Michael Hordern

Michael Hordern

Acting

Born October 3, 1911 · 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.

Known for

Wogan

Wogan

1982

Omnibus

Omnibus

1967

Omnibus

Omnibus

1967

Omnibus

Omnibus

1967

Screen Two

Screen Two

1985

Screen Two

Screen Two

1985

Playhouse

Playhouse

1974

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

1982

Acting(199)

2008Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney MarshSquire Thomas Banks (archive footage)

1995A Very Open PrisonLord Langland

1994MiddlemarchPeter Featherstone

1993Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure HuntNarrator

1992The Christmas CollectionBadger (voice)

1992Freddie As F.R.O.7.King (voice)

1992TruckersThe Abbot (voice)

1992Memento MoriGodfrey Colston

1992Beauty and the BeastMonsieur Du Blois (voice)

1990The FoolMr. Tatham

1990The Green ManGramps

1990Diamond SkullsLord Crewne

1990More Children's Holiday FavouritesBadger (voice)

1990Perfect ScoundrelsSir Norman

1990Oh, Mr. ToadBadger

1990ChillersColonel Eddie Phelps

1989The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two ToadsBadger (voice)

1989Danny the Champion of the WorldLord Claybury

1989More Children's Summer StoriesBadger (voice)

1989Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1Badger (voice)

1989Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2Badger (voice)

1989The Dog It Was That DiedGeorge

1989Ending UpGeorge

1988Children's Favourites - Volume 1Badger (voice)

1987The Trouble with SpiesJason Locke

1987The Secret GardenBen Weatherstaff

1987Daytime Live

1987ComradesMr. Pitt

1987ScoopUncle Theodor

1987The Secret World of Polly FlintNarrator

1987Inspector MorseDoctor Starkie

1987SuspicionLord McLaidlaw

1986The Little Match GirlHimself - Introduction

1986The Wind in the Willows: Winter TalesBadger (voice)

1986Paradise PostponedRev. Simeon Simcox

1986LabyrinthThe Wiseman (voice)

1986Paradise PostponedSimeon Simcox

1986Lady JaneDr. Feckenham

1986LovejoyWilfred Shotley

1986Paddington Goes to School

1986Paddington's Birthday BonanzaNarrator

1985Young Sherlock HolmesOlder Watson (voice)

1985Theatre Night

1985A Crack in the IceThe Storyteller

1985Now VoyagerThe Old Man

1985Screen TwoLord Langland

1984The Zany Adventures of Robin HoodPsychoanalyst

1984The Wind in the WillowsBadger (voice)

1983The Wind in the WillowsBadger

1983CymbelineJupiter

1983YellowbeardDr. Gilpin

1983Group MadnessSelf / Dr. Gilpin

1983Clash of LoyaltiesNarrator

1982GandhiSir George Hodge

1982The MissionarySlatterthewaite/Narrator

1982King LearKing Lear

1982Oliver TwistMr. Brownlow

1982IvanhoeCedric

1982American PlayhouseLord McLaidlaw

1981You're All Right, How Am I?Patient

1981All's Well That Ends WellLafeu

1981The History ManProfessor Marvin

1980ShōgunFriar Domingo

1980The Wildcats of St Trinian'sSir Charles Hackforth

1980Gauguin the SavageDurand-Huel

1980Paddington Bear Goes to the MoviesNarrator (voice)

1980The TempestProspero

1980The Spirit of Cheshire

1979Tales of the UnexpectedCyril Bixby

1978The Talking ParcelOswald, the Sea Serpent

1978Romeo and JulietCapulet

1978The BBC Television ShakespeareCapulet

1978Watership DownFrith (voice)

1978The Medusa TouchAtropos - Fortune Teller

1977A Christmas CarolEbenezer Scrooge

1977Joseph AndrewsParson Adams

1976The Chester Mystery PlaysGod

1976Cakes and AleWillie Ashenden

1976The Slipper and the RoseKing

1976Paddington BearNarrator / All

1976Paddington BearNarrator

1976PaddingtonNarrator

1975Lucky LadyCaptain Rockwell

1975Barry LyndonNarrator (voice)

1975The Old Curiosity ShopEdward Trent

1975Royal FlashHeadmaster

1975Edward the SeventhW. E. Gladstone

1975King LearKing Lear

1974JuggernautMr. Baker

1974Fall of EaglesNarrator

1974PlayhousePatient

1973The Three MusketeersTreville (voice)

1973The MacKintosh ManMr. Brown

1973England Made MeF. Minty

1973Theatre of BloodGeorge Maxwell

1972The Pied PiperMelius, Alchemist

1972Alice's Adventures in WonderlandMock Turtle

1972Demons of the MindPriest

1972The Possession of Joel DelaneyJustin

1971A Ghost Story for ChristmasProfessor Parkins

1971A Christmas CarolMarley's Ghost (voice)

1971Tall Stories

1971Film '72Self

1971Girl Stroke BoyGeorge Mason

1971Up PompeiiLudicrus Sextus

1971Six Dates with BarkerArch Funster

1970Some Will, Some Won'tDenniston Russell

1970Futtocks EndThe Butler

1969Anne of the Thousand DaysThomas Boleyn

1969The Bed Sitting RoomBules Martin

1968Where Eagles DareAdm. Rolland

1968Prudence and the PillDr. Morley (uncredited)

1968Whistle and I'll Come to YouProfessor Parkins

1967I'll Never Forget What's'isnameHeadmaster

1967How I Won the WarGrapple

1967OmnibusSelf

1967The JokersSir Matthew

1967The Taming of the ShrewBaptista

1967Sir Arthur Conan DoyleProf. Ainslie Grey

1966A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumSenex

1966KhartoumLord Granville

1966Cast a Giant ShadowBritish Ambassador

1966TurnerReads recollections

1965The Spy Who Came In from the ColdAshe

1965BBC Play of the MonthMr. Posket

1965Genghis KhanGeen

1964The Yellow Rolls-RoyceHarnsworth

1964The Wednesday PlaySir Jocelyn Symonds

1964Story ParadeAnatol Stiller

1964DetectiveDetective Inspector Rason

1964MacbethBanquo

1964The Scarecrow of Romney MarshSquire Banks

1963Dr. Syn, Alias the ScarecrowSquire Thomas Banks

1963FestivalSir Augustus Thwaites

1963EspionageMinister

1963The V.I.P.sAirport Director

1963CleopatraCicero

1961El CidDon Diego

1961The SquareThe Man

1960Man in the MoonDr. Davidson

1960Sunday-Night PlayWalter Ormund

1960Sink the Bismarck!Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'

1960Moment of DangerInspector Farrell

1959Back to Back

1958I Was Monty's DoubleGovernor of Gibralter

1958Girls at SeaAdmiral Reginald Victor Hewitt

1958The Spaniard's CurseJudge Manton

1958I Accuse!Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial

1957Windom's WayPatterson

1957No Time for TearsSurgeon

1957The Dock BriefMorgenhall

1956The Spanish GardenerHarrington Brande

1956Armchair TheatreDet. Supt. Coates

1956The Baby and the BattleshipCapt. Hugh

1956The Man Who Never WasGen. Coburn

1956Alexander the GreatDemosthenes

1956Pacific DestinyResident Commissioner

1955Storm Over the NileGeneral Faversham

1955The Constant HusbandThe Judge

1955The Dark AvengerKing Edward

1955The Night My Number Came UpLindsay

1954The Wonderful World of DisneySquire Banks

1954SvengaliBilly's Uncle

1954The BeachcomberThe Headman

1954Forbidden CargoDirector of Customs

1954You Know What Sailors Are

1954Tonight in BritainSelf

1953The Heart of the MatterCommissioner

1953Personal AffairHeadmaster Griffith

1953Grand National NightInspector Ayling

1953Street CornerInsp. Heron

1952The Hour of 13Sir Herbert Frensham

1952The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie MenScathelock

1952The CardBank Manager

1952The Magic BoxOfficial Receiver

1951Hallmark Hall of FameBanquo

1951ScroogeJacob Marley

1951Tom Brown's SchooldaysWilkes

1951Flesh and BloodWebster

1950Highly DangerousLab Director Owens

1950The Astonished HeartErnest

1950Sunday Night TheatreEpilogue spoken by (voice)

1949Passport to PimlicoBashford

1949Train of EventsFirst Plain Clothes Man

1948Portrait from LifeJohnson

1948The Small VoiceDr. Mennell

1948Good-Time GirlSeddon

1947NightbeatPolice Training Officer

1947Mine Own ExecutionerCo-Counsel at Inquest

1947RebeccaMaxim de Winter

1946School for SecretsLt. Cmdr. Lowther

1946Morning DepartureCommander Gates

1946A Girl in a MillionDivorce Counsel

1946The Years BetweenMember of Parliament (uncredited)

1940Girl in the NewsAssistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)

1940Band Waggon(uncredited)

1939A Girl Must Live

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