Michael Hordern on stage, screen and radio

Michael Hordern (1911–1995) was an English actor whose career spanned seven decades. He made more than 160 film appearances, usually in supporting character roles, and appeared in over 100 theatrical productions, most of them Shakespeare.

Stage credits

Hordern appeared as an amateur for several seasons at the St Pancras People's Theatre, while working at the Educational Supply Association, before he turned professional in 1937.^[1]^[2]

Hordern's stage credits
Production^[1]^[2]	Date	Theatre	Role	Notes
Othello	000000001937-03-01-0000March 1937	People's Palace, Mile End	Lodovico
Arms and the Man	000000001937-04-01-00001937	Tour of Scandinavia and the Baltic capitals	Sergius	With Westminster Productions
Outward Bound	000000001937-04-01-00001937	Tour of Scandinavia and the Baltic capitals	Henry	With Westminster Productions
Various	000000001937-10-01-00001937–1939	Little Theatre, Bristol	Various	In repertory theatre
Without the Prince	000000001940-04-01-0000April 1940	Whitehall Theatre	Hawkins !PC James Hawkins
Doll's House !A Doll's House	000000001946-01-01-0000January 1946	Intimate Theatre	Helmer !Torvald Helmer
Dear Murderer	000000001946-07-01-0000July 1946	Aldwych Theatre	fenton !Richard Fenton
Fairy-Queen !The Fairy-Queen	000000001946-12-01-0000December 1946	Covent Garden Theatre	Nick Bottom !Bottom
Noose	000000001947-06-01-0000June 1947	Saville Theatre	Hoyle !Captain Hoyle
Toad of Toad Hall	000000001948-12-01-0000December 1948	Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon	Mr. Toad
Woman in Love !A Woman in Love	000000001949-04-01-0000April 1949	Embassy Theatre	Pascal
Stratton	000000001949-10-01-0000October 1949	Touring	Courtenay !Rev John Courtenay
Toad of Toad Hall	000000001949-12-01-0000December 1949	Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon	Mr. Toad
Ivanov	000000001950-04-01-0000April 1950	Arts Theatre	Ivanov !Nikolai Ivanov
Macbeth	000000001950-06-01-0000June 1950	Arts Theatre	Macduff
Party Manners	000000001950-10-01-0000October 1950	Prince's Theatre	Christopher
Saint's Day	000000001951-09-01-0000September 1951	Arts Theatre	Southman !Paul Southman
Coriolanus	000000001952-01-01-00001952 season	Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon	Menenius	With the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company
As You Like It	000000001952-01-01-00001952 season	Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon	Jaques	With the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company
Volpone	000000001952-01-01-00001952 season	Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon	Would-Be !Sir Politic Would-Be	With the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company
Hamlet	000000001953-08-01-00001953	Edinburgh Festival	Polonius
Hamlet	000000001953-09-01-00001953–1954	Old Vic !The Old Vic	Polonius	with the Old Vic Company
All's Well That Ends Well	000000001953-09-01-00001953–1954	Old Vic !The Old Vic	Parolles	with the Old Vic Company
Twelfth Night	000000001953-09-01-00001953–1954	Old Vic !The Old Vic	Malvolio	with the Old Vic Company
Tempest !The Tempest	000000001953-09-01-00001953–1954	Old Vic !The Old Vic	Prospero	with the Old Vic Company
Nina	000000001955-07-01-0000July 1955	Haymarket Theatre	Fourville !Georges de Fourville
Doctor's Dilemma !The Doctor's Dilemma	000000001955-10-01-0000October 1955	Saville Theatre	Bloomfield Bonington !Sir Ralph Bloomfield Bonington
What Shall We Tell Caroline?	000000001958-04-01-0000April 1958	Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith	Peters !Tony Peters	On a double bill with The Dock Brief; transferred to the Garrick Theatre in May 1958
Dock Brief !The Dock Brief	000000001958-04-01-0000April 1958	Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith	Morgenhall	On a double bill with What Shall We Tell Caroline?; transferred to the Garrick Theatre in May 1958
Julius Caesar	000000001958-10-01-0000Oct 1958	Old Vic !The Old Vic	Cassius	with the Old Vic Company
Ghosts	000000001958-10-01-0000Oct 1958	Old Vic !The Old Vic	Manders !Pastor Manders	with the Old Vic Company
Macbeth	000000001958-10-01-0000Oct 1958	Old Vic !The Old Vic	Macbeth	with the Old Vic Company
Magistrate !The Magistrate	000000001958-10-01-0000Oct 1958	Old Vic !The Old Vic	Posket !Mr Posket	with the Old Vic Company
Moonbirds	000000001959-10-01-0000October 1959	Cort Theatre, New York	Chabert !Alexander Chabert
Oedipus Rex	000000001960-04-01-0000April 1960	Sadler's Wells Theatre	Narrator
Playing With Fire	000000001962-06-01-0000June 1962	Aldwych Theatre	Father	with the Royal Shakespeare Company
Collection !The Collection	000000001962-06-01-0000June 1962	Aldwych Theatre	Harry	with the Royal Shakespeare Company
Troilus and Cressida	000000001962-10-01-0000October 1962	Aldwych Theatre	Ulysses	with the Royal Shakespeare Company
Physicists !The Physicists	000000001963-01-01-0000January 1963	Aldwych Theatre	Beutler !Herbert Georg Beutler	with the Royal Shakespeare Company
Saint's Day	000000001965-05-01-0000May 1965	Royal Theatre	Southman !Paul Southman
Relatively Speaking	000000001967-03-01-0000March 1967	Duke of York's Theatre	Philip
Enter a Free Man	000000001968-03-01-0000March 1968	St Martin's Theatre	Riley !George Riley
Delicate Balance !A Delicate Balance	000000001969-01-01-0000January 1969	Aldwych Theatre	Tobias	with the Royal Shakespeare Company
King Lear	000000001969-10-01-0000October 1969	Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham	King Lear	Production visited The Old Vic, February 1970
Flint	000000001970-05-01-0000May 1970	Criterion Theatre
Jumpers	000000001972-01-01-00001972	Old Vic !The Old Vic	Moore !George Moore	with the National Theatre company
Richard II	000000001972-01-01-00001972	Old Vic !The Old Vic	John of Gaunt	with the National Theatre company
Cherry Orchard !The Cherry Orchard	000000001973-05-01-0000May 1973	Old Vic !The Old Vic	Gayev !Leonid Gayev	with the National Theatre company
Stripwell	000000001975-10-01-0000October 1975	Royal Court Theatre	Stripwell !Graham Stripwell
Once upon a Time	000000001976-01-01-00001976	Bristol Old Vic	Fedya
Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold !The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold	000000001977-01-01-00001977	Round House Theatre, Manchester	Pinfold !Gilbert Pinfold	then Round House Theatre, London, 1979
Tempest !The Tempest	000000001978-01-01-00001978	Royal Shakespeare Theatre	Prospero	with the Royal Shakespeare Company
Love's Labour's Lost	000000001978-01-01-00001978	Royal Shakespeare Theatre	Armado !Don Adriano de Armado	with the Royal Shakespeare Company
Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold !The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold	000000001979-01-01-00001979	Round House Theatre	Pinfold !Gilbert Pinfold
Rivals !The Rivals	000000001983-01-01-00001983	National Theatre	Absolute !Sir Anthony Absolute
You Never Can Tell	000000001987-01-01-00001987	Haymarket Theatre	William the waiter
Bookends	000000001990-01-01-00001990	Apollo Theatre
Trelawny of the 'Wells'	1992	Comedy Theatre

Filmography

Filmography of Hordern
Film^[3]^[4]^[5]	Year	Role	Notes
A Girl Must Live	1939.1 !1939	Cast member
Band Waggon	1940.1 !1940	Minor Role	Uncredited
Girl in the News	1940.2 !1940	Assistant Prosecuting Counsel	Uncredited
Years Between !The Years Between	1946.1 !1946	MP in the House of Commons	Uncredited
Girl in a Million !A Girl in a Million	1946.2 !1946	Divorce counsel
School for Secrets	1946.3 !1946	Lowther !Lieutenant-Commander Lowther
Mine Own Executioner	1947.1 !1947	Co-counsel at Felix's Hearing	Uncredited
Night Beat	1947.2 !1947	Cast member	Uncredited
Good-Time Girl	1948.1 !1948	Seddon, detective
Small Voice !The Small Voice	1948.2 !1948	Dr. Mennell
Third Time Lucky	1949.1 !1949	Second doctor	Uncredited
Portrait from Life	1949.2 !1949	Johnson
Passport to Pimlico	1949.3 !1949	Bashford
Train of Events	1949.4 !1949	First plain clothes man	(segment "The Actor")
Astonished Heart !The Astonished Heart	1950.1 !1950	Ernest
Trio	1950.2 !1950	Vicar	(in segment The Verger)
Highly Dangerous	1950.3 !1950	Rawlings, director of laboratory
Flesh and Blood	1951.1 !1951	Webster
Scrooge	1951.2 !1951	Marley !Jacob Marley
Tom Brown's Schooldays	1951.3 !1951	Wilkes
Magic Box !The Magic Box	1951.4 !1951	Official receiver
Card !The Card	1952.1 !1952	Bank manager	Uncredited
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men	1952.2 !1952	Scathelock
Hour of 13 !The Hour of 13	1952.3 !1952	Frensham !Sir Herbert Frensham
Street Corner	1953.1 !1953	Heron !Detective Inspector Heron
Grand National Night	1953.2 !1953	Ayling !Inspector Ayling
Personal Affair	1953.3 !1953	Griffith !Headmaster Griffith
Heart of the Matter !The Heart of the Matter	1953.4 !1953	Commissioner of Police
You Know What Sailors Are	1954.1 !1954	Hamilton !Captain Hamilton
Forbidden Cargo	1954.2 !1954	Director
Beachcomber !The Beachcomber	1954.3 !1954	Headman
Svengali	1954.4 !1954	Billy's uncle	Uncredited
Night My Number Came Up !The Night My Number Came Up	1955.1 !1955	Lindsay !Commander Lindsay
Dark Avenger !The Dark Avenger	1955.2 !1955	Edward !King Edward III
Constant Husband !The Constant Husband	1955.3 !1955	Judge
Storm Over the Nile	1955.4 !1955	Faversham !General Faversham
Man Who Never Was !The Man Who Never Was	1956.1 !1956	Coburn !General Coburn
Alexander the Great	1956.2 !1956	Demosthenes
Pacific Destiny	1956.3 !1956	Gregory, resident commissioner
Baby and the Battleship !The Baby and the Battleship	1956.4 !1956	Captain Hugh
Spanish Gardener !The Spanish Gardener	1956.5 !1956	Brande !Harrington Brande
No Time for Tears	1957.1 !1957	Surgeon
Windom's Way	1957.2 !1957	Patterson
I Accuse!	1958.1 !1958	Prosecutor
Spaniard's Curse !The Spaniard's Curse	1958.2 !1958	Manton !Mr Justice Manton
Girls at Sea	1958.3 !1958	Hewitt !Admiral Hewitt
I Was Monty's Double	1958.4 !1958	Rusty
Sink the Bismarck!	1960.1 !1960	Tovey !Admiral Sir John Tovey
Moment of Danger	1960.2 !1960	Farrell !Inspector Farrell
Man in the Moon	1960.3 !1960	Davidson !Dr Davidson
El Cid	1961 !1961	Diego !Don Diego
V.I.P.s !The V.I.P.s	1963.1 !1963	Airport director
Cleopatra	1963.1 !1963	Cicero
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow	1963.3 !1963	Banks !Sir Thomas Banks
Yellow Rolls-Royce !The Yellow Rolls-Royce	1964 !1964	Harmsworth
Genghis Khan	1965.1 !1965	Geen
Spy Who Came in from the Cold !The Spy Who Came in from the Cold	1965.2 !1965	Ashe
Cast a Giant Shadow	1966.1 !1966	British ambassador
Khartoum	1966.2 !1966	Granville ! Lord Granville
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum	1966.3 !1966	Senex
Taming of the Shrew !The Taming of the Shrew	1967.1 !1967	Baptista
Jokers !The Jokers	1967.2 !1967	Sir Matthew
How I Won the War	1967.3 !1967	grapple !General Grapple
I'll Never Forget What's'isname	1967.4 !1967	Headmaster
Prudence and the Pill	1968.1 !1968	Morley !Dr Morley	Uncredited
Where Eagles Dare	1968.2 !1968	Rolland !Vice-Admiral Rolland
Bed-Sitting Room !The Bed-Sitting Room	1969.1 !1969	Martin !Captain Bules Martin
Anne of the Thousand Days	1969.2 !1969	Boleyn !Thomas Boleyn
Futtocks End	1970.1 !1970	Butler
Some Will, Some Won't	1970.2 !1970	Russell !James Deniston Russell
Up Pompeii	1971.1 !1971	Sextus !Ludicrus Sextus
Possession of Joel Delaney !The Possession of Joel Delaney	1972.1 !1972	Lorenz !Justin Lorenz
Pied Piper !The Pied Piper	1972.2 !1972	Melius
Demons of the Mind	1972.3 !1972	Priest
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	1972.4 !1972	Mock Turtle
Theatre of Blood	1973.1 !1973	Maxwell !George William Maxwell
MacKintosh Man !The Mackintosh Man	1973.2 !1973	Brown
England Made Me	1973.3 !1973	Minty !F. Minty
The Three Musketeers	1973.4 !1973	Treville	Voice, Uncredited
Girl Stroke Boy	1973.5 !1973	Mason !George Mason
Juggernaut	1974 !1974	Baker	Uncredited
Royal Flash	1975.1 !1975	Headmaster
Mister Quilp	1975.2 !1975	Grandfather
Barry Lyndon	1975.3 !1975	Narrator	Voice
Lucky Lady	1975.4 !1975	Rockwell !Captain Rockwell
Slipper and the Rose !The Slipper and the Rose	1976 !1976	King
Joseph Andrews	1977 !1977	Adams !Parson Adams
Medusa Touch !The Medusa Touch	1978.2 !1978	Fortune teller
Watership Down	1978.1 !1978	Frith	Voice
Wildcats of St Trinian's !The Wildcats of St Trinian's	1980 !1980	Hackforth !Sir Charles Hackforth
Ivanhoe	1982.1 !1982	Cedric
Missionary !The Missionary	1982.2 !1982	Slatterthwaite
Gandhi	1982.3 !1982	Hodge !Sir George Hodge
Yellowbeard	1983.1 !1983	Gilpin !Dr Gilpin
Wind in the Willows !The Wind in the Willows	1983.2 !1983	Badger	Voice
Zany Adventures of Robin Hood !The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood	1984 !1984	Rupert
Young Sherlock Holmes !"Young Sherlock Holmes"	1985 !1985	older John Watson	Voice
Comrades	1986.1 !1986	Pitt !Mr Pitt
Lady Jane	1986.2 !1986	Feckenham !Dr Feckenham
Labyrinth	1986.3 !1986	Wiseman	Voice
Suspicion	1987.1 !1987	McLaidlaw !Lord McLaidlaw
Trouble with Spies !The Trouble with Spies	1987.2 !1987	Locke !Jason Locke
Secret Garden !The Secret Garden	1987.3 !1987	Cast member
Diamond Skulls	1989 !1989	Crewne !Lord Crewne
Fool !The Fool	1990 !1990	Tatham !Mr Tatham
Freddie as F.R.O.7	1992 !1992	King	Voice

Radio broadcasts

Radio broadcasts of Michael Hordern
Broadcast	Date	Role	Notes	Refs.
Sunday Play !The Sunday Play: "Abraham Lincoln"	000000001947-06-14-000014 June 1947	Lincoln !Abraham Lincoln	tbc	^[6]

Notes and references

Notes

References

1 2 Herbert 1978, p. 745.
1 2 Who Was Who 2014.
↑ Pettigrew 1982, pp. 94–95.
↑ "Michael Hordern". British Film Institute. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
↑ Monaco 1991, p. 263.
↑ "The Sunday Play". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

Sources

Herbert, Ian (1978). Who's Who in the Theatre: a Biographical Record of the Contemporary Stage. London: Pitman Publishing. ISBN 978-0-2730-1195-8.
Monaco, James (1991). The Encyclopedia of Film. New York, NY: Perigee Books. ISBN 978-0-399-51604-7.
Pettigrew, Terence (1982). British Film Character Actors: Great Names and Memorable Moments. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8270-5.
Who Was Who (1920–2015). London: A & C Black. 2014. ISBN 978-0-7136-0170-1. (subscription required)

External links

Michael Hordern at the BFI
Michael Hordern at the British Film Institute's Screenonline
Michael Hordern at the Internet Movie Database
Michael Hordern at the TCM Movie Database

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