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  Michael Hordern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Michael Hordern (October 3, 1911-May 2, 1995) was a British actor, knighted in 1983 for his services to the theatre.
Hordern was born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, and educated at Brighton College, as was his brother Peter.
Hordern was also in demand for voice-over work, and as the narrator of FilmFair Production's Paddington Bear, his soothing voice will be familiar to TV audiences everywhere.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Michael_Hordern   (394 words)

  
 BBC Shop - Jeeves & Wooster/P.G. Wodehouse
Michael Hordern stars as Jeeves with Richard Briers as Bertie...
Michael Hordern stars as Jeeves with Richard Briers as Bertie in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation...
Michael Hordern stars as Jeeves with Richard Briers...
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 Hordern Sir Michael - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Hordern Sir Michael - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Hordern, Sir Michael (1911-1995), British stage actor who excelled in comedies for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.
Somare, Sir Michael (1936-), Papua New Guinean politician, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (1975-1980, 1982-1985, 2002-).
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 VH1.com : Movies : Person : Michael Hordern : Biography
A graduate of Britain's Brighton College, Michael Hordern entered the workaday world as a schoolteacher.
In films, Hordern appeared as Marley's Ghost in the 1951 Alastair Sim version of A Christmas Carol (1951), Demosthenes in Alexander the Great (1956), Cicero in Cleopatra (1963), Baptista in Zeffirelli's Taming of the Shrew (1967), Thomas Boleyn in Anne of a Thousand Days (1968), and Brownlow in the 1982 TV adaptation of Oliver Twist.
Michael Hordern was knighted in 1983, and a decade later published his autobiography, A World Elsewhere.
www.vh1.com /movies/person/29412/bio.jhtml   (213 words)

  
 The Slipper and the Rose - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This film was chosen as the Royal Command Performance motion picture selection for 1976.
Directed by Bryan Forbes, the film stars Gemma Craven as the heroine, Richard Chamberlain as the Prince, and a talented supporting cast led by Michael Hordern, Edith Evans and Annette Crosbie.
Academy Award nominated songs are written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, who also shared scripting duties with Forbes and, reportedly, David Frost.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Slipper_and_the_Rose   (326 words)

  
 "Alices Adventures In Wonderland - with Fiona Fullerton as Alice - page 1"
Michael Crawford was still relatively unknown at this stage, having only recently made his name in the UK as Frank Spencer in the sitcom "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em".
As soon as her role in the film was confirmed, a meeting was arranged with Barry in his London apartment, which was situated on the Albert embankment, opposite the Tate gallery.
Michael Crawford, Don Black and Denis King were all present as Barry played them piano tapes of the songs.
www.alice-in-wonderland.fsnet.co.uk /film_01.htm   (473 words)

  
 Review: Scrooge (1951)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The first is Scrooge's former partner, the late Jacob Marley (Michael Hordern), who bears a warning about what happens to a man who dies after living only for money.
Next is the Ghost of Christmas Past (Michael Dolan), who takes Scrooge on a journey into the years gone by, reminding him of times when wealth meant little.
Michael Hordern, whose Marley was a tortured soul, became a mainstay of British and American TV.
movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/s/scrooge51.html   (839 words)

  
 How I Won The War Review (1967)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
At the end of World War II, by the Rhine, Lieutenant Ernest Goodbody (Michael Crawford) stages an abortive attempt to cross the river with his men, but ends up captured by the Germans.
He had a more privileged background that many of the recruits, and unlike them felt he could be very useful in the war, but the swelling ranks of British army are unprepared for the conflict - not just in terms of equipment, but in attitude as well.
The higher echelons of the army are represented by Colonel Grapple (Michael Hordern), who sums them up by being aloof, uncaring of the danger his men are in, and possibly insane with power.
www.thespinningimage.co.uk /cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=939   (724 words)

  
 AMCTV.com SHOW - How I Won the War
A satire of WWII, made just as the Vietnam war was reaching its height, Richard Lester's dark comedy stars Michael Crawford as a celebrated veteran reminiscing about the high point of his life: constructing a cricket pitch behind enemy lines in North Africa.
Highly stylized, the film is constantly commenting on itself and includes a scene in which spectators in a theater showing the film yell at the screen.
Michael Crawford, Michael Hordern, Roy Kinnear, Alexander Knox, John Lennon, Jack MacGowran, Lee Montague
www.amctv.com /show/detail?CID=9388-1-PST   (142 words)

  
 iFMagazine.com Reviews - A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
Pseudolus (Zero Mostel, star of the Broadway version) is a slave in the house of Senex (Shakespearean actor Michael Hordern, who also played Marley in the 1951 A CHRISTMAS CAROL), and infamous as the laziest, most conniving slave in Rome.
When his master goes out of town, Pseudolus is instructed to keep an eye on the master's son, Hero (Michael Crawford, long before his fame as the Phantom on the stage).
This may not be an easy task, as Hero has fallen for the girl next door, and next door happens to be the ill-reputed house of Lycus (Phil Silvers), a dealer in beautiful female slaves.
www.ifmagazine.com /review.asp?article=451   (790 words)

  
 King Lear - Michael Hordern, Gillian Barge, John Bird, Brenda Blethyn, Julian Curry - 1982 (tv)
King Lear - Michael Hordern, Gillian Barge, John Bird, Brenda Blethyn, Julian Curry - 1982 (tv)
Michael Hordern's masterful understanding of the part, his sandpaper voice, his shaggy but noble head made him the perfect Lear--"every *inch* a king".
I first saw this production as a college freshman in 1985, and I've seen none since that has equaled it.
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 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
    Pseudolus (Zero Mostel) is a slave to the family of Senex (Michael Hordern).
When the master and his harridan wife leave to visit her mother, Pseudolus sees his chance.
The master's son Hero (Michael Crawford) is in love with Philia, a girl from the house next door.
www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/Reviews.asp?ID=4713   (1276 words)

  
 Up Pompeii Review (1971)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Frankie Howerd, Michael Hordern, Patrick Cargill, Barbara Murray, Bill Fraser, Lance Percival, Julie Ege, Adrienne Posta, Royce Mills, Madeline Smith, Russell Hunter, Kenneth Cranham, Bernard Bresslaw, Aubrey Woods, Roy Hudd, Derek Griffiths, Lally Bowers
The Roman Empire is at its height, and the citizens of Pompeii spend all the time they can enjoying themselves - except for the slaves, that is, including Lurcio (Frankie Howerd), who is busy preparing an orgy for his master Ludicrus (Michael Hordern).
This saucy comedy was written by Sid Colin, and it's no surprise that Talbot Rothwell had the idea behind it, as it does come across as a broader version of one of the historical Carry On movies.
www.thespinningimage.co.uk /cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=578   (513 words)

  
 LOVEFiLM | Europe's No.1 online DVD rental service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Moira Armstrong, 1977): First broadcast in 1977, repeated in 1993 with a stunning cast, the perennial favourite morality tale is vividly brought to life by Michael Hordern as Scrooge, with John le Mesurier and Bernard Lee.
The highly acclaimed TV broadcast recording of Shakespeare's play with a terrific Michael Hordern in the title role.
Based on M.R. James's supernatural short story Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad, this fl-and-white BBC film from 1968 tells the chilling tale of a hapless professor (Michael Hordern) on a winter holiday on the Norfolk coast....
www.lovefilm.com /actor.php?at_id=3671   (1261 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Lady Jane: Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bonham-Carter's other primary relationship is brief but substantial in the form of an intellectual attachment to the kindly Dr. Feckenham, a Catholic clergyman who is willing to engage in the theological discussion with a Protestant; Michael Horden gives a memorable performance as the intercessor between the Greys and Mary Tudor.
You have to appreciate the irony that these two privileged children of the British class system were idealistic friends of the common folk.
The cast features the standard collection of British character actors, with Michael Hordern as Doctor Feckenham, Mary's teacher, Jane Lapotaire as Princess Mary, Joss Ackland as Sir John Bridges, and Sara Kestleman as Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk and Jane's mother.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/6300214559   (2040 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Widescreen): DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The wild story, set in ancient Rome, follows a slave named Pseudolus (Zero Mostel, snorting and gibbering) as he tries to extricate himself from an increasingly farcical situation; Mostel and a bevy of inspired clowns, including Phil Silvers, Jack Gilford, and Buster Keaton, keep the slapstick and the patter perking.
The cast also includes the young Michael Crawford as a love-struck innocent.
This project landed in the lap of Richard Lester, then one of the hottest directors in the world after his success with the Beatles' films.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0792844815   (1106 words)

  
 Where Eagles Dare (1968)
I suspect a lot of the stunt sequences were shot by second-unit director Yakima Canutt, something of a Hollywood legend since the silent era.
This film has a splendid cast, including Anton Diffring, Ferdy Mayne and Derren Nesbitt as the Germans, plus Michael Hordern, Patrick Wymark and Ingrid Pitt on the other side.
The pilot is played by Australian actor Vincent Ball, who should be a familiar face to many.
www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/Reviews.asp?ID=4370   (1053 words)

  
 Michael Hordern   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Some of Hordern's finest work was not in films or television but on radio:...
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 DVD.net : Shakespeare - King Lear - DVD Review
This King Lear is old, sick and tired..
The very capable director Jonathan Miller comes unstuck here,in this BBC television adaptation, mainly due to some very odd casting which sees him lumbered with likeable lightweight Michael Hordern as the complex, embittered aged King Lear.
Hordern is simply not up to the part, probably Shakespeare's most demanding.
www.dvd.net.au /review.cgi?review_id=4524   (339 words)

  
 Whistle And I'll Come To You - Michael Hordern, Ambrose Coghill 1968
Whistle And I'll Come To You - Michael Hordern, Ambrose Coghill 1968
Made in 1968 for BBC Television’s Omnibus programme, Jonathan Miller’s adaptation succeeds in capturing the chill of terror at the heart of the story.
The bleak Norfolk landscape is superbly photographed by Dick Bush to instil a sense of isolation and unease from the outset, and Michael Hordern’s performance as the eccentric, grouchy professor is nothing short of brilliant.
www.learmedia.ca /product_info.php/products_id/577   (279 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Joy in the Morning: Starring Michael Hordern & Richard Briers (BBC Radio Collection) [Audiobook]: ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Amazon.co.uk: Joy in the Morning: Starring Michael Hordern and Richard Briers (BBC Radio Collection) [Audiobook]: Books
P.G. Wodehouse, Chris Miller, Michael Hordern (Performer), Richard Briers (Performer)
First broadcast on Radio 4 in seven episodes in 1978, this dramatization finds Bertie Wooster trapped in rural Steeple Bumpleigh with a gathering which includes Florence Craye, to whom he was once engaged, and her new fiance, Stilton Cheesewright, who regarded Bertie as a snake in the grass.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0563557354   (535 words)

  
 Videos available   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Cast: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern, Natasha Pyne, Michael York
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Richard Briers, Michael Keaton, Robert Sean Leonard, Keanu Reeves, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington, Kate Beckinsale, Brian Blessed.
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Jeremy Brett, Michael Jayston.
www.engl.uvic.ca /Faculty/MBHomePage/engl366c2005/videos.html   (309 words)

  
 AMCTV.com SHOW - Alexander the Great
Robert Rossen wrote, produced and directed this lavish historical epic which depicts the Greek military genius Alexander (played by a blonde-wigged Richard Burton) as the scion of a dysfunctional family who must find new worlds to conquer" in order to prove himself to his father (the always excellent Fredric March).
The battle sequences are exciting, the Spanish and Italian landscapes are stunning and there are fascinating performances by the likes of Michael Hordern, Claire Bloom and Harry Andrews."
Harry Andrews, Stanley Baker, Claire Bloom, Richard Burton, Peter Cushing, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Hordern, Barry Jones, Niall MacGinnis, Fredric March
www.amctv.com /show/detail?CID=8372-1-PST   (107 words)

  
 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum movie posters and memorabilia at MovieGoods
Cast: Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Jack Gilford, Buster Keaton, Michael Hordern, Michael Crawford, Annette Andre; Directed by: Richard Lester
Cast: Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Jack Gilford, Buster Keaton, Michael Hordern, Michael Crawford, Annette Andre; DIRECTED BY: Richard Lester; WRITTEN BY: Melvin Frank, Michael Pertwee; CINEMATOGRAPHY BY: Nicolas Roeg; MUSIC BY: Ken Thorne.
Review: A bawdy Broadway farce set in ancient Rome where a conniving, slave plots his way to freedom by aiding in the romantic escapades of his master's inept son.
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 Amazon.co.uk: Pygmalion: Performed by Sir Michael Redgrave & Cast [Audiobook]: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
George Bernard Shaw, Sir Michael Redgrave (Narrator), Sir Michael Hordern (Narrator), Lynn Redgrave (Narrator)
Buy Pygmalion: Performed by Sir Michael Redgrave and Cast...
An audio book of the classic George Bernard Shaw story featuring the voices of Sir Michael Redgrave, Sir Michael Hordern and Lynn Redgrave.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0001047957   (304 words)

  
 VH1.com : Movies : Person : Michael Hordern : Main
VH1.com : Movies : Person : Michael Hordern : Main
Engaging in amateur theatricals in his off-hours, Hordern turned pro in 1937, making his film debut two years later.
After serving in the Royal Navy from 1940 to 1945, Hordern returned to show business, matriculating into one...
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 ~ Welcome to NARNIA ~
(abridged, read by Sir Michael Hordern, 2 tapes)
(abridged, read by Sir Michael Hordern, 2 CDs)
(abridged, read by Sir Michael Hordern, 14 tapes)
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 Other Will Scarlets on film
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952)
nd Michael Hordern played Scathelock (right), who also does not seem to have a first name.
inally, here are all three Wills in the same frame - from left Scathelock (Hordern), Stutely (Owen) and Scarlet (Forwood) in red with the bow.
www.copperlily.com /scarletinside/otherscars.html   (1128 words)

  
 Amazon.com: King Richard II Performed by John Gielgud, Michael Hordern, Leo McKern, Keith Michell & Cast: Books: ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Amazon.com: King Richard II Performed by John Gielgud, Michael Hordern, Leo McKern, Keith Michell & Cast: Books: William Shakespeare
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