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Michael Hordern

ACTING

1911-10-03

1995-05-02

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.

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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.

Best known for:

Filmography:

Girl in the News poster

Girl in the News(1940)

Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)

Band Waggon poster

Band Waggon(1940)

(uncredited)

School for Secrets poster

School for Secrets(1946)

Lt. Cmdr. Lowther

The Years Between poster

The Years Between(1946)

Member of Parliament (uncredited)

A Girl in a Million poster

A Girl in a Million(1946)

Divorce Counsel

Mine Own Executioner poster

Mine Own Executioner(1947)

Co-Counsel at Inquest

Nightbeat poster

Nightbeat(1947)

Police Training Officer

Good-Time Girl poster

Good-Time Girl(1948)

Seddon

The Small Voice poster

The Small Voice(1948)

Dr. Mennell

Portrait from Life poster

Portrait from Life(1948)

Johnson

Passport to Pimlico poster

Passport to Pimlico(1949)

Bashford

Train of Events poster

Train of Events(1949)

First Plain Clothes Man

Sunday Night Theatre poster

Sunday 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

Highly Dangerous poster

Highly Dangerous(1950)

Lab Director Owens

Trio poster

Trio(1950)

Vicar

The Astonished Heart poster

The Astonished Heart(1950)

Ernest

Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame(1951)

Banquo, Ben Weatherstaff, Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII

Scrooge poster

Scrooge(1951)

Jacob Marley

Tom Brown's Schooldays poster

Tom Brown's Schooldays(1951)

Wilkes

Flesh and Blood poster

Flesh and Blood(1951)

Webster

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men poster

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men(1952)

Scathelock

The Card poster

The Card(1952)

Bank Manager

The Magic Box poster

The Magic Box(1952)

Official Receiver

The Hour of 13 poster

The Hour of 13(1952)

Sir Herbert Frensham

Grand National Night poster

Grand National Night(1953)

Inspector Ayling

Personal Affair poster

Personal Affair(1953)

Headmaster Griffith

The Heart of the Matter poster

The Heart of the Matter(1953)

Commissioner

Street Corner poster

Street Corner(1953)

Insp. Heron

The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney(1954)

Squire Banks

Svengali poster

Svengali(1954)

Billy's Uncle

Forbidden Cargo poster

Forbidden Cargo(1954)

Director of Customs

The Beachcomber poster

The Beachcomber(1954)

The Headman

The Night My Number Came Up poster

The Night My Number Came Up(1955)

Lindsay

The Constant Husband poster

The Constant Husband(1955)

The Judge

The Dark Avenger poster

The Dark Avenger(1955)

King Edward

Storm Over the Nile poster

Storm Over the Nile(1955)

General Faversham

Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre(1956)

Det. Supt. Coates

Alexander the Great poster

Alexander the Great(1956)

Demosthenes

The Man Who Never Was poster

The Man Who Never Was(1956)

Gen. Coburn

The Baby and the Battleship poster

The Baby and the Battleship(1956)

Capt. Hugh

The Spanish Gardener poster

The Spanish Gardener(1956)

Harrington Brande

Pacific Destiny poster

Pacific Destiny(1956)

Resident Commissioner

Windom's Way poster

Windom's Way(1957)

Patterson

No Time for Tears poster

No Time for Tears(1957)

Surgeon

The Dock Brief poster

The Dock Brief(1957)

Morgenhall

I Was Monty's Double poster

I Was Monty's Double(1958)

Governor of Gibralter

I Accuse! poster

I Accuse!(1958)

Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial

The Spaniard's Curse poster

The Spaniard's Curse(1958)

Judge Manton

Girls at Sea poster

Girls at Sea(1958)

Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt

Sink the Bismarck! poster

Sink the Bismarck!(1960)

Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'

Man in the Moon poster

Man in the Moon(1960)

Dr. Davidson

Moment of Danger poster

Moment of Danger(1960)

Inspector Farrell

El Cid poster

El Cid(1961)

Don Diego

Cleopatra poster

Cleopatra(1963)

Cicero

Espionage poster

Espionage(1963)

Minister

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow poster

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow(1963)

Squire Thomas Banks

The V.I.P.s poster

The V.I.P.s(1963)

Airport Director

The Wednesday Play poster

The Wednesday Play(1964)

Sir Jocelyn Symonds, Gen. Kokoshkin, Chief of Police

Detective poster

Detective(1964)

Detective Inspector Rason

The Yellow Rolls-Royce poster

The Yellow Rolls-Royce(1964)

Harnsworth

The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh poster

The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh(1964)

Squire Banks

Macbeth poster

Macbeth(1964)

Banquo

Genghis Khan poster

Genghis Khan(1965)

Geen

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold poster

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold(1965)

Ashe

BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month(1965)

Mr. Posket, God, The Devil, Tartuffe, Lear

Cast a Giant Shadow poster

Cast a Giant Shadow(1966)

British Ambassador

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum poster

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum(1966)

Senex

Khartoum poster

Khartoum(1966)

Lord Granville

The Taming of the Shrew poster

The Taming of the Shrew(1967)

Baptista

How I Won the War poster

How I Won the War(1967)

Grapple

I'll Never Forget What's'isname poster

I'll Never Forget What's'isname(1967)

Headmaster

The Jokers poster

The Jokers(1967)

Sir Matthew

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle poster

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle(1967)

Prof. Ainslie Grey

Where Eagles Dare poster

Where Eagles Dare(1968)

Adm. Rolland

Prudence and the Pill poster

Prudence and the Pill(1968)

Dr. Morley (uncredited)

Whistle and I'll Come to You poster

Whistle and I'll Come to You(1968)

Professor Parkins

Anne of the Thousand Days

Anne of the Thousand Days(1969)

Thomas Boleyn

The Bed Sitting Room poster

The Bed Sitting Room(1969)

Bules Martin

Futtocks End poster

Futtocks End(1970)

The Butler

Some Will, Some Won't poster

Some Will, Some Won't(1970)

Denniston Russell

Six Dates with Barker poster

Six Dates with Barker(1971)

Arch Funster

A Ghost Story for Christmas poster

A Ghost Story for Christmas(1971)

Professor Parkins

Up Pompeii poster

Up Pompeii(1971)

Ludicrus Sextus

A Christmas Carol poster

A Christmas Carol(1971)

Marley's Ghost (voice)

Girl Stroke Boy poster

Girl Stroke Boy(1971)

George Mason

The Possession of Joel Delaney poster

The Possession of Joel Delaney(1972)

Justin

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland poster

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland(1972)

Mock Turtle

Demons of the Mind poster

Demons of the Mind(1972)

Priest

The Pied Piper poster

The Pied Piper(1972)

Melius, Alchemist

The Three Musketeers poster

The Three Musketeers(1973)

Treville (voice)

Theatre of Blood poster

Theatre of Blood(1973)

George Maxwell

The MacKintosh Man poster

The MacKintosh Man(1973)

Mr. Brown

England Made Me poster

England Made Me(1973)

F. Minty

Fall of Eagles poster

Fall of Eagles(1974)

Narrator, Narrator (voice)

Juggernaut poster

Juggernaut(1974)

Mr. Baker

Playhouse poster

Playhouse(1974)

Patient

Barry Lyndon poster

Barry Lyndon(1975)

Narrator (voice)

Edward the Seventh poster

Edward the Seventh(1975)

W. E. Gladstone

Royal Flash poster

Royal Flash(1975)

Headmaster

Lucky Lady poster

Lucky Lady(1975)

Captain Rockwell

The Old Curiosity Shop poster

The Old Curiosity Shop(1975)

Edward Trent

King Lear poster

King Lear(1975)

King Lear

Paddington Bear poster

Paddington Bear(1976)

Narrator

The Slipper and the Rose poster

The Slipper and the Rose(1976)

King

Paddington Bear poster

Paddington Bear(1976)

Narrator / All

Paddington poster

Paddington(1976)

Narrator

The Chester Mystery Plays poster

The Chester Mystery Plays(1976)

God

Joseph Andrews poster

Joseph Andrews(1977)

Parson Adams

A Christmas Carol poster

A Christmas Carol(1977)

Ebenezer Scrooge

The Medusa Touch poster

The Medusa Touch(1978)

Atropos - Fortune Teller

Watership Down poster

Watership Down(1978)

Frith (voice)

Romeo and Juliet poster

Romeo and Juliet(1978)

Capulet

The Talking Parcel poster

The Talking Parcel(1978)

Oswald, the Sea Serpent

Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected(1979)

Cyril Bixby

Shōgun poster

Shōgun(1980)

Friar Domingo

The Wildcats of St Trinian's poster

The Wildcats of St Trinian's(1980)

Sir Charles Hackforth

The Tempest poster

The Tempest(1980)

Prospero

Gauguin the Savage poster

Gauguin the Savage(1980)

Durand-Huel

Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies poster

Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies(1980)

Narrator (voice)

The History Man poster

The History Man(1981)

Professor Marvin

All's Well That Ends Well poster

All's Well That Ends Well(1981)

Lafeu

You're All Right, How Am I? poster

You're All Right, How Am I?(1981)

Patient

Gandhi poster

Gandhi(1982)

Sir George Hodge

Ivanhoe poster

Ivanhoe(1982)

Cedric

Oliver Twist poster

Oliver Twist(1982)

Mr. Brownlow

The Missionary poster

The Missionary(1982)

Slatterthewaite/Narrator

King Lear poster

King Lear(1982)

King Lear

Yellowbeard poster

Yellowbeard(1983)

Dr. Gilpin

The Wind in the Willows poster

The Wind in the Willows(1983)

Badger

Cymbeline poster

Cymbeline(1983)

Jupiter

Clash of Loyalties poster

Clash of Loyalties(1983)

Narrator

The Wind in the Willows poster

The Wind in the Willows(1984)

Badger (voice)

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood poster

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood(1984)

Psychoanalyst

Young Sherlock Holmes poster

Young Sherlock Holmes(1985)

Older Watson (voice)

Screen Two poster

Screen Two(1985)

Lord Langland, Godfrey Colston

Now Voyager poster

Now Voyager(1985)

The Old Man

A Crack in the Ice poster

A Crack in the Ice(1985)

The Storyteller

Lovejoy poster

Lovejoy(1986)

Wilfred Shotley

Labyrinth poster

Labyrinth(1986)

The Wiseman (voice)

Paradise Postponed poster

Paradise Postponed(1986)

Rev. Simeon Simcox

Lady Jane poster

Lady Jane(1986)

Dr. Feckenham

Paddington's Birthday Bonanza poster

Paddington's Birthday Bonanza(1986)

Narrator

The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales poster

The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales(1986)

Badger (voice)

Inspector Morse poster

Inspector Morse(1987)

Doctor Starkie

The Secret Garden poster

The Secret Garden(1987)

Ben Weatherstaff

Comrades poster

Comrades(1987)

Mr. Pitt

The Trouble with Spies poster

The Trouble with Spies(1987)

Jason Locke

Scoop poster

Scoop(1987)

Uncle Theodor

Suspicion poster

Suspicion(1987)

Lord McLaidlaw

The Secret World of Polly Flint poster

The Secret World of Polly Flint(1987)

Narrator

Danny the Champion of the World poster

Danny the Champion of the World(1989)

Lord Claybury

The Dog It Was That Died poster

The Dog It Was That Died(1989)

George

The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads poster

The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads(1989)

Badger (voice)

Perfect Scoundrels poster

Perfect Scoundrels(1990)

Sir Norman

The Green Man poster

The Green Man(1990)

Gramps

Chillers poster

Chillers(1990)

Colonel Eddie Phelps

Diamond Skulls poster

Diamond Skulls(1990)

Lord Crewne

Truckers poster

Truckers(1992)

The Abbot (voice)

Freddie As F.R.O.7. poster

Freddie As F.R.O.7.(1992)

King (voice)

Beauty and the Beast poster

Beauty and the Beast(1992)

Monsieur Du Blois (voice)

Memento Mori poster

Memento Mori(1992)

Godfrey Colston

Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt poster

Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt(1993)

Narrator

Middlemarch poster

Middlemarch(1994)

Peter Featherstone

A Very Open Prison poster

A Very Open Prison(1995)

Lord Langland

Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh poster

Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh(2008)

Squire Thomas Banks (archive footage)