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