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Michael Hordern

Acting

Born October 3, 1911 · Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Died May 2, 1995

Also known as Sir Michael Hordern · Sir Michael Murray Hordern · Michael Murray Hordern

Biography

Sir Michael Murray Hordern was an English actor. He is best known for his Shakespearean roles, especially King Lear. He often appeared in film, rising from a bit part actor to leading roles; by the time of his death he had appeared in nearly 140 films. His later work was predominantly in television and radio.

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Awards & recognition

  • Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • Knight Bachelor

Filmography50+ titles

Barry Lyndon

1975as Narrator (voice)

Middlemarch

1994as Peter Featherstone

Inspector Morse

1987as Doctor Starkie

Shogun

1980as Friar Domingo

Gandhi

1982as Sir George Hodge

Romeo and Juliet

1978as Capulet

Where Eagles Dare

1968as Adm. Rolland

Lovejoy

1986as Wilfred Shotley

A Christmas Carol

1951as Jacob Marley

Labyrinth

1986as The Wiseman (voice)

Watership Down

1978as Frith (voice)

Paddington Bear

1976as Narrator

A Christmas Carol

1971as Marley's Ghost (voice)

Anne of the Thousand Days

1969as Thomas Boleyn

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

1965as Ashe

The Wind in the Willows

1983as Badger

The Tempest

1980as Prospero

Cleopatra

1963as Cicero

The Promoter

1952as Bank Manager

Lady Jane

1986as Dr. Feckenham

The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella

1976as King

The Taming of The Shrew

1967as Baptista

Sink the Bismarck!

1960as Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'

Passport to Pimlico

1949as Bashford

Tales of the Unexpected

1979as Cyril Bixby

The Medusa Touch

1978as Atropos - Fortune Teller

El Cid

1961as Don Diego

Chillers

1990as Colonel Eddie Phelps

Suspicion

1987as Lord McLaidlaw

Young Sherlock Holmes

1985as Older Watson (voice)

A Christmas Carol

1977as Ebenezer Scrooge

The Three Musketeers

1973as Treville (voice)

Theater of Blood

1973as George Maxwell

Man in the Moon

1960as Dr. Davidson

Edward the Seventh

1975as W. E. Gladstone

Whistle and I'll Come to You

1968as Professor Parkins

Cast a Giant Shadow

1966as British Ambassador

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

1972as Mock Turtle

Khartoum

1966as Lord Granville

The Spanish Gardener

1956as Harrington Brande

The Beachcomber

1954as The Headman

Juggernaut

1974as Mr. Baker

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

1952as Scathelock

The MacKintosh Man

1973as Mr. Brown

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1966as Senex

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

1964as Harnsworth

The V.I.P.s

1963as Airport Director

The Pied Piper

1972as Melius, Alchemist

Alexander the Great

1956as Demosthenes

Royal Flash

1975as Headmaster