Michael Hordern

Known for: Acting

Born: 1911-10-03 – 1995-05-02 (aged 83)

From: Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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.

Filmography (199)

MOVIE★ 8.3
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
2008
as Squire Thomas Banks (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.5
A Very Open Prison
1995
as Lord Langland
TV★ 7.9
Middlemarch
1994
as Peter Featherstone
MOVIE
Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt
1993
as Narrator
MOVIE
The Christmas Collection
1992
as Badger (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.3
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992
as King (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Truckers
1992
as The Abbot (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Memento Mori
1992
as Godfrey Colston
MOVIE★ 4.0
Beauty and the Beast
1992
as Monsieur Du Blois (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Fool
1990
as Mr. Tatham
TV★ 7.0
The Green Man
1990
as Gramps
MOVIE★ 3.4
Diamond Skulls
1990
as Lord Crewne
MOVIE
More Children's Holiday Favourites
1990
as Badger (voice)
TV★ 6.0
Perfect Scoundrels
1990
as Sir Norman
TV
Oh, Mr. Toad
1990
as Badger
TV★ 6.7
Chillers
1990
as Colonel Eddie Phelps
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
1989
as Badger (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Danny the Champion of the World
1989
as Lord Claybury
MOVIE
More Children's Summer Stories
1989
as Badger (voice)
MOVIE
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1989
as Badger (voice)
MOVIE
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
1989
as Badger (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Dog It Was That Died
1989
as George
MOVIE
Ending Up
1989
as George
MOVIE
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1988
as Badger (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Trouble with Spies
1987
as Jason Locke
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Secret Garden
1987
as Ben Weatherstaff
TV★ 3.5
Daytime Live
1987
MOVIE★ 6.9
Comrades
1987
as Mr. Pitt
MOVIE★ 5.7
Scoop
1987
as Uncle Theodor
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Secret World of Polly Flint
1987
as Narrator
TV★ 7.9
Inspector Morse
1987
as Doctor Starkie
MOVIE★ 6.7
Suspicion
1987
as Lord McLaidlaw
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Little Match Girl
1986
as Himself - Introduction
MOVIE
The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
1986
as Badger (voice)
TV★ 6.0
Paradise Postponed
1986
as Rev. Simeon Simcox
MOVIE★ 7.3
Labyrinth
1986
as The Wiseman (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Paradise Postponed
1986
as Simeon Simcox
MOVIE★ 6.9
Lady Jane
1986
as Dr. Feckenham
TV★ 7.4
Lovejoy
1986
as Wilfred Shotley
MOVIE★ 7.0
Paddington Goes to School
1986
MOVIE
Paddington's Birthday Bonanza
1986
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.8
Young Sherlock Holmes
1985
as Older Watson (voice)
TV
Theatre Night
1985
MOVIE
A Crack in the Ice
1985
as The Storyteller
MOVIE★ 7.0
Now Voyager
1985
as The Old Man
TV★ 7.1
Screen Two
1985
as Lord Langland
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
1984
as Psychoanalyst
TV★ 7.8
The Wind in the Willows
1984
as Badger (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Wind in the Willows
1983
as Badger
MOVIE★ 6.3
Cymbeline
1983
as Jupiter
MOVIE★ 5.6
Yellowbeard
1983
as Dr. Gilpin
MOVIE★ 9.0
Group Madness
1983
as Self / Dr. Gilpin
MOVIE★ 7.5
Clash of Loyalties
1983
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.6
Gandhi
1982
as Sir George Hodge
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Missionary
1982
as Slatterthewaite/Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.5
King Lear
1982
as King Lear
TV★ 5.3
Wogan
1982
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
Oliver Twist
1982
as Mr. Brownlow
MOVIE★ 6.4
Ivanhoe
1982
as Cedric
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Lord McLaidlaw
MOVIE
You're All Right, How Am I?
1981
as Patient
MOVIE★ 6.5
All's Well That Ends Well
1981
as Lafeu
TV★ 4.1
The History Man
1981
as Professor Marvin
TV★ 7.7
Shōgun
1980
as Friar Domingo
MOVIE★ 4.3
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
1980
as Sir Charles Hackforth
MOVIE
Gauguin the Savage
1980
as Durand-Huel
MOVIE★ 6.3
Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies
1980
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Tempest
1980
as Prospero
MOVIE
The Spirit of Cheshire
1980
TV★ 6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Cyril Bixby
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Talking Parcel
1978
as Oswald, the Sea Serpent
MOVIE★ 7.6
Romeo and Juliet
1978
as Capulet
TV★ 6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Capulet
MOVIE★ 7.2
Watership Down
1978
as Frith (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Medusa Touch
1978
as Atropos - Fortune Teller
MOVIE★ 6.7
A Christmas Carol
1977
as Ebenezer Scrooge
MOVIE★ 5.2
Joseph Andrews
1977
as Parson Adams
MOVIE
The Chester Mystery Plays
1976
as God
TV★ 8.0
Cakes and Ale
1976
as Willie Ashenden
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Slipper and the Rose
1976
as King
MOVIE
Paddington Bear
1976
as Narrator / All
TV★ 7.2
Paddington Bear
1976
as Narrator
TV
Paddington
1976
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.5
Lucky Lady
1975
as Captain Rockwell
MOVIE★ 8.0
Barry Lyndon
1975
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Old Curiosity Shop
1975
as Edward Trent
MOVIE★ 5.9
Royal Flash
1975
as Headmaster
TV★ 6.6
Edward the Seventh
1975
as W. E. Gladstone
MOVIE★ 10.0
King Lear
1975
as King Lear
MOVIE★ 6.2
Juggernaut
1974
as Mr. Baker
TV★ 7.0
Fall of Eagles
1974
as Narrator
TV★ 7.0
Playhouse
1974
as Patient
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Three Musketeers
1973
as Treville (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.1
The MacKintosh Man
1973
as Mr. Brown
MOVIE★ 6.1
England Made Me
1973
as F. Minty
MOVIE★ 6.7
Theatre of Blood
1973
as George Maxwell
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Pied Piper
1972
as Melius, Alchemist
MOVIE★ 6.3
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972
as Mock Turtle
MOVIE★ 5.3
Demons of the Mind
1972
as Priest
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972
as Justin
TV★ 7.4
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Professor Parkins
MOVIE★ 7.2
A Christmas Carol
1971
as Marley's Ghost (voice)
TV
Tall Stories
1971
TV★ 4.7
Film '72
1971
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.6
Girl Stroke Boy
1971
as George Mason
MOVIE★ 6.1
Up Pompeii
1971
as Ludicrus Sextus
TV★ 7.4
Six Dates with Barker
1971
as Arch Funster
MOVIE★ 5.2
Some Will, Some Won't
1970
as Denniston Russell
MOVIE★ 5.9
Futtocks End
1970
as The Butler
MOVIE★ 7.1
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
as Thomas Boleyn
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Bed Sitting Room
1969
as Bules Martin
MOVIE★ 7.5
Where Eagles Dare
1968
as Adm. Rolland
MOVIE★ 5.7
Prudence and the Pill
1968
as Dr. Morley (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Whistle and I'll Come to You
1968
as Professor Parkins
MOVIE★ 5.4
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967
as Headmaster
MOVIE★ 5.6
How I Won the War
1967
as Grapple
TV★ 7.2
Omnibus
1967
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Jokers
1967
as Sir Matthew
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Taming of the Shrew
1967
as Baptista
TV
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1967
as Prof. Ainslie Grey
MOVIE★ 6.1
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
as Senex
MOVIE★ 6.3
Khartoum
1966
as Lord Granville
MOVIE★ 6.4
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966
as British Ambassador
MOVIE
Turner
1966
as Reads recollections
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
as Ashe
TV★ 5.3
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Mr. Posket
MOVIE★ 5.8
Genghis Khan
1965
as Geen
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
as Harnsworth
TV★ 5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Sir Jocelyn Symonds
TV★ 8.0
Story Parade
1964
as Anatol Stiller
TV★ 9.0
Detective
1964
as Detective Inspector Rason
MOVIE★ 7.3
Macbeth
1964
as Banquo
TV
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
1964
as Squire Banks
MOVIE★ 6.9
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
1963
as Squire Thomas Banks
TV★ 8.0
Festival
1963
as Sir Augustus Thwaites
TV★ 10.0
Espionage
1963
as Minister
MOVIE★ 6.1
The V.I.P.s
1963
as Airport Director
MOVIE★ 7.1
Cleopatra
1963
as Cicero
MOVIE★ 6.9
El Cid
1961
as Don Diego
MOVIE
The Square
1961
as The Man
MOVIE★ 6.7
Man in the Moon
1960
as Dr. Davidson
TV
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Walter Ormund
MOVIE★ 6.9
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
as Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'
MOVIE★ 10.0
Moment of Danger
1960
as Inspector Farrell
MOVIE★ 8.0
Back to Back
1959
MOVIE★ 6.9
I Was Monty's Double
1958
as Governor of Gibralter
MOVIE★ 7.3
Girls at Sea
1958
as Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Spaniard's Curse
1958
as Judge Manton
MOVIE★ 6.6
I Accuse!
1958
as Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial
MOVIE★ 5.3
Windom's Way
1957
as Patterson
MOVIE★ 6.0
No Time for Tears
1957
as Surgeon
MOVIE
The Dock Brief
1957
as Morgenhall
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Spanish Gardener
1956
as Harrington Brande
TV★ 6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Det. Supt. Coates
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Baby and the Battleship
1956
as Capt. Hugh
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Man Who Never Was
1956
as Gen. Coburn
MOVIE★ 6.0
Alexander the Great
1956
as Demosthenes
MOVIE★ 5.5
Pacific Destiny
1956
as Resident Commissioner
MOVIE★ 6.3
Storm Over the Nile
1955
as General Faversham
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Constant Husband
1955
as The Judge
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Dark Avenger
1955
as King Edward
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Night My Number Came Up
1955
as Lindsay
TV★ 7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Squire Banks
MOVIE★ 6.1
Svengali
1954
as Billy's Uncle
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Beachcomber
1954
as The Headman
MOVIE★ 6.9
Forbidden Cargo
1954
as Director of Customs
MOVIE★ 5.2
You Know What Sailors Are
1954
MOVIE★ 5.0
Tonight in Britain
1954
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Heart of the Matter
1953
as Commissioner
MOVIE★ 6.3
Personal Affair
1953
as Headmaster Griffith
MOVIE★ 7.9
Grand National Night
1953
as Inspector Ayling
MOVIE★ 5.5
Street Corner
1953
as Insp. Heron
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Hour of 13
1952
as Sir Herbert Frensham
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
1952
as Scathelock
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Card
1952
as Bank Manager
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Magic Box
1952
as Official Receiver
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Banquo
MOVIE★ 7.4
Scrooge
1951
as Jacob Marley
MOVIE★ 7.0
Tom Brown's Schooldays
1951
as Wilkes
MOVIE★ 7.0
Flesh and Blood
1951
as Webster
MOVIE★ 6.0
Highly Dangerous
1950
as Lab Director Owens
MOVIE★ 6.4
Trio
1950
as Vicar
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Astonished Heart
1950
as Ernest
TV★ 3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Epilogue spoken by (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.9
Passport to Pimlico
1949
as Bashford
MOVIE★ 6.3
Train of Events
1949
as First Plain Clothes Man
MOVIE★ 6.3
Portrait from Life
1948
as Johnson
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Small Voice
1948
as Dr. Mennell
MOVIE★ 6.4
Good-Time Girl
1948
as Seddon
MOVIE★ 5.7
Nightbeat
1947
as Police Training Officer
MOVIE★ 7.0
Mine Own Executioner
1947
as Co-Counsel at Inquest
MOVIE★ 9.0
Rebecca
1947
as Maxim de Winter
MOVIE★ 7.2
School for Secrets
1946
as Lt. Cmdr. Lowther
MOVIE
Morning Departure
1946
as Commander Gates
MOVIE★ 6.3
A Girl in a Million
1946
as Divorce Counsel
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Years Between
1946
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Girl in the News
1940
as Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.7
Band Waggon
1940
as (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.8
A Girl Must Live
1939