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
20 titles
Labyrinth
Teenage Sarah journeys through a maze to save her baby brother from the Goblin King.
Where Eagles Dare
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.
A Christmas Carol
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 ...
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
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.
El Cid
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.
Theater of Blood
A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
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.
Yellowbeard
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.
The Taming of The Shrew
Brutish, fortune-hunting scoundrel Petruchio tames his wealthy, shrewish wife, Katharina.
Anne of the Thousand Days
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.
Khartoum
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...
The Medusa Touch
A telekinetic novelist causes disasters simply by thinking about them.
Lady Jane
The story of Lady Jane Grey, who was Queen of England for only nine days.
The Man Who Never Was
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.
The MacKintosh Man
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.
Alexander the Great
Philip of Macedonia's son wants to rule the fourth-century B.C. world.
Cast a Giant Shadow
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.
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
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.
The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella
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.
The Missionary
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...