Michael Hordern Overview:

Actor, Michael Hordern, was born Michael Murray Hordern on Oct 3, 1911 in Berkhamsted, England. Hordern died at the age of 83 on May 2, 1995 in Oxford, England .

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King Henry VIII: What is the verdict?
Thomas Cromwell: Guilty - Your Grace.
King Henry VIII: All of them?
Thomas Cromwell: Guilty.


Geen: The only time that Mongols are joined together is in death.


Thomas Cromwell: We used the incest excuse last time. We can't make a habit of it.


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Notable stage work for the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford and in London, at the Old Vic and in the West End. In addition to his many Shakespearean roles (As You Like It, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Twelfth Night), Hordern performed in plays by Strindberg, Chekhov, Ibsen, Pinero, Pinter, Dürrenmatt, Albee, Alan Ayckbourn, David Mercer and Tom Stoppard. His King Lear is considered his most respected work, which he also played on the BBC.

He and Ian McKellen, who have both played Gandalf, also share the same middle name of Murray.

On the Wogan chat show he said he refused the offers to play the second Doctor Who (played by Patrick Troughton) and Maigret (played by Rupert Davies).

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