Acting

Michael Hordern

Born: 1911-10-03
Died: 1995-05-02
Birthplace: Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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

Film '72

Filmography

201 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits

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

2008 · Movie

Squire Thomas Banks (archive footage)

A Very Open Prison

1995 · Movie

Lord Langland

Middlemarch

1994 · TV Show

Peter Featherstone

Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt

1993 · Movie

Narrator

Beauty and the Beast

1992 · Movie

Monsieur Du Blois (voice)

Freddie As F.R.O.7.

1992 · Movie

King (voice)

Memento Mori

1992 · Movie

Godfrey Colston

The Christmas Collection

1992 · Movie

Badger (voice)

Truckers

1992 · Movie

The Abbot (voice)

Chillers

1990 · TV Show

Colonel Eddie Phelps

Diamond Skulls

1990 · Movie

Lord Crewne

More Children's Holiday Favourites

1990 · Movie

Badger (voice)

Oh, Mr. Toad

1990 · TV Show

Badger

Perfect Scoundrels

1990 · TV Show

Sir Norman

The Fool

1990 · Movie

Mr. Tatham

The Green Man

1990 · TV Show

Gramps

Danny the Champion of the World

1989 · Movie

Lord Claybury

Ending Up

1989 · Movie

George

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1

1989 · Movie

Badger (voice)

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2

1989 · Movie

Badger (voice)

More Children's Summer Stories

1989 · Movie

Badger (voice)

The Dog It Was That Died

1989 · Movie

George

The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads

1989 · Movie

Badger (voice)

Children's Favourites - Volume 1

1988 · Movie

Badger (voice)

Comrades

1987 · Movie

Mr. Pitt

Daytime Live

1987 · TV Show

Cast

Inspector Morse

1987 · TV Show

Doctor Starkie

Scoop

1987 · Movie

Uncle Theodor

Suspicion

1987 · Movie

Lord McLaidlaw

The Secret Garden

1987 · Movie

Ben Weatherstaff

The Secret World of Polly Flint

1987 · Movie

Narrator

The Secret World of Polly Flint

1987 · TV Show

Narrator

The Trouble with Spies

1987 · Movie

Jason Locke

Labyrinth

1986 · Movie

The Wiseman (voice)

Lady Jane

1986 · Movie

Dr. Feckenham

Lovejoy

1986 · TV Show

Wilfred Shotley

Paddington Goes to School

1986 · Movie

Cast · Vocals

Paddington's Birthday Bonanza

1986 · Movie

Narrator

Paradise Postponed

1986 · Movie

Simeon Simcox

Paradise Postponed

1986 · TV Show

Rev. Simeon Simcox

The Little Match Girl

1986 · Movie

Himself - Introduction

The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales

1986 · Movie

Badger (voice)

A Crack in the Ice

1985 · Movie

The Storyteller

Now Voyager

1985 · Movie

The Old Man

Screen Two

1985 · TV Show

Lord Langland · Godfrey Colston

Summer Season

1985 · TV Show

The Storyteller

Theatre Night

1985 · TV Show

Sir William Gower

Young Sherlock Holmes

1985 · Movie

Older Watson (voice)

The Wind in the Willows

1984 · TV Show

Badger (voice)

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

1984 · Movie

Psychoanalyst

Clash of Loyalties

1983 · Movie

Narrator

Cymbeline

1983 · Movie

Jupiter

Group Madness

1983 · Movie

Self / Dr. Gilpin

The Wind in the Willows

1983 · Movie

Badger

Yellowbeard

1983 · Movie

Dr. Gilpin

American Playhouse

1982 · TV Show

Lord McLaidlaw

Gandhi

1982 · Movie

Sir George Hodge

Ivanhoe

1982 · Movie

Cedric

King Lear

1982 · Movie

King Lear

Oliver Twist

1982 · Movie

Mr. Brownlow

The Missionary

1982 · Movie

Slatterthewaite/Narrator

Wogan

1982 · TV Show

Self

All's Well That Ends Well

1981 · Movie

Lafeu

The History Man

1981 · TV Show

Professor Marvin

You're All Right, How Am I?

1981 · Movie

Patient

Gauguin the Savage

1980 · Movie

Durand-Huel

Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies

1980 · Movie

Narrator (voice)

Shōgun

1980 · TV Show

Friar Domingo

The Spirit of Cheshire

1980 · Movie

Cast

The Tempest

1980 · Movie

Prospero

The Wildcats of St Trinian's

1980 · Movie

Sir Charles Hackforth

Tales of the Unexpected

1979 · TV Show

Cyril Bixby

Romeo and Juliet

1978 · Movie

Capulet

The BBC Television Shakespeare

1978 · TV Show

Capulet · Prospero · Lafeu

The Medusa Touch

1978 · Movie

Atropos - Fortune Teller

The Talking Parcel

1978 · Movie

Oswald, the Sea Serpent

Watership Down

1978 · Movie

Frith (voice)

A Christmas Carol

1977 · Movie

Ebenezer Scrooge

Joseph Andrews

1977 · Movie

Parson Adams

Cakes and Ale

1976 · TV Show

Willie Ashenden

Paddington

1976 · TV Show

Narrator

Paddington Bear

1976 · Movie

Narrator / All

Paddington Bear

1976 · TV Show

Narrator

The Chester Mystery Plays

1976 · Movie

God

The Slipper and the Rose

1976 · Movie

King

Barry Lyndon

1975 · Movie

Narrator (voice)

Edward the Seventh

1975 · TV Show

W. E. Gladstone

King Lear

1975 · Movie

King Lear

Lucky Lady

1975 · Movie

Captain Rockwell

Royal Flash

1975 · Movie

Headmaster

The Old Curiosity Shop

1975 · Movie

Edward Trent

Fall of Eagles

1974 · TV Show

Narrator · Narrator (voice)

Juggernaut

1974 · Movie

Mr. Baker

Playhouse

1974 · TV Show

Patient

England Made Me

1973 · Movie

F. Minty

The MacKintosh Man

1973 · Movie

Brown

The Three Musketeers

1973 · Movie

Treville (voice)

Theatre of Blood

1973 · Movie

George Maxwell

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

1972 · Movie

Mock Turtle

Demons of the Mind

1972 · Movie

Priest

The Pied Piper

1972 · Movie

Melius, Alchemist

The Possession of Joel Delaney

1972 · Movie

Justin

A Christmas Carol

1971 · Movie

Marley's Ghost (voice)

A Ghost Story for Christmas

1971 · TV Show

Professor Parkins

Film '72

1971 · TV Show

Self

Girl Stroke Boy

1971 · Movie

George Mason

Six Dates with Barker

1971 · TV Show

Arch Funster

Tall Stories

1971 · TV Show

Cast

Up Pompeii

1971 · Movie

Ludicrus Sextus

Futtocks End

1970 · Movie

The Butler

Some Will, Some Won't

1970 · Movie

Denniston Russell

Anne of the Thousand Days

1969 · Movie

Thomas Boleyn

The Bed Sitting Room

1969 · Movie

Bules Martin

Prudence and the Pill

1968 · Movie

Dr. Morley (uncredited)

Where Eagles Dare

1968 · Movie

Adm. Rolland

Whistle and I'll Come to You

1968 · Movie

Professor Parkins

How I Won the War

1967 · Movie

Grapple

I'll Never Forget What's'isname

1967 · Movie

Headmaster

Omnibus

1967 · TV Show

Self · Self - Narrator (voice) · Professor Parkins

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

1967 · TV Show

Prof. Ainslie Grey

The Jokers

1967 · Movie

Sir Matthew

The Taming of the Shrew

1967 · Movie

Baptista

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1966 · Movie

Senex

Cast a Giant Shadow

1966 · Movie

British Ambassador

Khartoum

1966 · Movie

Lord Granville

Turner

1966 · Movie

Reads recollections

BBC Play of the Month

1965 · TV Show

Mr. Posket · God · The Devil · Tartuffe · Lear

Genghis Khan

1965 · Movie

Geen

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

1965 · Movie

Ashe

Detective

1964 · TV Show

Detective Inspector Rason

Macbeth

1964 · Movie

Banquo

Story Parade

1964 · TV Show

Anatol Stiller

The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

1964 · TV Show

Squire Banks

The Wednesday Play

1964 · TV Show

Sir Jocelyn Symonds · Gen. Kokoshkin, Chief of Police

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

1964 · Movie

Harnsworth

Cleopatra

1963 · Movie

Cicero

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

1963 · Movie

Squire Thomas Banks

Espionage

1963 · TV Show

Minister

Festival

1963 · TV Show

Sir Augustus Thwaites

The V.I.P.s

1963 · Movie

Airport Director

El Cid

1961 · Movie

Don Diego

The Square

1961 · Movie

The Man

Man in the Moon

1960 · Movie

Dr. Davidson

Moment of Danger

1960 · Movie

Inspector Farrell

Sink the Bismarck!

1960 · Movie

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

Sunday-Night Play

1960 · TV Show

Walter Ormund

Back to Back

1959 · Movie

Cast

Girls at Sea

1958 · Movie

Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt

I Accuse!

1958 · Movie

Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial

I Was Monty's Double

1958 · Movie

Governor of Gibralter

The Spaniard's Curse

1958 · Movie

Judge Manton

No Time for Tears

1957 · Movie

Surgeon

The Dock Brief

1957 · Movie

Morgenhall

Windom's Way

1957 · Movie

Patterson

Alexander the Great

1956 · Movie

Demosthenes

Armchair Theatre

1956 · TV Show

Det. Supt. Coates

Pacific Destiny

1956 · Movie

Resident Commissioner

The Baby and the Battleship

1956 · Movie

Capt. Hugh

The Man Who Never Was

1956 · Movie

Gen. Coburn

The Spanish Gardener

1956 · Movie

Harrington Brande

Storm Over the Nile

1955 · Movie

General Faversham

The Constant Husband

1955 · Movie

The Judge

The Dark Avenger

1955 · Movie

King Edward

The Night My Number Came Up

1955 · Movie

Lindsay

Forbidden Cargo

1954 · Movie

Director of Customs

Svengali

1954 · Movie

Billy's Uncle

The Beachcomber

1954 · Movie

The Headman

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954 · TV Show

Squire Banks

Tonight in Britain

1954 · Movie

Self

You Know What Sailors Are

1954 · Movie

Cast

Grand National Night

1953 · Movie

Inspector Ayling

Personal Affair

1953 · Movie

Headmaster Griffith

Street Corner

1953 · Movie

Insp. Heron

The Heart of the Matter

1953 · Movie

Commissioner

The Card

1952 · Movie

Bank Manager

The Hour of 13

1952 · Movie

Herbert Frensham

The Magic Box

1952 · Movie

Official Receiver

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

1952 · Movie

Scathelock

Flesh and Blood

1951 · Movie

Webster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · TV Show

Banquo · Ben Weatherstaff · Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII

Scrooge

1951 · Movie

Jacob Marley

Tom Brown's Schooldays

1951 · Movie

Wilkes

Highly Dangerous

1950 · Movie

Lab Director Owens

Sunday Night Theatre

1950 · TV Show

Epilogue spoken by (voice) · Jacques · Hugh Wigmore · Trigorin · General Parmenion · Christopher Williams · Major Booth Voysey · Rev. James Mavor Morell · Shylock · Maurice Lammering