Michael Hordern

ActorSound Oct 3 (died age 83) Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK 1939–2008 (69 year career)

6.2 avg rating

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

Film

Barry Lyndon

Narrator (voice)

Film

Gandhi

Sir George Hodge

Film

Labyrinth

The Wiseman (voice)

Film

Where Eagles Dare

Adm. Rolland

Film

Watership Down

Frith (voice)

Film

Cleopatra

Cicero

Film

Young Sherlock Holmes

Older Watson (voice)

Film

Scrooge

Jacob Marley

Filmography

Acting (197)

Movies (158)

Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

2008

as Squire Thomas Banks (archive footage)

8.3

A Very Open Prison

1995

as Lord Langland

10.0

Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt

1993

as Narrator

Beauty and the Beast

1992

as Monsieur Du Blois (voice)

Memento Mori

as Godfrey Colston

Truckers

as The Abbot (voice)

Freddie As F.R.O.7.

as King (voice)

The Christmas Collection

1992

as Badger (voice)

More Children's Holiday Favourites

1990

as Badger (voice)

Diamond Skulls

as Lord Crewne

The Fool

as Mr. Tatham

More Children's Summer Stories

1989

as Badger (voice)

Ending Up

1989

as George

Danny the Champion of the World

1989

as Lord Claybury

6.2

The Dog It Was That Died

1989

as George

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2

1989

as Badger (voice)

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1

1989

as Badger (voice)

The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads

1989

as Badger (voice)

5.0

Children's Favourites - Volume 1

1988

as Badger (voice)

The Secret Garden

as Ben Weatherstaff

Scoop

as Uncle Theodor

Suspicion

as Lord McLaidlaw

Comrades

as Mr. Pitt

The Trouble with Spies

1987

as Jason Locke

4.2

The Secret World of Polly Flint

1987

as Narrator

Labyrinth

1986

as The Wiseman (voice)

7.3

Lady Jane

1986

as Dr. Feckenham

6.9

Paddington Goes to School

1986

7.0

The Little Match Girl

1986

as Himself - Introduction

2.0

Paradise Postponed

1986

as Simeon Simcox

7.0

Paddington's Birthday Bonanza

1986

as Narrator

The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales

1986

as Badger (voice)

Young Sherlock Holmes

1985

as Older Watson (voice)

6.7

A Crack in the Ice

1985

as The Storyteller

Now Voyager

1985

as The Old Man

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

1984

as Psychoanalyst

5.2

The Wind in the Willows

1984

as Badger (voice)

The Wind in the Willows

as Badger

Yellowbeard

as Dr. Gilpin

Cymbeline

as Jupiter

Clash of Loyalties

as Narrator

Group Madness

as Self / Dr. Gilpin

Gandhi

1982

as Sir George Hodge

7.6

The Missionary

1982

as Slatterthewaite/Narrator

Ivanhoe

as Cedric

Oliver Twist

as Mr. Brownlow

King Lear

as King Lear

You're All Right, How Am I?

1981

as Patient

All's Well That Ends Well

1981

as Lafeu

6.3

Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies

1980

as Narrator (voice)

7.0

The Spirit of Cheshire

1980

The Wildcats of St Trinian's

1980

as Sir Charles Hackforth

3.9

Gauguin the Savage

1980

as Durand-Huel

The Tempest

as Prospero

Watership Down

as Frith (voice)

The Medusa Touch

as Atropos - Fortune Teller

Romeo and Juliet

as Capulet

The Talking Parcel

as Oswald, the Sea Serpent

A Christmas Carol

as Ebenezer Scrooge

Joseph Andrews

as Parson Adams

The Slipper and the Rose

1976

as King

6.8

Paddington Bear

1976

as Narrator / All

The Chester Mystery Plays

1976

as God

Barry Lyndon

as Narrator (voice)

Lucky Lady

as Captain Rockwell

Royal Flash

as Headmaster

The Old Curiosity Shop

1975

as Edward Trent

3.3

King Lear

1975

as King Lear

Juggernaut

as Mr. Baker

The Three Musketeers

as Treville (voice)

Theatre of Blood

as George Maxwell

The MacKintosh Man

as Mr. Brown

England Made Me

as F. Minty

Demons of the Mind

as Priest

The Pied Piper

as Melius, Alchemist

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

1972

as Mock Turtle

6.2

The Possession of Joel Delaney

as Justin

Girl Stroke Boy

as George Mason

Up Pompeii

as Ludicrus Sextus

A Christmas Carol

as Marley's Ghost (voice)

7.2

Futtocks End

1970

as The Butler

5.4

Some Will, Some Won't

1970

as Denniston Russell

4.8

Anne of the Thousand Days

as Thomas Boleyn

The Bed Sitting Room

as Bules Martin

Where Eagles Dare

as Adm. Rolland

Whistle and I'll Come to You

1968

as Professor Parkins

6.5

Prudence and the Pill

1968

as Dr. Morley (uncredited)

5.4

The Taming of the Shrew

as Baptista

The Jokers

as Sir Matthew

How I Won the War

as Grapple

I'll Never Forget What's'isname

as Headmaster

Khartoum

as Lord Granville

Cast a Giant Shadow

as British Ambassador

6.2

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1966

as Senex

6.0

Turner

1966

as Reads recollections

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

as Ashe

Genghis Khan

as Geen

Macbeth

as Banquo

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

as Harnsworth

Cleopatra

as Cicero

The V.I.P.s

as Airport Director

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

1963

as Squire Thomas Banks

El Cid

as Don Diego

The Square

as The Man

Sink the Bismarck!

1960

as Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'

Man in the Moon

as Dr. Davidson

Moment of Danger

as Inspector Farrell

Back to Back

1959

I Was Monty's Double

1958

as Governor of Gibralter

The Spaniard's Curse

as Judge Manton

Girls at Sea

as Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt

6.0

I Accuse!

1958

as Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial

6.1

The Dock Brief

1957

as Morgenhall

Windom's Way

as Patterson

No Time for Tears

as Surgeon

The Man Who Never Was

1956

as Gen. Coburn

7.0

Pacific Destiny

1956

as Resident Commissioner

Alexander the Great

as Demosthenes

The Spanish Gardener

as Harrington Brande

The Baby and the Battleship

as Capt. Hugh

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

Tonight in Britain

as Self

Forbidden Cargo

as Director of Customs

Svengali

as Billy's Uncle

The Beachcomber

as The Headman

You Know What Sailors Are

Street Corner

as Insp. Heron

Grand National Night

as Inspector Ayling

Personal Affair

as Headmaster Griffith

6.2

The Heart of the Matter

1953

as Commissioner

6.6

The Hour of 13

1952

as Sir Herbert Frensham

5.7

The Card

1952

as Bank Manager

6.9

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

as Scathelock

The Magic Box

as Official Receiver

Scrooge

as Jacob Marley

Flesh and Blood

as Webster

Tom Brown's Schooldays

as Wilkes

Trio

as Vicar

The Astonished Heart

as Ernest

Highly Dangerous

as Lab Director Owens

Passport to Pimlico

as Bashford

Train of Events

as First Plain Clothes Man

The Small Voice

as Dr. Mennell

Portrait from Life

as Johnson

Good-Time Girl

as Seddon

Nightbeat

as Police Training Officer

5.2

Mine Own Executioner

1947

as Co-Counsel at Inquest

7.0

Rebecca

1947

as Maxim de Winter

School for Secrets

1946

as Lt. Cmdr. Lowther

7.0

Morning Departure

1946

as Commander Gates

The Years Between

1946

as Member of Parliament (uncredited)

A Girl in a Million

as Divorce Counsel

Girl in the News

as Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)

Band Waggon

as (uncredited)

A Girl Must Live

Television (39)

Middlemarch

1994

as Peter Featherstone

7.8

Middlemarch

1994

as Peter Featherstone

7.8

Chillers

1992

as Colonel Eddie Phelps

Perfect Scoundrels

as Sir Norman

Oh, Mr. Toad

as Badger

The Green Man

as Gramps

Inspector Morse

as Doctor Starkie

Daytime Live

Lovejoy

as Wilfred Shotley

Paradise Postponed

as Rev. Simeon Simcox

Screen Two

as Godfrey Colston

Theatre Night

The Wind in the Willows

as Badger (voice)

Wogan

as Self

The History Man

as Professor Marvin

Shōgun

as Friar Domingo

Tales of the Unexpected

as Cyril Bixby

Paddington Bear

as Narrator

Paddington

as Narrator

Edward the Seventh

as W. E. Gladstone

Playhouse

as Patient

Fall of Eagles

as Narrator

Fall of Eagles

as Narrator (voice)

A Ghost Story for Christmas

1971

as Professor Parkins

7.4

Six Dates with Barker

as Arch Funster

Tall Stories

Omnibus

as Professor Parkins

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

1967

as Prof. Ainslie Grey

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as The Devil

5.0

The Wednesday Play

1964

as Gen. Kokoshkin, Chief of Police

4.5

Detective

1964

as Detective Inspector Rason

Story Parade

1964

as Anatol Stiller

8.0

The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

1964

as Squire Banks

Festival

1963

as Sir Augustus Thwaites

8.0

Sunday-Night Play

1960

as Walter Ormund

Armchair Theatre

1956

as Det. Supt. Coates

5.8

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Squire Banks

7.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Banquo

Sunday Night Theatre

as Hugh Wigmore

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Paddington Goes to School

1986

Vocals

7.0