Michael Hordern
"An iconic presence in cinema, defining characters with depth and intensity."
Age
115 years
Origin
UK
Active
1939 — Present
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.
History of the Legend
Witness the defining moments that shaped a legacy.
Scrooge
Starring as Jacob Marley
Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.
Highest Rated Masterpieces
Barry Lyndon
as Narrator (voice)
Inspector Morse
as Doctor Starkie
Shōgun
as Friar Domingo
Gandhi
as Sir George Hodge
Where Eagles Dare
as Adm. Rolland
Scrooge
as Jacob Marley
Labyrinth
as The Wiseman (voice)
Watership Down
as Narrator / Frith (voice)
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Thomas Boleyn
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
as Ashe
Media Proof
Filmography Engine
177 Credits found
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
Squire Thomas Banks (archive footage)
2008
A Very Open Prison
Lord Langland
1995
Middlemarch
Peter Featherstone
1994
Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt
Narrator
1993
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
King (voice)
1992
Truckers
The Abbot (voice)
1992
Memento Mori
Godfrey Colston
1992
Beauty and the Beast
Monsieur Du Blois (voice)
1992
The Green Man
Gramps
1990
Diamond Skulls
Lord Crewne
1990
Perfect Scoundrels
Sir Norman
1990
Chillers
Colonel Eddie Phelps
1990
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
Badger (voice)
1989
Danny the Champion of the World
Lord Claybury
1989
The Dog It Was That Died
George
1989
The Trouble with Spies
Jason Locke
1987
The Secret Garden
Ben Weatherstaff
1987
Comrades
Mr. Pitt
1987
Scoop
Uncle Theodor
1987
The Secret World of Polly Flint
Narrator
1987
Inspector Morse
Doctor Starkie
1987
Suspicion
Lord McLaidlaw
1987
The Little Match Girl
Himself - Introduction
1986
The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
Badger (voice)
1986
Paradise Postponed
Rev. Simeon Simcox
1986
Labyrinth
The Wiseman (voice)
1986
Lady Jane
Dr. Feckenham
1986
Lovejoy
Wilfred Shotley
1986
Paddington Goes to School
Vocals
1986
Paddington's Birthday Bonanza
Narrator
1986
Young Sherlock Holmes
Older Watson (voice)
1985
Theatre Night
Sir William Gower
1985
A Crack in the Ice
The Storyteller
1985
Now Voyager
The Old Man
1985
Screen Two
Lord Langland
1985
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
Psychoanalyst
1984
The Wind in the Willows
Badger (voice)
1984
The Wind in the Willows
Badger
1983
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
Narrator (voice)
1983
Cymbeline
Jupiter
1983
Yellowbeard
Dr. Gilpin
1983
Group Madness
Self / Dr. Gilpin
1983
Clash of Loyalties
Narrator
1983
Gandhi
Sir George Hodge
1982
The Missionary
Slatterthewaite/Narrator
1982
King Lear
King Lear
1982
Wogan
Self
1982
Oliver Twist
Mr. Brownlow
1982
Ivanhoe
Cedric
1982
American Playhouse
Lord McLaidlaw
1982
You're All Right, How Am I?
Patient
1981
All's Well That Ends Well
Lafeu
1981
The History Man
Professor Marvin
1981
Shōgun
Friar Domingo
1980
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
Sir Charles Hackforth
1980
Gauguin the Savage
Durand-Huel
1980
Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies
Narrator (voice)
1980
The Tempest
Prospero
1980
Tales of the Unexpected
Cyril Bixby
1979
The Talking Parcel
Oswald, the Sea Serpent
1978