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Michael Hordern
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Actor Born: October 3, 1911 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England Death: May 3, 1995 in England Biography:A graduate of Britain's Brighton College, "Michael Hordern" entered the workaday world as a schoolteacher. 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 of England's most delightful and prolific character actors. His extensive stage work included two Shakespearean roles that may as well have been for him: King Lear and "The Tempest"'s Prospero. 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". Other significant movie credits... Full Biography
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