Sir Michael Hordern

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Filmography (All Films)

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Astonished Heart, The (1950): Dir. Terence Fisher, Antony Damborough
Feat. Sir Noel Coward, Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton…; Noel Coward stars in this adaptation of his play; a drawing–room melodrama about a married psychiatrist who unhappily succumbs to the wiles of…
Heart of the Matter, The (1953): Dir. George More O'Ferrall
Feat. Trevor Howard, Elizabeth Allan, Maria Schell…; Solid adaptation of Graham Greene's bleak novel has Trevor Howard as a policeman in Sierra Leone tormented by his extra–marital affair.
Beachcomber, The (1954): Dir. Muriel Box
Feat. Glynis Johns, Robert Newton, Donald Sinden…; Entertaining and deeply silly romantic yarn with prim missionary Johns falling for slovenly Newton as they team up to fight a cholera outbreak on a…
Spanish Gardener, The (1956): Dir. Philip Leacock
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Sir Michael Hordern, Cyril Cusack…; Curious father/son drama with Bogarde in the title role forming a close relationship with a young boy much to his father's envy. Narrative wise…
Windom's Way (1957): Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Peter Finch, Mary Ure, Robert Flemyng…; Malayan–set drama with Finch as a doctor – who along with his estranged wife – finds himself caught up in political turmoil that…
Sink the Bismarck (1960): Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Laurence Naismith…; A no–nonsense depiction of the WW2 hunt by the British navy to destroy the German super–warship Bismarck. Conveying both the allied…
Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965): Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Richard Burton, Oskar Werner, Claire Bloom…; Stark yet gripping adaptation of John Le Carre's espionage novel. Richard Burton plays the dispossessed spy reluctantly engaged in the most dangerous…
Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968): Dir. Jonathan Miller
Feat. Sir Michael Hordern; Possibly the finest of the BBC's M R James adaptations, this spooky tale concerns a closeted, sceptical professor (Hordern) whose seaside holiday…
Where Eagles Dare (1969): Dir. Brian G. Hutton
Feat. Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure…; Exciting adaptation of Alistair MacLean's WW2 novel concerning British paratroopers rescue mission from an impregnable castle.
Futtocks End (1969): Dir. Bob Kellett
Feat. Ronnie Barker, Sir Michael Hordern, Roger Livesey; Bonafide comedy classic in the 'wordless' style of Eric Sykes, stars Ronnie Barker as a lecherous befuddled Army General who hosts a weekend…
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969): Dir. Charles Jarrott
Feat. Richard Burton, Genevieve Bujold, Irene Papas…; Opulent recounting of the doomed romance between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn with a gallery of fine performances and stunning costume design.
Demons of the Mind (1971): Dir. Peter Sykes
Feat. Paul Jones, Patrick Magee, Sir Michael Hordern…; A Victorian baron imprisons his two children, believing them to be possessed. Enticing Hammer offering, laced with blood–and–roses…
Up Pompeii (1971): Dir. Bob Kellett
Feat. Frankie Howerd, Sir Michael Hordern, Barbara Murray…; Frankie Howerd's bawdy comedy with a Roman slave inadvertently becoming the possessor of a scroll naming the proposed assassins of the Emperor Nero.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972): Dir. William Sterling
Feat. Michael Crawford, Peter Sellers, Dudley Moore…; Star–packed, centennial adaptation of Lewis Carroll's masterpiece follows young Alice (Fullerton) down the rabbithole and on to her adventures…
Edward VII (TV Series) (1975): Dir. John Gorrie
Feat. Timothy West, John Gielgud, Robert Hardy…; Superb period drama covers the complicated 'Royal' Edward VII, who was almost an old man by the time he finally became King of England in the early…
Slipper and the Rose, The (1975): Dir. Bryan Forbes
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Gemma Craven, Sir Michael Hordern…; Middling musical retells the Cinderella story from the prince's point of view. An unlikely Richard Chamberlain plays the all–singin, all dancin…
Lucky Lady (1975): Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds…; Shapeless caper with three rum–runners set during the prohibition whose lives are complicated by the personal relationships. A notorious…
Christmas Carol, A (1977): Dir. Moira Armstrong
Feat. Sir Michael Hordern, Bernard Lee; Charles Dickens' time–honoured tale of how Ebenezer Scrooge, too mean to celebrate Xmas, is brought to account by the ghosts of Past, Present…
Joseph Andrews (1977): Dir. Tony Richardson
Feat. Ann-Margret, Peter Firth, Beryl Reid…; Bawdy picaresque revolves around the romantic misadventures of switched–at–birth servant. Chief amongst his concerns are the unwelcome…
Romeo and Juliet (1978): Dir. Alvin Rakoff
Feat. Patrick Ryecart, Rebecca Saire, Sir Michael Hordern…; Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
Medusa Touch, The (1978): Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. Richard Burton, Lee Remick, Derek Jacobi…; Garbled but entertaining thriller stars Burton as a paranormally–gifted writer who psychiatrist (Remick) tries to wean him from his murderous…
Tempest, The (1980): Dir. John Gorrie
Feat. Sir Michael Hordern, Nigel Hawthorne; Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
All's Well That Ends Well (1981): Dir. Elijah Moshinsky
Feat. Ian Charleson, Angela Down, Sir Michael Hordern…; Adaptation of the Shakespeare play about a low–born daughter of a doctor who falls in love with the son of a countess, and attempts to cure the…
Oliver Twist (1982): Dir. Clive Donner
Feat. Tim Curry, George C. Scott, Sir Michael Hordern; Tim Curry is creepiness itself in this decent adaptation of Dickens' tale of an orphan boy escaping the horrors of the orphanage only to be taken in…
King Lear (1982): Dir. Jonathan Miller
Feat. Sir Michael Hordern, John Shrapnel, Norman Rodway…; BBC adaptation of Shakespeare's powerful tragedy, with Michael Hordern in the lead role as the troubled King.
Paradise Postponed (TV Series) (1986): Feat. Sir Michael Hordern, Richard Vernon, Peter Egan…; Ambitious series following various characters in a small British village across three post–war decades. Written by John Mortimer, who adapted…
Scoop (1987): Dir. Gavin Millar
Feat. Denholm Elliott, Sir Michael Hordern, Herbert Lom; Satirical drama based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Evelyn Waugh. Set in the world of journalism, where an inexperienced reporter is sent to…

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