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Some of Hordern's finest work was not in films or television but on radio:... moreTrivia:
Made his professional debut in 1937 at the People's Palace, east London... moreAwards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win moreAlternate Names:
Sir Michael HordernFilmography
Actor:
- "Middlemarch" (1994) TV mini-series .... Peter Featherstone (unknown episodes)
- "Lovejoy" .... Wilfred Shotley (1 episode, 1993)
- Fly the Flag (1993) TV episode .... Wilfred Shotley - Freddie as F.R.O.7 (1992) (voice) .... King
... aka Freddie the Frog - "Chillers" .... Colonel Eddie Phelps (1 episode, 1992)
... aka Mistress of Suspense (UK)
- The Cat Brought It In (1992) TV episode .... Colonel Eddie Phelps - "Truckers" (1992) TV series (voice) .... The Abbot
- Beauty and the Beast (1992) (V) (voice) .... Monsieur Du Bois
- Memento Mori (1992) (TV) .... Godfrey Colston
- The Fool (1990) .... Mr. Tatham
- The Green Man (1990) (TV) .... Gramps
- "Perfect Scoundrels" (1 episode, 1990)
- The Play's the Sting (1990) TV episode - Diamond Skulls (1989) .... Lord Crewne
... aka Dark Obsession (USA) - Danny the Champion of the World (1989) (TV) .... Lord Claybury
- The Dog It Was That Died (1989) (TV) .... George
- Ending Up (1989) (TV) .... George
- The Trouble with Spies (1987) .... Jason Locke
... aka 2 Female Spies with Flowered Panties (UK) - The Secret Garden (1987) (TV) .... Ben Weatherstaff
- The Secret World of Polly Flint (1987) (TV) .... Narrator
- "Inspector Morse" .... Dr. Starkie (1 episode, 1987)
- Service of All the Dead (1987) TV episode .... Dr. Starkie - Suspicion (1987) (TV) .... Lord McLaidlaw
- Scoop (1987) (TV) .... Uncle Theodore
- "Paradise Postponed" (1986) TV mini-series .... Rev. Simeon Simcox
- Labyrinth (1986) (voice) .... The Wiseman
- Lady Jane (1986) .... Doctor Feckenham
- Comrades (1986) .... Mr. Pitt
- Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) (voice) .... Older Watson
... aka Pyramid of Fear - Now Voyager (1985) (V) .... Old man
- The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984) (TV)
- "The Wind in the Willows" (1984) TV series .... Badger (unknown episodes)
- The Wind in the Willows (1983/I) (TV) (voice) .... Badger
- Yellowbeard (1983) .... Dr. Gilpin
- Cymbeline (1982) (TV) .... Jupiter
... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Cymbeline (USA: video title) - Gandhi (1982) .... Sir George Hodge
... aka Richard Attenborough's Film: Gandhi (USA: complete title) - The Missionary (1982) .... Slatterthwaite/Narrator
- King Lear (1982) (TV) .... King Lear
... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: King Lear (USA: video title) - Oliver Twist (1982/I) (TV) .... Mr. Brownlow
- Ivanhoe (1982) (TV) .... Cedric
- "BBC2 Playhouse" .... Patient (1 episode, 1981)
- You're All Right, How Am I? (1981) TV episode .... Patient - All's Well That Ends Well (1981) (TV) .... Lafeu
... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: All's Well That Ends Well (USA: video title) - The History Man (1981) (TV) .... Prof. Marvin
... aka Malcolm Bradbury's The History Man - Shogun (1980/I) (TV) .... Friar Domingo
... aka James Clavell's Shogun (USA: complete title) - "Shogun" (1980) TV mini-series .... Friar Domingo
... aka James Clavell's Shogun - Gauguin the Savage (1980) (TV) .... Durand-Huel
- The Tempest (1980) (TV) .... Prospero
... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: The Tempest (USA: video title) - The Wildcats of St. Trinian's (1980) .... Sir Charles Hackforth
- "Tales of the Unexpected" .... Cyril Bixby (1 episode, 1979)
... aka Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected
- Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat (1979) TV episode .... Cyril Bixby - The Talking Parcel (1978) (TV) (voice) .... Oswald, the Sea Serpent
- Romeo & Juliet (1978) (TV) .... Capulet
... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (USA: video title) - The Medusa Touch (1978) .... Atropos
... aka Grande menace, La (France) - Watership Down (1978) (voice) .... Frith
... aka Richard Adams's Watership Down (UK: complete title) - A Christmas Carol (1977) (TV) .... Ebenezer Scrooge
- Joseph Andrews (1977) .... Parson Adams
- "Play of the Month" .... God / ... (5 episodes, 1971-1976)
- Chester Mystery Cycle (1976) TV episode .... God
- King Lear (1975) TV episode .... King Lear
- The Magistrate (1972) TV episode .... Mr. Posket
- Tartuffe (1971) TV episode .... Tartuffe
- Don Juan in Hell (1971) TV episode .... The Devil - The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976) .... King
... aka The Slipper and the Rose (UK: short title) - "Paddington" .... Narrator / ... (3 episodes, 1976)
... aka Paddington Bear (USA)
- Please Look After This Bear (1976) TV episode .... Narrator
- Christmas (????) TV episode (voice) .... Narrator/Voices
- Paddington and the Christmas Shopping (????) TV episode (voice) .... Narrator/Voices - Lucky Lady (1975) .... Capt. Rockwell
- Barry Lyndon (1975) .... Narrator
- The Old Curiosity Shop (1975) .... Grandfather/Edward Trent
... aka Mr. Quilp - Royal Flash (1975) .... Headmaster
- "Edward the Seventh" .... W. E. Gladstone (2 episodes, 1975)
... aka Edward VII (UK: short title)
... aka Edward the King (USA)
... aka The Royal Victorians
- The Invisible Queen (1975) TV episode .... W. E. Gladstone
- A Hundred Thousand Welcomes (1975) TV episode .... W. E. Gladstone - "Cakes and Ale" (1974) TV mini-series .... Willie Ashenden
- Juggernaut (1974) (uncredited) .... Mr. Baker
... aka Terror on the Britannic (UK: DVD title) (USA) - "Fall of Eagles" .... Narrator (1 episode, 1974)
- Tell the King the Sky Is Falling (1974) TV episode .... Narrator - England Made Me (1973) .... F. Minty
- The MacKintosh Man (1973) .... Brown
- Theater of Blood (1973) .... George Maxwell
... aka Much Ado About Murder - "Grubstreet" (1972) TV series
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972) .... Mock Turtle
- Demons of the Mind (1972) .... Priest
... aka Blood Evil
... aka Blood Will Have Blood
... aka Nightmare of Terror - The Pied Piper (1972) .... Melius, Alchemist
... aka The Pied Piper of Hamelin - The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972) .... Justin
- A Christmas Carol (1971) (TV) (voice) .... Marley's Ghost
- "Six Dates with Barker" .... Arch Funster (1 episode, 1971)
- 2774 AD: All the World's a Stooge (1971) TV episode .... Arch Funster - Up Pompeii (1971) .... Ludicrus Sextus
- Girl Stroke Boy (1971) .... George Mason
- Some Will, Some Won't (1970) .... Denniston Russell
- Futtocks End (1970) .... The Butler
- Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) .... Count Thomas Boleyn
... aka Anne of a Thousand Days - The Bed Sitting Room (1969) .... Bules Martin
- Where Eagles Dare (1968) .... Adm. Rolland
- Prudence and the Pill (1968) .... Dr. Morley
- I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967) .... Headmaster
... aka I'll Never Forget What's 'Isname (USA: video box title) - How I Won the War (1967) .... Grapple
- The Jokers (1967/I) .... Sir Matthew
- The Taming of the Shrew (1967) .... Baptista
... aka Bisbetica domata, La (Italy) - The Chemistry of Love (1967) (TV)
... aka Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Chemistry of Love (UK: series title) - "On the Margin" (1966) TV series (unknown episodes)
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) .... Senex
- Khartoum (1966) .... Lord Granville
- "Hallmark Hall of Fame" .... Banquo / ... (2 episodes, 1960-1966)
... aka Hallmark Television Playhouse
- Lamp at Midnight (1966) TV episode .... Cardinal Barberini , later Pope Urban VIII
- Macbeth II (1960) TV episode .... Banquo - Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) .... British ambassador
- Nelson: A Study in Miniature (1966) (TV) .... Lord Minto
- Lamp at Midnight (1966) (TV) .... Pope Urban VIII
... aka George Schaefer's Showcase Theatre: Lamp at Midnight (USA: series title) - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) .... Ashe
- Land of My Dreams (1965) (TV)
- Genghis Khan (1965) .... Geen
... aka Dschingis Khan (West Germany)
... aka Dzingis-Kan - "The Wednesday Play" .... General Kokoshkin, Chief of Police / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
- Sir Jocelyn, the Minister Would Like a Word... (1965) TV episode .... Sir Jocelyn Symonds
- A Crack in the Ice (1964) TV episode .... General Kokoshkin, Chief of Police - The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964) .... Harnsworth
- "Detective" .... Detective Inspector Rason (1 episode, 1964)
- The Man Who Murdered in Public (1964) TV episode .... Detective Inspector Rason - "Disneyland" .... Squire Banks / ... (3 episodes, 1963)
... aka Disney's Wonderful World (USA: new title)
... aka The Disney Sunday Movie (USA: new title)
... aka The Magical World of Disney (USA: new title)
... aka The Wonderful World of Disney (USA: new title)
... aka Walt Disney (USA: new title)
... aka Walt Disney Presents (USA: new title)
... aka Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (USA: new title)
- The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh: Part 1 (1963) TV episode .... Squire Thomas Banks
- The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh: Part 2 (1963) TV episode .... Squire Banks
- The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh: Part 3 (1963) TV episode .... Squire Banks - "ITV Play of the Week" .... Hartley / ... (2 episodes, 1957-1963)
... aka Play of the Week (UK: short title)
- The Quails (1963) TV episode .... Ratcliff
- The Guinea Pig (1957) TV episode .... Hartley - "Espionage" .... Minister (1 episode, 1963)
- The Gentle Spies (1963) TV episode .... Minister - The V.I.P.s (1963) .... Airport Director
... aka International Hotel - Cleopatra (1963) .... Cicero
- El Cid (1961) .... Don Diego
- "ITV Television Playhouse" .... Man (1 episode, 1961)
- The Square (1961) TV episode .... Man - Macbeth (1960/I) (TV) .... Banquo
- Man in the Moon (1960) .... Dr. Davidson
- Moment of Danger (1960) .... Inspector Farrell
... aka Malaga (USA) - Without the Grail (1960) (TV)
- Sink the Bismarck! (1960) .... Commander-in-Chief - 'King George V'
- "The DuPont Show of the Month" .... Mr. Sowerberry (1 episode, 1959)
- Oliver Twist (1959) TV episode .... Mr. Sowerberry - "Play of the Week" .... Morganhall (1 episode, 1959)
- Back to Back: The Dock Brief and What Shall We Tell Caroline? (1959) TV episode .... Morganhall - "BBC Sunday Night Theatre" .... General Parmenion / ... (4 episodes, 1950-1959)
- Farewell My City (1959) TV episode .... Maurice Lammering
- The Merchant of Venice (1955) TV episode .... Shylock
- As You Like It (1953) TV episode .... Jacques
- Adventure Story (1950) TV episode .... General Parmenion - "Playhouse 90" .... Griffith (1 episode, 1959)
- Dark as the Night (1959) TV episode .... Griffith - Back to Back (1959) (TV)
- I Was Monty's Double (1958) .... Governor of Gibraltar
... aka Hell, Heaven or Hoboken - The Spaniard's Curse (1958) .... Judge Manton
- I Accuse! (1958) .... Prosecutor, second Dreyfus trial
- Girls at Sea (1958) .... Adm. Reginald Victor Hewitt
- Windom's Way (1957) .... Patterson
- No Time for Tears (1957)
- The Indifferent Shepherd (1957) (TV) .... Henry Aspen
- "Armchair Theatre" (1 episode, 1957)
- The Witness (1957) TV episode - The Spanish Gardener (1956) .... Harrington Brande
- The Baby and the Battleship (1956) .... Capt. Hugh
- Pacific Destiny (1956) .... Resident Commissioner
- The Man Who Never Was (1956) .... Gen. Coburn
- Alexander the Great (1956) .... Demosthenes
... aka Alejandro Magno (Spain) - "London Playhouse" .... Mr. Frisby (1 episode, 1956)
- The Guv'nor (1956) TV episode .... Mr. Frisby - Storm Over the Nile (1955) .... General Faversham
- The Dark Avenger (1955) .... King Edward
... aka The Warriors (USA) - The Constant Husband (1955) .... Judge
... aka Marriage a la Mode (USA) - The Night My Number Came Up (1955) .... Commander Lindsay
- The Beachcomber (1954) .... The Headman
- Forbidden Cargo (1954) .... Director of Customs
- You Know What Sailors Are (1954) .... Captain Hamilton
- Personal Affair (1953) .... Headmaster
- The Heart of the Matter (1953) .... Commissioner
- Grand National Night (1953) .... Insp. Ayling
... aka Wicked Wife (USA) - Street Corner (1953) .... Det. Insp. Heron
... aka Both Sides of the Law (USA) - The Hour of 13 (1952) .... Sir Herbert Frensham
- The Card (1952) (uncredited) .... Bank Manager
... aka The Promoter (USA) - The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) .... Scathelock
... aka The Story of Robin Hood (Philippines: English title) (USA) - Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951) .... Wilkes
- Scrooge (1951) .... Jacob Marley / Marley's Ghost
... aka A Christmas Carol (USA) - The Magic Box (1951) .... Official Receiver
- Flesh & Blood (1951) .... Webster
- Highly Dangerous (1950) .... Lab Director Owens
- Trio (1950) .... Vicar (in segment The Verger)
- Train of Events (1949) .... Plainclothesman (segment The Actor)
- Passport to Pimlico (1949) .... Inspector Bashford
- The Astonished Heart (1949) .... Ernest
- Good-Time Girl (1948) .... Seddon
- Morning Departure (1948) (TV) .... Captain
- The Small Voice (1948)
... aka The Hideout (USA) - Portrait from Life (1948)
... aka The Girl in the Painting (USA) - Third Time Lucky (1948) (uncredited) .... Doctor
- Night Beat (1947) (uncredited)
- Mine Own Executioner (1947) (uncredited)
- Rebecca (1947) (TV) .... Maxim de Winter
- School for Secrets (1946) .... Lt. Cmdr. Lowther
... aka Secret Flight (USA) - Morning Departure (1946) (TV) .... Commander Gates
- A Girl in a Million (1946) .... Divorce Counsel
- The Years Between (1946) (uncredited) .... Member Of Parliament
- Girl in the News (1940) (uncredited) .... Assistant Prosecuting Counsel
- A Girl Must Live (1939)
... aka A Girl Has to Live (UK)
Soundtrack:
- The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976) (performer: "What Has Love To Do With Getting Married?", "Protocoligorically Correct")
... aka The Slipper and the Rose (UK: short title) - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) (performer: "EVERYBODY OUGHT TO HAVE A MAID")
Self:
- "Horizon" .... Himself - Narrator (1 episode, 1991)
- Colonizing Cyberspace (1991) TV episode (voice) (as Sir Michael Hordern) .... Himself - Narrator - "Aspel & Company" .... Himself (1 episode, 1988)
- Episode #6.5 (1988) TV episode .... Himself - Group Madness (1983) .... Himself/Dr. Gilpin
- "Omnibus" .... Professor Parkins (1 episode, 1968)
- Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968) TV episode .... Professor Parkins
Archive Footage:
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"Disneyland"
- The Story of Robin Hood: Part 2 (1955) TV episode .... Scathelock
- The Story of Robin Hood: Part 1 (1955) TV episode .... Scathelock
Additional Details
Other Works:
"Hallmark Hall of Fame/Lamp at Midnight", 27 April 1966 as Cardinal Barberini moreSTARmeter: 
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