Michael Hordern
Known for acting · Born 3 October 1911 · Died 2 May 1995 · aged 83 · Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK
201 credits
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
The Wind in the Willows
1984
Paddington Bear
1976
Where Eagles Dare
1968
Scrooge
1951
Paddington
1976
The Taming of the Shrew
1967
The Bed Sitting Room
1969
Yellowbeard
1983
The Wind in the Willows
1983
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
The MacKintosh Man
1973
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972
Acting (200)
2008Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney MarshSquire Thomas Banks (archive footage)Film
1995A Very Open PrisonLord LanglandFilm
1994MiddlemarchPeter Featherstone · 6 episodesSeries
1993Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure HuntNarratorFilm
1992Freddie As F.R.O.7.King (voice)Film
1992TruckersThe Abbot (voice)Film
1992Memento MoriGodfrey ColstonFilm
1992Beauty and the BeastMonsieur Du Blois (voice)Film
1992The Christmas CollectionBadger (voice)Film
1990Diamond SkullsLord CrewneFilm
1990The Green ManGramps · 3 episodesSeries
1990ChillersColonel Eddie PhelpsSeries
1990The FoolMr. TathamFilm
1990Perfect ScoundrelsSir NormanSeries
1990More Children's Holiday FavouritesBadger (voice)Film
1990Oh, Mr. ToadBadger · 13 episodesSeries
1989Danny the Champion of the WorldLord ClayburyFilm
1989The Dog It Was That DiedGeorgeFilm
1989Ending UpGeorgeFilm
1989The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two ToadsBadger (voice)Film
1989Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1Badger (voice)Film
1989Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2Badger (voice)Film
1989More Children's Summer StoriesBadger (voice)Film
1988Children's Favourites - Volume 1Badger (voice)Film
1987Inspector MorseDoctor StarkieSeries
1987The Secret GardenBen WeatherstaffFilm
1987ComradesMr. PittFilm
1987The Trouble with SpiesJason LockeFilm
1987ScoopUncle TheodorFilm
1987SuspicionLord McLaidlawFilm
1987Daytime LiveSeries
1987The Secret World of Polly FlintNarratorFilm
1987The Secret World of Polly FlintNarrator · 6 episodesSeries
1986LabyrinthThe Wiseman (voice)Film
1986Lady JaneDr. FeckenhamFilm
1986LovejoyWilfred ShotleySeries
1986Paddington Goes to SchoolFilm
1986The Little Match GirlHimself - IntroductionFilm
1986Paradise PostponedRev. Simeon Simcox · 14 episodesSeries
1986Paradise PostponedSimeon SimcoxFilm
1986Paddington's Birthday BonanzaNarratorFilm
1986The Wind in the Willows: Winter TalesBadger (voice)Film
1985Young Sherlock HolmesOlder Watson (voice)Film
1985Screen TwoLord Langland, Godfrey ColstonSeries
1985Now VoyagerThe Old ManFilm
1985A Crack in the IceThe StorytellerFilm
1985Theatre NightSeries
1984The Wind in the WillowsBadger (voice) · 65 episodesSeries
1984The Zany Adventures of Robin HoodPsychoanalystFilm
1983YellowbeardDr. GilpinFilm
1983The Wind in the WillowsBadgerFilm
1983CymbelineJupiterFilm
1983Clash of LoyaltiesNarratorFilm
1983Group MadnessSelf / Dr. GilpinFilm
1982GandhiSir George HodgeFilm
1982IvanhoeCedricFilm
1982The MissionarySlatterthewaite/NarratorFilm
1982Oliver TwistMr. BrownlowFilm
1982WoganSelfSeries
1982American PlayhouseLord McLaidlawSeries
1982King LearKing LearFilm
1981The History ManProfessor Marvin · 3 episodesSeries
1981All's Well That Ends WellLafeuFilm
1981You're All Right, How Am I?PatientFilm
1980ShōgunFriar Domingo · 5 episodesSeries
1980The Wildcats of St Trinian'sSir Charles HackforthFilm
1980Paddington Bear Goes to the MoviesNarrator (voice)Film
1980The TempestProsperoFilm
1980Gauguin the SavageDurand-HuelFilm
1980The Spirit of CheshireFilm
1979Tales of the UnexpectedCyril BixbySeries
1978Watership DownFrith (voice)Film
1978The Medusa TouchAtropos - Fortune TellerFilm
1978Romeo and JulietCapuletFilm
1978The BBC Television ShakespeareCapulet, Prospero, LafeuSeries
1978The Talking ParcelOswald, the Sea SerpentFilm
1977A Christmas CarolEbenezer ScroogeFilm
1977Joseph AndrewsParson AdamsFilm
1976The Slipper and the RoseKingFilm
1976Paddington BearNarrator · 56 episodesSeries
1976Cakes and AleWillie Ashenden · 3 episodesSeries
1976Paddington BearNarrator / AllFilm
1976The Chester Mystery PlaysGodFilm
1976PaddingtonNarrator · 56 episodesSeries
1975Barry LyndonNarrator (voice)Film
1975Royal FlashHeadmasterFilm
1975Lucky LadyCaptain RockwellFilm
1975Edward the SeventhW. E. Gladstone · 5 episodesSeries
1975The Old Curiosity ShopEdward TrentFilm
1975King LearKing LearFilm
1974JuggernautMr. BakerFilm
1974Fall of EaglesNarrator · 13 episodes, Narrator (voice)Series
1974PlayhousePatientSeries
1973The Three MusketeersTreville (voice)Film
1973Theatre of BloodGeorge MaxwellFilm
1973The MacKintosh ManBrownFilm
1973England Made MeF. MintyFilm
1972Demons of the MindPriestFilm
1972Alice's Adventures in WonderlandMock TurtleFilm
1972The Possession of Joel DelaneyJustinFilm
1972The Pied PiperMelius, AlchemistFilm
1971A Christmas CarolMarley's Ghost (voice)Film
1971Up PompeiiLudicrus SextusFilm
1971Girl Stroke BoyGeorge MasonFilm
1971Film '72SelfSeries
1971A Ghost Story for ChristmasProfessor ParkinsSeries
1971Six Dates with BarkerArch FunsterSeries
1971Tall Stories · 6 episodesSeries
1970Futtocks EndThe ButlerFilm
1970Some Will, Some Won'tDenniston RussellFilm
1969Anne of the Thousand DaysThomas BoleynFilm
1969The Bed Sitting RoomBules MartinFilm
1968Where Eagles DareAdm. RollandFilm
1968Whistle and I'll Come to YouProfessor ParkinsFilm
1968Prudence and the PillDr. Morley (uncredited)Film
1967The Taming of the ShrewBaptistaFilm
1967How I Won the WarGrappleFilm
1967The JokersSir MatthewFilm
1967I'll Never Forget What's'isnameHeadmasterFilm
1967OmnibusSelf, Self - Narrator (voice), Professor ParkinsSeries
1967Sir Arthur Conan DoyleProf. Ainslie GreySeries
1966KhartoumLord GranvilleFilm
1966A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumSenexFilm
1966Cast a Giant ShadowBritish AmbassadorFilm
1966TurnerReads recollectionsFilm
1965The Spy Who Came In from the ColdAsheFilm
1965Genghis KhanGeenFilm
1965BBC Play of the MonthMr. Posket, God, The Devil, Tartuffe, LearSeries
1964The Yellow Rolls-RoyceHarnsworthFilm
1964The Wednesday PlaySir Jocelyn Symonds, Gen. Kokoshkin, Chief of PoliceSeries
1964MacbethBanquoFilm
1964DetectiveDetective Inspector RasonSeries
1964Story ParadeAnatol StillerSeries
1964The Scarecrow of Romney MarshSquire Banks · 3 episodesSeries
1963CleopatraCiceroFilm
1963The V.I.P.sAirport DirectorFilm
1963Dr. Syn, Alias the ScarecrowSquire Thomas BanksFilm
1963FestivalSir Augustus ThwaitesSeries
1963EspionageMinisterSeries
1961El CidDon DiegoFilm
1961The SquareThe ManFilm
1960Sink the Bismarck!Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'Film
1960Man in the MoonDr. DavidsonFilm
1960Moment of DangerInspector FarrellFilm
1960Sunday-Night PlayWalter OrmundSeries
1959Back to BackFilm
1958I Was Monty's DoubleGovernor of GibralterFilm
1958The Spaniard's CurseJudge MantonFilm
1958I Accuse!Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus TrialFilm
1958Girls at SeaAdmiral Reginald Victor HewittFilm
1957Windom's WayPattersonFilm
1957No Time for TearsSurgeonFilm
1957The Dock BriefMorgenhallFilm
1956Alexander the GreatDemosthenesFilm
1956The Man Who Never WasGen. CoburnFilm
1956The Spanish GardenerHarrington BrandeFilm
1956The Baby and the BattleshipCapt. HughFilm
1956Pacific DestinyResident CommissionerFilm
1956Armchair TheatreDet. Supt. CoatesSeries
1955The Night My Number Came UpLindsayFilm
1955The Dark AvengerKing EdwardFilm
1955The Constant HusbandThe JudgeFilm
1955Storm Over the NileGeneral FavershamFilm
1954The Wonderful World of DisneySquire Banks · 3 episodesSeries
1954SvengaliBilly's UncleFilm
1954Forbidden CargoDirector of CustomsFilm
1954The BeachcomberThe HeadmanFilm
1954You Know What Sailors AreFilm
1954Tonight in BritainSelfFilm
1953Personal AffairHeadmaster GriffithFilm
1953Street CornerInsp. HeronFilm
1953The Heart of the MatterCommissionerFilm
1953Grand National NightInspector AylingFilm
1952The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie MenScathelockFilm
1952The CardBank ManagerFilm
1952The Magic BoxOfficial ReceiverFilm
1952The Hour of 13Herbert FrenshamFilm
1951ScroogeJacob MarleyFilm
1951Tom Brown's SchooldaysWilkesFilm
1951Hallmark Hall of FameBanquo, Ben Weatherstaff, Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIIISeries
1951Flesh and BloodWebsterFilm
1950TrioVicarFilm
1950Highly DangerousLab Director OwensFilm
1950The Astonished HeartErnestFilm
1950Sunday Night TheatreEpilogue spoken by (voice), Jacques · 2 episodes, Hugh Wigmore, Trigorin, General Parmenion, Christopher Williams, Major Booth Voysey, Rev. James Mavor Morell, Shylock · 2 episodes, Maurice LammeringSeries
1949Passport to PimlicoBashfordFilm
1949Train of EventsFirst Plain Clothes ManFilm
1948Good-Time GirlSeddonFilm
1948Portrait from LifeJohnsonFilm
1948The Small VoiceDr. MennellFilm
1947Mine Own ExecutionerCo-Counsel at InquestFilm
1947NightbeatPolice Training OfficerFilm
1947RebeccaMaxim de WinterFilm
1946The Years BetweenMember of Parliament (uncredited)Film
1946School for SecretsLt. Cmdr. LowtherFilm
1946A Girl in a MillionDivorce CounselFilm
1946Morning DepartureCommander GatesFilm
1940Band Waggon(uncredited)Film
1940Girl in the NewsAssistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)Film
1939A Girl Must LiveFilm
Sound (1)
1986Paddington Goes to SchoolVocalsFilm