Michael Hordern

Personal Info

Birthday

October 3, 1911

Day of Death

1995-05-02

(83 years old)

Place of Birth

Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Also Known As

Sir Michael Hordern

Sir Michael Murray Hordern

Michael Murray Hordern

Майкл Хордерн

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Hordern, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Tales of the Unexpected

Omnibus

BBC Play of the Month

Inspector Morse

The Wednesday Play

Playhouse

The Wind in the Willows

Sunday-Night Play

Filmography

2008
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
as Squire Thomas Banks
1995
A Very Open Prison
as Lord Langland
1993
Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt
as Narrator
1992
Freddie as F.R.O.7.
as King (voice)
Truckers
as The Abbot (voice)
Memento Mori
as Godfrey Colston
Beauty and the Beast
as Monsieur Du Blois (voice)
1990
The Fool
as Mr. Tatham
Dark Obsession
as Lord Crewne
1989
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
as Badger (voice)
Danny the Champion of the World
as Lord Claybury
Ending Up
as George
The Dog It Was That Died
as George
1987
The Trouble with Spies
as Jason Locke
The Secret Garden
as Ben Weatherstaff
Comrades
as Mr. Pitt
Scoop
as Uncle Theodor
The Secret World of Polly Flint
as Narrator
Suspicion
as Lord McLaidlaw
1986
The Little Match Girl
as Himself - Introduction
Labyrinth
as The Wiseman (voice)
Lady Jane
as Dr. Feckenham
Paddington's Birthday Bonanza
as Narrator
1985
Young Sherlock Holmes
as Older Watson (voice)
Now Voyager
as The Old Man
1984
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
as Psychoanalyst
1983
Cymbeline
as Jupiter
Yellowbeard
as Dr. Gilpin
Group Madness
as Self / Dr. Gilpin
Clash of Loyalties
as Narrator
1982
Gandhi
as Sir George Hodge
The Missionary
as Slatterthewaite/Narrator
King Lear
as King Lear
Oliver Twist
as Mr. Brownlow
Ivanhoe
as Cedric
1981
You're All Right, How Am I?
as Patient
All's Well That Ends Well
as Lafeu
1980
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
as Sir Charles Hackforth
Gauguin the Savage
as Durand-Huel
Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies
as Narrator (voice)
The Tempest
as Prospero
1978
The Talking Parcel
as Oswald, the Sea Serpent
Romeo and Juliet
as Capulet
Watership Down
as Frith (voice)
The Medusa Touch
as Atropos - Fortune Teller
1977
Joseph Andrews
as Parson Adams
1976
The Slipper and the Rose
as King
1975
Lucky Lady
as Captain Rockwell
Barry Lyndon
as Narrator (voice)
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Edward Trent
Royal Flash
as Headmaster
1974
Juggernaut
as Mr. Baker
1973
The Three Musketeers
as Treville (voice)
The MacKintosh Man
as Mr. Brown
England Made Me
as F. Minty
Theatre of Blood
as George Maxwell
1972
The Pied Piper
as Melius, Alchemist
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
as Mock Turtle
Demons of the Mind
as Priest
The Possession of Joel Delaney
as Justin
1971
A Christmas Carol
as Marley's Ghost (voice)
Girl Stroke Boy
as George Mason
Up Pompeii
as Ludicrus Sextus
1970
Some Will, Some Won't
as Denniston Russell
Futtocks End
as The Butler
1969
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Thomas Boleyn
The Bed Sitting Room
as Bules Martin
1968
Where Eagles Dare
as Adm. Rolland
Prudence and the Pill
as Dr. Morley (uncredited)
Whistle and I'll Come to You
as Professor Parkins
1967
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
as Headmaster
How I Won the War
as Grapple
The Jokers
as Sir Matthew
The Taming of the Shrew
as Baptista
1966
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
as Senex
Khartoum
as Lord Granville
Cast a Giant Shadow
as British Ambassador
Turner
as Reads recollections
1965
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
as Ashe
Genghis Khan
as Geen
1964
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
as Harnsworth
Macbeth
as Banquo
1963
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
as Squire Thomas Banks
The V.I.P.s
as Airport Director
Cleopatra
as Cicero
1961
El Cid
as Don Diego
The Square
as The Man
1960
Man in the Moon
as Dr. Davidson
Sink the Bismarck!
as Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'
Moment of Danger
as Inspector Farrell
1958
I Was Monty's Double
as Governor of Gibralter
Girls at Sea
as Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt
The Spaniard's Curse
as Judge Manton
I Accuse!
as Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial
1957
Windom's Way
as Patterson
No Time for Tears
as Surgeon
The Dock Brief
as Morgenhall
1956
The Spanish Gardener
as Harrington Brande
The Baby and the Battleship
as Capt. Hugh
The Man Who Never Was
as Gen. Coburn
Alexander the Great
as Demosthenes
Pacific Destiny
as Resident Commissioner
1955
Storm Over the Nile
as General Faversham
The Constant Husband
as The Judge
The Dark Avenger
as King Edward
The Night My Number Came Up
as Lindsay
1954
Svengali
as Billy's Uncle
The Beachcomber
as The Headman
Forbidden Cargo
as Director of Customs
Tonight in Britain
as Self
1953
The Heart of the Matter
as Commissioner
Personal Affair
as Headmaster Griffith
Grand National Night
as Inspector Ayling
Street Corner
as Insp. Heron
1952
The Hour of 13
as Sir Herbert Frensham
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
as Scathelock
The Card
as Bank Manager
The Magic Box
as Official Receiver
1951
Scrooge
as Jacob Marley
Tom Brown's Schooldays
as Wilkes
Flesh and Blood
as Webster
1950
Highly Dangerous
as Lab Director Owens
Trio
as Vicar
The Astonished Heart
as Ernest
1949
Passport to Pimlico
as Bashford
Train of Events
as First Plain Clothes Man
1948
Portrait from Life
as Johnson
The Small Voice
as Dr. Mennell
Good-Time Girl
as Seddon
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
Morning Departure
as Commander Gates
A Girl in a Million
as Divorce Counsel
The Years Between
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
1940
Girl in the News
as Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)
Band Waggon
as (uncredited)