Michael Hordern

Michael Hordern

1911-10-03 • Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK • Male • 195 Known 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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1911-10-03

Place of Birth

Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Known Credits

195

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Sir Michael Hordern, Sir Michael Murray Hordern, Michael Murray Hordern, Майкл Хордерн

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Known For Movies

Cleopatra

Cleopatra

1963
Barry Lyndon

Barry Lyndon

1975
Labyrinth

Labyrinth

1986
Where Eagles Dare

Where Eagles Dare

1968
Gandhi

Gandhi

1982
El Cid

El Cid

1961
The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

1973
Scrooge

Scrooge

1951
Young Sherlock Holmes

Young Sherlock Holmes

1985
The Medusa Touch

The Medusa Touch

1978
Watership Down

Watership Down

1978
The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew

1967
Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great

1956
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

1965
Khartoum

Khartoum

1966
Anne of the Thousand Days

Anne of the Thousand Days

1969
Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe

1982
Lady Jane

Lady Jane

1986
Cast a Giant Shadow

Cast a Giant Shadow

1966
The Slipper and the Rose

The Slipper and the Rose

1976
Sink the Bismarck!

Sink the Bismarck!

1960
Yellowbeard

Yellowbeard

1983
Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan

1965
Juggernaut

Juggernaut

1974
The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

1987
The Card

The Card

1952
The MacKintosh Man

The MacKintosh Man

1973
The Pied Piper

The Pied Piper

1972
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

1972
The V.I.P.s

The V.I.P.s

1963
Royal Flash

Royal Flash

1975
Theatre of Blood

Theatre of Blood

1973
The Missionary

The Missionary

1982
Lucky Lady

Lucky Lady

1975
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

1952
The Man Who Never Was

The Man Who Never Was

1956
Diamond Skulls

Diamond Skulls

1990
The Yellow Rolls-Royce

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

1964
Up Pompeii

Up Pompeii

1971
The Fool

The Fool

1990
The Possession of Joel Delaney

The Possession of Joel Delaney

1972
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1966
The Night My Number Came Up

The Night My Number Came Up

1955
Comrades

Comrades

1987
England Made Me

England Made Me

1973
Passport to Pimlico

Passport to Pimlico

1949
Freddie As F.R.O.7.

Freddie As F.R.O.7.

1992
I Was Monty's Double

I Was Monty's Double

1958
The Magic Box

The Magic Box

1952
Svengali

Svengali

1954
Demons of the Mind

Demons of the Mind

1972
The Jokers

The Jokers

1967
I Accuse!

I Accuse!

1958
School for Secrets

School for Secrets

1946
Danny the Champion of the World

Danny the Champion of the World

1989
The Trouble with Spies

The Trouble with Spies

1987
The Baby and the Battleship

The Baby and the Battleship

1956
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

1963
Scoop

Scoop

1987
The Dark Avenger

The Dark Avenger

1955
The Spanish Gardener

The Spanish Gardener

1956
Memento Mori

Memento Mori

1992
Trio

Trio

1950
Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1982
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1971
Truckers

Truckers

1992
The Wildcats of St Trinian's

The Wildcats of St Trinian's

1980
Highly Dangerous

Highly Dangerous

1950
Tom Brown's Schooldays

Tom Brown's Schooldays

1951
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

1984
Gauguin the Savage

Gauguin the Savage

1980
The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows

1983
Cymbeline

Cymbeline

1983
The Bed Sitting Room

The Bed Sitting Room

1969
The Tempest

The Tempest

1980
How I Won the War

How I Won the War

1967
Girls at Sea

Girls at Sea

1958
Joseph Andrews

Joseph Andrews

1977
The Heart of the Matter

The Heart of the Matter

1953
Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

1978
Girl Stroke Boy

Girl Stroke Boy

1971
Personal Affair

Personal Affair

1953
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1977
The Small Voice

The Small Voice

1948
Morning Departure

Morning Departure

1946
Suspicion

Suspicion

1987
Portrait from Life

Portrait from Life

1948
I'll Never Forget What's'isname

I'll Never Forget What's'isname

1967
The Years Between

The Years Between

1946
Whistle and I'll Come to You

Whistle and I'll Come to You

1968
Nightbeat

Nightbeat

1947
King Lear

King Lear

1982
Group Madness

Group Madness

1983
The Dog It Was That Died

The Dog It Was That Died

1989
Street Corner

Street Corner

1953
Prudence and the Pill

Prudence and the Pill

1968
Storm Over the Nile

Storm Over the Nile

1955
Forbidden Cargo

Forbidden Cargo

1954
Some Will, Some Won't

Some Will, Some Won't

1970
The Hour of 13

The Hour of 13

1952
A Very Open Prison

A Very Open Prison

1995
Clash of Loyalties

Clash of Loyalties

1983
Train of Events

Train of Events

1949
Band Waggon

Band Waggon

1940
The Constant Husband

The Constant Husband

1955
Good-Time Girl

Good-Time Girl

1948
The Astonished Heart

The Astonished Heart

1950
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

2008
The Little Match Girl

The Little Match Girl

1986
Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

1992
No Time for Tears

No Time for Tears

1957
Macbeth

Macbeth

1964
The Beachcomber

The Beachcomber

1954
A Girl Must Live

A Girl Must Live

1939
Man in the Moon

Man in the Moon

1960
King Lear

King Lear

1975
Ending Up

Ending Up

1989
All's Well That Ends Well

All's Well That Ends Well

1981
Flesh and Blood

Flesh and Blood

1951
The Spaniard's Curse

The Spaniard's Curse

1958
Back to Back

Back to Back

1959
Mine Own Executioner

Mine Own Executioner

1947
You Know What Sailors Are

You Know What Sailors Are

1954
Pacific Destiny

Pacific Destiny

1956
A Crack in the Ice

A Crack in the Ice

1985
Paradise Postponed

Paradise Postponed

1986
The Old Curiosity Shop

The Old Curiosity Shop

1975
Futtocks End

Futtocks End

1970
Girl in the News

Girl in the News

1940
The Secret World of Polly Flint

The Secret World of Polly Flint

1987
Windom's Way

Windom's Way

1957
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads

The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads

1989
Paddington Bear

Paddington Bear

1976
Grand National Night

Grand National Night

1953
You're All Right, How Am I?

You're All Right, How Am I?

1981
Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies

Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies

1980
A Girl in a Million

A Girl in a Million

1946
Moment of Danger

Moment of Danger

1960
Children's Favourites - Volume 1

Children's Favourites - Volume 1

1988
Rebecca

Rebecca

1947
Tonight in Britain

Tonight in Britain

1954
The Talking Parcel

The Talking Parcel

1978
The Chester Mystery Plays

The Chester Mystery Plays

1976
The Dock Brief

The Dock Brief

1957
More Children's Holiday Favourites

More Children's Holiday Favourites

1990
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1

1989
The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales

The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales

1986
Turner

Turner

1966
The Spirit of Cheshire

The Spirit of Cheshire

1980
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2

1989
Paddington Goes to School

Paddington Goes to School

1986
The Christmas Collection

The Christmas Collection

1992
Now Voyager

Now Voyager

1985
The Square

The Square

1961
Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt

Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt

1993
Paddington's Birthday Bonanza

Paddington's Birthday Bonanza

1986
More Children's Summer Stories

More Children's Summer Stories

1989

Known For TV Shows

Wogan

Wogan

1982
Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

1979
Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse

1987
BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

1965
Playhouse

Playhouse

1974
Omnibus

Omnibus

1967
Screen Two

Screen Two

1985
The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

1964
Shōgun

Shōgun

1980
Sunday Night Theatre

Sunday Night Theatre

1950
Lovejoy

Lovejoy

1986
Festival

Festival

1963
Sunday-Night Play

Sunday-Night Play

1960
Daytime Live

Daytime Live

1987
Fall of Eagles

Fall of Eagles

1974
Detective

Detective

1964
Espionage

Espionage

1963
A Ghost Story for Christmas

A Ghost Story for Christmas

1971
The Wonderful World of Disney

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954
Chillers

Chillers

1990
The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows

1984
Story Parade

Story Parade

1964
Middlemarch

Middlemarch

1994
Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951
Theatre Night

Theatre Night

1985
Perfect Scoundrels

Perfect Scoundrels

1990
Edward the Seventh

Edward the Seventh

1975
Paradise Postponed

Paradise Postponed

1986
Paddington Bear

Paddington Bear

1976
Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

1956
Six Dates with Barker

Six Dates with Barker

1971
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

1967
The History Man

The History Man

1981
Oh, Mr. Toad

Oh, Mr. Toad

1990
Paddington

Paddington

1976
The Green Man

The Green Man

1990
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

1964
Tall Stories

Tall Stories

1971

Movie Credits

Cleopatra

1963

Cicero

Barry Lyndon

1975

Narrator (voice)

Labyrinth

1986

The Wiseman (voice)

Where Eagles Dare

1968

Adm. Rolland

Gandhi

1982

Sir George Hodge

El Cid

1961

Don Diego

The Three Musketeers

1973

Treville (voice)

Scrooge

1951

Jacob Marley

Young Sherlock Holmes

1985

Older Watson (voice)

The Medusa Touch

1978

Atropos - Fortune Teller

Watership Down

1978

Frith (voice)

The Taming of the Shrew

1967

Baptista

Alexander the Great

1956

Demosthenes

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

1965

Ashe

Khartoum

1966

Lord Granville

Anne of the Thousand Days

1969

Thomas Boleyn

Ivanhoe

1982

Cedric

Lady Jane

1986

Dr. Feckenham

Cast a Giant Shadow

1966

British Ambassador

The Slipper and the Rose

1976

King

Sink the Bismarck!

1960

Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'

Yellowbeard

1983

Dr. Gilpin

Genghis Khan

1965

Geen

Juggernaut

1974

Mr. Baker

The Secret Garden

1987

Ben Weatherstaff

The Card

1952

Bank Manager

The MacKintosh Man

1973

Mr. Brown

The Pied Piper

1972

Melius, Alchemist

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

1972

Mock Turtle

The V.I.P.s

1963

Airport Director

Royal Flash

1975

Headmaster

Theatre of Blood

1973

George Maxwell

The Missionary

1982

Slatterthewaite/Narrator

Lucky Lady

1975

Captain Rockwell

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

1952

Scathelock

The Man Who Never Was

1956

Gen. Coburn

Diamond Skulls

1990

Lord Crewne

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

1964

Harnsworth

Up Pompeii

1971

Ludicrus Sextus

The Fool

1990

Mr. Tatham

The Possession of Joel Delaney

1972

Justin

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1966

Senex

The Night My Number Came Up

1955

Lindsay

Comrades

1987

Mr. Pitt

England Made Me

1973

F. Minty

Passport to Pimlico

1949

Bashford

Freddie As F.R.O.7.

1992

King (voice)

I Was Monty's Double

1958

Governor of Gibralter

The Magic Box

1952

Official Receiver

Svengali

1954

Billy's Uncle

Demons of the Mind

1972

Priest

The Jokers

1967

Sir Matthew

I Accuse!

1958

Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial

School for Secrets

1946

Lt. Cmdr. Lowther

Danny the Champion of the World

1989

Lord Claybury

The Trouble with Spies

1987

Jason Locke

The Baby and the Battleship

1956

Capt. Hugh

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

1963

Squire Thomas Banks

Scoop

1987

Uncle Theodor

The Dark Avenger

1955

King Edward

The Spanish Gardener

1956

Harrington Brande

Memento Mori

1992

Godfrey Colston

Trio

1950

Vicar

Oliver Twist

1982

Mr. Brownlow

A Christmas Carol

1971

Marley's Ghost (voice)

Truckers

1992

The Abbot (voice)

The Wildcats of St Trinian's

1980

Sir Charles Hackforth

Highly Dangerous

1950

Lab Director Owens

Tom Brown's Schooldays

1951

Wilkes

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

1984

Psychoanalyst

Gauguin the Savage

1980

Durand-Huel

The Wind in the Willows

1983

Badger

Cymbeline

1983

Jupiter

The Bed Sitting Room

1969

Bules Martin

The Tempest

1980

Prospero

How I Won the War

1967

Grapple

Girls at Sea

1958

Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt

Joseph Andrews

1977

Parson Adams

The Heart of the Matter

1953

Commissioner

Romeo and Juliet

1978

Capulet

Girl Stroke Boy

1971

George Mason

Personal Affair

1953

Headmaster Griffith

A Christmas Carol

1977

Ebenezer Scrooge

The Small Voice

1948

Dr. Mennell

Morning Departure

1946

Commander Gates

Suspicion

1987

Lord McLaidlaw

Portrait from Life

1948

Johnson

I'll Never Forget What's'isname

1967

Headmaster

The Years Between

1946

Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Whistle and I'll Come to You

1968

Professor Parkins

Nightbeat

1947

Police Training Officer

King Lear

1982

King Lear

Group Madness

1983

Self / Dr. Gilpin

The Dog It Was That Died

1989

George

Street Corner

1953

Insp. Heron

Prudence and the Pill

1968

Dr. Morley (uncredited)

Storm Over the Nile

1955

General Faversham

Forbidden Cargo

1954

Director of Customs

Some Will, Some Won't

1970

Denniston Russell

The Hour of 13

1952

Sir Herbert Frensham

A Very Open Prison

1995

Lord Langland

Clash of Loyalties

1983

Narrator

Train of Events

1949

First Plain Clothes Man

Band Waggon

1940

(uncredited)

The Constant Husband

1955

The Judge

Good-Time Girl

1948

Seddon

The Astonished Heart

1950

Ernest

Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

2008

Squire Thomas Banks (archive footage)

The Little Match Girl

1986

Himself - Introduction

Beauty and the Beast

1992

Monsieur Du Blois (voice)

No Time for Tears

1957

Surgeon

Macbeth

1964

Banquo

The Beachcomber

1954

The Headman

A Girl Must Live

1939

Man in the Moon

1960

Dr. Davidson

King Lear

1975

King Lear

Ending Up

1989

George

All's Well That Ends Well

1981

Lafeu

Flesh and Blood

1951

Webster

The Spaniard's Curse

1958

Judge Manton

Back to Back

1959

Mine Own Executioner

1947

Co-Counsel at Inquest

You Know What Sailors Are

1954

Pacific Destiny

1956

Resident Commissioner

A Crack in the Ice

1985

The Storyteller

Paradise Postponed

1986

Simeon Simcox

The Old Curiosity Shop

1975

Edward Trent

Futtocks End

1970

The Butler

Girl in the News

1940

Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)

The Secret World of Polly Flint

1987

Narrator

Windom's Way

1957

Patterson

The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads

1989

Badger (voice)

Paddington Bear

1976

Narrator / All

Grand National Night

1953

Inspector Ayling

You're All Right, How Am I?

1981

Patient

Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies

1980

Narrator (voice)

A Girl in a Million

1946

Divorce Counsel

Moment of Danger

1960

Inspector Farrell

Children's Favourites - Volume 1

1988

Badger (voice)

Rebecca

1947

Maxim de Winter

Tonight in Britain

1954

Self

The Talking Parcel

1978

Oswald, the Sea Serpent

The Chester Mystery Plays

1976

God

The Dock Brief

1957

Morgenhall

More Children's Holiday Favourites

1990

Badger (voice)

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1

1989

Badger (voice)

The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales

1986

Badger (voice)

Turner

1966

Reads recollections

The Spirit of Cheshire

1980

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2

1989

Badger (voice)

Paddington Goes to School

1986

The Christmas Collection

1992

Badger (voice)

Now Voyager

1985

The Old Man

The Square

1961

The Man

Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt

1993

Narrator

Paddington's Birthday Bonanza

1986

Narrator

More Children's Summer Stories

1989

Badger (voice)

TV Credits

Wogan

1982

Self (1 episodes)

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

Cyril Bixby (1 episodes)

Inspector Morse

1987

Doctor Starkie (1 episodes)

BBC Play of the Month

1965

Mr. Posket (1 episodes)

Playhouse

1974

Patient (1 episodes)

Omnibus

1967

Self (1 episodes)

Screen Two

1985

Lord Langland (1 episodes)

The Wednesday Play

1964

Sir Jocelyn Symonds (1 episodes)

Shōgun

1980

Friar Domingo (5 episodes)

Sunday Night Theatre

1950

Epilogue spoken by (voice) (1 episodes)

Lovejoy

1986

Wilfred Shotley (1 episodes)

Festival

1963

Sir Augustus Thwaites (1 episodes)

Sunday-Night Play

1960

Walter Ormund (1 episodes)

Daytime Live

1987

(1 episodes)

Fall of Eagles

1974

Narrator (13 episodes)

Detective

1964

Detective Inspector Rason (1 episodes)

Espionage

1963

Minister (1 episodes)

A Ghost Story for Christmas

1971

Professor Parkins (1 episodes)

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

Squire Banks (3 episodes)

Chillers

1990

Colonel Eddie Phelps (1 episodes)

The Wind in the Willows

1984

Badger (voice) (65 episodes)

Story Parade

1964

Anatol Stiller (1 episodes)

Middlemarch

1994

Peter Featherstone (6 episodes)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

Banquo (1 episodes)

Theatre Night

1985

(1 episodes)

Perfect Scoundrels

1990

Sir Norman (1 episodes)

Edward the Seventh

1975

W. E. Gladstone (5 episodes)

Paradise Postponed

1986

Rev. Simeon Simcox (14 episodes)

Paddington Bear

1976

Narrator (56 episodes)

Armchair Theatre

1956

Det. Supt. Coates (1 episodes)

Six Dates with Barker

1971

Arch Funster (1 episodes)

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

1967

Prof. Ainslie Grey (1 episodes)

The History Man

1981

Professor Marvin (3 episodes)

Oh, Mr. Toad

1990

Badger (13 episodes)

Paddington

1976

Narrator (56 episodes)

The Green Man

1990

Gramps (3 episodes)

The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

1964

Squire Banks (3 episodes)

Tall Stories

1971

(6 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

Paddington Goes to School

Vocals

1986

TV Production Credits

No TV production credits available.