Michael Hordern
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 3, 1911
- Died
- May 2, 1995 (aged 83)
- Place of birth
- Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Credits
- 201
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
Barry Lyndon
1975Movie
Narrator (voice)
Labyrinth
1986Movie
The Wiseman (voice)
Gandhi
1982Movie
Sir George Hodge
Where Eagles Dare
1968Movie
Adm. Rolland
Cleopatra
1963Movie
Cicero
Young Sherlock Holmes
1985Movie
Older Watson (voice)
Filmography
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
2008Movie
Squire Thomas Banks (archive footage)
A Very Open Prison
1995Movie
Lord Langland
Middlemarch
1994TV
Peter Featherstone
Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt
1993Movie
Narrator
The Christmas Collection
1992Movie
Badger (voice)
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992Movie
King (voice)
Truckers
1992Movie
The Abbot (voice)
Memento Mori
1992Movie
Godfrey Colston
Beauty and the Beast
1992Movie
Monsieur Du Blois (voice)
The Fool
1990Movie
Mr. Tatham
The Green Man
1990TV
Gramps
Diamond Skulls
1990Movie
Lord Crewne
More Children's Holiday Favourites
1990Movie
Badger (voice)
Perfect Scoundrels
1990TV
Sir Norman
Oh, Mr. Toad
1990TV
Badger
Chillers
1990TV
Colonel Eddie Phelps
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
1989Movie
Badger (voice)
Danny the Champion of the World
1989Movie
Lord Claybury
More Children's Summer Stories
1989Movie
Badger (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1989Movie
Badger (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
1989Movie
Badger (voice)
The Dog It Was That Died
1989Movie
George
Ending Up
1989Movie
George
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1988Movie
Badger (voice)
The Trouble with Spies
1987Movie
Jason Locke
The Secret Garden
1987Movie
Ben Weatherstaff
Daytime Live
1987TV
Comrades
1987Movie
Mr. Pitt
The Secret World of Polly Flint
1987TV
Narrator
Scoop
1987Movie
Uncle Theodor
The Secret World of Polly Flint
1987Movie
Narrator
Inspector Morse
1987TV
Doctor Starkie
Suspicion
1987Movie
Lord McLaidlaw
The Little Match Girl
1986Movie
Himself - Introduction
The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
1986Movie
Badger (voice)
Paradise Postponed
1986TV
Rev. Simeon Simcox
Labyrinth
1986Movie
The Wiseman (voice)
Paradise Postponed
1986Movie
Simeon Simcox
Lady Jane
1986Movie
Dr. Feckenham
Lovejoy
1986TV
Wilfred Shotley
Paddington Goes to School
1986Movie
Paddington's Birthday Bonanza
1986Movie
Narrator
Young Sherlock Holmes
1985Movie
Older Watson (voice)
Theatre Night
1985TV
Sir William Gower
A Crack in the Ice
1985Movie
The Storyteller
Summer Season
1985TV
The Storyteller
Now Voyager
1985Movie
The Old Man
Screen Two
1985TV
Lord Langland, Godfrey Colston
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
1984Movie
Psychoanalyst
The Wind in the Willows
1984TV
Badger (voice)
The Wind in the Willows
1983Movie
Badger
Cymbeline
1983Movie
Jupiter
Yellowbeard
1983Movie
Dr. Gilpin
Group Madness
1983Movie
Self / Dr. Gilpin
Clash of Loyalties
1983Movie
Narrator
Gandhi
1982Movie
Sir George Hodge
The Missionary
1982Movie
Slatterthewaite/Narrator
King Lear
1982Movie
King Lear
Wogan
1982TV
Self
Oliver Twist
1982Movie
Mr. Brownlow
Ivanhoe
1982Movie
Cedric
American Playhouse
1982TV
Lord McLaidlaw
You're All Right, How Am I?
1981Movie
Patient
All's Well That Ends Well
1981Movie
Lafeu
The History Man
1981TV
Professor Marvin
Shōgun
1980TV
Friar Domingo
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
1980Movie
Sir Charles Hackforth
Gauguin the Savage
1980Movie
Durand-Huel
Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies
1980Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Tempest
1980Movie
Prospero
The Spirit of Cheshire
1980Movie
Tales of the Unexpected
1979TV
Cyril Bixby
The Talking Parcel
1978Movie
Oswald, the Sea Serpent
Romeo and Juliet
1978Movie
Capulet
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978TV
Capulet, Prospero, Lafeu
Watership Down
1978Movie
Frith (voice)
The Medusa Touch
1978Movie
Atropos - Fortune Teller
A Christmas Carol
1977Movie
Ebenezer Scrooge
Joseph Andrews
1977Movie
Parson Adams
The Chester Mystery Plays
1976Movie
God
Cakes and Ale
1976TV
Willie Ashenden
The Slipper and the Rose
1976Movie
King
Paddington Bear
1976Movie
Narrator / All
Paddington Bear
1976TV
Narrator
Paddington
1976TV
Narrator
Lucky Lady
1975Movie
Captain Rockwell
Barry Lyndon
1975Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Old Curiosity Shop
1975Movie
Edward Trent
Royal Flash
1975Movie
Headmaster
Edward the Seventh
1975TV
W. E. Gladstone
King Lear
1975Movie
King Lear
Juggernaut
1974Movie
Mr. Baker
Fall of Eagles
1974TV
Narrator, Narrator (voice)
Playhouse
1974TV
Patient
The Three Musketeers
1973Movie
Treville (voice)
The MacKintosh Man
1973Movie
Brown
England Made Me
1973Movie
F. Minty
Theatre of Blood
1973Movie
George Maxwell
The Pied Piper
1972Movie
Melius, Alchemist
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972Movie
Mock Turtle
Demons of the Mind
1972Movie
Priest
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972Movie
Justin
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971TV
Professor Parkins
A Christmas Carol
1971Movie
Marley's Ghost (voice)
Tall Stories
1971TV
Film '72
1971TV
Self
Girl Stroke Boy
1971Movie
George Mason
Up Pompeii
1971Movie
Ludicrus Sextus
Six Dates with Barker
1971TV
Arch Funster
Some Will, Some Won't
1970Movie
Denniston Russell
Futtocks End
1970Movie
The Butler
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969Movie
Thomas Boleyn
The Bed Sitting Room
1969Movie
Bules Martin
Where Eagles Dare
1968Movie
Adm. Rolland
Prudence and the Pill
1968Movie
Dr. Morley (uncredited)
Whistle and I'll Come to You
1968Movie
Professor Parkins
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967Movie
Headmaster
How I Won the War
1967Movie
Grapple
Omnibus
1967TV
Self, Self - Narrator (voice), Professor Parkins
The Jokers
1967Movie
Sir Matthew
The Taming of the Shrew
1967Movie
Baptista
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1967TV
Prof. Ainslie Grey
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966Movie
Senex
Khartoum
1966Movie
Lord Granville
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966Movie
British Ambassador
Turner
1966Movie
Reads recollections
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965Movie
Ashe
BBC Play of the Month
1965TV
Mr. Posket, God, The Devil, Tartuffe, Lear
Genghis Khan
1965Movie
Geen
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964Movie
Harnsworth
The Wednesday Play
1964TV
Sir Jocelyn Symonds, Gen. Kokoshkin, Chief of Police
Story Parade
1964TV
Anatol Stiller
Detective
1964TV
Detective Inspector Rason
Macbeth
1964Movie
Banquo
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
1964TV
Squire Banks
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
1963Movie
Squire Thomas Banks
Festival
1963TV
Sir Augustus Thwaites
Espionage
1963TV
Minister
The V.I.P.s
1963Movie
Airport Director
Cleopatra
1963Movie
Cicero
El Cid
1961Movie
Don Diego
The Square
1961Movie
The Man
Man in the Moon
1960Movie
Dr. Davidson
Sunday-Night Play
1960TV
Walter Ormund
Sink the Bismarck!
1960Movie
Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'
Moment of Danger
1960Movie
Inspector Farrell
Back to Back
1959Movie
I Was Monty's Double
1958Movie
Governor of Gibralter
Girls at Sea
1958Movie
Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt
The Spaniard's Curse
1958Movie
Judge Manton
I Accuse!
1958Movie
Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial
Windom's Way
1957Movie
Patterson
No Time for Tears
1957Movie
Surgeon
The Dock Brief
1957Movie
Morgenhall
The Spanish Gardener
1956Movie
Harrington Brande
Armchair Theatre
1956TV
Det. Supt. Coates
The Baby and the Battleship
1956Movie
Capt. Hugh
The Man Who Never Was
1956Movie
Gen. Coburn
Alexander the Great
1956Movie
Demosthenes
Pacific Destiny
1956Movie
Resident Commissioner
Storm Over the Nile
1955Movie
General Faversham
The Constant Husband
1955Movie
The Judge
The Dark Avenger
1955Movie
King Edward
The Night My Number Came Up
1955Movie
Lindsay
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Squire Banks
Svengali
1954Movie
Billy's Uncle
The Beachcomber
1954Movie
The Headman
Forbidden Cargo
1954Movie
Director of Customs
You Know What Sailors Are
1954Movie
Tonight in Britain
1954Movie
Self
The Heart of the Matter
1953Movie
Commissioner
Personal Affair
1953Movie
Headmaster Griffith
Grand National Night
1953Movie
Inspector Ayling
Street Corner
1953Movie
Insp. Heron
The Hour of 13
1952Movie
Herbert Frensham
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
1952Movie
Scathelock
The Card
1952Movie
Bank Manager
The Magic Box
1952Movie
Official Receiver
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Banquo, Ben Weatherstaff, Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII
Scrooge
1951Movie
Jacob Marley
Tom Brown's Schooldays
1951Movie
Wilkes
Flesh and Blood
1951Movie
Webster
Highly Dangerous
1950Movie
Lab Director Owens
Trio
1950Movie
Vicar
The Astonished Heart
1950Movie
Ernest
Sunday Night Theatre
1950TV
Epilogue spoken by (voice), Jacques, Hugh Wigmore, Trigorin, General Parmenion, Christopher Williams, Major Booth Voysey, Rev. James Mavor Morell, Shylock, Maurice Lammering
Passport to Pimlico
1949Movie
Bashford
Train of Events
1949Movie
First Plain Clothes Man
Portrait from Life
1948Movie
Johnson
The Small Voice
1948Movie
Dr. Mennell
Good-Time Girl
1948Movie
Seddon
Nightbeat
1947Movie
Police Training Officer
Mine Own Executioner
1947Movie
Co-Counsel at Inquest
Rebecca
1947Movie
Maxim de Winter
School for Secrets
1946Movie
Lt. Cmdr. Lowther
Morning Departure
1946Movie
Commander Gates
A Girl in a Million
1946Movie
Divorce Counsel
The Years Between
1946Movie
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Girl in the News
1940Movie
Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)
Band Waggon
1940Movie
(uncredited)
A Girl Must Live
1939Movie