Michael Hordern

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
October 3, 1911 (83 years old)
Died
May 2, 1995
Place of Birth
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Popular Genres
Drama History Romance
Career Span
1939 – 2008

Michael Hordern

17 wins
118 nominations
17 Oscars
148 credits

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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Personal Info

Born
Oct 3, 1911
From
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Career
1939 – 2008

Award Recognition

17
Wins
118
Nominations
17
Oscars

Complete Filmography

2008

Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh as Squire Thomas Banks

1995

A Very Open Prison as Lord Langland

1993

Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt as Narrator

1992

Memento Mori as Godfrey Colston
Freddie as F.R.O.7. as King (voice)
Beauty and the Beast as Monsieur Du Blois (voice)
Truckers as The Abbot (voice)

1990

The Fool as Mr. Tatham
Dark Obsession as Lord Crewne

1989

Danny the Champion of the World as Lord Claybury
Ending Up as George
The Dog It Was That Died as George

1988

The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads as Badger (voice)

1987

The Secret Garden as Ben Weatherstaff
Comrades as Mr. Pitt
The Trouble with Spies as Jason Locke
Scoop as Uncle Theodor
Suspicion as Lord McLaidlaw
The Secret World of Polly Flint as Narrator

1986

Labyrinth as The Wiseman (voice) Award
Lady Jane as Dr. Feckenham Award
The Little Match Girl as Himself - Introduction
Paradise Postponed as Simeon Simcox
Paddington's Birthday Bonanza as Narrator
Paddington Goes to School

1985

Young Sherlock Holmes as Older Watson (voice)
Now Voyager as The Old Man

1984

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood as Psychoanalyst

1983

Yellowbeard as Dr. Gilpin
Group Madness as Self / Dr. Gilpin
The Wind in the Willows as Badger
Clash of Loyalties as Narrator

1982

Gandhi as Sir George Hodge Award
Ivanhoe as Cedric Award
The Missionary as Slatterthewaite/Narrator
Oliver Twist as Mr. Brownlow
King Lear as King Lear
Cymbeline as Jupiter

1981

All's Well That Ends Well as Lafeu
You're All Right, How Am I? as Patient

1980

The Wildcats of St. Trinian's as Sir Charles Hackforth
The Tempest as Prospero
Gauguin the Savage as Durand-Huel
Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies as Narrator (voice)
The Spirit of Cheshire

1978

Watership Down as Frith (voice) Award
Romeo and Juliet as Capulet
The Medusa Touch as Atropos - Fortune Teller
The Talking Parcel as Oswald, the Sea Serpent

1977

Joseph Andrews as Parson Adams
A Christmas Carol as Ebenezer Scrooge

1976

The Slipper and the Rose as King
Paddington Bear as Narrator / All

1975

Barry Lyndon as Narrator (voice) Award
Lucky Lady as Captain Rockwell
Royal Flash as Headmaster
The Old Curiosity Shop as Edward Trent
King Lear as King Lear

1974

Juggernaut as Mr. Baker Award

1973

The Three Musketeers as Treville (voice) Award
Theatre of Blood as George Maxwell
The MacKintosh Man as Mr. Brown
England Made Me as F. Minty

1972

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as Mock Turtle
The Pied Piper as Melius, Alchemist
The Possession of Joel Delaney as Justin
Demons of the Mind as Priest

1971

Up Pompeii as Ludicrus Sextus
A Christmas Carol as Marley's Ghost (voice)
Girl Stroke Boy as George Mason

1970

Some Will, Some Won't as Denniston Russell
Futtocks End as The Butler

1969

Anne of the Thousand Days as Thomas Boleyn Award
The Bed Sitting Room as Bules Martin

1968

Where Eagles Dare as Adm. Rolland Award
Prudence and the Pill as Dr. Morley (uncredited)
Whistle and I'll Come to You as Professor Parkins

1967

The Taming of the Shrew as Baptista Award
How I Won the War as Grapple
I'll Never Forget What's'isname as Headmaster
The Jokers as Sir Matthew

1966

Khartoum as Lord Granville Award
Cast a Giant Shadow as British Ambassador Award
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Senex
Turner as Reads recollections

1965

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold as Ashe Award
Genghis Khan as Geen

1964

The Yellow Rolls-Royce as Harnsworth
Macbeth as Banquo

1963

Cleopatra as Cicero Award
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow as Squire Thomas Banks Award
The V.I.P.s as Airport Director

1961

El Cid as Don Diego Award
The Square as The Man

1960

Sink the Bismarck! as Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George' Award
Man in the Moon as Dr. Davidson
Moment of Danger as Inspector Farrell

1959

Back to Back

1958

I Was Monty's Double as Governor of Gibralter
I Accuse! as Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial
Girls at Sea as Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt
The Spaniard's Curse as Judge Manton

1957

No Time for Tears as Surgeon
Windom's Way as Patterson
The Dock Brief as Morgenhall

1956

Alexander the Great as Demosthenes Award
The Man Who Never Was as Gen. Coburn
The Spanish Gardener as Harrington Brande
The Baby and the Battleship as Capt. Hugh
Pacific Destiny as Resident Commissioner

1955

The Dark Avenger as King Edward
Storm Over the Nile as General Faversham
The Night My Number Came Up as Lindsay
The Constant Husband as The Judge

1954

The Beachcomber as The Headman
Svengali as Billy's Uncle
Forbidden Cargo as Director of Customs
Tonight in Britain as Self
You Know What Sailors Are

1953

Street Corner as Insp. Heron
Personal Affair as Headmaster Griffith
The Heart of the Matter as Commissioner
Grand National Night as Inspector Ayling

1952

The Card as Bank Manager
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men as Scathelock
The Magic Box as Official Receiver
The Hour of 13 as Sir Herbert Frensham

1951

Scrooge as Jacob Marley
Tom Brown's Schooldays as Wilkes
Flesh and Blood as Webster

1950

Trio as Vicar
Highly Dangerous as Lab Director Owens
The Astonished Heart as Ernest

1949

Passport to Pimlico as Bashford Award
Train of Events as First Plain Clothes Man

1948

Portrait from Life as Johnson
The Small Voice as Dr. Mennell
Good-Time Girl as Seddon

1947

Mine Own Executioner as Co-Counsel at Inquest
Nightbeat as Police Training Officer
Rebecca as Maxim de Winter

1946

School for Secrets as Lt. Cmdr. Lowther
Morning Departure as Commander Gates
The Years Between as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
A Girl in a Million as Divorce Counsel

1940

Band Waggon as (uncredited)
Girl in the News as Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)

1939

A Girl Must Live

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

Cleopatra
Gandhi
Labyrinth
The Three Musketeers
Barry Lyndon
Where Eagles Dare
Sink the Bismarck!
Watership Down
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
Anne of the Thousand Days

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