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Michael Hordern
Acting · follow into films and chains
Biography
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.
Notable films
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Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
Darkness Beyond the Gate
A wordless lamb, a talking pig and a band of rabbits walk the same fence line: the moment a gentle countryside turns strange.
6 films
Love in the Time of Espionage
From Berlin to Buenos Aires, a journey through films where romance and espionage entwine, revealing the human cost of secrets.
7 films
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Acted
Danny the Champion of the World
1989 · Lord Claybury
Labyrinth
1986 · The Wiseman (voice)
The Wind in the Willows
1983 · Badger
Yellowbeard
1983 · Dr. Gilpin
Gandhi
1982 · Sir George Hodge
The Missionary
1982 · Slatterthewaite/Narrator
Shōgun
1980 · Friar Domingo
Watership Down
1978 · Frith (voice)
Theatre of Blood
1973 · George Maxwell
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972 · Mock Turtle
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969 · Thomas Boleyn
Whistle and I'll Come to You
1968 · Professor Parkins
How I Won the War
1967 · Grapple
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965 · Ashe
El Cid
1961 · Don Diego
I Was Monty's Double
1958 · Governor of Gibralter
Alexander the Great
1956 · Demosthenes
The Card
1952 · Bank Manager
Scrooge
1951 · Jacob Marley
Passport to Pimlico
1949 · Bashford