Michael Hordern

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1. #001

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

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2. #002

   Michael Hordern was the first actor cast for Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988).

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   On the Wogan chat show (1982), Michael Hordern said he had turned down offers to play the Second Doctor in Doctor Who (1963) (played by Patrick Troughton) and in Maigret (1960) (played by Rupert Davies).

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   For his services to drama, Michael Hordern was appointed CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the 1972 Queen's New Year Honours and received a knighthood in the 1983 Queen's New Year Honours.

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   Michael Hordern made his professional debut in 1937 at the People's Palace in east London, playing Lodovico in "Othello". Later that same year he joined the repertory company of the Little Theatre in Bristol, where he met his future wife, the actress Eve Mortimer. They had one daughter.

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6. #006

   Michael Hordern enjoyed fly fishing for trout and salmon.

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   Michael Hordern claimed he had good relationships with all of his directors except Zoltan Korda and John Huston.

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   Michael Hordern and his brother Peter were educated at Brighton College.

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   Michael Hordern was a good friend of Richard Burton in the early days of Burton's career, and Burton never forgot it. They later worked together on several films, and Hordern always claimed that he got each of those roles as a result of Burton's personal recommendation.

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    Michael Hordern was cremated at Oxford Crematorium in Headington. His ashes were later buried beside his wife in Saint James Churchyard in Winterbourne. A memorial service was held for him on 4 October 1995 at St. Paul's Church in Covent Garden.

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11. #011

    Michael Hordern was awarded a Special Award at the 1988 London Critics Circle Theatre Awards (Drama Theatre Awards).

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12. #012

    Michael Hordern married his wife in the 1940s in the rehearsal room in the basement of the Bristol Theatre.

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13. #013

    Michael Hordern spent 40 years on the stage and made more than 50 films.

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14. #014

    Michael Hordern's daughter Joanna was born in 1946.

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15. #015

    Michael Hordern had a brother who was a judge.

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16. #016

    Michael Hordern was considered for the roles of Dr. Hans Fallada, Dr. Armstrong and Sir Percy Heseltine in the film Lifeforce (1985).

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