List of the best Michael Hordern movies: The Wildcats of St. Trinian's(1980), Dark Obsession(1989), Up Pompeii(1971), Man in the Moon(1961), Joseph Andrews(1977), The Spaniard's Curse(1958), Some Will, Some Won't(1970), The Spanish Gardener(1957), The Taming of the Shrew(1967), Lady Jane(1986), The Slipper and the Rose(1976), England Made Me(1972) ... ...
Comedy
UK
1980
91 Minutes
The girls of St. Trinian's decide they are being asked to do too much work so they go on strike.
Drama
Australia|USA
1989
100 Minutes
Lord Crewne
Gabriel Byrne Amanda Donohoe Michael Hordern Judy Parfitt Douglas Hodge Sadie Frost Struan Rodger Ian Carmichael David Delve Ralph Brown
husband wife son best friend victim thrilling suspenseful england london party household jealousy class distinctions blackmail guilt hit and run love mystery pursuit 1980s
A park ranger is tasked with dealing with a killer crocodile that appears to have a spiritual connection with the local Aboriginals.
Comedy
UK
1971
90 Minutes
Ludicrus Sextus
Roman slave Lurcio inadvertently becomes the possessor of a scroll naming the proposed assassins of the Emperor Nero. Administering to the participants of his master's orgy guests seems ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
UK
1961
98 Minutes
Dr. Davidson
Kenneth More Shirley Anne Field Michael Hordern Charles Gray John Glyn-Jones John Phillips
astronaut scientist rival girlfriend professor test subject witty offbeat england field australia aerospace research lab space exploration bachelorhood medical research marriage underdog love 1960s
Scientists are looking for a man to send up to be the first man on the moon. A man immune to worry, disease, and even the common cold. They think they have found him until the impossible happens at Woomera.
Comedy
UK
1977
103 Minutes
Parson Adams
Lady Booby alias "Belle" (Ann-Margret), the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby (Peter Bull), has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph Andrews (Peter... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1958
80 Minutes
Judge Manton
Tony Wright Lee Patterson Michael Hordern Susan Beaumont Ralph Truman Henry Oscar Brian Oulton Olga Dickie Roddy Hughes Basil Dignam
man convict judge juror niece murderer intense brooding thrilling disturbing frightful somber prison court great britain curse mysterious deaths wrongful conviction murder accusation murder
A wrongly convicted man invokes a deadly curse on the judge (Michael Hordern) and jury who sent him to prison.
Comedy
1970
90 Minutes
Denniston Russell
Ronnie Corbett Thora Hird Michael Hordern Leslie Phillips Wilfrid Brambell Dennis Price
eccentric relative amusing hilarious mansion inheritance practical jokes discovery adventure 1970s
Four beneficiaries of a wealthy practical joker's estate must alter their personalities to collect their inheritance.
Drama
1957
95 Minutes
Harrington Brande
Dirk Bogarde Jon Whiteley Michael Hordern Maureen Swanson Cyril Cusack Bernard Lee
father son gardener diplomat emotional moving jail spain small town house coast father/son relationship jealousy unlikely friendship frame-ups family manipulation escape growing up transformation
An American diplomat (Michael Hordern) resents his son's (Jon Whiteley) friendship with their gardener (Dirk Bogarde) in Spain.
Comedy
Italy|USA
1967
126 Minutes
Baptista
Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Cyril Cusack Michael Hordern Alfred Lynch Alan Webb Victor Spinetti Roy Holder Mark Dignam Bice Valori Natasha Pyne
wanderer beautiful woman sister suitor tutor father witty charming padua, italy mansion battle of sexes love-hate relationship opposites attract marrying for money love rivalry quest 16th century
Brutish, fortune-hunting scoundrel Petruchio tames his wealthy, shrewish wife, Katharina.
Drama, History
UK
1986
142 Minutes
Doctor Feckenham
Helena Bonham Carter Cary Elwes John Wood Michael Hordern Jill Bennett Jane Lapotaire Sara Kestelman Patrick Stewart Warren Saire Joss Ackland Ian Hogg
father minister princess king edward vi lady son brutal disheartening passionate england castle prison carriage woods bedroom power royalty schemes lady jane grey reformation
The story of Lady Jane Grey, who was Queen of England for only nine days.
Musical, Romance
UK
1976
128 Minutes
The King, King
Richard Chamberlain Gemma Craven Annette Crosbie Michael Hordern Margaret Lockwood Christopher Gable Kenneth More Edith Evans Keith Skinner
In the tiny kingdom of Euphrania, the King (Sir Michael Hordern) and his court are most anxious to get Prince Edward (Richard Chamberlain) wed. But Edward wants to marry for love. Meanwhile... See full summary »
Drama
UK|Yugoslavia
1972
100 Minutes
F. Minty
Peter Finch Michael York Hildegard Neil Michael Hordern Joss Ackland Tessa Wyatt Michael Sheard Bill Baskiville
A story about an English businessman in 1930s Germany who encounters a financier who has forged his career on greed, corruption, and opportunism, rather than the traditional British principles of decency and fair play.
Horror
USA
1972
105 Minutes
Justin
Shirley MacLaine Perry King Lisa Kohane Michael Hordern David Elliott Barbara Trentham Lovelady Powell Edmundo Rivera Alvarez Teodorina Bello Robert Burr Miriam Colon
A woman (Shirley MacLaine) begins to suspect that her brother (Perry King) is possessed by a voodoo spirit.
War, Adventure, Action
UK|USA
1969
158 Minutes
Adm. Rolland
Richard Burton Clint Eastwood Mary Ure Patrick Wymark Michael Hordern Donald Houston Peter Barkworth Robert Beatty William Squire Derren Nesbitt Anton Diffring
commando soldier spy traitor nazi impostor suspenseful rousing gripping castle alps military base germany world war ii prison break rescue betrayal mission disguise rescue
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.
Drama, History
UK
1986
160 Minutes
Robin Soans William Gaminara Philip Davis Robert Stevens Michael Hordern
minister landowner laborer organizer protester farmer fascinating passionate rousing emotional tolpuddle, england farm small town labor strike tolpuddle martyrs agriculture imprisonment worker's rights political activism sacrifice
The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of nineteenth century English farm laborers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.
Fantasy
UK|West Germany|USA
1972
90 Minutes
Melius
Donovan Jack Wild Donald Pleasence John Hurt Michael Hordern Roy Kinnear Peter Vaughan Diana Dors Cathryn Harrison Keith Buckley Patsy Puttnam
gypsy guitarist burgomaster daughter alchemist baron outlandish dreamy germany hamelin town black death wedding corruption folklore revenge love 14th century
In 1349, while the Black Plague threatens Germany, the town of Hamelin hires a wandering pied piper (Donovan) to lure rats away with his magic pipe, but then refuses to pay for his services, causing him to lure the town's children away.
Comedy
UK
1982
90 Minutes
Slatterthwaite
Michael Palin Maggie Smith Trevor Howard Denholm Elliott Michael Hordern Graham Crowden Phoebe Nicholls Tricia George Valerie Whittington Rosamund Greenwood David Suchet
reverend missionary wife wealthy woman prostitute campy lighthearted london africa slum brothel assignment sex prostitution secret past seduction murder plot adventure wretched excess 1900s
In 1905, after ten years of missionary work in Africa, the Reverend Charles Fortescue (Sir Michael Palin) is recalled to England, where his Bishop gives him his new assignment, to minister ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
UK
1967
109 Minutes
Grapple
Michael Crawford John Lennon Roy Kinnear Jack MacGowran Michael Hordern Lee Montague Alexander Knox Jack Hedley
british soldier nazi private general dark witty offbeat africa battlefield germany world war ii armed conflict ghosts horrors of war fall quest 1940s
An inept British World War II commander leads his troops through a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.
Comedy
USA
1987
91 Minutes
Jason Locke
Donald Sutherland Ned Beatty Ruth Gordon Lucy Gutteridge Michael Hordern Robert Morley Gregory Sierra
George Trent (James Willis), a British spy, has gone incommunicado in Ibiza. Appleton Porter (Donald Sutherland) is sent to find out what happened to Trent. Porter settles into a small ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
1967
99 Minutes
Headmaster
Orson Welles Oliver Reed Carol White Harry Andrews Michael Hordern Marianne Faithfull Peter Graves Frank Finlay Edward Fox
advertising executive writer boss amusing brash campy confident hedonistic madcap london swinging london success career mistresses adventure escape wretched excess 1960s
A British tycoon (Orson Welles) wants back a lusty TV-ad genius (Oliver Reed) who has escaped to a literary magazine.
Adventure
1982
150 Minutes
Cedric
James Mason Anthony Andrews Olivia Hussey Sam Neill Michael Hordern Lysette Anthony Julian Glover George Innes
knight prince john engaging home england honor family absence rivalry middle ages
Back from a Crusade, the knight hero (Anthony Andrews) of Sir Walter Scott's novel fights for courtly love and Saxon honor.
Adventure
France|Italy
1955
85 Minutes
King Edward
Errol Flynn Joanne Dru Peter Finch Yvonne Furneaux Patrick Holt Michael Hordern Moultrie Kelsall Robert Urquhart Vincent Winter Noel Willman Frances Rowe
In a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.
Drama, History
UK
1969
145 Minutes
Count Thomas Boleyn
Richard Burton Geneviève Bujold Irene Papas Anthony Quayle John Colicos Michael Hordern Katharine Blake Peter Jeffrey Joseph O'Conor William Squire Valerie Gearon
king queen cardinal maid pope heir dark hedonistic england royal court london king henry viii anne boleyn catherine of aragon divorce religion royalty forbidden love fall 16th century
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.
Musical
UK
1975
117 Minutes
Grandfather, Edward Trent
Anthony Newley David Hemmings David Warner Jill Bennett Sarah-Jane Varley Michael Hordern Yvonne Antrobus David Battley Windsor Davies Philip Davis
storekeeper granddaughter money lender solicitor sister uneasy spirited london junk shop midlands law office debt greed father figure poverty fall underdog 1840s
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1973
98 Minutes
Brown
Paul Newman Dominique Sanda James Mason Harry Andrews Ian Bannen Michael Hordern Nigel Patrick Peter Vaughan Roland Culver Percy Herbert Robert Lang
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.
Drama
1980
125 Minutes
Friar Domingo
Richard Chamberlain ToshirĂ´ Mifune Yoko Shimada Frankie Sakai Alan Badel Michael Hordern Damien Thomas John Rhys-Davies Vladek Sheybal George Innes Leon Lissek
A shipwrecked English navigator (Richard Chamberlain) joins a warlord's (ToshirĂ´ Mifune) power struggle in 17th-century Japan.
Comedy
1969
90 Minutes
Bules Martin
Rita Tushingham Ralph Richardson Peter Cook Dudley Moore Spike Milligan Michael Hordern
pregnant woman mother father lover police officer government official outlandish offbeat bleak cheeky london train ruins church fallout shelter underground world war iii nuclear war post-apocalypse social standing
This series of blackout sketches involves some of the 20 scattered London survivors of the shortest war in history.
Musical, Comedy
USA|UK
1966
99 Minutes
Senex
Zero Mostel Phil Silvers Jack Gilford Buster Keaton Michael Crawford Annette Andre Michael Hordern Leon Greene
slave son elderly person soldier amusing cheeky playful family home rome colosseum slavery new love wager love quest pursuit ancient rome
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.
Drama, History
UK
1966
134 Minutes
Lord Granville
Charlton Heston Laurence Olivier Richard Johnson Ralph Richardson Alexander Knox Johnny Sekka Michael Hordern Zia Mohyeddin Marne Maitland Nigel Green Hugh Williams
general prophet colonel prime minister soldier brutal gritty tense sudan great britain courage battle uprising following orders death underdog rise rivalry 1880s
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 Olivier).
Drama
UK
1955
82 Minutes
The Headman
Glynis Johns Robert Newton Donald Sinden Paul Rogers Donald Pleasence Walter Crisham Michael Hordern Auric Lorand Tony Quinn
outcast sister missionary host womanizer nurse lighthearted cheeky spirited island bar church boat household debauchery missionary work brother/sister relationship sailing cholera outbreak transformation
Ewart Gray (Donald Sinden) is the new Resident-in-Charge of the Welcome Islands in the Indian Ocean. The Islands are full of life, but the only other Europeans are the "sanctimonious, ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1975
118 Minutes
Capt. Rockwell
Gene Hackman Liza Minnelli Burt Reynolds Geoffrey Lewis John Hillerman Robby Benson Michael Hordern Anthony Holland John McLiam Val Avery Louis Guss
smuggler best friend cabaret performer criminal police captain engaging playful boat mexico club alcohol love triangle crime mobsters prohibition jealousy love pursuit 1930s
A trio of rum-runners during prohibition in the 1930s engage in a menage-a-trois after business hours.
Drama, War
1959
101 Minutes
Governor of Gibraltar
John Mills Cecil Parker M.E. Clifton-James Patrick Allen Patrick Holt Leslie Phillips Michael Hordern Marius Goring Barbara Hicks Duncan Lamont Anthony Sagar
gen. bernard montgomery actor colonel soldier governor german troops charming fascinating positive gripping africa gibraltar london heroism war deception world war ii adventure escape transformation
British intelligence officers (John Mills, Cecil Parker) plan to trick the Nazis by having an officer/actor (M.E. Clifton-James) pose as Gen. Montgomery.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK
1966
112 Minutes
Ashe
Richard Burton Claire Bloom Oskar Werner Peter Van Eyck George Voskovec Sam Wanamaker Cyril Cusack Michael Hordern Bernard Lee
spy drunk intelligence officer interrogator jew communist bleak brooding gritty suspenseful tense london east berlin courtroom betrayal espionage cold war drinking sacrifice underdog
Instead of coming in from the Cold War, British agent Alec Leamas chooses to face another mission.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|France
1978
110 Minutes
Atropos
Richard Burton Lino Ventura Lee Remick Harry Andrews Alan Badel Marie-Christine Barrault Jeremy Brett Michael Hordern Gordon Jackson Derek Jacobi
detective murderer novelist frenchman psychopath bleak disturbing brutal engaging thrilling suspenseful london horror psychosis fighting murder adventure discovery escape mystery
Psychological thriller about a telekinetic novelist who causes disasters simply by thinking about them.
Comedy
1955
84 Minutes
Judge
Rex Harrison Margaret Leighton Kay Kendall Cecil Parker Nicole Maurey George Cole Raymond Huntley Michael Hordern Robert Coote Eric Pohlmann
man wife specialist doctor charming emotional airy amusing hilarious wales hotel room doctor's office london amnesia fake identity marriage humor love forbidden love quest
An amnesiac (Rex Harrison) wakes up one morning in Wales and learns, through a psychiatrist, he has seven wives.
Horror, Comedy
UK
1973
104 Minutes
George William Maxwell
Vincent Price Diana Rigg Robert Morley Ian Hendry Harry Andrews Coral Browne Robert Coote Jack Hawkins Michael Hordern Arthur Lowe Dennis Price
actor critic daughter bum eerie gory witty offbeat theater london vengeance murder william shakespeare criticism revenge quest 1970s
A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
Comedy
UK
1975
98 Minutes
Headmaster
Malcolm McDowell Alan Bates Florinda Bolkan Oliver Reed Britt Ekland Lionel Jeffries Tom Bell Alastair Sim Michael Hordern Joss Ackland Christopher Cazenove
captain count courtesan duchess politician amusing unrestrained boys school london germany battlefield church military life war seduction mistaken identity ambition adventure wretched excess 1840s
Ne'er-do-well Captain Harry Flashman (Malcolm McDowell) is coerced by Otto Von Bismarck (Oliver Reed) into impersonating a Prince.
Comedy
UK
1954
89 Minutes
Captain Hamilton
Akim Tamiroff Donald Sinden Sarah Lawson Naunton Wayne Bill Kerr Dora Bryan Martin Miller Michael Shepley Michael Hordern Ferdinand Mayne Bryan Coleman
A fun frolic involving a fake secret weapon (accidentally created during a drinking bout), Naval bureaucracy, political maneuvering, and the hareem and palace of the exotic eastern country of Agraria.
Comedy
UK
1956
96 Minutes
Capt. Hugh
John Mills Richard Attenborough Bryan Forbes Harold Siddons Clifford Mollison Lionel Jeffries Gordon Jackson Michael Howard Michael Hordern Ernest Clark John Forbes-Robertson
sailor friend baby witty amusing naples, italy boat ship coast baby-sitting sailing sailors comedy smuggling adventure escape pursuit 20th century
After a pierside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancĂ©e, Able Seaman Knocker White (Sir Richard Attenborough) finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to return it ... See full summary »
Biography, Drama, History
UK|India
1982
188 Minutes
Ben Kingsley Candice Bergen Edward Fox John Gielgud Trevor Howard John Mills Martin Sheen Rohini Hattangadi Ian Charleson Athol Fugard Roshan Seth
mohandas gandhi politician photographer inspiring moving profound india south africa imperialism social change empowerment protest rise quest sacrifice 1940s
The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
Drama, History
Switzerland|UK|USA
1963
243 Minutes
Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Rex Harrison Pamela Brown George Cole Hume Cronyn Cesare Danova Kenneth Haigh Andrew Keir Martin Landau Roddy McDowall
julius caesar mark antony cleopatra soldier military officer passionate powerful spectacular ancient egypt royal court jealousy love triangle politics assassination quest love ancient egypt
Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.
Kids & Family, Adventure
UK
1952
84 Minutes
Richard Todd Joan Rice Peter Finch James Hayter James Robertson Justice Martita Hunt Hubert Gregg Bill Owen Reginald Tate Elton Hayes Anthony Eustrel
prince king love interest father sheriff of nottingham maid marian rousing suspenseful england sherwood forest castle rebellion oppression royalty kidnapping outlaws robin hood quest revenge love
When King Richard the Lionheart leaves England to lead a crusade to the Holy Land, his treacherous brother conspires to bring himself to power.
Comedy
UK
1949
85 Minutes
Stanley Holloway Hermione Baddeley Margaret Rutherford Paul Dupuis Basil Radford Naunton Wayne Jane Hylton Raymond Huntley Betty Warren Barbara Murray John Slater
police officer shopkeeper duke of burgundy daughter king edward iv amusing cheeky lighthearted london pimlico, england duchy of burgundy shop police station bar freedom controversy diplomacy royalty discovery rivalry
Residents of a part of London declare independence when they discover an old treaty. This leads to the need for a "Passport to Pimlico".