Michael Hordern: movies and TV shows
Michael Hordern has 222 credits in the archive: 158 films and 64 TV series, from 1939 to 2008. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1939 – 2008 · busiest year: 1950 (13 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh | Squire Thomas Banks (archive footage) | Film | 8.3 | 96 |
| 1995 | A Very Open Prison | Lord Langland | Film | 8.5 | 83 |
| 1994 | Middlemarch | Peter Featherstone | TV | 7.9 | 82 |
| 1993 | Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt | Narrator | Film | — | 81 |
| 1992 | Freddie As F.R.O.7. | King (voice) | Film | 5.3 | 80 |
| 1992 | Truckers | The Abbot (voice) | Film | 6.7 | 80 |
| 1992 | Beauty and the Beast | Monsieur Du Blois (voice) | Film | 4.0 | 80 |
| 1992 | Memento Mori | Godfrey Colston | Film | 6.3 | 80 |
| 1992 | The Christmas Collection | Badger (voice) | Film | — | 80 |
| 1990 | Chillers | Colonel Eddie Phelps | TV | 6.7 | 78 |
| 1990 | Perfect Scoundrels | Sir Norman | TV | 6.0 | 78 |
| 1990 | Diamond Skulls | Lord Crewne | Film | 3.4 | 78 |
| 1990 | The Green Man | Gramps | TV | 7.0 | 78 |
| 1990 | The Fool | Mr. Tatham | Film | 8.0 | 78 |
| 1990 | Oh, Mr. Toad | Badger | TV | — | 78 |
| 1990 | More Children's Holiday Favourites | Badger (voice) | Film | — | 78 |
| 1989 | The Dog It Was That Died | George | Film | 5.0 | 77 |
| 1989 | Danny the Champion of the World | Lord Claybury | Film | 6.2 | 77 |
| 1989 | Ending Up | George | Film | — | 77 |
| 1989 | Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1 | Badger (voice) | Film | — | 77 |
| 1989 | Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2 | Badger (voice) | Film | — | 77 |
| 1989 | The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads | Badger (voice) | Film | 5.0 | 77 |
| 1989 | More Children's Summer Stories | Badger (voice) | Film | — | 77 |
| 1988 | Children's Favourites - Volume 1 | Badger (voice) | Film | — | 76 |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Doctor Starkie | TV | 7.9 | 75 |
| 1987 | Daytime Live | TV | 3.5 | 75 | |
| 1987 | The Trouble with Spies | Jason Locke | Film | 4.7 | 75 |
| 1987 | The Secret Garden | Ben Weatherstaff | Film | 7.7 | 75 |
| 1987 | Scoop | Uncle Theodor | Film | 5.7 | 75 |
| 1987 | Comrades | Mr. Pitt | Film | 6.9 | 75 |
| 1987 | Suspicion | Lord McLaidlaw | Film | 6.7 | 75 |
| 1987 | The Secret World of Polly Flint | Narrator | Film | 10.0 | 75 |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Wilfred Shotley | TV | 7.4 | 74 |
| 1986 | Labyrinth | The Wiseman (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 74 |
| 1986 | Lady Jane | Dr. Feckenham | Film | 6.9 | 74 |
| 1986 | The Little Match Girl | Himself - Introduction | Film | 6.0 | 74 |
| 1986 | Paradise Postponed | Rev. Simeon Simcox | TV | 6.0 | 74 |
| 1986 | Paradise Postponed | Simeon Simcox | Film | 7.0 | 74 |
| 1986 | Paddington Goes to School | Film | 7.0 | 74 | |
| 1986 | Paddington Goes to School | Film | 7.0 | 74 | |
| 1986 | Paddington's Birthday Bonanza | Narrator | Film | — | 74 |
| 1986 | The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales | Badger (voice) | Film | — | 74 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Lord Langland | TV | 7.1 | 73 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Godfrey Colston | TV | 7.1 | 73 |
| 1985 | Theatre Night | TV | — | 73 | |
| 1985 | Young Sherlock Holmes | Older Watson (voice) | Film | 6.7 | 73 |
| 1985 | Now Voyager | The Old Man | Film | 7.0 | 73 |
| 1985 | A Crack in the Ice | The Storyteller | Film | — | 73 |
| 1984 | The Wind in the Willows | Badger (voice) | TV | 7.8 | 72 |
| 1984 | The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood | Psychoanalyst | Film | 6.8 | 72 |
| 1983 | Yellowbeard | Dr. Gilpin | Film | 5.6 | 71 |
| 1983 | The Wind in the Willows | Badger | Film | 7.0 | 71 |
| 1983 | Cymbeline | Jupiter | Film | 6.3 | 71 |
| 1983 | Group Madness | Self / Dr. Gilpin | Film | 9.0 | 71 |
| 1983 | Clash of Loyalties | Narrator | Film | 7.5 | 71 |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self | TV | 5.3 | 70 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Lord McLaidlaw | TV | 6.6 | 70 |
| 1982 | Gandhi | Sir George Hodge | Film | 7.6 | 70 |
| 1982 | Ivanhoe | Cedric | Film | 6.4 | 70 |
| 1982 | Oliver Twist | Mr. Brownlow | Film | 6.7 | 70 |
| 1982 | The Missionary | Slatterthewaite/Narrator | Film | 5.6 | 70 |
| 1982 | King Lear | King Lear | Film | 6.5 | 70 |
| 1981 | The History Man | Professor Marvin | TV | 4.1 | 69 |
| 1981 | All's Well That Ends Well | Lafeu | Film | 6.5 | 69 |
| 1981 | You're All Right, How Am I? | Patient | Film | — | 69 |
| 1980 | Shōgun | Friar Domingo | TV | 7.7 | 68 |
| 1980 | The Tempest | Prospero | Film | 7.0 | 68 |
| 1980 | The Wildcats of St Trinian's | Sir Charles Hackforth | Film | 4.3 | 68 |
| 1980 | Gauguin the Savage | Durand-Huel | Film | — | 68 |
| 1980 | Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 68 |
| 1980 | The Spirit of Cheshire | Film | — | 68 | |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Cyril Bixby | TV | 6.8 | 67 |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Capulet | TV | 6.0 | 66 |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Prospero | TV | 6.0 | 66 |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Lafeu | TV | 6.0 | 66 |
| 1978 | Watership Down | Frith (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 66 |
| 1978 | The Medusa Touch | Atropos - Fortune Teller | Film | 6.8 | 66 |
| 1978 | Romeo and Juliet | Capulet | Film | 7.6 | 66 |
| 1978 | The Talking Parcel | Oswald, the Sea Serpent | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1977 | A Christmas Carol | Ebenezer Scrooge | Film | 6.7 | 65 |
| 1977 | Joseph Andrews | Parson Adams | Film | 5.2 | 65 |
| 1976 | Paddington Bear | Narrator | TV | 7.2 | 64 |
| 1976 | The Slipper and the Rose | King | Film | 6.9 | 64 |
| 1976 | Paddington | Narrator | TV | — | 64 |
| 1976 | The Chester Mystery Plays | God | Film | — | 64 |
| 1976 | Paddington Bear | Narrator / All | Film | — | 64 |
| 1976 | Cakes and Ale | Willie Ashenden | TV | 8.0 | 64 |
| 1975 | Barry Lyndon | Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 63 |
| 1975 | Edward the Seventh | W. E. Gladstone | TV | 6.6 | 63 |
| 1975 | Lucky Lady | Captain Rockwell | Film | 5.5 | 63 |
| 1975 | The Old Curiosity Shop | Edward Trent | Film | 4.8 | 63 |
| 1975 | Royal Flash | Headmaster | Film | 5.9 | 63 |
| 1975 | King Lear | King Lear | Film | 10.0 | 63 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Patient | TV | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles | Narrator | TV | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles | Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1974 | Juggernaut | Mr. Baker | Film | 6.2 | 62 |
| 1973 | The Three Musketeers | Treville (voice) | Film | 6.7 | 61 |
| 1973 | Theatre of Blood | George Maxwell | Film | 6.7 | 61 |
| 1973 | The MacKintosh Man | Mr. Brown | Film | 6.1 | 61 |
| 1973 | England Made Me | F. Minty | Film | 6.1 | 61 |
| 1972 | The Pied Piper | Melius, Alchemist | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 1972 | The Possession of Joel Delaney | Justin | Film | 5.6 | 60 |
| 1972 | Demons of the Mind | Priest | Film | 5.3 | 60 |
| 1972 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Mock Turtle | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 59 |
| 1971 | A Ghost Story for Christmas | Professor Parkins | TV | 7.4 | 59 |
| 1971 | Six Dates with Barker | Arch Funster | TV | 7.4 | 59 |
| 1971 | Girl Stroke Boy | George Mason | Film | 5.6 | 59 |
| 1971 | Tall Stories | TV | — | 59 | |
| 1971 | A Christmas Carol | Marley's Ghost (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 59 |
| 1971 | Up Pompeii | Ludicrus Sextus | Film | 6.1 | 59 |
| 1970 | Some Will, Some Won't | Denniston Russell | Film | 5.2 | 58 |
| 1970 | Futtocks End | The Butler | Film | 5.9 | 58 |
| 1969 | The Bed Sitting Room | Bules Martin | Film | 5.9 | 57 |
| 1969 | Anne of the Thousand Days | Thomas Boleyn | Film | 7.1 | 57 |
| 1968 | Where Eagles Dare | Adm. Rolland | Film | 7.5 | 56 |
| 1968 | Prudence and the Pill | Dr. Morley (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 56 |
| 1968 | Whistle and I'll Come to You | Professor Parkins | Film | 6.6 | 56 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self | TV | 7.2 | 55 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.2 | 55 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Professor Parkins | TV | 7.2 | 55 |
| 1967 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Prof. Ainslie Grey | TV | — | 55 |
| 1967 | The Taming of the Shrew | Baptista | Film | 6.9 | 55 |
| 1967 | How I Won the War | Grapple | Film | 5.6 | 55 |
| 1967 | I'll Never Forget What's'isname | Headmaster | Film | 5.4 | 55 |
| 1967 | The Jokers | Sir Matthew | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1966 | Khartoum | Lord Granville | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1966 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Senex | Film | 6.1 | 54 |
| 1966 | Cast a Giant Shadow | British Ambassador | Film | 6.4 | 54 |
| 1966 | Turner | Reads recollections | Film | — | 54 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Mr. Posket | TV | 5.3 | 53 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | God | TV | 5.3 | 53 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | The Devil | TV | 5.3 | 53 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Tartuffe | TV | 5.3 | 53 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Lear | TV | 5.3 | 53 |
| 1965 | The Spy Who Came In from the Cold | Ashe | Film | 7.1 | 53 |
| 1965 | Genghis Khan | Geen | Film | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Sir Jocelyn Symonds | TV | 5.2 | 52 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Gen. Kokoshkin, Chief of Police | TV | 5.2 | 52 |
| 1964 | Story Parade | Anatol Stiller | TV | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1964 | Detective | Detective Inspector Rason | TV | 9.0 | 52 |
| 1964 | The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh | Squire Banks | TV | — | 52 |
| 1964 | The Yellow Rolls-Royce | Harnsworth | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1964 | Macbeth | Banquo | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1963 | Festival | Sir Augustus Thwaites | TV | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1963 | Cleopatra | Cicero | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1963 | Espionage | Minister | TV | 10.0 | 51 |
| 1963 | The V.I.P.s | Airport Director | Film | 6.1 | 51 |
| 1963 | Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow | Squire Thomas Banks | Film | 6.9 | 51 |
| 1961 | El Cid | Don Diego | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1961 | The Square | The Man | Film | — | 49 |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night Play | Walter Ormund | TV | — | 48 |
| 1960 | Sink the Bismarck! | Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George' | Film | 6.9 | 48 |
| 1960 | Man in the Moon | Dr. Davidson | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 1960 | Moment of Danger | Inspector Farrell | Film | 10.0 | 48 |
| 1959 | Back to Back | Film | 8.0 | 47 | |
| 1958 | I Was Monty's Double | Governor of Gibralter | Film | 6.9 | 46 |
| 1958 | Girls at Sea | Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt | Film | 7.3 | 46 |
| 1958 | I Accuse! | Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial | Film | 6.6 | 46 |
| 1958 | The Spaniard's Curse | Judge Manton | Film | 5.5 | 46 |
| 1957 | The Dock Brief | Morgenhall | Film | — | 45 |
| 1957 | No Time for Tears | Surgeon | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1957 | Windom's Way | Patterson | Film | 5.3 | 45 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Det. Supt. Coates | TV | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1956 | Alexander the Great | Demosthenes | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1956 | The Man Who Never Was | Gen. Coburn | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1956 | The Spanish Gardener | Harrington Brande | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1956 | The Baby and the Battleship | Capt. Hugh | Film | 6.4 | 44 |
| 1956 | Pacific Destiny | Resident Commissioner | Film | 5.5 | 44 |
| 1955 | Storm Over the Nile | General Faversham | Film | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1955 | The Dark Avenger | King Edward | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1955 | The Constant Husband | The Judge | Film | 6.9 | 43 |
| 1955 | The Night My Number Came Up | Lindsay | Film | 6.9 | 43 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Squire Banks | TV | 7.9 | 42 |
| 1954 | Svengali | Billy's Uncle | Film | 6.1 | 42 |
| 1954 | Forbidden Cargo | Director of Customs | Film | 6.9 | 42 |
| 1954 | Tonight in Britain | Self | Film | 5.0 | 42 |
| 1954 | You Know What Sailors Are | Film | 5.2 | 42 | |
| 1954 | The Beachcomber | The Headman | Film | 6.2 | 42 |
| 1953 | The Heart of the Matter | Commissioner | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1953 | Personal Affair | Headmaster Griffith | Film | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1953 | Grand National Night | Inspector Ayling | Film | 7.9 | 41 |
| 1953 | Street Corner | Insp. Heron | Film | 5.5 | 41 |
| 1952 | The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men | Scathelock | Film | 6.2 | 40 |
| 1952 | The Card | Bank Manager | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1952 | The Magic Box | Official Receiver | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1952 | The Hour of 13 | Sir Herbert Frensham | Film | 6.1 | 40 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Banquo | TV | 8.8 | 39 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Ben Weatherstaff | TV | 8.8 | 39 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII | TV | 8.8 | 39 |
| 1951 | Scrooge | Jacob Marley | Film | 7.4 | 39 |
| 1951 | Flesh and Blood | Webster | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1951 | Tom Brown's Schooldays | Wilkes | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Epilogue spoken by (voice) | TV | 3.5 | 38 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Jacques | TV | 3.5 | 38 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Hugh Wigmore | TV | 3.5 | 38 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Trigorin | TV | 3.5 | 38 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | General Parmenion | TV | 3.5 | 38 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Christopher Williams | TV | 3.5 | 38 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Major Booth Voysey | TV | 3.5 | 38 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Rev. James Mavor Morell | TV | 3.5 | 38 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Shylock | TV | 3.5 | 38 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Maurice Lammering | TV | 3.5 | 38 |
| 1950 | Trio | Vicar | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 1950 | Highly Dangerous | Lab Director Owens | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1950 | The Astonished Heart | Ernest | Film | 4.8 | 38 |
| 1949 | Train of Events | First Plain Clothes Man | Film | 6.3 | 37 |
| 1949 | Passport to Pimlico | Bashford | Film | 6.9 | 37 |
| 1948 | Good-Time Girl | Seddon | Film | 6.4 | 36 |
| 1948 | Portrait from Life | Johnson | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1948 | The Small Voice | Dr. Mennell | Film | 6.4 | 36 |
| 1947 | Nightbeat | Police Training Officer | Film | 5.7 | 35 |
| 1947 | Mine Own Executioner | Co-Counsel at Inquest | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1947 | Rebecca | Maxim de Winter | Film | 9.0 | 35 |
| 1946 | Morning Departure | Commander Gates | Film | — | 34 |
| 1946 | School for Secrets | Lt. Cmdr. Lowther | Film | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1946 | The Years Between | Member of Parliament (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1946 | A Girl in a Million | Divorce Counsel | Film | 6.3 | 34 |
| 1940 | Girl in the News | Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 28 |
| 1940 | Band Waggon | (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 28 |
| 1939 | A Girl Must Live | Film | 4.8 | 27 |