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Sir Michael Murray Hordern, CBE (3 October 1911 – 2 May 1995) was an English actor. He is best known for his Shakespearean roles, especially King Lear . He often appeared in film, rising from a bit part actor to leading roles; by the time of his death he had appeared in nearly 140 films.
Michael Hordern. Actor: Where Eagles Dare. Some of Hordern's finest work was not in films or television but on radio: His performance as Gandalf in the BBC's radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings was arguably the definitive portrayal of that character (contrast Hordern's Gandalf with that of Ian McKellen in the 3-part film adaptation of The ...
May 3, 1995 · Michael Murray Hordern, actor: born Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire 3 October 1911; CBE 1972; Kt 1983; author of A World Elsewhere 1993; married 1943 Eveline Mortimer (died 1986; one daughter); died...
Michael Hordern (3 October 1911 — 2 May 1995) was an English actor whose career spanned seven decades. He made more than 160 film appearances, usually in supporting character roles, and appeared in over 100 theatrical productions, most of them Shakespeare.
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May 4, 1995 · Sir Michael Hordern, a classical actor with the soul of a clown, died on Tuesday at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford, England. He was 83. The cause was kidney disease, a hospital spokesman told...
PRODUCTION DIARY #11: This week's production diary dips into the archive and dusts off an interview we recorded with one of Britain's most recognisable chara...
May 10, 1995 · Actor Sir Michael Hordern, whose roles in a career spanning more than half a century ranged from mad King Lear to the voice of Paddington Bear in the television cartoon, has died.
A former teacher and sales rep who had one line in A Girl Must Live (d. Carol Reed, 1939) and a fleeting bit in Band Waggon (d. Marcel Varnel, 1940), before WW2 service in the Royal Navy (1940-45), returned to the stage in 1947, to TV ( Morning Departure, BBC) and films ( School for Secrets, d. Peter Ustinov; Girl in a Million, d.
Dec 24, 1977 · A Christmas Carol: Directed by Moira Armstrong. With Michael Hordern, John Le Mesurier, Bernard Lee, Patricia Quinn. Miser Ebenezer Scrooge hates Christmas, but then gets a visit from his companion Jacob Marley, who has been dead for seven years. He urges Scrooge to change his life.
