Michael Hordern

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

Tales of the Unexpected

Wogan

BBC Play of the Month

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Screen Two

All Movies (157)

• Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh2008 · as Squire Thomas Banks (archive footage)
• A Very Open Prison1995 · as Lord Langland
• Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt1993 · as Narrator
• The Christmas Collection1992 · as Badger (voice)
• Freddie As F.R.O.7.1992 · as King (voice)
• Truckers1992 · as The Abbot (voice)
• Memento Mori1992 · as Godfrey Colston
• Beauty and the Beast1992 · as Monsieur Du Blois (voice)
• The Fool1990 · as Mr. Tatham
• Diamond Skulls1990 · as Lord Crewne
• More Children's Holiday Favourites1990 · as Badger (voice)
• The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads1989 · as Badger (voice)
• Danny the Champion of the World1989 · as Lord Claybury
• More Children's Summer Stories1989 · as Badger (voice)
• Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 11989 · as Badger (voice)
• Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 21989 · as Badger (voice)
• The Dog It Was That Died1989 · as George
• Ending Up1989 · as George
• Children's Favourites - Volume 11988 · as Badger (voice)
• The Trouble with Spies1987 · as Jason Locke
• The Secret Garden1987 · as Ben Weatherstaff
• Comrades1987 · as Mr. Pitt
• Scoop1987 · as Uncle Theodor
• The Secret World of Polly Flint1987 · as Narrator
• Suspicion1987 · as Lord McLaidlaw
• The Little Match Girl1986 · as Himself - Introduction
• The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales1986 · as Badger (voice)
• Labyrinth1986 · as The Wiseman (voice)
• Paradise Postponed1986 · as Simeon Simcox
• Lady Jane1986 · as Dr. Feckenham
• Paddington Goes to School1986
• Paddington's Birthday Bonanza1986 · as Narrator
• Young Sherlock Holmes1985 · as Older Watson (voice)
• A Crack in the Ice1985 · as The Storyteller
• Now Voyager1985 · as The Old Man
• The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood1984 · as Psychoanalyst
• The Wind in the Willows1983 · as Badger
• Cymbeline1983 · as Jupiter
• Yellowbeard1983 · as Dr. Gilpin
• Group Madness1983 · as Self / Dr. Gilpin
• Clash of Loyalties1983 · as Narrator
• Gandhi1982 · as Sir George Hodge
• The Missionary1982 · as Slatterthewaite/Narrator
• King Lear1982 · as King Lear
• Oliver Twist1982 · as Mr. Brownlow
• Ivanhoe1982 · as Cedric
• You're All Right, How Am I?1981 · as Patient
• All's Well That Ends Well1981 · as Lafeu
• The Wildcats of St Trinian's1980 · as Sir Charles Hackforth
• Gauguin the Savage1980 · as Durand-Huel
• Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies1980 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Tempest1980 · as Prospero
• The Spirit of Cheshire1980
• The Talking Parcel1978 · as Oswald, the Sea Serpent
• Romeo and Juliet1978 · as Capulet
• Watership Down1978 · as Frith (voice)
• The Medusa Touch1978 · as Atropos - Fortune Teller
• A Christmas Carol1977 · as Ebenezer Scrooge
• Joseph Andrews1977 · as Parson Adams
• The Chester Mystery Plays1976 · as God
• The Slipper and the Rose1976 · as King
• Paddington Bear1976 · as Narrator / All
• Lucky Lady1975 · as Captain Rockwell
• Barry Lyndon1975 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Old Curiosity Shop1975 · as Edward Trent
• Royal Flash1975 · as Headmaster
• King Lear1975 · as King Lear
• Juggernaut1974 · as Mr. Baker
• The Three Musketeers1973 · as Treville (voice)
• The MacKintosh Man1973 · as Mr. Brown
• England Made Me1973 · as F. Minty
• Theatre of Blood1973 · as George Maxwell
• The Pied Piper1972 · as Melius, Alchemist
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland1972 · as Mock Turtle
• Demons of the Mind1972 · as Priest
• The Possession of Joel Delaney1972 · as Justin
• A Christmas Carol1971 · as Marley's Ghost (voice)
• Girl Stroke Boy1971 · as George Mason
• Up Pompeii1971 · as Ludicrus Sextus
• Some Will, Some Won't1970 · as Denniston Russell
• Futtocks End1970 · as The Butler
• Anne of the Thousand Days1969 · as Thomas Boleyn
• The Bed Sitting Room1969 · as Bules Martin
• Where Eagles Dare1968 · as Adm. Rolland
• Prudence and the Pill1968 · as Dr. Morley (uncredited)
• Whistle and I'll Come to You1968 · as Professor Parkins
• I'll Never Forget What's'isname1967 · as Headmaster
• How I Won the War1967 · as Grapple
• The Jokers1967 · as Sir Matthew
• The Taming of the Shrew1967 · as Baptista
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum1966 · as Senex
• Khartoum1966 · as Lord Granville
• Cast a Giant Shadow1966 · as British Ambassador
• Turner1966 · as Reads recollections
• The Spy Who Came In from the Cold1965 · as Ashe
• Genghis Khan1965 · as Geen
• The Yellow Rolls-Royce1964 · as Harnsworth
• Macbeth1964 · as Banquo
• Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow1963 · as Squire Thomas Banks
• The V.I.P.s1963 · as Airport Director
• Cleopatra1963 · as Cicero
• El Cid1961 · as Don Diego
• The Square1961 · as The Man
• Man in the Moon1960 · as Dr. Davidson
• Sink the Bismarck!1960 · as Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'
• Moment of Danger1960 · as Inspector Farrell
• Back to Back1959
• I Was Monty's Double1958 · as Governor of Gibralter
• Girls at Sea1958 · as Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt
• The Spaniard's Curse1958 · as Judge Manton
• I Accuse!1958 · as Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial
• Windom's Way1957 · as Patterson
• No Time for Tears1957 · as Surgeon
• The Dock Brief1957 · as Morgenhall
• The Spanish Gardener1956 · as Harrington Brande
• The Baby and the Battleship1956 · as Capt. Hugh
• The Man Who Never Was1956 · as Gen. Coburn
• Alexander the Great1956 · as Demosthenes
• Pacific Destiny1956 · as Resident Commissioner
• Storm Over the Nile1955 · as General Faversham
• The Constant Husband1955 · as The Judge
• The Dark Avenger1955 · as King Edward
• The Night My Number Came Up1955 · as Lindsay
• Svengali1954 · as Billy's Uncle
• The Beachcomber1954 · as The Headman
• Forbidden Cargo1954 · as Director of Customs
• You Know What Sailors Are1954
• Tonight in Britain1954 · as Self
• The Heart of the Matter1953 · as Commissioner
• Personal Affair1953 · as Headmaster Griffith
• Grand National Night1953 · as Inspector Ayling
• Street Corner1953 · as Insp. Heron
• The Hour of 131952 · as Sir Herbert Frensham
• The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men1952 · as Scathelock
• The Card1952 · as Bank Manager
• The Magic Box1952 · as Official Receiver
• Scrooge1951 · as Jacob Marley
• Tom Brown's Schooldays1951 · as Wilkes
• Flesh and Blood1951 · as Webster
• Highly Dangerous1950 · as Lab Director Owens
• Trio1950 · as Vicar
• The Astonished Heart1950 · as Ernest
• Passport to Pimlico1949 · as Bashford
• Train of Events1949 · as First Plain Clothes Man
• Portrait from Life1948 · as Johnson
• The Small Voice1948 · as Dr. Mennell
• Good-Time Girl1948 · as Seddon
• Nightbeat1947 · as Police Training Officer
• Mine Own Executioner1947 · as Co-Counsel at Inquest
• Rebecca1947 · as Maxim de Winter
• School for Secrets1946 · as Lt. Cmdr. Lowther
• Morning Departure1946 · as Commander Gates
• A Girl in a Million1946 · as Divorce Counsel
• The Years Between1946 · as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
• Girl in the News1940 · as Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)
• Band Waggon1940 · as (uncredited)
• A Girl Must Live1939

All TV Shows (62)

• Middlemarch1994 · as Peter Featherstone
• The Green Man1990 · as Gramps
• Perfect Scoundrels1990 · as Sir Norman
• Oh, Mr. Toad1990 · as Badger
• Chillers1990 · as Colonel Eddie Phelps
• Daytime Live1987
• Inspector Morse1987 · as Doctor Starkie
• Paradise Postponed1986 · as Rev. Simeon Simcox
• Lovejoy1986 · as Wilfred Shotley
• Theatre Night1985
• Screen Two1985 · as Lord Langland
• Screen Two1985 · as Godfrey Colston
• The Wind in the Willows1984 · as Badger (voice)
• Wogan1982 · as Self
• The History Man1981 · as Professor Marvin
• Shōgun1980 · as Friar Domingo
• Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Cyril Bixby
• The BBC Television Shakespeare1978 · as Capulet
• The BBC Television Shakespeare1978 · as Prospero
• The BBC Television Shakespeare1978 · as Lafeu
• Cakes and Ale1976 · as Willie Ashenden
• Paddington Bear1976 · as Narrator
• Paddington1976 · as Narrator
• Edward the Seventh1975 · as W. E. Gladstone
• Fall of Eagles1974 · as Narrator
• Fall of Eagles1974 · as Narrator (voice)
• Playhouse1974 · as Patient
• A Ghost Story for Christmas1971 · as Professor Parkins
• Tall Stories1971
• Six Dates with Barker1971 · as Arch Funster
• Omnibus1967 · as Self
• Omnibus1967 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Omnibus1967 · as Professor Parkins
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle1967 · as Prof. Ainslie Grey
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Mr. Posket
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as God
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as The Devil
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Tartuffe
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Lear
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Sir Jocelyn Symonds
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Gen. Kokoshkin, Chief of Police
• Story Parade1964 · as Anatol Stiller
• Detective1964 · as Detective Inspector Rason
• The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh1964 · as Squire Banks
• Festival1963 · as Sir Augustus Thwaites
• Espionage1963 · as Minister
• Sunday-Night Play1960 · as Walter Ormund
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Det. Supt. Coates
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Squire Banks
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Banquo
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Ben Weatherstaff
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Epilogue spoken by (voice)
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Jacques
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Hugh Wigmore
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Trigorin
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as General Parmenion
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Christopher Williams
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Major Booth Voysey
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Rev. James Mavor Morell
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Shylock
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Maurice Lammering