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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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Filmography
all 181
Movies 147
TV Shows 34
Narrator 11
Voice 10
self 5
Director 3
Squire Thomas Banks

Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh (2008)
Movie
Lord Langland

A Very Open Prison (1995)
Movie
Peter Featherstone

Middlemarch (1994)
TV
6
The Abbot (voice)

Truckers (1992)
Movie
Godfrey Colston

Memento Mori (1992)
Movie
Monsieur Du Bois

Beauty and the Beast (1992)
Movie
Mr. Tatham

The Fool (1990)
Movie
Gramps

The Green Man (1990)
TV
Sir Norman

Perfect Scoundrels (1990)
TV
Colonel Eddie Phelps

Chillers (1990)
TV
Badger

Oh, Mr. Toad (1990)
TV
Lord Crewne

Dark Obsession (1990)
Movie
Lord Claybury

Danny the Champion of the World (1989)
Movie
George

Ending Up (1989)
Movie
Badger (voice)

The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads (1988)
Movie
Jason Locke

The Trouble with Spies (1987)
Movie
Ben Weatherstaff

The Secret Garden (1987)
Movie
4.5
Mr. Pitt

Comrades (1987)
Movie
The Country - Uncle Theodore

Scoop (1987)
Movie
Doctor Starkie

Inspector Morse (1987)
TV
4.83
Lord McLaidlaw

Suspicion (1987)
Movie
Self - Introduction

The Little Match Girl (1986)
Movie
Simeon Simcox

Paradise Postponed (1986)
TV
Bible Readings

The Story of English (1986)
TV
The Wiseman (voice)

Labyrinth (1986)
Movie
6.9
Simeon Simcox

Paradise Postponed (1986)
Movie
Dr. Feckenham

Lady Jane (1986)
Movie
Wilfred Shotley

Lovejoy (1986)
TV
5
Older Watson (voice)

Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Movie
4
The Storyteller

Summer Season (1985)
TV
The Old Man

Now Voyager (1985)
Movie
Psychoanalyst

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984)
Movie
Dr. Gilpin

Yellowbeard (1983)
Movie
Self / Dr. Gilpin

Group Madness (1983)
Movie
Narrator

Clash of Loyalties (1983)
Movie
Jupiter

Cymbeline (1982)
Movie
Sir George Hodge

Gandhi (1982)
Movie
4.44
Slatterthewaite

The Missionary (1982)
Movie
King Lear

King Lear (1982)
Movie
Self

Wogan (1982)
TV
Mr. Brownlow

Oliver Twist (1982)
Movie
Cedric

Ivanhoe (1982)
Movie
Prof Marvin

The History Man (1981)
TV
Friar Domingo

Shōgun (1980)
TV
6
Sir Charles Hackforth

The Wildcats of St. Trinian's (1980)
Movie
Durand-Huel

Gauguin the Savage (1980)
Movie
Narrator (voice)

Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies (1980)
Movie
Prospero

The Tempest (1980)
Movie
Cyril Bixby

Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
TV
Oswald, the Sea Serpent

The Talking Parcel (1978)
Movie
Capulet

Romeo & Juliet (1978)
Movie
Self - Quotation Reader

The Body in Question (1978)
TV
Frith (voice)

Watership Down (1978)
Movie
6
Atropos - Fortune Teller

The Medusa Touch (1978)
Movie
Parson Adams

Joseph Andrews (1977)
Movie
Narrator

Paddington Bear (1976)
TV
Capt. Rockwell

Lucky Lady (1975)
Movie
Narrator (voice)

Barry Lyndon (1975)
Movie
5.33
Grandfather

The Old Curiosity Shop (1975)
Movie
Headmaster

Royal Flash (1975)
Movie
W.E. Gladstone

Edward the Seventh (1975)
TV
King Lear

King Lear (1975)
Movie
Mr. Baker

Juggernaut (1974)
Movie
Narrator

Fall of Eagles (1974)
TV
Treville (voice)

The Three Musketeers (1973)
Movie
4
Mr. Brown

The MacKintosh Man (1973)
Movie
F. Minty

England Made Me (1973)
Movie
George Maxwell

Theatre of Blood (1973)
Movie
5.33
Mock Turtle

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)
Movie
Marley's Ghost (voice)

A Christmas Carol (1971)
Movie
George Mason

Girl Stroke Boy (1971)
Movie
Ludicrus Sextus

Up Pompeii (1971)
Movie
Arch Funster

Six Dates with Barker (1971)
TV
Deniston Russell

Some Will, Some Won't (1970)
Movie
The Butler

Futtocks End (1970)
Movie
Thomas Boleyn

Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Movie
6
Bules Martin

The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
Movie
Adm. Rolland

Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Movie
4.33
Dr. Morley (uncredited)

Prudence and the Pill (1968)
Movie
Professor Parkins

Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968)
Movie
Narrator

Omnibus (1967)
TV
Sir Matthew

The Jokers (1967)
Movie
Lord Granville

Khartoum (1966)
Movie
British Ambassador

Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
Movie
Reads recollections

Turner (1966)
Movie
Harnsworth

The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
Movie
Banquo

Macbeth (1964)
Movie
Squire Thomas Banks

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1963)
Movie
Airport Director

The V.I.P.s (1963)
Movie
Cicero

Cleopatra (1963)
Movie
6
Opening narration

The Scales of Justice (1962)
TV
Don Diego

El Cid (1961)
Movie
2
Dr. Davidson

Man in the Moon (1960)
Movie
Admiral Jack Tovey - Commander in Chief - HMS King George V

Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
Movie
Inspector Farrell

Moment of Danger (1960)
Movie
Governor of Gibralter

I Was Monty's Double (1958)
Movie
Adm. Reginald Victor Hewitt

Girls at Sea (1958)
Movie
Mr. Justice Manton

The Spaniard's Curse (1958)
Movie
Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial

I Accuse! (1958)
Movie
Patterson

Windom's Way (1957)
Movie
The Surgeon

No Time for Tears (1957)
Movie
Harrington Brande

The Spanish Gardener (1956)
Movie
Capt. Hugh

The Baby and the Battleship (1956)
Movie
Gen. Coburn

The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Movie
Demosthenes

Alexander the Great (1956)
Movie
Resident Commissioner

Pacific Destiny (1956)
Movie
General Faversham

Storm Over the Nile (1955)
Movie
The Judge

The Constant Husband (1955)
Movie
King Edward

The Dark Avenger (1955)
Movie
Squire Banks

The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
TV
5.98
Billy's Uncle

Svengali (1954)
Movie
The Headman

The Beachcomber (1954)
Movie
Director of Customs

Forbidden Cargo (1954)
Movie
Captain Hamilton

You Know What Sailors Are (1954)
Movie
Commissioner

The Heart of the Matter (1953)
Movie
Headmaster Griffith

Personal Affair (1953)
Movie
Insp. Ayling

Grand National Night (1953)
Movie
Insp. Heron

Street Corner (1953)
Movie
Sir Herbert Frensham

The Hour of 13 (1952)
Movie
3.5
Bank Manager

The Card (1952)
Movie
Official Receiver

The Magic Box (1952)
Movie
6
Ben Weatherstaff / Banquo / Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Jacob Marley

Scrooge (1951)
Movie
3.5
Webster

Flesh and Blood (1951)
Movie
Owens - Lab Director

Highly Dangerous (1950)
Movie
Vicar (segment "The Verger")

Trio (1950)
Movie
Epilogue spoken by (voice)

Sunday Night Theatre (1950)
TV
Bashford

Passport to Pimlico (1949)
Movie
First Plain Clothes Man

Train of Events (1949)
Movie
Dr. Mennell

The Small Voice (1948)
Movie
Police Training Officer

Nightbeat (1947)
Movie
Co-Counsel at Inquest

Mine Own Executioner (1947)
Movie
Maxim de Winter

Rebecca (1947)
Movie
Lt. Cmdr. Lowther

School for Secrets (1946)
Movie
Commander Gates

Morning Departure (1946)
Movie
Member of Parliament (uncredited)

The Years Between (1946)
Movie
Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)

Girl in the News (1940)
Movie
(uncredited)

Band Waggon (1940)
Movie
Self

Out of Town
TV
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1911-10-03
Deathday1995-05-02 (83 years old)
Birth NameMichael Murray Hordern
Birth PlaceBerkhamsted, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsEngland
Also Known AsSir Michael Hordern, Sir Michael Murray Hordern, Michael Murray Hordern, Майкл Хордерн
AwardsCommander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Knight Bachelor
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