Michael Hordern
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
2008
as Squire Thomas Banks (archive footage)
A Very Open Prison
1995
as Lord Langland
Middlemarch
1994
as Peter Featherstone
Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt
1993
as Narrator
Beauty and the Beast
1992
as Monsieur Du Blois (voice)
Truckers
1992
as The Abbot (voice)
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992
as King (voice)
Memento Mori
1992
as Godfrey Colston
The Christmas Collection
1992
as Badger (voice)
Diamond Skulls
1990
as Lord Crewne
The Fool
1990
as Mr. Tatham
More Children's Holiday Favourites
1990
as Badger (voice)
Perfect Scoundrels
1990
as Sir Norman
Oh, Mr. Toad
1990
as Badger
The Green Man
1990
as Gramps
Chillers
1990
as Colonel Eddie Phelps
Danny the Champion of the World
1989
as Lord Claybury
The Dog It Was That Died
1989
as George
Ending Up
1989
as George
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
1989
as Badger (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1989
as Badger (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
1989
as Badger (voice)
More Children's Summer Stories
1989
as Badger (voice)
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1988
as Badger (voice)
The Secret Garden
1987
as Ben Weatherstaff
Scoop
1987
as Uncle Theodor
The Trouble with Spies
1987
as Jason Locke
The Secret World of Polly Flint
1987
as Narrator
Comrades
1987
as Mr. Pitt
Suspicion
1987
as Lord McLaidlaw
Inspector Morse
1987
as Doctor Starkie
Daytime Live
1987
The Secret World of Polly Flint
1987
as Narrator
Paddington Goes to School
1986
The Little Match Girl
1986
as Himself - Introduction
Paddington's Birthday Bonanza
1986
as Narrator
Lady Jane
1986
as Dr. Feckenham
Labyrinth
1986
as The Wiseman (voice)
Paradise Postponed
1986
as Simeon Simcox
The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
1986
as Badger (voice)
Lovejoy
1986
as Wilfred Shotley
Paradise Postponed
1986
as Rev. Simeon Simcox
Young Sherlock Holmes
1985
as Older Watson (voice)
Now Voyager
1985
as The Old Man
A Crack in the Ice
1985
as The Storyteller
Theatre Night
1985
Screen Two
1985
as Lord Langland
Screen Two
1985
as Godfrey Colston
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
1984
as Psychoanalyst
The Wind in the Willows
1984
as Badger (voice)
Yellowbeard
1983
as Dr. Gilpin
The Wind in the Willows
1983
as Badger
Clash of Loyalties
1983
as Narrator
Group Madness
1983
as Self / Dr. Gilpin
Cymbeline
1983
as Jupiter
Ivanhoe
1982
as Cedric
Oliver Twist
1982
as Mr. Brownlow
Gandhi
1982
as Sir George Hodge
The Missionary
1982
as Slatterthewaite/Narrator
King Lear
1982
as King Lear
Wogan
1982
as Self
American Playhouse
1982
as Lord McLaidlaw
All's Well That Ends Well
1981
as Lafeu
You're All Right, How Am I?
1981
as Patient
The History Man
1981
as Professor Marvin
Gauguin the Savage
1980
as Durand-Huel
The Spirit of Cheshire
1980
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
1980
as Sir Charles Hackforth
Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies
1980
as Narrator (voice)
The Tempest
1980
as Prospero
Shōgun
1980
as Friar Domingo
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Cyril Bixby
The Medusa Touch
1978
as Atropos - Fortune Teller
The Talking Parcel
1978
as Oswald, the Sea Serpent
Watership Down
1978
as Frith (voice)
Romeo and Juliet
1978
as Capulet
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Capulet
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Prospero
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Lafeu
Joseph Andrews
1977
as Parson Adams
A Christmas Carol
1977
as Ebenezer Scrooge
The Slipper and the Rose
1976
as King
Paddington Bear
1976
as Narrator / All
The Chester Mystery Plays
1976
as God
Paddington Bear
1976
as Narrator
Paddington
1976
as Narrator
Cakes and Ale
1976
as Willie Ashenden
Lucky Lady
1975
as Captain Rockwell
The Old Curiosity Shop
1975
as Edward Trent
King Lear
1975
as King Lear
Royal Flash
1975
as Headmaster
Barry Lyndon
1975
as Narrator (voice)
Edward the Seventh
1975
as W. E. Gladstone
Juggernaut
1974
as Mr. Baker
Fall of Eagles
1974
as Narrator
Playhouse
1974
as Patient
Fall of Eagles
1974
as Narrator (voice)
The MacKintosh Man
1973
as Brown
Theatre of Blood
1973
as George Maxwell
The Three Musketeers
1973
as Treville (voice)
England Made Me
1973
as F. Minty
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972
as Mock Turtle
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972
as Justin
Demons of the Mind
1972
as Priest
The Pied Piper
1972
as Melius, Alchemist
Up Pompeii
1971
as Ludicrus Sextus
A Christmas Carol
1971
as Marley's Ghost (voice)
Girl Stroke Boy
1971
as George Mason
Tall Stories
1971
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Professor Parkins
Six Dates with Barker
1971
as Arch Funster
Film '72
1971
as Self
Futtocks End
1970
as The Butler
Some Will, Some Won't
1970
as Denniston Russell
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
as Thomas Boleyn
The Bed Sitting Room
1969
as Bules Martin
Where Eagles Dare
1968
as Adm. Rolland
Prudence and the Pill
1968
as Dr. Morley (uncredited)
Whistle and I'll Come to You
1968
as Professor Parkins
The Taming of the Shrew
1967
as Baptista
The Jokers
1967
as Sir Matthew
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967
as Headmaster
How I Won the War
1967
as Grapple
Omnibus
1967
as Self
Omnibus
1967
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Omnibus
1967
as Professor Parkins
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1967
as Prof. Ainslie Grey
Khartoum
1966
as Lord Granville
Turner
1966
as Reads recollections
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966
as British Ambassador
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
as Senex
Genghis Khan
1965
as Geen
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
as Ashe
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Mr. Posket
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as God
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as The Devil
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Tartuffe
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Lear
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
as Harnsworth
Macbeth
1964
as Banquo
Detective
1964
as Detective Inspector Rason
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Sir Jocelyn Symonds
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
1964
as Squire Banks
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Gen. Kokoshkin, Chief of Police
Story Parade
1964
as Anatol Stiller
Cleopatra
1963
as Cicero
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
1963
as Squire Thomas Banks
The V.I.P.s
1963
as Airport Director
Festival
1963
as Sir Augustus Thwaites
Espionage
1963
as Minister
The Square
1961
as The Man
El Cid
1961
as Don Diego
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
as Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'
Man in the Moon
1960
as Dr. Davidson
Moment of Danger
1960
as Inspector Farrell
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Walter Ormund
Back to Back
1959
I Was Monty's Double
1958
as Governor of Gibralter
I Accuse!
1958
as Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial
The Spaniard's Curse
1958
as Judge Manton
Girls at Sea
1958
as Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt
Windom's Way
1957
as Patterson
The Dock Brief
1957
as Morgenhall
No Time for Tears
1957
as Surgeon
The Man Who Never Was
1956
as Gen. Coburn
The Spanish Gardener
1956
as Harrington Brande
Alexander the Great
1956
as Demosthenes
Pacific Destiny
1956
as Resident Commissioner
The Baby and the Battleship
1956
as Capt. Hugh
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Det. Supt. Coates
The Dark Avenger
1955
as King Edward
Storm Over the Nile
1955
as General Faversham
The Night My Number Came Up
1955
as Lindsay
The Constant Husband
1955
as The Judge
You Know What Sailors Are
1954
Forbidden Cargo
1954
as Director of Customs
The Beachcomber
1954
as The Headman
Svengali
1954
as Billy's Uncle
Tonight in Britain
1954
as Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Squire Banks
Grand National Night
1953
as Inspector Ayling
Personal Affair
1953
as Headmaster Griffith
The Heart of the Matter
1953
as Commissioner
Street Corner
1953
as Insp. Heron
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
1952
as Scathelock
The Hour of 13
1952
as Herbert Frensham
The Card
1952
as Bank Manager
The Magic Box
1952
as Official Receiver
Scrooge
1951
as Jacob Marley
Tom Brown's Schooldays
1951
as Wilkes
Flesh and Blood
1951
as Webster
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Banquo
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Ben Weatherstaff
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII
Highly Dangerous
1950
as Lab Director Owens
The Astonished Heart
1950
as Ernest
Trio
1950
as Vicar
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Epilogue spoken by (voice)
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Jacques
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Hugh Wigmore
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Trigorin
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as General Parmenion
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Christopher Williams
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Major Booth Voysey
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Rev. James Mavor Morell
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Shylock
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Maurice Lammering
Passport to Pimlico
1949
as Bashford
Train of Events
1949
as First Plain Clothes Man
The Small Voice
1948
as Dr. Mennell
Good-Time Girl
1948
as Seddon
Portrait from Life
1948
as Johnson
Mine Own Executioner
1947
as Co-Counsel at Inquest
Nightbeat
1947
as Police Training Officer
Rebecca
1947
as Maxim de Winter
School for Secrets
1946
as Lt. Cmdr. Lowther
Morning Departure
1946
as Commander Gates
The Years Between
1946
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
A Girl in a Million
1946
as Divorce Counsel
Girl in the News
1940
as Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)
Band Waggon
1940
as (uncredited)
A Girl Must Live
1939