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
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Cyril Bixby
Omnibus
1967
as Self / Self - Narrator (voice) / Professor Parkins
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Sir Jocelyn Symonds / Gen. Kokoshkin, Chief of Police
Inspector Morse
1987
as Doctor Starkie
TV Shows (38)
Wogan
1982
as Self
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Mr. Posket / God / The Devil / Tartuffe / Lear
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Cyril Bixby
Omnibus
1967
as Self / Self - Narrator (voice) / Professor Parkins
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Sir Jocelyn Symonds / Gen. Kokoshkin, Chief of Police
Inspector Morse
1987
as Doctor Starkie
Screen Two
1985
as Lord Langland / Godfrey Colston
Playhouse
1974
as Patient
Lovejoy
1986
as Wilfred Shotley
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
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
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Banquo / Ben Weatherstaff / Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII
The Wind in the Willows
1984
as Badger (voice)
Chillers
1990
as Colonel Eddie Phelps
Paddington Bear
1976
as Narrator
Perfect Scoundrels
1990
as Sir Norman
Paradise Postponed
1986
as Rev. Simeon Simcox
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
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
1964
as Squire Banks
The Green Man
1990
as Gramps
Paddington
1976
as Narrator
Tall Stories
1971
Movies (157)
Labyrinth
1986
as The Wiseman (voice)
Cleopatra
1963
as Cicero
Barry Lyndon
1975
as Narrator (voice)
Where Eagles Dare
1968
as Adm. Rolland
Gandhi
1982
as Sir George Hodge
El Cid
1961
as Don Diego
Young Sherlock Holmes
1985
as Older Watson (voice)
The Three Musketeers
1973
as Treville (voice)
Watership Down
1978
as Frith (voice)
Ivanhoe
1982
as Cedric
Juggernaut
1974
as Mr. Baker
Scrooge
1951
as Jacob Marley
Yellowbeard
1983
as Dr. Gilpin
The Medusa Touch
1978
as Atropos - Fortune Teller
The Taming of the Shrew
1967
as Baptista
Lady Jane
1986
as Dr. Feckenham
The Missionary
1982
as Slatterthewaite/Narrator
Theatre of Blood
1973
as George Maxwell
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
as Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'
Genghis Khan
1965
as Geen
Alexander the Great
1956
as Demosthenes
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
as Ashe
Khartoum
1966
as Lord Granville
Prudence and the Pill
1968
as Dr. Morley (uncredited)
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
as Thomas Boleyn
Group Madness
1983
as Self / Dr. Gilpin
The MacKintosh Man
1973
as Mr. Brown
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
as Senex
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966
as British Ambassador
The Slipper and the Rose
1976
as King
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
as Harnsworth
Scoop
1987
as Uncle Theodor
Lucky Lady
1975
as Captain Rockwell
Danny the Champion of the World
1989
as Lord Claybury
The Secret Garden
1987
as Ben Weatherstaff
Ending Up
1989
as George
I Was Monty's Double
1958
as Governor of Gibralter
Trio
1950
as Vicar
The Man Who Never Was
1956
as Gen. Coburn
The Pied Piper
1972
as Melius, Alchemist
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
1963
as Squire Thomas Banks
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967
as Headmaster
Royal Flash
1975
as Headmaster
The Old Curiosity Shop
1975
as Edward Trent
Memento Mori
1992
as Godfrey Colston
Oliver Twist
1982
as Mr. Brownlow
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972
as Mock Turtle
Cymbeline
1983
as Jupiter
The Baby and the Battleship
1956
as Capt. Hugh
Girls at Sea
1958
as Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt
Svengali
1954
as Billy's Uncle
The Card
1952
as Bank Manager
The Bed Sitting Room
1969
as Bules Martin
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
1952
as Scathelock
The Fool
1990
as Mr. Tatham
I Accuse!
1958
as Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial
The Dark Avenger
1955
as King Edward
King Lear
1982
as King Lear
Comrades
1987
as Mr. Pitt
The Magic Box
1952
as Official Receiver
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
1980
as Sir Charles Hackforth
All's Well That Ends Well
1981
as Lafeu
The Trouble with Spies
1987
as Jason Locke
Passport to Pimlico
1949
as Bashford
Joseph Andrews
1977
as Parson Adams
The V.I.P.s
1963
as Airport Director
How I Won the War
1967
as Grapple
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
2008
as Squire Thomas Banks (archive footage)
Diamond Skulls
1990
as Lord Crewne
School for Secrets
1946
as Lt. Cmdr. Lowther
Good-Time Girl
1948
as Seddon
The Jokers
1967
as Sir Matthew
No Time for Tears
1957
as Surgeon
Up Pompeii
1971
as Ludicrus Sextus
Suspicion
1987
as Lord McLaidlaw
A Christmas Carol
1971
as Marley's Ghost (voice)
The Dog It Was That Died
1989
as George
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972
as Justin
The Spanish Gardener
1956
as Harrington Brande
Storm Over the Nile
1955
as General Faversham
The Night My Number Came Up
1955
as Lindsay
Morning Departure
1946
as Commander Gates
Macbeth
1964
as Banquo
Highly Dangerous
1950
as Lab Director Owens
Man in the Moon
1960
as Dr. Davidson
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
1984
as Psychoanalyst
Truckers
1992
as The Abbot (voice)
The Wind in the Willows
1983
as Badger
The Constant Husband
1955
as The Judge
Forbidden Cargo
1954
as Director of Customs
You Know What Sailors Are
1954
A Christmas Carol
1977
as Ebenezer Scrooge
Girl Stroke Boy
1971
as George Mason
Train of Events
1949
as First Plain Clothes Man
Pacific Destiny
1956
as Resident Commissioner
The Hour of 13
1952
as Sir Herbert Frensham
Romeo and Juliet
1978
as Capulet
Street Corner
1953
as Insp. Heron
The Years Between
1946
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
The Heart of the Matter
1953
as Commissioner
Demons of the Mind
1972
as Priest
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992
as King (voice)
Whistle and I'll Come to You
1968
as Professor Parkins
The Tempest
1980
as Prospero
Girl in the News
1940
as Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)
Gauguin the Savage
1980
as Durand-Huel
A Very Open Prison
1995
as Lord Langland
Tom Brown's Schooldays
1951
as Wilkes
The Little Match Girl
1986
as Himself - Introduction
Moment of Danger
1960
as Inspector Farrell
England Made Me
1973
as F. Minty
Flesh and Blood
1951
as Webster
Windom's Way
1957
as Patterson
Band Waggon
1940
as (uncredited)
Grand National Night
1953
as Inspector Ayling
Personal Affair
1953
as Headmaster Griffith
Nightbeat
1947
as Police Training Officer
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
1989
as Badger (voice)
The Secret World of Polly Flint
1987
as Narrator
The Talking Parcel
1978
as Oswald, the Sea Serpent
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)
- Where Eagles Dare (1968) — as Adm. Rolland
- Gandhi (1982) — as Sir George Hodge
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