Michael Hordern
Acting
Born: October 3, 1911 · Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Died: May 2, 1995 (aged 83)
Highest Rated
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
Barry Lyndon
1975
Labyrinth
1986
Gandhi
1982
Where Eagles Dare
1968
Cleopatra
1963
Young Sherlock Holmes
1985
Watership Down
1978
Scrooge
1951
The Three Musketeers
1973
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
El Cid
1961
Theatre of Blood
1973
Photos (5)
Movies (140)
Labyrinth
The Wiseman (voice)
Where Eagles Dare
Adm. Rolland
Barry Lyndon
Narrator (voice)
Cleopatra
Cicero
Gandhi
Sir George Hodge
The Three Musketeers
Treville (voice)
Watership Down
Frith (voice)
Yellowbeard
Dr. Gilpin
El Cid
Don Diego
The Taming of the Shrew
Baptista
Lady Jane
Dr. Feckenham
Young Sherlock Holmes
Older Watson (voice)
The Medusa Touch
Atropos - Fortune Teller
Scrooge
Jacob Marley
Juggernaut
Mr. Baker
Khartoum
Lord Granville
Oliver Twist
Mr. Brownlow
Alexander the Great
Demosthenes
Anne of the Thousand Days
Thomas Boleyn
Danny the Champion of the World
Lord Claybury
The MacKintosh Man
Mr. Brown
Sink the Bismarck!
Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'
Genghis Khan
Geen
Lucky Lady
Captain Rockwell
Theatre of Blood
George Maxwell
The Man Who Never Was
Gen. Coburn
The V.I.P.s
Airport Director
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Ashe
Cast a Giant Shadow
British Ambassador
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Justin
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Senex
Nightbeat
Police Training Officer
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Mock Turtle
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Harnsworth
Ivanhoe
Cedric
Flesh and Blood
Webster
The Slipper and the Rose
King
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
Scathelock
The Jokers
Sir Matthew
The Bed Sitting Room
Bules Martin
Truckers
The Abbot (voice)
Memento Mori
Godfrey Colston
The Dark Avenger
King Edward
The Pied Piper
Melius, Alchemist
Joseph Andrews
Parson Adams
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
Squire Thomas Banks
Prudence and the Pill
Dr. Morley (uncredited)
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
King (voice)
Cymbeline
Jupiter
Paddington Bear
Narrator / All
Royal Flash
Headmaster
Girl in the News
Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)
I Was Monty's Double
Governor of Gibralter
Storm Over the Nile
General Faversham
The Secret Garden
Ben Weatherstaff
No Time for Tears
Surgeon
The Missionary
Slatterthewaite/Narrator
Passport to Pimlico
Bashford
Now Voyager
The Old Man
The Card
Bank Manager
Beauty and the Beast
Monsieur Du Blois (voice)
The Spanish Gardener
Harrington Brande
Up Pompeii
Ludicrus Sextus
Girl Stroke Boy
George Mason
The Baby and the Battleship
Capt. Hugh
The Magic Box
Official Receiver
Good-Time Girl
Seddon
The Constant Husband
The Judge
The Hour of 13
Herbert Frensham
School for Secrets
Lt. Cmdr. Lowther
Trio
Vicar
How I Won the War
Grapple
Street Corner
Insp. Heron
Tom Brown's Schooldays
Wilkes
The Night My Number Came Up
Lindsay
Man in the Moon
Dr. Davidson
Gauguin the Savage
Durand-Huel
Train of Events
First Plain Clothes Man
The Dog It Was That Died
George
A Christmas Carol
Marley's Ghost (voice)
The Wind in the Willows
Badger
The Old Curiosity Shop
Edward Trent
Scoop
Uncle Theodor
The Heart of the Matter
Commissioner
Demons of the Mind
Priest
King Lear
King Lear
King Lear
King Lear
I Accuse!
Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial
A Girl Must Live
1939
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
Psychoanalyst
Diamond Skulls
Lord Crewne
The Tempest
Prospero
The Trouble with Spies
Jason Locke
Some Will, Some Won't
Denniston Russell
Mine Own Executioner
Co-Counsel at Inquest
Comrades
Mr. Pitt
Girls at Sea
Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt
Forbidden Cargo
Director of Customs
Macbeth
Banquo
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
Headmaster
A Christmas Carol
Ebenezer Scrooge
England Made Me
F. Minty
Grand National Night
Inspector Ayling
Portrait from Life
Johnson
Band Waggon
(uncredited)
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
Sir Charles Hackforth
Moment of Danger
Inspector Farrell
The Beachcomber
The Headman
Futtocks End
The Butler
Romeo and Juliet
Capulet
Suspicion
Lord McLaidlaw
The Years Between
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Highly Dangerous
Lab Director Owens
Svengali
Billy's Uncle
The Chester Mystery Plays
God
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
Badger (voice)
Personal Affair
Headmaster Griffith
Windom's Way
Patterson
The Astonished Heart
Ernest
The Small Voice
Dr. Mennell
Pacific Destiny
Resident Commissioner
The Spaniard's Curse
Judge Manton
Back to Back
1959
A Crack in the Ice
The Storyteller
A Girl in a Million
Divorce Counsel
The Dock Brief
Morgenhall
A Very Open Prison
Lord Langland
Paddington Goes to School
1986
Clash of Loyalties
Narrator
The Talking Parcel
Oswald, the Sea Serpent
Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies
Narrator (voice)
All's Well That Ends Well
Lafeu
You Know What Sailors Are
1954
Whistle and I'll Come to You
Professor Parkins
You're All Right, How Am I?
Patient
The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
Badger (voice)
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
Squire Thomas Banks (archive footage)
Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt
Narrator
The Secret World of Polly Flint
Narrator
Paddington's Birthday Bonanza
Narrator
TV Shows (53)
American Playhouse
Lord McLaidlaw · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Mr. Posket · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
God · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
The Devil · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Tartuffe · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Lear · 1 eps
The Wednesday Play
Sir Jocelyn Symonds · 1 eps
The Wednesday Play
Gen. Kokoshkin, Chief of Police · 1 eps
Omnibus
Professor Parkins · 1 eps
Screen Two
Lord Langland · 1 eps
Screen Two
Godfrey Colston · 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Cyril Bixby · 1 eps
Inspector Morse
Doctor Starkie · 1 eps
Playhouse
Patient · 1 eps
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Capulet · 1 eps
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Prospero · 1 eps
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Lafeu · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Epilogue spoken by (voice) · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Jacques · 2 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Hugh Wigmore · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Trigorin · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
General Parmenion · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Christopher Williams · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Major Booth Voysey · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Rev. James Mavor Morell · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Shylock · 2 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Maurice Lammering · 1 eps
Shōgun
Friar Domingo · 5 eps
Lovejoy
Wilfred Shotley · 1 eps
Detective
Detective Inspector Rason · 1 eps
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Professor Parkins · 1 eps
Espionage
Minister · 1 eps
Paddington
Narrator · 56 eps
Fall of Eagles
Narrator · 13 eps
Fall of Eagles
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Prof. Ainslie Grey · 1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Squire Banks · 3 eps
Chillers
Colonel Eddie Phelps · 1 eps
Edward the Seventh
W. E. Gladstone · 5 eps
The Wind in the Willows
Badger (voice) · 65 eps
Paddington Bear
Narrator · 56 eps
Middlemarch
Peter Featherstone · 6 eps
Paradise Postponed
Rev. Simeon Simcox · 14 eps
Theatre Night
1 eps
Perfect Scoundrels
Sir Norman · 1 eps
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
Squire Banks · 3 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Banquo · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Ben Weatherstaff · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII · 1 eps
The History Man
Professor Marvin · 3 eps
Armchair Theatre
Det. Supt. Coates · 1 eps
Six Dates with Barker
Arch Funster · 1 eps
The Green Man
Gramps · 3 eps
