Birthday:
Oct 03, 1911
Place of Birth: Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Place of Birth: Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Michael Hordern
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Hordern, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Genghis Khan | Geen | 1965 |
| Where Eagles Dare | Adm. Rolland | 1968 |
| Yellowbeard | Dr. Gilpin | 1983 |
| Anne of the Thousand Days | Thomas Boleyn | 1969 |
| The Medusa Touch | Atropos - Fortune Teller | 1978 |
| Cleopatra | Cicero | 1963 |
| Futtocks End | The Butler | 1970 |
| Up Pompeii | Ludicrus Sextus | 1971 |
| The Taming of the Shrew | Baptista | 1967 |
| Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt | Narrator | 1993 |
| Beauty and the Beast | Monsieur Du Blois (voice) | 1992 |
| The MacKintosh Man | Mr. Brown | 1973 |
| The Bed Sitting Room | Bules Martin | 1969 |
| Scrooge | Jacob Marley | 1951 |
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Mock Turtle | 1972 |
| The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men | Scathelock | 1952 |
| The Spy Who Came In from the Cold | Ashe | 1965 |
| Theatre of Blood | George Maxwell | 1973 |
| Joseph Andrews | Parson Adams | 1977 |
| Khartoum | Lord Granville | 1966 |
| The Possession of Joel Delaney | Justin | 1972 |
| Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow | Squire Thomas Banks | 1963 |
| Tom Brown's Schooldays | Wilkes | 1951 |
| The V.I.P.s | Airport Director | 1963 |
| The Man Who Never Was | Gen. Coburn | 1956 |
| The Slipper and the Rose | King | 1976 |
| A Christmas Carol | Marley's Ghost (voice) | 1971 |
| A Christmas Carol | Ebenezer Scrooge | 1977 |
| The Wind in the Willows | Badger | 1983 |
| Demons of the Mind | Priest | 1972 |
| The Yellow Rolls-Royce | Harnsworth | 1964 |
| Ivanhoe | Cedric | 1982 |
| The Secret Garden | Ben Weatherstaff | 1987 |
| Truckers | The Abbot (voice) | 1992 |
| Oliver Twist | Mr. Brownlow | 1982 |
| Sink the Bismarck! | Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George' | 1960 |
| Danny the Champion of the World | Lord Claybury | 1989 |
| School for Secrets | Lt. Cmdr. Lowther | 1946 |
| Man in the Moon | Dr. Davidson | 1960 |
| The Dark Avenger | King Edward | 1955 |
| Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh | Squire Thomas Banks | 2008 |
| Lucky Lady | Captain Rockwell | 1975 |
| I Was Monty's Double | Governor of Gibralter | 1958 |
| Highly Dangerous | Lab Director Owens | 1950 |
| Paddington Goes to School | 1986 | |
| Grand National Night | Inspector Ayling | 1953 |
| Personal Affair | Headmaster Griffith | 1953 |
| The Spanish Gardener | Harrington Brande | 1956 |
| Freddie as F.R.O.7. | King (voice) | 1992 |
| Girl Stroke Boy | George Mason | 1971 |
| Morning Departure | Commander Gates | 1946 |
| Turner | Reads recollections | 1966 |
| Scoop | Uncle Theodor | 1987 |
| Dark Obsession | Lord Crewne | 1990 |
| The Jokers | Sir Matthew | 1967 |
| Paddington Bear - Please Look After This Bear | Narrator / All | 2006 |
| The Talking Parcel | Oswald, the Sea Serpent | 1978 |
| The Heart of the Matter | Commissioner | 1953 |
| Some Will, Some Won't | Denniston Russell | 1970 |
| I'll Never Forget What's'isname | Headmaster | 1967 |
| The Trouble with Spies | Jason Locke | 1987 |
| The Astonished Heart | Ernest | 1950 |
| Prudence and the Pill | Dr. Morley (uncredited) | 1968 |
| The Pied Piper | Melius, Alchemist | 1972 |
| Moment of Danger | Inspector Farrell | 1960 |
| I Accuse! | Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial | 1958 |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | Edward Trent | 1975 |
| The Little Match Girl | Himself - Introduction | 1986 |
| The Small Voice | Dr. Mennell | 1948 |
| The Hour of 13 | Sir Herbert Frensham | 1952 |
| The Spaniard's Curse | Judge Manton | 1958 |
| The Secret World of Polly Flint | Narrator | 1987 |
| Windom's Way | Patterson | 1957 |
| Girls at Sea | Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt | 1958 |
| You Know What Sailors Are | 1954 | |
| The Three Musketeers | Treville (voice) | 1973 |
| Whistle and I'll Come to You | Professor Parkins | 1968 |
| Cast a Giant Shadow | British Ambassador | 1966 |
| The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood | Psychoanalyst | 1984 |
| King Lear | King Lear | 1975 |
| Alexander the Great | Demosthenes | 1956 |
| A Girl Must Live | 1939 | |
| England Made Me | F. Minty | 1973 |
| Nightbeat | Police Training Officer | 1947 |
| Mine Own Executioner | Co-Counsel at Inquest | 1947 |
| The Card | Bank Manager | 1952 |
| A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Senex | 1966 |
| Gandhi | Sir George Hodge | 1982 |
| Gauguin the Savage | Durand-Huel | 1980 |
| The Dock Brief | 1970 | |
| Band Waggon | (uncredited) | 1940 |
| Girl in the News | Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited) | 1940 |
| Rebecca | Maxim de Winter | 1947 |
| Pacific Destiny | Resident Commissioner | 1956 |
| The Spirit of Cheshire | 1980 | |
| The Dog It Was That Died | George | 1989 |
| The Square | The Man | 1961 |
| No Time for Tears | Surgeon | 1957 |
| The Fool | Mr. Tatham | 1990 |
| Macbeth | Banquo | 1964 |
| Clash of Loyalties | Narrator | 1983 |
| Ending Up | George | 1989 |
| Royal Flash | Headmaster | 1975 |
| The Missionary | Slatterthewaite | 1982 |
| King Lear | King Lear | 1982 |
| Storm Over the Nile | General Faversham | 1955 |
| The Wildcats of St. Trinian's | Sir Charles Hackforth | 1980 |
| Comrades | Mr. Pitt | 1987 |
| Juggernaut | Mr. Baker | 1974 |
| Watership Down | Frith (voice) | 1978 |
| Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies | Narrator (voice) | 1980 |
| Paddington's Birthday Bonanza | Narrator | 1986 |
| Street Corner | Insp. Heron | 1953 |
| How I Won the War | Grapple | 1967 |
| The Magic Box | Official Receiver | 1952 |
| Passport to Pimlico | Bashford | 1949 |
| Flesh and Blood | Webster | 1951 |
| Lady Jane | Dr. Feckenham | 1986 |
| Trio | Vicar | 1950 |
| Good-Time Girl | Seddon | 1948 |
| Barry Lyndon | Narrator (voice) | 1975 |
| The Night My Number Came Up | Lindsay | 1955 |
| Romeo & Juliet | Capulet | 1978 |
| A Very Open Prison | Lord Langland | 1995 |
| Forbidden Cargo | Director of Customs | 1954 |
| Labyrinth | The Wiseman (voice) | 1986 |
| The Beachcomber | The Headman | 1954 |
| Group Madness | Self / Dr. Gilpin | 1983 |
| The Constant Husband | The Judge | 1955 |
| El Cid | Don Diego | 1961 |
| Cymbeline | Jupiter | 1982 |
| Train of Events | First Plain Clothes Man | 1949 |
| The Tempest | Prospero | 1980 |
| Memento Mori | Godfrey Colston | 1992 |
| Young Sherlock Holmes | Older Watson (voice) | 1985 |
| Back to Back | 1959 | |
| All's Well That Ends Well | Lafeu | 1981 |
| Portrait from Life | Johnson | 1948 |
| The Baby and the Battleship | Capt. Hugh | 1956 |
| The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads | Badger (voice) | 1988 |
| Paradise Postponed | Simeon Simcox | 1986 |
| Suspicion | Lord McLaidlaw | 1987 |
| Now Voyager | The Old Man | 1985 |
| Svengali | Billy's Uncle | 1954 |
| The Years Between | Member of Parliament (uncredited) | 1946 |
| You're All Right, How Am I? | Patient | 1981 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Tales of the Unexpected | Cyril Bixby | 1979 |
| Inspector Morse | Doctor Starkie | 1987 |
| Lovejoy | Wilfred Shotley | 1986 |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | Banquo | 1951 |
| Six Dates with Barker | 1971 | |
| The Wind in the Willows | Badger (voice) | 1984 |
| Edward the Seventh | 1975 | |
| Shōgun | Friar Domingo | 1980 |
| Fall of Eagles | Narrator | 1974 |
| Paradise Postponed | Rev. Simeon Simcox | 1986 |
| Middlemarch | Peter Featherstone | 1994 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Mr. Posket | 1965 |
| BBC Television Shakespeare | Capulet | 1978 |
| Detective | 1964 | |
| Tall Stories | 1971 | |
| Daytime Live | 1987 | |
| Perfect Scoundrels | Sir Norman | 1990 |
| BBC Play of the Month | God | 1965 |
| Chillers | Colonel Eddie Phelps | 1990 |
| Paddington Bear | Narrator | 1976 |
| Wogan | Self | 1982 |
| Oh, Mr. Toad | Badger | 1990 |
| The Green Man | Gramps | 1990 |
| The History Man | Prof Marvin | 1981 |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | Ben Weatherstaff | 1951 |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII | 1951 |
| The Wonderful World of Disney | Squire Banks | 1954 |
| Theatre Night | 1985 | |
| A Ghost Story for Christmas | Professor Parkins | 1971 |
| Sunday Night Theatre | Epilogue spoken by (voice) | 1950 |
