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Michael Hordern

English
Filmography

MR James: Ghost Writer

2013
as Professor Parkins (archive footage)

The Adventures of Paddington Bear

1997
as Narrator

Terry Pratchett's Truckers

1992
as The Abbot

Freddie as F.R.O.7.

1992
as King (voice)

The Green Man

1990

Dark Obsession

1989
as Lord Crewne

Ending Up

1989
as George

Danny the Champion of the World

1989
as Lord Claybury

The Dog It Was That Died

1989
as George

Suspicion

1988
as Lord McLaidlaw

The Trouble with Spies

1987
as Jason Locke

Comrades

1987
as Mr. Pitt

The Secret Garden

1987
as Ben Weatherstaff

Paradise Postponed

1986
as Rev. Simeon Simcox

Labyrinth

1986
as The Wiseman (voice)

Paddington Goes to School

1986

Paddington's Birthday Bonanza

1986
as Narrator

The Little Match Girl

1986
as Himself - Introduction

Lady Jane

1986
as Dr. Feckenham

The Wind in the Willows

1984
as Badger

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

1984
as Psychoanalyst

The Wind in the Willows

1983
as Badger

Yellowbeard

1983
as Dr. Gilpin

Group Madness

1983
as Michael Hordern

Oliver Twist

1982
as Mr. Brownlow

King Lear

1982
as King Lear

The Missionary

1982
as Slatterthewaite

Gandhi

1982
as Sir George Hodge

Ivanhoe

1982
as Cedric

Cymbeline

1982
as Jupiter

The History Man

1981
as Professor Marvin

All's Well That Ends Well

1981
as Lafeu

Shogun

1980
as Friar Domingo

Gauguin the Savage

1980
as Durand-Huel

The Wildcats of St. Trinian's

1980
as Sir Charles Hackforth

Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies

1980
as Narrator / Voices

Shogun

1980
as Friar Domingo

The Spirit of Cheshire

1980

BBC Television Shakespeare

1978

The Talking Parcel

1978
as Oswald, the Sea Serpent

Watership Down

1978
as Frith (voice)

The Medusa Touch

1978
as Atropos - Fortune Teller

A Christmas Carol

1977
as Ebenezer Scrooge

Joseph Andrews

1977
as Parson Adams

The Slipper and the Rose

1976
as King

Paddington

1976
as Narrator

Royal Flash

1975
as Headmaster

Edward the Seventh

1975
as WE Gladstone

Barry Lyndon

1975
as Narrator (voice)

Mr. Quilp

1975
as Edward Trent

Fall of Eagles

1974
as Narrator

Juggernaut

1974
as Mr. Baker

Theatre of Blood

1973
as George Maxwell

England Made Me

1973
as F. Minty

The MacKintosh Man

1973
as Mr. Brown

The Pied Piper

1972
as Melius, Alchemist

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

1972
as Mock Turtle

Demons of the Mind

1972
as Priest

The Possession of Joel Delaney

1972
as Justin

Girl Stroke Boy

1971
as George Mason

Up Pompeii

1971
as Ludicrus Sextus

Some Will, Some Won't

1970
as Denniston Russell

Futtocks End

1970
as The Butler

The Bed Sitting Room

1969
as Bules Martin

Anne of the Thousand Days

1969
as Count Thomas Boleyn

Whistle and I'll Come to You

1968
as Professor Parkins

Where Eagles Dare

1968
as Adm. Rolland

I'll Never Forget What's'isname

1967
as Headmaster

The Taming of the Shrew

1967
as Baptista

The Jokers

1967
as Sir Matthew

How I Won the War

1967
as Grapple

Khartoum

1966
as Lord Granville

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1966
as Hero

Cast a Giant Shadow

1966
as British Ambassador

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

1965
as Ashe

Genghis Khan

1965
as Geen

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

1964
as Harnsworth

Cleopatra

1963
as Cicero

Dr Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

1963
as Squire Thomas Banks

The V.I.P.s

1963
as Airport Director

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

1963
as Squire Thomas Banks

El Cid

1961
as Don Diego

Macbeth

1960
as Banquo

Moment of Danger

1960
as Inspector Farrell

Man in the Moon

1960
as Dr. Davidson

Sink the Bismarck!

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

I Was Monty's Double

1958
as Governor of Gibralter

I Accuse!

1958
as Prosecutor at 2nd trial

The Spaniard's Curse

1958
as Mr. Justice Manton

Windom's Way

1957
as Patterson

No Time for Tears

1957
as The Surgeon

The Man Who Never Was

1956
as Gen. Coburn

The Spanish Gardener

1956
as Harrington Brande

Alexander the Great

1956
as Demosthenes

Pacific Destiny

1956
as Resident Commissioner

The Constant Husband

1955
as The Judge

Storm Over the Nile

1955
as General Faversham

The Dark Avenger

1955
as King Edward

The Night My Number Came Up

1955
as Lindsay

Forbidden Cargo

1954
as Director of Customs

The Beachcomber

1954
as The Headman

Street Corner

1953
as Insp. Heron

Grand National Night

1953
as Insp. Ayling

Personal Affair

1953
as Headmaster Griffith

The Heart of the Matter

1953
as Commissioner

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

1952
as Scathelock

The Hour of 13

1952
as Sir Herbert Frensham

Tom Brown's Schooldays

1951
as Wilkes

The Magic Box

1951
as Official Receiver

A Christmas Carol

1951
as Jacob Marley

Trio

1950
as Vicar

The Astonished Heart

1950
as Ernest

Highly Dangerous

1950
as Lab Director Owens

Passport to Pimlico

1949
as Bashford

Train of Events

1949
as First Plain Clothes Man

Good-Time Girl

1948
as Seddon

The Small Voice

1948
as Dr. Mennell

Mine Own Executioner

1947
as uncredited

School for Secrets

1946
as Lt. Cmdr. Lowther

Girl in the News

1940
as Assistant Prosecuting Counsel

A Girl Must Live

1939

Guest Star

Episode BBC Television Shakespeare
King Lear 		1982
Episode Tales of the Unexpected
Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat 		1979
Episode The Queen's Realm
A Prospect of England - An Aerial Anthology 		1977
Episode BBC Drama
A Christmas Carol Being a Ghost Story of Christmas 		1977
Series A Ghost Story For Christmas 1971
Episode Omnibus (1967)
Whistle and I'll come to you 		1968