girls at Sea
as Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt
1957
Windom's Way
as Patterson
The Dock Brief
as Morgenhall
1956
The Man Who Never Was
as Gen. Coburn
The Spanish Gardener
as Harrington Brande
Pacific Destiny
as Resident Commissioner
Alexander the Great
as Demosthenes
Armchair Theatre
TVas Det. Supt. Coates
1955
Storm Over the Nile
as General Faversham
The Dark Avenger
as King Edward
1954
Svengali
as Billy's Uncle
Forbidden Cargo
as Director of Customs
The Beachcomber
as The Headman
1953
Street Corner
as Insp. Heron
Grand National Night
as Inspector Ayling
Personal Affair
as Headmaster Griffith
1952
The Hour of 13
as Sir Herbert Frensham
The Magic Box
as Official Receiver
The Card
as Bank Manager
1951
Flesh and Blood
as Webster
Scrooge
as Jacob Marley
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas Ben Weatherstaff / Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII / Banquo
1950
Trio
as Vicar
Highly Dangerous
as Lab Director Owens
1949
Train of Events
as First Plain Clothes Man
1948
The Small Voice
as Dr. Mennell
1947
Nightbeat
as Police Training Officer
Mine Own Executioner
as Co-Counsel at Inquest
Rebecca
as Maxim de Winter
1946
School for Secrets
as Lt. Cmdr. Lowther
The Years Between
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
A Girl in a Million
as Divorce Counsel
Morning Departure
as Commander Gates
1940
Band Waggon
as (uncredited)
Girl in the News
as Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)
1939

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/3/1911
Day of Death
5/2/1995
Place of Birth
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK