Sir Michael Hordern
Actor
- 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…