Michael Hordern

Michael Hordern

Acting

1911-10-03

Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Died: 1995-05-02

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.

Appears In

Wogan
⭐ 4.5
Wogan
1982

as Self

Inspector Morse
⭐ 7.8
Inspector Morse
1987

as Doctor Starkie

Omnibus
⭐ 7.2
Omnibus
1967

as Self

Omnibus
⭐ 7.2
Omnibus
1967

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Omnibus
⭐ 7.2
Omnibus
1967

as Professor Parkins

BBC Play of the Month
⭐ 5.0
BBC Play of the Month
1965

as Mr. Posket

BBC Play of the Month
⭐ 5.0
BBC Play of the Month
1965

as God

BBC Play of the Month
⭐ 5.0
BBC Play of the Month
1965

as The Devil

BBC Play of the Month
⭐ 5.0
BBC Play of the Month
1965

as Tartuffe

BBC Play of the Month
⭐ 5.0
BBC Play of the Month
1965

as Lear

Tales of the Unexpected
⭐ 6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
1979

as Cyril Bixby

Playhouse
⭐ 7.0
Playhouse
1974

as Patient

Screen Two
⭐ 6.8
Screen Two
1985

as Lord Langland

Screen Two
⭐ 6.8
Screen Two
1985

as Godfrey Colston

The Wednesday Play
⭐ 4.5
The Wednesday Play
1964

as Sir Jocelyn Symonds

The Wednesday Play
⭐ 4.5
The Wednesday Play
1964

as Gen. Kokoshkin, Chief of Police

Sunday Night Theatre
⭐ 3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950

as Epilogue spoken by (voice)

Sunday Night Theatre
⭐ 3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950

as Jacques

Sunday Night Theatre
⭐ 3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950

as Hugh Wigmore

Sunday Night Theatre
⭐ 3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950

as Trigorin

Sunday Night Theatre
⭐ 3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950

as General Parmenion

Sunday Night Theatre
⭐ 3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950

as Christopher Williams

Sunday Night Theatre
⭐ 3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950

as Major Booth Voysey

Sunday Night Theatre
⭐ 3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950

as Rev. James Mavor Morell

Sunday Night Theatre
⭐ 3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950

as Shylock

Sunday Night Theatre
⭐ 3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950

as Maurice Lammering

Shōgun
⭐ 7.6
Shōgun
1980

as Friar Domingo

Watership Down
⭐ 7.2
Watership Down
1978

as Frith (voice)

The Card
⭐ 6.9
The Card
1952

as Bank Manager

Street Corner
⭐ 5.4
Street Corner
1953

as Insp. Heron

Labyrinth
⭐ 7.3
Labyrinth
1986

as The Wiseman (voice)

The Yellow Rolls-Royce
⭐ 6.1
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964

as Harnsworth

Gauguin the Savage
⭐ 0.0
Gauguin the Savage
1980

as Durand-Huel

The Three Musketeers
⭐ 6.7
The Three Musketeers
1973

as Treville (voice)

Flesh and Blood
⭐ 0.0
Flesh and Blood
1951

as Webster

The Jokers
⭐ 6.0
The Jokers
1967

as Sir Matthew

Windom's Way
⭐ 5.0
Windom's Way
1957

as Patterson

Lovejoy
⭐ 7.3
Lovejoy
1986

as Wilfred Shotley

Royal Flash
⭐ 5.8
Royal Flash
1975

as Headmaster

The Night My Number Came Up
⭐ 6.8
The Night My Number Came Up
1955

as Lindsay

Ivanhoe
⭐ 6.3
Ivanhoe
1982

as Cedric

Clash of Loyalties
⭐ 5.0
Clash of Loyalties
1983

as Narrator

Romeo and Juliet
⭐ 7.3
Romeo and Juliet
1978

as Capulet

The Pied Piper
⭐ 5.9
The Pied Piper
1972

as Melius, Alchemist

The Bed Sitting Room
⭐ 5.9
The Bed Sitting Room
1969

as Bules Martin

I Was Monty's Double
⭐ 6.9
I Was Monty's Double
1958

as Governor of Gibralter

Gandhi
⭐ 7.6
Gandhi
1982

as Sir George Hodge

Futtocks End
⭐ 5.4
Futtocks End
1970

as The Butler

Barry Lyndon
⭐ 8.0
Barry Lyndon
1975

as Narrator (voice)

Cleopatra
⭐ 7.0
Cleopatra
1963

as Cicero

Beauty and the Beast
⭐ 4.2
Beauty and the Beast
1992

as Monsieur Du Blois (voice)

Detective
⭐ 0.0
Detective
1964

as Detective Inspector Rason

Genghis Khan
⭐ 5.8
Genghis Khan
1965

as Geen

Prudence and the Pill
⭐ 5.4
Prudence and the Pill
1968

as Dr. Morley (uncredited)

Where Eagles Dare
⭐ 7.5
Where Eagles Dare
1968

as Adm. Rolland

A Ghost Story for Christmas
⭐ 7.4
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971

as Professor Parkins

Pacific Destiny
⭐ 5.2
Pacific Destiny
1956

as Resident Commissioner

The Dog It Was That Died
⭐ 0.0
The Dog It Was That Died
1989

as George

Diamond Skulls
⭐ 3.1
Diamond Skulls
1990

as Lord Crewne

Train of Events
⭐ 6.2
Train of Events
1949

as First Plain Clothes Man

Suspicion
⭐ 5.0
Suspicion
1987

as Lord McLaidlaw

A Girl Must Live
⭐ 4.0
A Girl Must Live
1939
The Old Curiosity Shop
⭐ 3.3
The Old Curiosity Shop
1975

as Edward Trent

Nightbeat
⭐ 5.2
Nightbeat
1947

as Police Training Officer

Tom Brown's Schooldays
⭐ 6.9
Tom Brown's Schooldays
1951

as Wilkes

The Wind in the Willows
⭐ 7.6
The Wind in the Willows
1984

as Badger (voice)

Lady Jane
⭐ 6.9
Lady Jane
1986

as Dr. Feckenham

Forbidden Cargo
⭐ 6.4
Forbidden Cargo
1954

as Director of Customs

The Wonderful World of Disney
⭐ 7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954

as Squire Banks

Chillers
⭐ 6.2
Chillers
1990

as Colonel Eddie Phelps

The Missionary
⭐ 5.5
The Missionary
1982

as Slatterthewaite/Narrator

Khartoum
⭐ 6.3
Khartoum
1966

as Lord Granville

Young Sherlock Holmes
⭐ 6.7
Young Sherlock Holmes
1985

as Older Watson (voice)

Fall of Eagles
⭐ 6.9
Fall of Eagles
1974

as Narrator

Fall of Eagles
⭐ 6.9
Fall of Eagles
1974

as Narrator (voice)

Band Waggon
⭐ 5.3
Band Waggon
1940

as (uncredited)

Man in the Moon
⭐ 6.4
Man in the Moon
1960

as Dr. Davidson

Middlemarch
⭐ 7.8
Middlemarch
1994

as Peter Featherstone

Scoop
⭐ 5.2
Scoop
1987

as Uncle Theodor

The Spanish Gardener
⭐ 6.2
The Spanish Gardener
1956

as Harrington Brande

Lucky Lady
⭐ 5.3
Lucky Lady
1975

as Captain Rockwell

Juggernaut
⭐ 6.2
Juggernaut
1974

as Mr. Baker

Theatre of Blood
⭐ 6.7
Theatre of Blood
1973

as George Maxwell

Memento Mori
⭐ 6.2
Memento Mori
1992

as Godfrey Colston

The Magic Box
⭐ 6.4
The Magic Box
1952

as Official Receiver

Comrades
⭐ 6.8
Comrades
1987

as Mr. Pitt

Truckers
⭐ 6.6
Truckers
1992

as The Abbot (voice)

Oliver Twist
⭐ 6.6
Oliver Twist
1982

as Mr. Brownlow

Moment of Danger
⭐ 0.0
Moment of Danger
1960

as Inspector Farrell

Cymbeline
⭐ 5.7
Cymbeline
1983

as Jupiter

Hallmark Hall of Fame
⭐ 8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

as Banquo

Hallmark Hall of Fame
⭐ 8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

as Ben Weatherstaff

Hallmark Hall of Fame
⭐ 8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

as Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII

Scrooge
⭐ 7.4
Scrooge
1951

as Jacob Marley

El Cid
⭐ 6.8
El Cid
1961

as Don Diego

The Taming of the Shrew
⭐ 6.9
The Taming of the Shrew
1967

as Baptista

Edward the Seventh
⭐ 6.3
Edward the Seventh
1975

as W. E. Gladstone

Macbeth
⭐ 6.0
Macbeth
1964

as Banquo

Paradise Postponed
⭐ 5.0
Paradise Postponed
1986

as Rev. Simeon Simcox

Trio
⭐ 6.3
Trio
1950

as Vicar

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
⭐ 0.0
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1967

as Prof. Ainslie Grey

Six Dates with Barker
⭐ 7.0
Six Dates with Barker
1971

as Arch Funster

England Made Me
⭐ 5.7
England Made Me
1973

as F. Minty

Good-Time Girl
⭐ 6.1
Good-Time Girl
1948

as Seddon

Cast a Giant Shadow
⭐ 6.2
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966

as British Ambassador

Danny the Champion of the World
⭐ 6.2
Danny the Champion of the World
1989

as Lord Claybury

The Little Match Girl
⭐ 2.0
The Little Match Girl
1986

as Himself - Introduction

Paddington Bear
⭐ 7.2
Paddington Bear
1976

as Narrator

The Talking Parcel
⭐ 7.0
The Talking Parcel
1978

as Oswald, the Sea Serpent

Girl Stroke Boy
⭐ 5.1
Girl Stroke Boy
1971

as George Mason

Yellowbeard
⭐ 5.6
Yellowbeard
1983

as Dr. Gilpin

Anne of the Thousand Days
⭐ 7.1
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969

as Thomas Boleyn

Sink the Bismarck!
⭐ 6.9
Sink the Bismarck!
1960

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

Alexander the Great
⭐ 6.0
Alexander the Great
1956

as Demosthenes

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
⭐ 7.1
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965

as Ashe

King Lear
⭐ 6.0
King Lear
1982

as King Lear

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
⭐ 6.2
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972

as Mock Turtle

Now Voyager
⭐ 0.0
Now Voyager
1985

as The Old Man

The MacKintosh Man
⭐ 6.1
The MacKintosh Man
1973

as Mr. Brown

The Man Who Never Was
⭐ 7.0
The Man Who Never Was
1956

as Gen. Coburn

Girls at Sea
⭐ 6.0
Girls at Sea
1958

as Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt

Paddington Bear
⭐ 0.0
Paddington Bear
1976

as Narrator / All

The V.I.P.s
⭐ 6.1
The V.I.P.s
1963

as Airport Director

The History Man
⭐ 3.6
The History Man
1981

as Professor Marvin

The Constant Husband
⭐ 6.9
The Constant Husband
1955

as The Judge

The Slipper and the Rose
⭐ 6.8
The Slipper and the Rose
1976

as King

Passport to Pimlico
⭐ 6.9
Passport to Pimlico
1949

as Bashford

The Spaniard's Curse
⭐ 5.3
The Spaniard's Curse
1958

as Judge Manton

The Dock Brief
⭐ 0.0
The Dock Brief
1957

as Morgenhall

The Medusa Touch
⭐ 6.8
The Medusa Touch
1978

as Atropos - Fortune Teller

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
⭐ 6.0
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966

as Senex

The Green Man
⭐ 6.7
The Green Man
1990

as Gramps

How I Won the War
⭐ 5.5
How I Won the War
1967

as Grapple

Girl in the News
⭐ 6.4
Girl in the News
1940

as Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)

The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
⭐ 0.0
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
1964

as Squire Banks

Paddington
⭐ 0.0
Paddington
1976

as Narrator

The Trouble with Spies
⭐ 4.2
The Trouble with Spies
1987

as Jason Locke

A Christmas Carol
⭐ 6.6
A Christmas Carol
1977

as Ebenezer Scrooge

The Secret Garden
⭐ 7.6
The Secret Garden
1987

as Ben Weatherstaff

Armchair Theatre
⭐ 5.8
Armchair Theatre
1956

as Det. Supt. Coates

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
⭐ 6.2
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
1952

as Scathelock

The Possession of Joel Delaney
⭐ 5.6
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972

as Justin

Up Pompeii
⭐ 5.9
Up Pompeii
1971

as Ludicrus Sextus

Demons of the Mind
⭐ 5.2
Demons of the Mind
1972

as Priest

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
⭐ 6.9
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
1963

as Squire Thomas Banks

A Christmas Carol
⭐ 7.2
A Christmas Carol
1971

as Marley's Ghost (voice)

Group Madness
⭐ 0.0
Group Madness
1983

as Self / Dr. Gilpin

I'll Never Forget What's'isname
⭐ 5.3
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967

as Headmaster

The Baby and the Battleship
⭐ 6.0
The Baby and the Battleship
1956

as Capt. Hugh

Some Will, Some Won't
⭐ 4.8
Some Will, Some Won't
1970

as Denniston Russell

The Wind in the Willows
⭐ 7.0
The Wind in the Willows
1983

as Badger

Freddie As F.R.O.7.
⭐ 5.2
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992

as King (voice)

The Dark Avenger
⭐ 6.0
The Dark Avenger
1955

as King Edward

Personal Affair
⭐ 6.2
Personal Affair
1953

as Headmaster Griffith

Whistle and I'll Come to You
⭐ 6.5
Whistle and I'll Come to You
1968

as Professor Parkins

Mine Own Executioner
⭐ 7.0
Mine Own Executioner
1947

as Co-Counsel at Inquest

A Girl in a Million
⭐ 5.5
A Girl in a Million
1946

as Divorce Counsel

Svengali
⭐ 5.9
Svengali
1954

as Billy's Uncle

The Small Voice
⭐ 6.2
The Small Voice
1948

as Dr. Mennell

Storm Over the Nile
⭐ 6.1
Storm Over the Nile
1955

as General Faversham

Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
⭐ 8.3
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
2008

as Squire Thomas Banks (archive footage)

The Heart of the Matter
⭐ 6.6
The Heart of the Matter
1953

as Commissioner

The Years Between
⭐ 6.2
The Years Between
1946

as Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Paddington Goes to School
⭐ 7.0
Paddington Goes to School
1986
School for Secrets
⭐ 7.0
School for Secrets
1946

as Lt. Cmdr. Lowther

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
⭐ 5.2
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
1984

as Psychoanalyst

Joseph Andrews
⭐ 4.8
Joseph Andrews
1977

as Parson Adams

Portrait from Life
⭐ 5.9
Portrait from Life
1948

as Johnson

The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
⭐ 3.9
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
1980

as Sir Charles Hackforth

The Hour of 13
⭐ 5.7
The Hour of 13
1952

as Sir Herbert Frensham

You Know What Sailors Are
⭐ 4.2
You Know What Sailors Are
1954
The Beachcomber
⭐ 6.0
The Beachcomber
1954

as The Headman

The Secret World of Polly Flint
⭐ 0.0
The Secret World of Polly Flint
1987

as Narrator

The Astonished Heart
⭐ 3.8
The Astonished Heart
1950

as Ernest

King Lear
⭐ 0.0
King Lear
1975

as King Lear

Highly Dangerous
⭐ 6.0
Highly Dangerous
1950

as Lab Director Owens

The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
⭐ 5.0
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
1989

as Badger (voice)

Grand National Night
⭐ 7.9
Grand National Night
1953

as Inspector Ayling

Back to Back
⭐ 0.0
Back to Back
1959
A Very Open Prison
⭐ 10.0
A Very Open Prison
1995

as Lord Langland

I Accuse!
⭐ 6.1
I Accuse!
1958

as Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial

The Tempest
⭐ 7.0
The Tempest
1980

as Prospero

The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
⭐ 0.0
The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
1986

as Badger (voice)

All's Well That Ends Well
⭐ 6.3
All's Well That Ends Well
1981

as Lafeu

No Time for Tears
⭐ 5.0
No Time for Tears
1957

as Surgeon

Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt
⭐ 0.0
Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt
1993

as Narrator

Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies
⭐ 7.0
Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies
1980

as Narrator (voice)

A Crack in the Ice
⭐ 0.0
A Crack in the Ice
1985

as The Storyteller

You're All Right, How Am I?
⭐ 0.0
You're All Right, How Am I?
1981

as Patient

Paddington's Birthday Bonanza
⭐ 0.0
Paddington's Birthday Bonanza
1986

as Narrator