
Michael Hordern
Known for Acting · 195 credits
- Born
- 1911-10-03
- Died
- 1995-05-02
- Place of birth
- Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Sir Michael Hordern · Sir Michael Murray Hordern · Michael Murray Hordern · Майкл Хордерн
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

Wogan
1982
as Self

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Mr. Posket / God / The Devil / Tartuffe / Lear

Omnibus
1967
as Self / Self - Narrator (voice) / Professor Parkins

Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Cyril Bixby

Screen Two
1985
as Lord Langland / Godfrey Colston

The Wednesday Play
1964
as Sir Jocelyn Symonds / Gen. Kokoshkin, Chief of Police
TV Shows (38)

Wogan
1982
as Self

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Mr. Posket / God / The Devil / Tartuffe / Lear

Omnibus
1967
as Self / Self - Narrator (voice) / Professor Parkins

Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Cyril Bixby

Screen Two
1985
as Lord Langland / Godfrey Colston

The Wednesday Play
1964
as Sir Jocelyn Symonds / Gen. Kokoshkin, Chief of Police

Inspector Morse
1987
as Doctor Starkie

Playhouse
1974
as Patient

Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Epilogue spoken by (voice) / Jacques / Hugh Wigmore / Trigorin / General Parmenion / Christopher Williams / Major Booth Voysey / Rev. James Mavor Morell / Shylock / Maurice Lammering

Lovejoy
1986
as Wilfred Shotley

Shōgun
1980
as Friar Domingo
Daytime Live
1987

Espionage
1963
as Minister
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Walter Ormund
Festival
1963
as Sir Augustus Thwaites

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Squire Banks

Detective
1964
as Detective Inspector Rason

A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Professor Parkins

Fall of Eagles
1974
as Narrator / Narrator (voice)
Story Parade
1964
as Anatol Stiller

Middlemarch
1994
as Peter Featherstone

The Wind in the Willows
1984
as Badger (voice)

Chillers
1990
as Colonel Eddie Phelps

Paddington Bear
1976
as Narrator

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Banquo / Ben Weatherstaff / Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII

Paradise Postponed
1986
as Rev. Simeon Simcox

Perfect Scoundrels
1990
as Sir Norman

Theatre Night
1985

Armchair Theatre
1956
as Det. Supt. Coates

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1967
as Prof. Ainslie Grey

Edward the Seventh
1975
as W. E. Gladstone

Six Dates with Barker
1971
as Arch Funster

The History Man
1981
as Professor Marvin
Oh, Mr. Toad
1990
as Badger

Paddington
1976
as Narrator

The Green Man
1990
as Gramps

The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
1964
as Squire Banks
Tall Stories
1971
Movies (157)

Labyrinth
1986
as The Wiseman (voice)

Cleopatra
1963
as Cicero

Barry Lyndon
1975
as Narrator (voice)

Gandhi
1982
as Sir George Hodge

Where Eagles Dare
1968
as Adm. Rolland

Watership Down
1978
as Frith (voice)

The Three Musketeers
1973
as Treville (voice)

El Cid
1961
as Don Diego

Young Sherlock Holmes
1985
as Older Watson (voice)

Ivanhoe
1982
as Cedric

Juggernaut
1974
as Mr. Baker

Yellowbeard
1983
as Dr. Gilpin

Scrooge
1951
as Jacob Marley

Lady Jane
1986
as Dr. Feckenham

Khartoum
1966
as Lord Granville

Theatre of Blood
1973
as George Maxwell

The Missionary
1982
as Slatterthewaite/Narrator

Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
as Thomas Boleyn

The Medusa Touch
1978
as Atropos - Fortune Teller

The Taming of the Shrew
1967
as Baptista

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
as Ashe

Alexander the Great
1956
as Demosthenes

Sink the Bismarck!
1960
as Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'

The MacKintosh Man
1973
as Mr. Brown

Genghis Khan
1965
as Geen

Cast a Giant Shadow
1966
as British Ambassador

Prudence and the Pill
1968
as Dr. Morley (uncredited)

Group Madness
1983
as Self / Dr. Gilpin

Scoop
1987
as Uncle Theodor

Danny the Champion of the World
1989
as Lord Claybury

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
as Senex

Trio
1950
as Vicar

The Slipper and the Rose
1976
as King

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972
as Mock Turtle

The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
as Harnsworth
Ending Up
1989
as George

Comrades
1987
as Mr. Pitt

The Old Curiosity Shop
1975
as Edward Trent

Oliver Twist
1982
as Mr. Brownlow

The Secret Garden
1987
as Ben Weatherstaff

The Pied Piper
1972
as Melius, Alchemist

Svengali
1954
as Billy's Uncle

The Man Who Never Was
1956
as Gen. Coburn

I Was Monty's Double
1958
as Governor of Gibralter

I Accuse!
1958
as Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial

Royal Flash
1975
as Headmaster

The V.I.P.s
1963
as Airport Director

Memento Mori
1992
as Godfrey Colston

The Dark Avenger
1955
as King Edward

Cymbeline
1983
as Jupiter

Lucky Lady
1975
as Captain Rockwell

The Baby and the Battleship
1956
as Capt. Hugh

Tom Brown's Schooldays
1951
as Wilkes
The Fool
1990
as Mr. Tatham

Macbeth
1964
as Banquo

The Card
1952
as Bank Manager

Girls at Sea
1958
as Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt

How I Won the War
1967
as Grapple

The Magic Box
1952
as Official Receiver

I'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967
as Headmaster

The Wildcats of St Trinian's
1980
as Sir Charles Hackforth

The Bed Sitting Room
1969
as Bules Martin

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
1963
as Squire Thomas Banks

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
1952
as Scathelock

Passport to Pimlico
1949
as Bashford

The Wind in the Willows
1983
as Badger

Storm Over the Nile
1955
as General Faversham

King Lear
1982
as King Lear

The Trouble with Spies
1987
as Jason Locke

School for Secrets
1946
as Lt. Cmdr. Lowther

Diamond Skulls
1990
as Lord Crewne

Man in the Moon
1960
as Dr. Davidson

A Christmas Carol
1971
as Marley's Ghost (voice)

Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
2008
as Squire Thomas Banks (archive footage)

The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972
as Justin

Suspicion
1987
as Lord McLaidlaw

The Spanish Gardener
1956
as Harrington Brande

The Jokers
1967
as Sir Matthew
Morning Departure
1946
as Commander Gates

The Dog It Was That Died
1989
as George

The Hour of 13
1952
as Sir Herbert Frensham

Joseph Andrews
1977
as Parson Adams

Truckers
1992
as The Abbot (voice)

All's Well That Ends Well
1981
as Lafeu

The Heart of the Matter
1953
as Commissioner

Up Pompeii
1971
as Ludicrus Sextus

Good-Time Girl
1948
as Seddon

Moment of Danger
1960
as Inspector Farrell

Romeo and Juliet
1978
as Capulet

Girl in the News
1940
as Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)

Train of Events
1949
as First Plain Clothes Man

No Time for Tears
1957
as Surgeon

Pacific Destiny
1956
as Resident Commissioner

Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992
as King (voice)

Whistle and I'll Come to You
1968
as Professor Parkins

Beauty and the Beast
1992
as Monsieur Du Blois (voice)

The Constant Husband
1955
as The Judge

Forbidden Cargo
1954
as Director of Customs

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
1984
as Psychoanalyst

A Very Open Prison
1995
as Lord Langland

Highly Dangerous
1950
as Lab Director Owens

Demons of the Mind
1972
as Priest

A Christmas Carol
1977
as Ebenezer Scrooge

You Know What Sailors Are
1954

Girl Stroke Boy
1971
as George Mason

The Night My Number Came Up
1955
as Lindsay

The Years Between
1946
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Street Corner
1953
as Insp. Heron

The Tempest
1980
as Prospero

King Lear
1975
as King Lear

The Astonished Heart
1950
as Ernest

The Little Match Girl
1986
as Himself - Introduction

Gauguin the Savage
1980
as Durand-Huel

Flesh and Blood
1951
as Webster

Personal Affair
1953
as Headmaster Griffith

Windom's Way
1957
as Patterson

Grand National Night
1953
as Inspector Ayling

The Chester Mystery Plays
1976
as God

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

The Secret World of Polly Flint
1987
as Narrator
About 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. With 195 credits spanning from 1939 to 2008, Michael Hordern has appeared in 157 films and 38 TV shows.
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Most Popular Michael Hordern Movies
- Labyrinth (1986) — as The Wiseman (voice)
- Cleopatra (1963) — as Cicero
- Barry Lyndon (1975) — as Narrator (voice)
- Gandhi (1982) — as Sir George Hodge
- Where Eagles Dare (1968) — as Adm. Rolland
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