Michael Hordern

Michael Hordern

October 3, 1911 · 114 years old

Sir Michael Murray Hordern (3 October 1911 – 2 May 1995) was an English actor, knighted in 1983 for his services to the theatre, which stretched back to before the Second World War.

Known For

35 titles
1
Labyrinth

Labyrinth

1986 · 1h 41m · Movie

Teenage Sarah journeys through a maze to save her baby brother from the Goblin King.

7.3
2
Where Eagles Dare

Where Eagles Dare

1968 · 2h 38m · Movie

Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding American brigadier general George Carnaby prisoner, but that's not all that's really going on.

7.6
3
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1951 · 1h 26m · Movie

Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. However, this Christmas Eve, he will be visited by three spirits who will show him the error of ...

8.1
4
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

1965 · 1h 52m · Movie

Instead of coming in from field work during the Cold War and taking a desk job, British intelligence agent Alec Leamas chooses to take on another assignment.

7.5
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El Cid

El Cid

1961 · 3h 2m · Movie

The fabled Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (a.k.a. El Cid) overcomes a family vendetta and court intrigue to defend Christian Spain against the Moors.

7.2
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Theater of Blood

Theater of Blood

1973 · 1h 44m · Movie

A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.

7.1
7
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1966 · 1h 39m · Movie

A wily Roman slave schemes to earn his freedom by romantically uniting his master with a courtesan. But matters get complicated and he ends up dragging in his neighbors around him, leading to chaos.

6.8
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Yellowbeard

Yellowbeard

1983 · 1h 36m · Movie

After serving two decades in prison, Yellowbeard (Graham Chapman) breaks out determined to recover the treasure that he buried so long ago, alongside his son, old crew, and the British Navy.

5.9
9
The Taming of The Shrew

The Taming of The Shrew

1967 · 2h 2m · Movie

Brutish, fortune-hunting scoundrel Petruchio tames his wealthy, shrewish wife, Katharina.

7.1
10
Anne of the Thousand Days

Anne of the Thousand Days

1969 · 2h 25m · Movie

King Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Catharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.

7.4
11
Khartoum

Khartoum

1966 · 2h 8m · Movie

In the Sudan, in 1884 to 1885, Egyptian forces led by British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim Army led by a religious fanatic, Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi (Sir Laurence Oli...

6.8
12
The Medusa Touch

The Medusa Touch

1978 · 1h 49m · Movie

A telekinetic novelist causes disasters simply by thinking about them.

6.9
13
Lady Jane

Lady Jane

1986 · 2h 16m · Movie

The story of Lady Jane Grey, who was Queen of England for only nine days.

7.1
14
The Man Who Never Was

The Man Who Never Was

1956 · 1h 43m · Movie

In order to fool the Germans into thinking the Allied invasion of Sicily will take place elsewhere, British Military Intelligence comes up with a cunning ruse.

7.4
15
The MacKintosh Man

The MacKintosh Man

1973 · 1h 38m · Movie

A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor.

6.3
16
Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great

1956 · 2h 21m · Movie

Philip of Macedonia's son wants to rule the fourth-century B.C. world.

5.8
17
Cast a Giant Shadow

Cast a Giant Shadow

1966 · 2h 26m · Movie

In 1947, following the U.N. decision to split British Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states, a former U.S. Army officer is recruited by the Jews to reorganize the Haganah.

6.3
18
The Yellow Rolls-Royce

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

1964 · 2h 2m · Movie

Anthology movie about three owners of a yellow Rolls-Royce: a British diplomat buys the car for his French wife; a mobster's girlfriend has an affair in Italy; an American woman drives a Yugoslavian partisan.

6.4
19
The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella

The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella

1976 · 2h 7m · Movie

A musical retelling of the classic tale of Cinderella. In the tiny kingdom of Euphrania, the King and his court are anxious to get Prince Edward wed. But Edward wants to marry for love.

6.9
20
The Missionary

The Missionary

1982 · 1h 30m · Movie

In the early 20th century, devout Reverend Charles Fortescue returns to England from his missionary work in Africa and, despite plans to marry his childhood sweetheart, receives a most unusual assignment: minister to the local pro...

6.2
21
Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan

1965 · 2h 0m · Movie

During the thirteenth century, the shy Mongol boy Temujin becomes the fearless leader Genghis Khan, who unites all Mongol tribes and conquers most of Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

5.8
22
How I Won the War

How I Won the War

1967 · 1h 49m · Movie

An inept British World War II commander leads his troops through a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.

5.5
23
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

1952 · 1h 24m · Movie

When King Richard the Lionheart leaves England to lead a crusade to the Holy Land, his treacherous brother conspires to bring himself to power.

6.5
24
Royal Flash

Royal Flash

1975 · 1h 42m · Movie

Ne'er-do-well Captain Harry Flashman (Malcolm McDowell) is coerced by Otto Von Bismarck (Oliver Reed) into impersonating a Prince.

6.3
25
Demons of the Mind

Demons of the Mind

1972 · 1h 29m · Movie

A physician discovers that two children are being kept virtually imprisoned in their house by their father. He investigates, and discovers a web of sex, incest, and Satanic possession.

5.3
26
The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows

1983 · 1h 19m · Movie

Toad, Rat, Mole, and Badger follow animal etiquette in this version of Kenneth Grahame's classic, in stop-motion model animation.

7.6
27
Danny the Champion of the World

Danny the Champion of the World

1989 · 1h 39m · Movie

In the beginning, the poachers were hunted all the pheasants for food.

6.7
28
The Possession of Joel Delaney

The Possession of Joel Delaney

1972 · 1h 45m · Movie

An upper-class Manhattan divorcee comes to believe that her brother is possessed by the spirit of a serial killer who beheaded young women in Spanish Harlem.

5.8
29
Lucky Lady

Lucky Lady

1975 · 1h 58m · Movie

A trio of rum-runners during prohibition in the 1930s engage in a menage-a-trois after business hours.

5.2
30
The Pied Piper

The Pied Piper

1972 · 1h 26m · Movie

In 1349, while the Black Plague threatens Germany, the town of Hamelin hires a wandering pied piper (Donovan) to lure rats away with his magic pipe, but then refuses to pay for his services, causing him to lure the town's children...

6.3
31
Storm Over the Nile

Storm Over the Nile

1955 · 1h 47m · Movie

A British officer resigns his commission on the eve of his regiment's departure for war in Sudan. Accused of cowardice by his friends and the woman he loves, he sets out to prove his courage to them. A remake of "The Four Feathers...

6.2
32
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's

The Wildcats of St. Trinian's

1980 · 1h 31m · Movie

The girls of St. Trinian's decide they are being asked to do too much work so they go on strike.

3.7
33
The Spaniard's Curse

The Spaniard's Curse

1958 · 1h 20m · Movie

A man is convicted of murder. He denies murder, and uses an ancient curse to threaten those responsible for sentencing him to death.

5.7
34
Secret Flight

Secret Flight

1946 · 1h 12m · Movie

During World War II, on the eve of the Battle of Britain, British scientists develop the first radar systems to be employed against the German Luftwaffe.

6.5
35
Futtocks End

Futtocks End

1970 · 47m · Movie

In this "silent" sound-effect comedy, Ronnie Barker stars as General Futtock, who has a motley group of guests stay at his country estate for the weekend. Chaos ensues between the butler (Sir Michael Hordern) trying to catch glimp...

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