Michael Hordern
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Oct 3, 1911 (115 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
| 2008 | Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney MarshSquire Thomas Banks (archive footage) | |
| 1995 | A Very Open PrisonLord Langland | |
| 1994 | MiddlemarchPeter Featherstone | |
| 1993 | Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure HuntNarrator | |
| 1992 | Beauty and the BeastMonsieur Du Blois (voice) | |
| 1992 | TruckersThe Abbot (voice) | |
| 1992 | Freddie As F.R.O.7.King (voice) | |
| 1992 | Memento MoriGodfrey Colston | |
| 1992 | The Christmas CollectionBadger (voice) | |
| 1990 | Diamond SkullsLord Crewne | |
| 1990 | The FoolMr. Tatham | |
| 1990 | More Children's Holiday FavouritesBadger (voice) | |
| 1990 | Perfect ScoundrelsSir Norman | |
| 1990 | Oh, Mr. ToadBadger | |
| 1990 | The Green ManGramps | |
| 1990 | ChillersColonel Eddie Phelps | |
| 1989 | Danny the Champion of the WorldLord Claybury | |
| 1989 | The Dog It Was That DiedGeorge | |
| 1989 | Ending UpGeorge | |
| 1989 | The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two ToadsBadger (voice) | |
| 1989 | Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1Badger (voice) | |
| 1989 | Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2Badger (voice) | |
| 1989 | More Children's Summer StoriesBadger (voice) | |
| 1988 | Children's Favourites - Volume 1Badger (voice) | |
| 1987 | The Secret GardenBen Weatherstaff | |
| 1987 | ScoopUncle Theodor | |
| 1987 | The Trouble with SpiesJason Locke | |
| 1987 | The Secret World of Polly FlintNarrator | |
| 1987 | ComradesMr. Pitt | |
| 1987 | SuspicionLord McLaidlaw | |
| 1987 | Inspector MorseDoctor Starkie | |
| 1987 | Daytime Live | |
| 1986 | Paddington Goes to School | |
| 1986 | The Little Match GirlHimself - Introduction | |
| 1986 | Paddington's Birthday BonanzaNarrator | |
| 1986 | Lady JaneDr. Feckenham | |
| 1986 | LabyrinthThe Wiseman (voice) | |
| 1986 | Paradise PostponedSimeon Simcox | |
| 1986 | The Wind in the Willows: Winter TalesBadger (voice) | |
| 1986 | LovejoyWilfred Shotley | |
| 1986 | Paradise PostponedRev. Simeon Simcox | |
| 1985 | Young Sherlock HolmesOlder Watson (voice) | |
| 1985 | Now VoyagerThe Old Man | |
| 1985 | A Crack in the IceThe Storyteller | |
| 1985 | Theatre Night | |
| 1985 | Screen TwoLord Langland | |
| 1985 | Screen TwoGodfrey Colston | |
| 1984 | The Zany Adventures of Robin HoodPsychoanalyst | |
| 1984 | The Wind in the WillowsBadger (voice) | |
| 1984 | The Wind in the WillowsBadger (voice) | |
| 1983 | YellowbeardDr. Gilpin | |
| 1983 | The Wind in the WillowsBadger | |
| 1983 | Clash of LoyaltiesNarrator | |
| 1983 | Group MadnessSelf / Dr. Gilpin | |
| 1983 | CymbelineJupiter | |
| 1982 | IvanhoeCedric | |
| 1982 | Oliver TwistMr. Brownlow | |
| 1982 | GandhiSir George Hodge | |
| 1982 | The MissionarySlatterthewaite/Narrator | |
| 1982 | King LearKing Lear | |
| 1982 | WoganSelf | |
| 1981 | All's Well That Ends WellLafeu | |
| 1981 | You're All Right, How Am I?Patient | |
| 1981 | The History ManProfessor Marvin | |
| 1980 | Gauguin the SavageDurand-Huel | |
| 1980 | The Spirit of Cheshire | |
| 1980 | The Wildcats of St Trinian'sSir Charles Hackforth | |
| 1980 | Paddington Bear Goes to the MoviesNarrator (voice) | |
| 1980 | The TempestProspero | |
| 1980 | ShōgunFriar Domingo | |
| 1979 | Tales of the UnexpectedCyril Bixby | |
| 1978 | The Medusa TouchAtropos - Fortune Teller | |
| 1978 | The Talking ParcelOswald, the Sea Serpent | |
| 1978 | Watership DownFrith (voice) | |
| 1978 | Romeo and JulietCapulet | |
| 1977 | Joseph AndrewsParson Adams | |
| 1977 | A Christmas CarolEbenezer Scrooge | |
| 1976 | The Slipper and the RoseKing | |
| 1976 | Paddington BearNarrator / All | |
| 1976 | The Chester Mystery PlaysGod | |
| 1976 | Paddington BearNarrator | |
| 1976 | PaddingtonNarrator | |
| 1975 | Lucky LadyCaptain Rockwell | |
| 1975 | The Old Curiosity ShopEdward Trent | |
| 1975 | King LearKing Lear | |
| 1975 | Royal FlashHeadmaster | |
| 1975 | Barry LyndonNarrator (voice) | |
| 1975 | Edward the SeventhW. E. Gladstone | |
| 1974 | JuggernautMr. Baker | |
| 1974 | Fall of EaglesNarrator | |
| 1974 | PlayhousePatient | |
| 1974 | Fall of EaglesNarrator (voice) | |
| 1973 | The MacKintosh ManMr. Brown | |
| 1973 | Theatre of BloodGeorge Maxwell | |
| 1973 | The Three MusketeersTreville (voice) | |
| 1973 | England Made MeF. Minty | |
| 1972 | Alice's Adventures in WonderlandMock Turtle | |
| 1972 | The Possession of Joel DelaneyJustin | |
| 1972 | Demons of the MindPriest | |
| 1972 | The Pied PiperMelius, Alchemist | |
| 1971 | Up PompeiiLudicrus Sextus | |
| 1971 | A Christmas CarolMarley's Ghost (voice) | |
| 1971 | Girl Stroke BoyGeorge Mason | |
| 1971 | Tall Stories | |
| 1971 | A Ghost Story for ChristmasProfessor Parkins | |
| 1971 | Six Dates with BarkerArch Funster | |
| 1970 | Futtocks EndThe Butler | |
| 1970 | Some Will, Some Won'tDenniston Russell | |
| 1969 | Anne of the Thousand DaysThomas Boleyn | |
| 1969 | The Bed Sitting RoomBules Martin | |
| 1968 | Where Eagles DareAdm. Rolland | |
| 1968 | Prudence and the PillDr. Morley (uncredited) | |
| 1968 | Whistle and I'll Come to YouProfessor Parkins | |
| 1967 | The Taming of the ShrewBaptista | |
| 1967 | The JokersSir Matthew | |
| 1967 | I'll Never Forget What's'isnameHeadmaster | |
| 1967 | How I Won the WarGrapple | |
| 1967 | OmnibusSelf | |
| 1967 | OmnibusSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1967 | OmnibusProfessor Parkins | |
| 1967 | Sir Arthur Conan DoyleProf. Ainslie Grey | |
| 1966 | KhartoumLord Granville | |
| 1966 | TurnerReads recollections | |
| 1966 | Cast a Giant ShadowBritish Ambassador | |
| 1966 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumSenex | |
| 1965 | Genghis KhanGeen | |
| 1965 | The Spy Who Came In from the ColdAshe | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the MonthMr. Posket | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the MonthGod | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the MonthThe Devil | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the MonthTartuffe | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the MonthLear | |
| 1964 | The Yellow Rolls-RoyceHarnsworth | |
| 1964 | MacbethBanquo | |
| 1964 | DetectiveDetective Inspector Rason | |
| 1964 | The Wednesday PlaySir Jocelyn Symonds | |
| 1964 | The Scarecrow of Romney MarshSquire Banks | |
| 1964 | The Wednesday PlayGen. Kokoshkin, Chief of Police | |
| 1964 | Story ParadeAnatol Stiller | |
| 1963 | CleopatraCicero | |
| 1963 | Dr. Syn, Alias the ScarecrowSquire Thomas Banks | |
| 1963 | The V.I.P.sAirport Director | |
| 1963 | FestivalSir Augustus Thwaites | |
| 1961 | The SquareThe Man | |
| 1961 | El CidDon Diego | |
| 1960 | Sink the Bismarck!Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George' | |
| 1960 | Man in the MoonDr. Davidson | |
| 1960 | Moment of DangerInspector Farrell | |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night PlayWalter Ormund | |
| 1959 | Back to Back | |
| 1958 | I Was Monty's DoubleGovernor of Gibralter | |
| 1958 | I Accuse!Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial | |
| 1958 | The Spaniard's CurseJudge Manton | |
| 1958 | Girls at SeaAdmiral Reginald Victor Hewitt | |
| 1957 | Windom's WayPatterson | |
| 1957 | The Dock BriefMorgenhall | |
| 1957 | No Time for TearsSurgeon | |
| 1956 | The Man Who Never WasGen. Coburn | |
| 1956 | The Spanish GardenerHarrington Brande | |
| 1956 | Alexander the GreatDemosthenes | |
| 1956 | Pacific DestinyResident Commissioner | |
| 1956 | The Baby and the BattleshipCapt. Hugh | |
| 1956 | Armchair TheatreDet. Supt. Coates | |
| 1955 | The Dark AvengerKing Edward | |
| 1955 | Storm Over the NileGeneral Faversham | |
| 1955 | The Night My Number Came UpLindsay | |
| 1955 | The Constant HusbandThe Judge | |
| 1954 | You Know What Sailors Are | |
| 1954 | Forbidden CargoDirector of Customs | |
| 1954 | The BeachcomberThe Headman | |
| 1954 | SvengaliBilly's Uncle | |
| 1954 | Tonight in BritainSelf | |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of DisneySquire Banks | |
| 1953 | Grand National NightInspector Ayling | |
| 1953 | Personal AffairHeadmaster Griffith | |
| 1953 | The Heart of the MatterCommissioner | |
| 1953 | Street CornerInsp. Heron | |
| 1952 | The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie MenScathelock | |
| 1952 | The Hour of 13Sir Herbert Frensham | |
| 1952 | The CardBank Manager | |
| 1952 | The Magic BoxOfficial Receiver | |
| 1951 | ScroogeJacob Marley | |
| 1951 | Tom Brown's SchooldaysWilkes | |
| 1951 | Flesh and BloodWebster | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameBanquo | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameBen Weatherstaff | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameCardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII | |
| 1950 | Highly DangerousLab Director Owens | |
| 1950 | The Astonished HeartErnest | |
| 1950 | TrioVicar | |
| 1950 | Sunday Night TheatreEpilogue spoken by (voice) | |
| 1950 | Sunday Night TheatreJacques | |
| 1950 | Sunday Night TheatreHugh Wigmore | |
| 1950 | Sunday Night TheatreTrigorin | |
| 1950 | Sunday Night TheatreGeneral Parmenion | |
| 1950 | Sunday Night TheatreChristopher Williams | |
| 1950 | Sunday Night TheatreMajor Booth Voysey | |
| 1950 | Sunday Night TheatreRev. James Mavor Morell | |
| 1950 | Sunday Night TheatreShylock | |
| 1950 | Sunday Night TheatreMaurice Lammering | |
| 1949 | Passport to PimlicoBashford | |
| 1949 | Train of EventsFirst Plain Clothes Man | |
| 1948 | The Small VoiceDr. Mennell | |
| 1948 | Good-Time GirlSeddon | |
| 1948 | Portrait from LifeJohnson | |
| 1947 | Mine Own ExecutionerCo-Counsel at Inquest | |
| 1947 | NightbeatPolice Training Officer | |
| 1947 | RebeccaMaxim de Winter | |
| 1946 | School for SecretsLt. Cmdr. Lowther | |
| 1946 | Morning DepartureCommander Gates | |
| 1946 | The Years BetweenMember of Parliament (uncredited) | |
| 1946 | A Girl in a MillionDivorce Counsel | |
| 1940 | Girl in the NewsAssistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited) | |
| 1940 | Band Waggon(uncredited) | |
| 1939 | A Girl Must Live |