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.
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Known For
Labyrinth
(1986)
The Wiseman (voice)
Cleopatra
(1963)
Cicero
El Cid
(1961)
Don Diego
Scrooge
(1951)
Jacob Marley
Watership Down
(1978)
Frith (voice)
Where Eagles Dare
(1968)
Adm. Rolland
Barry Lyndon
(1975)
Narrator (voice)
Gandhi
(1982)
Sir George Hodge
The Three Musketeers
(1973)
Treville (voice)
The Taming of the Shrew
(1967)
Baptista
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
(1965)
Ashe
Young Sherlock Holmes
(1985)
Older Watson (voice)
Anne of the Thousand Days
(1969)
Thomas Boleyn
Alexander the Great
(1956)
Demosthenes
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(1972)
Mock Turtle
Sink the Bismarck!
(1960)
Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'
Full Filmography
Acting
A Girl Must Live
(1939)
Band Waggon
(1940)
(uncredited)
Girl in the News
(1940)
Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)
School for Secrets
(1946)
Lt. Cmdr. Lowther
The Years Between
(1946)
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Morning Departure
(1946)
Commander Gates
Nightbeat
(1947)
Police Training Officer
Mine Own Executioner
(1947)
Co-Counsel at Inquest
Rebecca
(1947)
Maxim de Winter
The Small Voice
(1948)
Dr. Mennell
Good-Time Girl
(1948)
Seddon
Portrait from Life
(1948)
Johnson
Passport to Pimlico
(1949)
Bashford
Train of Events
(1949)
First Plain Clothes Man
Highly Dangerous
(1950)
Lab Director Owens
The Astonished Heart
(1950)
Ernest
Trio
(1950)
Vicar
Scrooge
(1951)
Jacob Marley
Tom Brown's Schooldays
(1951)
Wilkes
Flesh and Blood
(1951)
Webster
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
(1952)
Scathelock
The Hour of 13
(1952)
Sir Herbert Frensham
The Magic Box
(1952)
Official Receiver
The Card
(1952)
Bank Manager
Grand National Night
(1953)
Inspector Ayling
Personal Affair
(1953)
Headmaster Griffith
The Heart of the Matter
(1953)
Commissioner
Street Corner
(1953)
Insp. Heron
Forbidden Cargo
(1954)
Director of Customs
The Beachcomber
(1954)
The Headman
Svengali
(1954)
Billy's Uncle
You Know What Sailors Are
(1954)
The Dark Avenger
(1955)
King Edward
Storm Over the Nile
(1955)
General Faversham
The Night My Number Came Up
(1955)
Lindsay
The Constant Husband
(1955)
The Judge
The Man Who Never Was
(1956)
Gen. Coburn
The Spanish Gardener
(1956)
Harrington Brande
Alexander the Great
(1956)
Demosthenes
Pacific Destiny
(1956)
Resident Commissioner
The Baby and the Battleship
(1956)
Capt. Hugh
Windom's Way
(1957)
Patterson
No Time for Tears
(1957)
Surgeon
I Was Monty's Double
(1958)
Governor of Gibralter
I Accuse!
(1958)
Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial
The Spaniard's Curse
(1958)
Judge Manton
Girls at Sea
(1958)
Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt
Back to Back
(1959)
Sink the Bismarck!
(1960)
Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'
Man in the Moon
(1960)
Dr. Davidson
Moment of Danger
(1960)
Inspector Farrell
El Cid
(1961)
Don Diego
Cleopatra
(1963)
Cicero
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
(1963)
Squire Thomas Banks
The V.I.P.s
(1963)
Airport Director
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
(1964)
Harnsworth
Macbeth
(1964)
Banquo
Genghis Khan
(1965)
Geen
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
(1965)
Ashe
Khartoum
(1966)
Lord Granville
Cast a Giant Shadow
(1966)
British Ambassador
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
(1966)
Senex
Turner
(1966)
Reads recollections
The Taming of the Shrew
(1967)
Baptista
The Jokers
(1967)
Sir Matthew
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
(1967)
Headmaster
How I Won the War
(1967)
Grapple
Where Eagles Dare
(1968)
Adm. Rolland
Whistle and I'll Come to You
(1968)
Professor Parkins
Prudence and the Pill
(1968)
Dr. Morley (uncredited)
Anne of the Thousand Days
(1969)
Thomas Boleyn
The Bed Sitting Room
(1969)
Bules Martin
Futtocks End
(1970)
The Butler
Some Will, Some Won't
(1970)
Denniston Russell
Up Pompeii
(1971)
Ludicrus Sextus
Girl Stroke Boy
(1971)
George Mason
A Christmas Carol
(1971)
Marley's Ghost (voice)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(1972)
Mock Turtle
The Possession of Joel Delaney
(1972)
Justin
Demons of the Mind
(1972)
Priest
The Pied Piper
(1972)
Melius, Alchemist
The MacKintosh Man
(1973)
Mr. Brown
Theatre of Blood
(1973)
George Maxwell
England Made Me
(1973)
F. Minty
The Three Musketeers
(1973)
Treville (voice)
Juggernaut
(1974)
Mr. Baker
The Old Curiosity Shop
(1975)
Edward Trent
Royal Flash
(1975)
Headmaster
Barry Lyndon
(1975)
Narrator (voice)
Lucky Lady
(1975)
Captain Rockwell
King Lear
(1975)
King Lear
The Slipper and the Rose
(1976)
King
Joseph Andrews
(1977)
Parson Adams
A Christmas Carol
(1977)
Ebenezer Scrooge
The Medusa Touch
(1978)
Atropos - Fortune Teller
The Talking Parcel
(1978)
Oswald, the Sea Serpent
Watership Down
(1978)
Frith (voice)
Romeo & Juliet
(1978)
Capulet
Gauguin the Savage
(1980)
Durand-Huel
The Spirit of Cheshire
(1980)
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
(1980)
Sir Charles Hackforth
Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies
(1980)
Narrator (voice)
The Tempest
(1980)
Prospero
All's Well That Ends Well
(1981)
Lafeu
Ivanhoe
(1982)
Cedric
Oliver Twist
(1982)
Mr. Brownlow
Gandhi
(1982)
Sir George Hodge
The Missionary
(1982)
Slatterthewaite
King Lear
(1982)
King Lear
Cymbeline
(1982)
Jupiter
Yellowbeard
(1983)
Dr. Gilpin
The Wind in the Willows
(1983)
Badger
Group Madness
(1983)
Self / Dr. Gilpin
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
(1984)
Psychoanalyst
Young Sherlock Holmes
(1985)
Older Watson (voice)
Now Voyager
(1985)
The Old Man
Paddington Goes to School
(1986)
The Little Match Girl
(1986)
Himself - Introduction
Paddington's Birthday Bonanza
(1986)
Narrator
Lady Jane
(1986)
Dr. Feckenham
Labyrinth
(1986)
The Wiseman (voice)
Paradise Postponed
(1986)
Simeon Simcox
The Secret Garden
(1987)
Ben Weatherstaff
Scoop
(1987)
Uncle Theodor
The Trouble with Spies
(1987)
Jason Locke
Comrades
(1987)
Mr. Pitt
Suspicion
(1987)
Lord McLaidlaw
The Secret World of Polly Flint
(1987)
Narrator
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
(1988)
Badger (voice)
Danny the Champion of the World
(1989)
Lord Claybury
The Dog It Was That Died
(1989)
George
Ending Up
(1989)
George
Dark Obsession
(1990)
Lord Crewne
Truckers
(1992)
The Abbot (voice)
Freddie as F.R.O.7.
(1992)
King (voice)
Memento Mori
(1992)
Godfrey Colston
Beauty and the Beast
(1992)
Monsieur Du Blois (voice)
Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt
(1993)
Narrator
A Very Open Prison
(1995)
Lord Langland
Paddington Bear - Please Look After This Bear
(2006)
Narrator / All
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
(2008)
Squire Thomas Banks
Sound