Michael Hordern
Born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK — Oct 03 1911• Died May 02 1995
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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.
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Michael Hordern's Credits
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BBC Play of the Month
Mr. Posket
Playhouse
Patient
Tales of the Unexpected
Cyril Bixby
Screen Two
Lord Langland
Omnibus
Self
Sunday Night Theatre
Epilogue spoken by (voice)
Inspector Morse
Doctor Starkie
The Wednesday Play
Sir Jocelyn Symonds
Lovejoy
Wilfred Shotley
Story Parade
Anatol Stiller
Sunday-Night Play
Walter Ormund
Chillers
Colonel Eddie Phelps
Shōgun
Friar Domingo
Festival
Sir Augustus Thwaites
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Professor Parkins
Paddington
Narrator
Fall of Eagles
Narrator
Where Eagles Dare
Adm. Rolland
Daytime Live
Detective
Detective Inspector Rason
The Wonderful World of Disney
Squire Banks
Labyrinth
The Wiseman (voice)
Cleopatra
Cicero
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Prof. Ainslie Grey
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Banquo
Gandhi
Sir George Hodge
Middlemarch
Peter Featherstone
Paradise Postponed
Rev. Simeon Simcox
Barry Lyndon
Narrator (voice)
Edward the Seventh
W. E. Gladstone
Paddington Bear
Narrator
Theatre Night
The Wind in the Willows
Badger (voice)
Perfect Scoundrels
Sir Norman
The Three Musketeers
Treville (voice)
El Cid
Don Diego
Young Sherlock Holmes
Older Watson (voice)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Ashe
Clash of Loyalties
Narrator
The Baby and the Battleship
Capt. Hugh
Sink the Bismarck!
Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'
Six Dates with Barker
Arch Funster
Scrooge
Jacob Marley
Khartoum
Lord Granville
Lucky Lady
Captain Rockwell
Oh, Mr. Toad
Badger
Armchair Theatre
Det. Supt. Coates
Genghis Khan
Geen
The Slipper and the Rose
King
Yellowbeard
Dr. Gilpin
The History Man
Professor Marvin
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Senex
Theatre of Blood
George Maxwell
The Taming of the Shrew
Baptista
Lady Jane
Dr. Feckenham
Watership Down
Frith (voice)
The Christmas Collection
Badger (voice)
Ivanhoe
Cedric
Alexander the Great
Demosthenes
Juggernaut
Mr. Baker
The MacKintosh Man
Mr. Brown
Anne of the Thousand Days
Thomas Boleyn
The Jokers
Sir Matthew
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Mock Turtle
The Man Who Never Was
Gen. Coburn
How I Won the War
Grapple
The Green Man
Gramps
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Harnsworth
Demons of the Mind
Priest
Comrades
Mr. Pitt
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
Squire Thomas Banks
Joseph Andrews
Parson Adams
The V.I.P.s
Airport Director
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
Squire Banks
The Card
Bank Manager
Up Pompeii
Ludicrus Sextus
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
King (voice)
The Medusa Touch
Atropos - Fortune Teller
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
Scathelock
Girl in the News
Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)
Royal Flash
Headmaster
Group Madness
Self / Dr. Gilpin
I Accuse!
Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial
The Hour of 13
Sir Herbert Frensham
Storm Over the Nile
General Faversham
The Fool
Mr. Tatham
Futtocks End
The Butler
Cast a Giant Shadow
British Ambassador
Oliver Twist
Mr. Brownlow
The Pied Piper
Melius, Alchemist
Trio
Vicar
I Was Monty's Double
Governor of Gibralter
Gauguin the Savage
Durand-Huel
Tom Brown's Schooldays
Wilkes
The Secret Garden
Ben Weatherstaff
The Magic Box
Official Receiver
Prudence and the Pill
Dr. Morley (uncredited)
Danny the Champion of the World
Lord Claybury
Man in the Moon
Dr. Davidson
The Missionary
Slatterthewaite/Narrator
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Justin
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
Headmaster
Train of Events
First Plain Clothes Man
Passport to Pimlico
Bashford
Romeo and Juliet
Capulet
The Tempest
Prospero
The Bed Sitting Room
Bules Martin
Diamond Skulls
Lord Crewne
School for Secrets
Lt. Cmdr. Lowther
The Trouble with Spies
Jason Locke
The Astonished Heart
Ernest
The Constant Husband
The Judge
Ending Up
George
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
Psychoanalyst
Scoop
Uncle Theodor
The Small Voice
Dr. Mennell
The Night My Number Came Up
Lindsay
A Girl Must Live
Svengali
Billy's Uncle
The Dark Avenger
King Edward
Girls at Sea
Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt
Suspicion
Lord McLaidlaw
A Christmas Carol
Marley's Ghost (voice)
The Wind in the Willows
Badger
The Dog It Was That Died
George
The Years Between
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Memento Mori
Godfrey Colston
King Lear
King Lear
Morning Departure
Commander Gates
The Old Curiosity Shop
Edward Trent
Nightbeat
Police Training Officer
A Christmas Carol
Ebenezer Scrooge
Personal Affair
Headmaster Griffith
Street Corner
Insp. Heron
Portrait from Life
Johnson
King Lear
King Lear
A Girl in a Million
Divorce Counsel
Good-Time Girl
Seddon
The Heart of the Matter
Commissioner
Macbeth
Banquo
A Very Open Prison
Lord Langland
Girl Stroke Boy
George Mason
The Spanish Gardener
Harrington Brande
Beauty and the Beast
Monsieur Du Blois (voice)
The Wind in the Willows
Badger (voice)
All's Well That Ends Well
Lafeu
Some Will, Some Won't
Denniston Russell
Forbidden Cargo
Director of Customs
Grand National Night
Inspector Ayling
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
Sir Charles Hackforth
Back to Back
A Crack in the Ice
The Storyteller
Highly Dangerous
Lab Director Owens
Truckers
The Abbot (voice)
The Beachcomber
The Headman
England Made Me
F. Minty
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
Badger (voice)
Pacific Destiny
Resident Commissioner
You Know What Sailors Are
Now Voyager
The Old Man
Cymbeline
Jupiter
The Little Match Girl
Himself - Introduction
No Time for Tears
Surgeon
Mine Own Executioner
Co-Counsel at Inquest
The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
Badger (voice)
Band Waggon
(uncredited)
Turner
Reads recollections
Moment of Danger
Inspector Farrell
Rebecca
Maxim de Winter
Tonight in Britain
Self
The Secret World of Polly Flint
Narrator
Paddington Bear
Narrator / All
Tall Stories
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
Squire Thomas Banks (archive footage)
The Spaniard's Curse
Judge Manton
Paradise Postponed
Simeon Simcox
Windom's Way
Patterson
The Square
The Man
More Children's Summer Stories
Badger (voice)
Flesh and Blood
Webster
The Dock Brief
Morgenhall
The Talking Parcel
Oswald, the Sea Serpent
Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt
Narrator
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
Badger (voice)
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
Badger (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
Badger (voice)
More Children's Holiday Favourites
Badger (voice)
You're All Right, How Am I?
Patient
Paddington's Birthday Bonanza
Narrator
Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies
Narrator (voice)
Paddington Goes to School
Whistle and I'll Come to You
Professor Parkins
The Spirit of Cheshire
The Chester Mystery Plays
God