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AKA:
Michael Murray Hordern
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Sir
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Michael Hordern
Birthplace:
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England
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A distinguished, long-faced character player, often of rumpled establishment figures, Sir Michael Hordern, in the English tradition, worked with equal ease both on stage and before the cameras. He played King Lear (onstage and on TV), Prospero in "The Tempest" (for both mediums) and Macbeth (he was Banquo on film and TV), and he created the central role of the flustered philosopher in the original London production of Tom Stoppard's "Jumpers" (1972). However, he became a star for his supporting turns, portraying an assortment of parsons and vicars, headmasters and barristers in a career that
Vice-Admiral Rolland
2001
Commander on the 'King George'
1937
First professional stage credit, Lodovico in "Othello"
1939
Feature debut, starred in Carol Reed's "The Girl in the News"
1939
Served in the Royal Navy aboard carrier 'Illustrious'; discharged as Lieutenant Commander
1946
Returned to the London stage in a production of "A Doll's House"
Appeared in numerous British TV productions
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