Michael Hordern

Show all | Edit

Filmography

Jump to: Actor | Soundtrack | Self | Archive Footage

Hide

Actor (182 titles)

1997-2001 The Adventures of Paddington Bear (TV series)
Narrator

1992-1995 Screen Two (TV series)
Godfrey Colston / Lord Langland

– A Very Open Prison (1995) … Lord Langland

– Memento Mori (1992) … Godfrey Colston

1994 Middlemarch (TV mini-series)
Peter Featherstone

– Episode #1.3 (1994) … Peter Featherstone

– Episode #1.2 (1994) … Peter Featherstone

– Episode #1.1 (1994) … Peter Featherstone

1993 Lovejoy (TV series)
Wilfred Shotley

– Fly the Flag (1993) … Wilfred Shotley

1992 Freddie as F.R.O.7.
King (voice) (as Sir Michael Hordern)

1992 Chillers (TV series)
Colonel Eddie Phelps

– The Cat Brought It In (1992) … Colonel Eddie Phelps

1992/I Beauty and the Beast (video)
Monsieur Du Bois (voice)

1992 Truckers (TV series)
The Abbot (voice)

1990 The Fool
Mr. Tatham

1990 The Green Man (TV series)
Gramps

– Episode #1.3 (1990) … Gramps

– Episode #1.1 (1990) … Gramps

1989-1990 Oh! Mr. Toad (TV series)
Badger

– Toad: Film Maker (1990) … Badger (voice)

– Toad in Love (1990) … Badger (voice)

– Oarsman Toad (1990) … Badger (voice)

– A Toad in Time (1990) … Badger (voice)

– Happy Birthday (1990) … Badger (voice)

See all 14 episodes »

1990 Perfect Scoundrels (TV series)
Sir Norman

– The Play's the Sting (1990) … Sir Norman

1989 Dark Obsession
Lord Crewne

1989 Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World (TV movie)
Lord Claybury

1989 Ending Up (TV movie)
George

1989 The Dog It Was That Died (TV movie)
George

1988 American Playhouse (TV series)
Lord McLaidlaw

– Suspicion (1988) … Lord McLaidlaw

1984-1988 The Wind in the Willows (TV series)
Badger

– Happy New Year! (1988) … Badger (voice)

– Tunnels and Tremors (1988) … Badger (voice)

– Remember, Remember (1988) … Badger (voice) (as Sir Michael Hordern)

– Monster of the Wild Wood (1988) … Badger (voice) (as Sir Michael Hordern)

– Toad's Harvest (1988) … Badger (voice)

See all 47 episodes »

1987 The Trouble with Spies
Jason Locke

1987 The Secret Garden (TV movie)
Ben Weatherstaff

1987 Scoop (TV movie)
The Country - Uncle Theodore

1987 The Secret World of Polly Flint (TV movie)
Narrator

1987 Inspector Morse (TV series)
Doctor Starkie

– Service of All the Dead (1987) … Doctor Starkie

1986 Paradise Postponed (TV mini-series)
Rev. Simeon Simcox

– The Simcox Inheritance (1986) … Rev. Simeon Simcox

– The Gods of the Copy Book Headings (1986) … Rev. Simeon Simcox

– Enigma Variations (1986) … Rev. Simeon Simcox

– And a Happy New Year to You, Too! (1986) … Rev. Simeon Simcox

– The Lost Leader (1986) … Rev. Simeon Simcox

See all 10 episodes »

1986 Labyrinth
The Wiseman (voice)

1986 Lady Jane
Doctor Feckenham

1986 Paddington Goes to School (TV short) (voice)

1986 Comrades
Mr. Pitt

1985 Young Sherlock Holmes
Older Watson (voice)

1985 Theatre Night (TV series)

– Trelawny of the Wells (1985)

1985 Now Voyager (video)
Old man

1984 The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (TV movie)
Psychoanalyst

1983/I The Wind in the Willows (TV movie)
Badger (voice)

1983 Yellowbeard
Dr. Gilpin

1982 Cymbeline (TV movie)
Jupiter

1982 Gandhi
Sir George Hodge

1982 The Missionary
Slatterthwaite/Narrator

1982 King Lear (TV movie)
King Lear

1982 A Dream of Alice (TV movie)

1982/I Oliver Twist (TV movie)
Mr. Brownlow

1982 Ivanhoe (TV movie)
Cedric

1981 Thank You, P.G. Wodehouse (TV movie)
Wodehouse (voice)

1981 BBC2 Playhouse (TV series)
Patient

– You're All Right, How Am I? (1981) … Patient

1981 The History Man (TV series)
Prof. Marvin

– Gross Moral Turpitude (1981) … Prof. Marvin

– Part 3: October 3nd 1972 (P.M.) (1981) … Prof. Marvin

– Part 2: October 3nd 1972 (A.M.) (1981) … Prof. Marvin

1981 All's Well That Ends Well (TV movie)
Lafeu

1980 Shogun (TV movie)
Friar Domingo

1980 Shogun (TV mini-series)
Friar Domingo

1980 The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
Sir Charles Hackforth

1980 Gauguin the Savage (TV movie)
Durand-Huel

1980 The Tempest (TV movie)
Prospero

1979 Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)
Cyril Bixby

– Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat (1979) … Cyril Bixby

1978 The Talking Parcel (TV movie)
Oswald, the Sea Serpent (voice)

1978 Romeo & Juliet (TV movie)
Capulet

1978 Watership Down
Frith (voice)

1978 The Medusa Touch
Atropos - Fortune Teller

1977 A Christmas Carol (TV movie)
Scrooge

1977 Joseph Andrews
Parson Adams

1976 Brensham People (TV series)

1971-1976 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
God / King Lear / Mr. Posket / …

– Chester Mystery Cycle (1976) … God

– King Lear (1975) … King Lear

– The Magistrate (1972) … Mr. Posket

– Tartuffe (1971) … Tartuffe

– Don Juan in Hell (1971) … The Devil

1976 The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella
King

1976 Paddington Bear (TV series)
Narrator / Voices

– Please Look After This Bear (1976) … Narrator

– Christmas … Narrator/Voices (voice)

– Paddington and the Christmas Shopping … Narrator/Voices (voice)

1975 Lucky Lady
Capt. Rockwell

1975 Barry Lyndon
Narrator (voice)

1975 Mr. Quilp
Grandfather/Edward Trent

1975 Royal Flash
Headmaster

1975 Edward the King (TV series)
W.E. Gladstone / W. E. Gladstone

– The Years of Waiting (1975) … W.E. Gladstone

– Scandal (1975) … W.E. Gladstone

– The Royal Quadrille (1975) … W.E. Gladstone

– The Invisible Queen (1975) … W. E. Gladstone

– A Hundred Thousand Welcomes (1975) … W. E. Gladstone

1974 Cakes and Ale (TV mini-series)
Willie Ashenden

– Part 3 (1974) … Willie Ashenden

– Part 2 (1974) … Willie Ashenden

– Part 1 (1974) … Willie Ashenden

1974 Juggernaut
Mr. Baker (uncredited)

1974 Fall of Eagles (TV mini-series)
Narrator

– End Game (1974) … Narrator

– The Secret War (1974) … Narrator

– Tell the King the Sky Is Falling (1974) … Narrator

– The Last Tsar (1974) … Narrator

– The Honest Broker (1974) … Narrator

See all 10 episodes »

1973 England Made Me
F. Minty

1973 The MacKintosh Man
Brown

1973 Theatre of Blood
George William Maxwell

1972 But Seriously, It's Sheila Hancock (TV series)

– Art for Whose Sake? (1972)

1972 Grubstreet (TV series)

1972 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Mock Turtle

1972 Demons of the Mind
Priest

1972 The Pied Piper
Melius, Alchemist

1972 The Possession of Joel Delaney
Justin

1971 A Christmas Carol (TV short)
Marley's Ghost (voice)

1971 Up Pompeii
Ludicrus Sextus

1971 Six Dates with Barker (TV series)
Arch Funster

– 2774 AD: All the World's a Stooge (1971) … Arch Funster

1971 Girl Stroke Boy
George Mason

1970 Some Will, Some Won't
Denniston Russell

1970 Futtocks End
The Butler

1969 Anne of the Thousand Days
Thomas Boleyn

1969 The Bed Sitting Room
Bules Martin

1968 Where Eagles Dare
Adm. Rolland

1968 Prudence and the Pill
Dr. Morley (uncredited)

1968 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
Professor Parkins

– Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968) … Professor Parkins

1967 I'll Never Forget What's'isname
Headmaster

1967 How I Won the War
Grapple

1967/I The Jokers
Sir Matthew

1967 The Taming of the Shrew
Baptista

1967 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (TV series)
Prof. Ainslie Grey

– The Chemistry of Love (1967) … Prof. Ainslie Grey

1966 On the Margin (TV series)

1966 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Senex

1966 Khartoum
Lord Granville

1966 Court Martial (TV series)
Col. Miller

– Let No Man Speak (1966) … Col. Miller

1966 Lamp at Midnight (TV movie)
Cardinal Barberini , later Pope Urban VIII

1956-1966 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Andrew Crocker Harris / George Kettle / Hartley / …

– The Browning Version (1966) … Andrew Crocker Harris

– Nelson: A Study in Miniature (1966) … Lord Minto

– The Quails (1963) … Ratcliff

– Any Other Business? (1961) … Sir Norman Tullis

– Flowering Cherry (1960) … Jim Cherry

See all 8 episodes »

1966 Cast a Giant Shadow
British Ambassador

1965 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Ashe

1965 Genghis Khan
Geen

1964-1965 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
General Kokoshkin, Chief of Police / Sir Jocelyn Symonds

– Sir Jocelyn, the Minister Would Like a Word... (1965) … Sir Jocelyn Symonds

– A Crack in the Ice (1964) … General Kokoshkin, Chief of Police

1964 The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Harnsworth

1964 Detective (TV series)
Detective Inspector Rason

– The Man Who Murdered in Public (1964) … Detective Inspector Rason

1964 First Night (TV series)
Arthur Walmer

– Land of My Dreams (1964) … Arthur Walmer

1964 Land of My Dreams (TV movie)

1964 Festival (TV series)
Sir Augustus Thwaites

– August for the People (1964) … Sir Augustus Thwaites

1963 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Squire Banks / Squire Thomas Banks

– The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh: Part 1 (1963) … Squire Thomas Banks

– The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh: Part 2 (1963) … Squire Banks

– The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh: Part 3 (1963) … Squire Banks

1963 Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
Squire Thomas Banks

1963 Espionage (TV series)
Minister

– The Gentle Spies (1963) … Minister

1963 Cleopatra
Cicero

1963 The V.I.P.s
Airport Director

1963 Back to Back (TV movie)

1961 El Cid
Don Diego

1961 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Man

– The Square (1961) … Man

1960/III Macbeth (TV movie)
Banquo

1960 Man in the Moon
Dr. Davidson

1960 Without the Grail (TV movie)

1960 BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV series)
Walter Ormund

– Twentieth Century Theatre: I Have Been Here Before (1960) … Walter Ormund

1960 Sink the Bismarck!
Commander in Chief (King George V)

1960 Malaga
Inspector Farrell

1959 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)
Mr. Brownlow

– Oliver Twist (1959) … Mr. Brownlow

1959 Play of the Week (TV series)
Morganhall / Tony Peters

– Back to Back: The Dock Brief and What Shall We Tell Caroline? (1959) … Morganhall/Tony Peters

1950-1959 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
Christopher Williams / General Parmenion / Hugh Wigmore / …

– Farewell My City (1959) … Maurice Lammering

– The Merchant of Venice (1955) … Shylock

– Candida (1955) … Rev. James Mavor Morell

– As You Like It (1953) … Jacques

– The Voysey Inheritance (1951) … Major Booth Voysey

See all 9 episodes »

1959 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Griffith

– Dark as the Night (1959) … Griffith

1958 Girls at Sea
Adm. Reginald Victor Hewitt

1958 Hell, Heaven or Hoboken
Governor of Gibraltar

1958 The Spaniard's Curse
Judge Manton

1958 I Accuse!
Prosecutor - 2nd Dreyfus trial

1957 Windom's Way
Patterson

1957 No Time for Tears
The Surgeon

1957 The Indifferent Shepherd (TV movie)
Henry Aspen

1957 Armchair Theatre (TV series)

– The Witness (1957)

1956 The Spanish Gardener
Harrington Brande

1956 The Baby and the Battleship
Capt. Hugh

1956 Pacific Destiny
Resident Commissioner

1956 Alexander the Great
Demosthenes

1956 The Man Who Never Was
Gen. Coburn

1956 London Playhouse (TV series)
Mr. Frisby

– The Guv'nor (1956) … Mr. Frisby

1955 Storm Over the Nile
General Faversham

1955 Marriage a la Mode
Judge

1955 The Dark Avenger
King Edward

1955 The Night My Number Came Up
Commander Lindsay

1954 Svengali
Billy's uncle (uncredited)

1954 The Beachcomber
The Headman

1954 Forbidden Cargo
Director of Customs

1954 You Know What Sailors Are
Captain Hamilton

1953 The Heart of the Matter
Commissioner

1953 Personal Affair
Headmaster Griffith

1953 Wicked Wife
Insp. Ayling

1953 Both Sides of the Law
Det. Insp. Heron

1953 The Commonplace Heart (TV movie)
Miles Beecham

1952 The Hour of 13
Sir Herbert Frensham

1952 The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
Scathelock

1952 The Promoter
Bank Manager (uncredited)

1951 The Magic Box
Official Receiver

1951 Tom Brown's Schooldays
Wilkes

1951 A Christmas Carol
Jacob Marley

1951 Flesh & Blood
Webster

1950 Highly Dangerous
Lab Director Owens

1950 Trio
Vicar (in segment The Verger)

1950 The Astonished Heart
Ernest

1949 Train of Events
Plainclothesman (segment "The Actor")

1949 Passport to Pimlico
Bashford

1949 The Hideout
Dr. Mennell

1949 Third Time Lucky
Doctor (uncredited)

1948 Lost Daughter
Johnson

1948 Good-Time Girl
Seddon

1948 Morning Departure (TV movie)
Captain

1947 Night Beat (uncredited)

1947 Mine Own Executioner
Co-counsel at Felix's Hearing (uncredited)

1947 Rebecca (TV movie)
Maxim de Winter

1946 Morning Departure (TV movie)
Commander Gates

1946 Secret Flight
Lt. Cmdr. Lowther

1946 A Girl in a Million
Divorce Counsel

1946 Noah (TV movie)
Noah

1946 The Years Between
Member Of Parliament (uncredited)

1940 Girl in the News
Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (uncredited)

1940 Band Waggon
Minor Role (uncredited)

1939 A Girl Must Live

Show

Soundtrack (3 titles)

Show

Self (16 titles)

Show

Archive Footage (2 titles)

Michael Hordern (1911–1995)

Born:

Died:

Quick Links:

Related News

Related Lists

Do you have a demo reel?

My Demo Reel

Francine Locke Film Reel

Christopher Mann's Theatrical Demo Reel

David H. Lawrence, XVII - Drama

Franklin Ojeda Smith -

Connect with IMDb

Take The Quiz!

Known For

Filmography

Related Videos

Personal Details

Other Works:

Alternate Names:

Did You Know?

Trivia:

Star Sign: