Person Details

Birthday: 1911-10-03 22:44:23

Death: 1995-05-02 22:44:23

Aliases: Sir Michael Hordern , Sir Michael Murray Hordern , Michael Murray Hordern

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 98

TV Involvements: 16


Most Famous Work

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Hordern, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Most Famous Work

Tales of the Unexpected
Average
7

Tales of the Unexpected

(1979) Cyril Bixby
Inspector Morse
Average
8

Inspector Morse

(1987) Doctor Starkie
Shogun
Average
8

Shogun

(1980) Friar Domingo
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Average
9

Hallmark Hall of Fame

(1951) Ben Weatherstaff
Cleopatra
Average
7

Cleopatra

(1963) Cicero
Fall of Eagles
Average
7

Fall of Eagles

(1974) Narrator
Scrooge
Average
7

Scrooge

(1951) Jacob Marley
Gandhi
Average
8

Gandhi

(1982) Sir George Hodge

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2008 Squire Thomas Banks
2006 Narrator / All
1995 Lord Langland
1994 Peter Featherstone
1993 Narrator
1992 King (voice)
The Abbot (voice)
Godfrey Colston
Monsieur Du Blois (voice)
1990 Gramps
Lord Crewne
Sir Norman
Colonel Eddie Phelps
Badger
1989 Lord Claybury
George
George
1988 Badger (voice)
1987 Jason Locke
Ben Weatherstaff
N/A
Mr. Pitt
Uncle Theodor
Narrator
Doctor Starkie
Lord McLaidlaw
1986 Himself - Introduction
Rev. Simeon Simcox
The Wiseman (voice)
Simeon Simcox
Dr. Feckenham
Wilfred Shotley
Narrator
N/A
1985 Older Watson (voice)
N/A
The Old Man
1984 Psychoanalyst
N/A
1983 Badger
Dr. Gilpin
Self / Dr. Gilpin
1982 Jupiter
Sir George Hodge
Slatterthewaite
King Lear
Self
Mr. Brownlow
Cedric
1981 Prof Marvin
Lafeu
1980 Friar Domingo
Sir Charles Hackforth
Durand-Huel
Narrator (voice)
Prospero
N/A
1979 Cyril Bixby
1978 Oswald, the Sea Serpent
Capulet
Capulet
Frith (voice)
Atropos - Fortune Teller
1977 Ebenezer Scrooge
Parson Adams
1976 King
Narrator
1975 N/A
Narrator (voice)
Edward Trent
Headmaster
N/A
1974 Mr. Baker
Narrator
1973 Treville (voice)
Mr. Brown
F. Minty
George Maxwell
1972 Melius, Alchemist
Mock Turtle
Priest
Justin
1971 Marley's Ghost (voice)
N/A
George Mason
N/A
Ludicrus Sextus
1970 Denniston Russell
The Butler
1969 Thomas Boleyn
Bules Martin
1968 Adm. Rolland
Dr. Morley (uncredited)
Professor Parkins
1967 Headmaster
Grapple
Sir Matthew
Baptista
1966 Senex
Lord Granville
British Ambassador
Reads recollections
1965 Ashe
God
Mr. Posket
Geen
1964 Harnsworth
N/A
Banquo
1963 Squire Thomas Banks
Airport Director
Cicero
1961 Don Diego
1960 Dr. Davidson
Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'
Inspector Farrell
1959 N/A
1958 Governor of Gibralter
Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt
Judge Manton
Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial
1957 Patterson
Surgeon
1956 Harrington Brande
Capt. Hugh
Gen. Coburn
Demosthenes
Resident Commissioner
1955 General Faversham
The Judge
King Edward
Lindsay
1954 Squire Banks
Billy's Uncle
The Headman
Director of Customs
N/A
1953 Commissioner
Headmaster Griffith
Inspector Ayling
Insp. Heron
1952 Sir Herbert Frensham
Scathelock
Bank Manager
Official Receiver
1951 Banquo
Ben Weatherstaff
Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII
Jacob Marley
Wilkes
Webster
1950 Lab Director Owens
Vicar
Ernest
1949 Bashford
First Plain Clothes Man
1948 Johnson
Dr. Mennell
Seddon
1947 Police Training Officer
Co-Counsel at Inquest
1946 Lt. Cmdr. Lowther
Commander Gates
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
1940 Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)
(uncredited)
1939 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Sound

Year Role Movie/Tv
1986 Vocals
Year Role Movie/Tv

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