Movies by Michael Hordern
As part of the cast:
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The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads (2000)
Cast: Ian Carmichael, Michael Hordern, David Jason …
Designed with young audiences in mind, this award-winning animated film (created with labor-intensive stop-motion techniques) brings Kenneth Grahame's classic children's book to…
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Beauty and the Beast (1992)
Cast: Christopher Lee, Jason Connery, Kellie Bright …
In exchange for her father's life, Beauty is forced to live with a gruesome beast in his enchanted castle. Soon, the relationship between Beauty and her captor takes an unsuspected turn,…
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The Secret Garden (1987)
Cast: Gennie James, Barret Oliver, Jadrien Steele …
Directed by: Alan Grint
Based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic tale, this Hallmark Hall of Fame adaptation follows young Mary Lennox's (Gennie James) life after her parents die of cholera in India and…
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Scoop (1987)
Cast: Denholm Elliott, Gavin Millar, Michael Hordern …
Directed by: Gavin Millar
William Boot is a nature writer who is mistakenly posted to Africa to cover a civil war. As he deals with a gallery of eccentric characters, Boot improbably stumbles onto a major journalistic…
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Lady Jane (1986)
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, John Wood …
Directed by: Trevor Nunn
For nine politically charged days in 1553, Protestant noblewoman Lady Jane Grey rules England against her will. But when Princess Mary, the daughter of King Henry VIII, assumes the throne,…
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The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984)
Cast: George Segal, Morgan Fairchild, Roddy McDowall …
Directed by: Ray Austin
As neurotic Prince John (Roddy McDowall) undergoes therapy and devises dastardly schemes with his wicked henchman (Tom Baker), rebellious Robin Hood (George Segal) and his goofy gang of merry…
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The Wind in the Willows (1984)
Cast: Richard Pearson, Peter Sallis, Michael Hordern …
The characters of Kenneth Grahame's adored children's story come to life in this stop-motion animation series that finds the affluent Mr. Toad leading cohorts Rat, Mole and Badger…
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The Wind in the Willows (1983)
Cast: Richard Pearson, Ian Carmichael, David Jason …
Directed by: Mark Hall, Chris Taylor
An ensemble of well-meaning critters try to discourage their well-to-do friend, Mr. Toad, from going on a global adventure in this animated version of the beloved classic. But the reckless…
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Yellowbeard (1983)
Cast: Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Cheech Marin …
Directed by: Mel Damski
After escaping from a long jail sentence for tax evasion, the feared pirate Yellowbeard gathers a gang of misfits to search for his treasure. Pursued by the Royal Navy and his nemesis, Mr.…
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The Missionary (1982)
Cast: Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard …
Directed by: Richard Loncraine
Richard Loncraine directs this offbeat British comedy about a missionary (Michael Palin), the Rev. Charles Fortescue, who makes it his personal calling to save the souls of "ladies of the…
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King Lear (1982)
Cast: John Shrapnel, Norman Rodway, Michael Kitchen …
Directed by: Jonathan Miller
The aging King Lear directs each of his daughters, Regan, Goneril and Cordelia, to profess her love and commitment to him. The first two, greedy for the throne, purr words of false kindness,…
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Ivanhoe (1982)
Cast: James Mason, Anthony Andrews, Sam Neill …
Directed by: Douglas Camfield
In this TV version of Sir Walter Scott's epic tale, Saxon knight Wilfred of Ivanhoe fights to restore Richard the Lionheart's throne. While stirring up trouble with the king's…
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All's Well That Ends Well (1981)
Cast: Celia Johnson, Ian Charleson, Michael Hordern …
Directed by: Elijah Moshinsky
After winning the hand of Count Bertram (Ian Charleson) as a reward for saving the life of the King of France (Donald Sinden), lowborn commoner Helena (Angela Down) is forced to resort to…
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Shakespeare Comedies: The Tempest (1980)
Cast: Michael Hordern, Derek Godfrey, David Waller …
Directed by: John Gorrie
Christopher Guard and Michael Hordern star in Shakespeare's otherworldly romance about deposed magic Duke Prospero, who inhabits an island with his daughter Miranda, their helper-sprite…
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Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies (1980)
Cast: Michael Hordern
Directed by: Ivor Wood
With his trademark duffel coat and hat, Paddington may look like he's ready for a storm, but when a trip to the movies and a sudden shower inspire the bear to dance in the downpour, you…
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Shakespeare Tragedies: Romeo and Juliet (1978)
Cast: John Gielgud, Rebecca Saire, Patrick Ryecart …
Directed by: Alvin Rakoff
John Gielgud, Rebecca Saire and Patrick Ryecart star in Shakespeare's tragedy about Romeo and Juliet, who fall madly in love and, due to a longstanding feud between their families, marry…
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Joseph Andrews (1977)
Cast: Ann-Margret, Peter Firth, Michael Hordern …
Directed by: Tony Richardson
This adaptation of Henry Fielding's novel stars Peter Firth in the title role as a servant working for Sir Thomas Booby (Peter Bull). Joseph is enamored of the housemaid, Fanny Goodwill…
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The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Gemma Craven, Michael Hordern …
Directed by: Bryan Forbes
This engaging musical retelling of the classic Cinderella tale -- with a twist -- stars Richard Chamberlain as Prince Edward of Euphrania. To avert an impending war, his father (Michael…
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Lucky Lady (1975)
Cast: Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds …
Directed by: Stanley Donen
Generous servings of liquor and love are doled out in this Prohibition-era slapstick caper starring Gene Hackman and Burt Reynolds as a couple of bootleggers who hook up with a vampy cabaret…
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Royal Flash (1975)
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Oliver Reed, Florinda Bolkan …
Directed by: Richard Lester
Cowardly rogue Harry Flashman's (Malcolm McDowell) schemes to gain entry to the royal circles of 19th-century Europe go nowhere until he meets a pair of devious nobles with their own…
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The Mackintosh Man (1973)
Cast: Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda, James Mason …
Directed by: John Huston
John Huston's Cold War thriller stars Paul Newman as Joseph Rearden, a British intelligence agent tasked with bringing down a communist spy ring. After purposely getting himself tossed…
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Theater of Blood (1973)
Cast: Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry …
Directed by: Douglas Hickox
Vincent Price channels his peerless talent for playing refined madmen into the character of Edward Lionheart, a proud London actor who goes dramatically bonkers when he fails to receive a…
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Demons of the Mind (1972)
Cast: Patrick Magee, Yvonne Mitchell, Paul Jones …
Directed by: Peter Sykes
This horror film, set in early 19th-century Bavaria, follows the deranged Baron Zorn (Robert Hardy), who locks his two grown children in a castle and drugs them to protect them from a curse…
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The Pied Piper (1972)
Cast: Donovan, Donald Pleasence, John Hurt …
Directed by: Jacques Demy
Pop sensation Donovan stars as the Pied Piper hired by a squalid 14th-century town to rid it of its Black Plague-carrying rats. But when the town fails to pay the piper as agreed, he exacts…
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Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Cast: Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold, Irene Papas …
Directed by: Charles Jarrott
When King Henry VIII (Richard Burton) decides to divorce his first wife, Katherine of Aragon (Irene Papas), and marry the beautiful Anne Boleyn (Geneviève Bujold), he ignites religious…
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Ronnie Barker: Futtocks End (1969)
Cast: Kika Markham, Roger Livesey, Ronnie Barker …
Over a weekend at a decrepit English manor, the lewd and bumbling host Gen. Futtock (U.K. comedy star Ronnie Barker, who also wrote the script) competes with his equally on-the-make butler…
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The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
Cast: Rita Tushingham, Ralph Richardson, Peter Cook …
Directed by: Richard Lester
This surrealist gem from director Richard Lester features an all-star cast in a series of mordant sketches about the struggles of several stereotypical British personalities who survive a…
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Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Cast: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure …
Directed by: Brian G. Hutton
World War II is raging, and a captured American general is being held hostage in Schloss Adler, a Bavarian citadel that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled…
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The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack …
Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton seem to be channeling the legendary dramas of their marriage in this boisterous and bawdy adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic comedy, directed…
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How I Won the War (1967)
Cast: Michael Crawford, John Lennon, Roy Kinnear …
Directed by: Richard Lester
John Lennon and Michael Crawford star in Richard Lester's stylized World War II comedy, a surreal collage of bizarre situations, slapstick humor and authentic newsreel footage that…
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The Jokers (1967)
Cast: Michael Crawford, Oliver Reed, Harry Andrews …
Directed by: Michael Winner
After a string of losing career ventures, brothers David (Oliver Reed) and Michael (Michael Crawford) Tremayne resolve to create infamous reputations for themselves with a radically offbeat…
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
Cast: Zero Mostel, Buster Keaton, Michael Crawford …
Directed by: Richard Lester
Indolent Roman slave Pseudolus (Zero Mostel) has one wish: to purchase his freedom. With his master and mistress away for the day, Pseudolus learns that the master's son, Hero (Michael…
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Khartoum (1966)
Cast: Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson …
Directed by: Basil Dearden, Eliot Elisofon
In this epic war drama highlighting the British Army's travails in North Africa in 1883, Gen. Charles "Chinese" Gordon leads the defense of the Sudanese garrison against a Muslim…
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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965)
Cast: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner …
Directed by: Martin Ritt
Alec Leamas (Richard Burton), a British Intelligence agent getting ready to retire, must undertake a final dangerous assignment before he can "come in from the cold," so he poses as a drunk…
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Genghis Khan (1965)
Cast: Stephen Boyd, Omar Sharif, James Mason …
Directed by: Henry Levin
Omar Sharif stars as the titular Mongol emperor in this classic tale of power and revenge directed by Henry Levin. Rising from humble beginnings as an enslaved boy, Temujin (Sharif) raises an…
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The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Rex Harrison, Shirley MacLaine …
Directed by: Anthony Asquith
One bright-yellow Rolls Royce has three different owners in this star-studded comedy-drama with an ensemble cast that includes Ingrid Bergman, Rex Harrison, Shirley MacLaine, George C. Scott,…
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The V.I.P.s (1963)
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan …
Directed by: Anthony Asquith
This glossy drama set in London's Heathrow Airport follows a handful of passengers whose lives are changed when fog delays all flights overnight. The script profiles a wife (Elizabeth…
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Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1963)
Cast: Patrick McGoohan, George Cole, Tony Britton …
Directed by: James Neilson
Dr. Christopher Syn (Patrick McGoohan) is a brave priest in a rural area who courageously stands up to the king (Eric Pohlmann) in protest of unlawful taxes and indentured servitude in the…
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El Cid (1961)
Cast: Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren, Raf Vallone …
Directed by: Anthony Mann
Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar (Charlton Heston), aka El Cid, unites warring factions and saves 11th-century Spain from invasion by Muslim hordes. Sophia Loren is ravishing as Jimena, who loves…
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Sink the Bismarck (1960)
Cast: Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Carl Möhner …
Directed by: Lewis Gilbert
Kenneth More, Dana Wynter and Carl Mohner star in this 1960 drama about the heroic efforts of the British Royal Intelligence to stop the Bismarck, a German battleship launched in 1941 to cut…
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Man in the Moon (1960)
Cast: Kenneth More, Shirley Anne Field, Michael Hordern …
Directed by: Basil Dearden
Following an unceremonious dismissal from a medical research company, professional guinea pig William Blood (Kenneth More) is recruited by the National Atomic Research Center and tricked into…
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Broadway Theatre Archive: Back to Back (1959)
Cast: Michael Hordern, Leueen MacGrath, George Rose …
Michael Hordern, George Rose and Jean Marsh star in dueling one-act comedies in this uproarious installment of the Broadway Theatre Archive series highlighting the work of playwright John…
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Alexander the Great (1956)
Cast: Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom …
Directed by: Robert Rossen
Macedonian king Alexander the Great (Richard Burton), son of Philip (Fredric March) and Olympius (Danielle Darrieux), achieved what most people thought impossible: He united ancient…
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The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Cast: Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame, Robert Flemyng …
Directed by: Ronald Neame
Based on a true espionage story, this World War II drama follows an operation to fool the Nazis into believing that British forces plan to land in Greece. An officer plants papers on a dead…
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Personal Affair (1953)
Cast: Gene Tierney, Leo Genn, Glynis Johns …
Directed by: Anthony Pelissier
This intense drama highlights the evils of gossip as teenage schoolgirl Barbara Vining (Glynis Johns) develops a passionate crush on her teacher, Stephen (Leo Genn), prompting his wife, Kay…
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A Christmas Carol (1951)
Cast: Alastair Sim, Mervyn Johns, Michael Hordern …
Directed by: Brian Desmond Hurst
Considered by many to be the classic adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel, this 1951 version stars Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, the callous miser visited by three ghosts on…
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Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951)
Cast: John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, John Charlesworth …
Directed by: Gordon Parry
Under the tutelage of kindly schoolmaster Dr. Thomas Arnold (Robert Newton), young Tom Brown (Oliver Twist star John Howard Davies) braves his first year at the Rugby School for Boys, where…
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The Astonished Heart (1950)
Cast: Celia Johnson, Noel Coward, Margaret Leighton …
Directed by: Antony Darnborough, Terence Fisher
Several years after graduation, best friends Barbara (Celia Johnson) and Leonora (Margaret Leighton) reconnect as if not a day has gone by. But Leonora could do without Barbara's…