Michael Hordern

Known for: Acting
Born: October 3, 1911, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Died: May 2, 1995
Movies: 157

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.

Best-Known Movies

8.0

Barry Lyndon

1975

7.3

Labyrinth

1986

7.6

Gandhi

1982

7.5

Where Eagles Dare

1968

7.1

Cleopatra

1963

6.8

Young Sherlock Holmes

1985

7.2

Watership Down

1978

7.4

Scrooge

1951

6.7

The Three Musketeers

1973

7.1

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

1965

Filmography

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

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