Michael Hordern

Acting

October 3, 1911 — May 2, 1995Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Sir Michael Murray Hordern (3 October 1911 – 2 May 1995) was an English actor, knighted in 1983 for his services to the theatre, which stretched back to before the Second World War.

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Known for

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Barry Lyndon

1975

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Labyrinth

1986

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Gandhi

1982

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Where Eagles Dare

1968

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Cleopatra

1963

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Young Sherlock Holmes

1985

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Watership Down

1978

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Scrooge

1951

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The Three Musketeers

1973

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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

1965

Acting199

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Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

2008

Squire Thomas Banks (archive footage)

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A Very Open Prison

1995

Lord Langland

Middlemarch

1994

Peter Featherstone

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Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt

1993

Narrator

The Christmas Collection

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The Christmas Collection

1992

Badger (voice)

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Freddie As F.R.O.7.

1992

King (voice)

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Truckers

1992

The Abbot (voice)

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Memento Mori

1992

Godfrey Colston

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Beauty and the Beast

1992

Monsieur Du Blois (voice)

The Fool

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The Fool

1990

Mr. Tatham

The Green Man

1990

Gramps

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Diamond Skulls

1990

Lord Crewne

More Children's Holiday Favourites

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More Children's Holiday Favourites

1990

Badger (voice)

Perfect Scoundrels

1990

Sir Norman

Oh, Mr. Toad

1990

Badger

Chillers

1990

Colonel Eddie Phelps

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The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads

1989

Badger (voice)

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Danny the Champion of the World

1989

Lord Claybury

More Children's Summer Stories

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More Children's Summer Stories

1989

Badger (voice)

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1

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Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1

1989

Badger (voice)

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2

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Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2

1989

Badger (voice)

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The Dog It Was That Died

1989

George

Ending Up

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Ending Up

1989

George

Children's Favourites - Volume 1

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Children's Favourites - Volume 1

1988

Badger (voice)

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The Trouble with Spies

1987

Jason Locke

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The Secret Garden

1987

Ben Weatherstaff

Daytime Live

1987

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Comrades

1987

Mr. Pitt

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Scoop

1987

Uncle Theodor

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The Secret World of Polly Flint

1987

Narrator

Inspector Morse

1987

Doctor Starkie

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Suspicion

1987

Lord McLaidlaw

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The Little Match Girl

1986

Himself - Introduction

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The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales

1986

Badger (voice)

Paradise Postponed

1986

Rev. Simeon Simcox

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Labyrinth

1986

The Wiseman (voice)

Paradise Postponed

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Paradise Postponed

1986

Simeon Simcox

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Lady Jane

1986

Dr. Feckenham

Lovejoy

1986

Wilfred Shotley

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Paddington Goes to School

1986

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Paddington's Birthday Bonanza

1986

Narrator

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Young Sherlock Holmes

1985

Older Watson (voice)

Theatre Night

1985

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A Crack in the Ice

1985

The Storyteller

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Now Voyager

1985

The Old Man

Screen Two

1985

Lord Langland / Godfrey Colston

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The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

1984

Psychoanalyst

The Wind in the Willows

1984

Badger (voice)

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The Wind in the Willows

1983

Badger

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Cymbeline

1983

Jupiter

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Yellowbeard

1983

Dr. Gilpin

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Group Madness

1983

Self / Dr. Gilpin

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Clash of Loyalties

1983

Narrator

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Gandhi

1982

Sir George Hodge

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The Missionary

1982

Slatterthewaite/Narrator

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King Lear

1982

King Lear

Wogan

1982

Self

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Oliver Twist

1982

Mr. Brownlow

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Ivanhoe

1982

Cedric

American Playhouse

1982

Lord McLaidlaw

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You're All Right, How Am I?

1981

Patient

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All's Well That Ends Well

1981

Lafeu

The History Man

1981

Professor Marvin

Shōgun

1980

Friar Domingo

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The Wildcats of St Trinian's

1980

Sir Charles Hackforth

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Gauguin the Savage

1980

Durand-Huel

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Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies

1980

Narrator (voice)

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The Tempest

1980

Prospero

The Spirit of Cheshire

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The Spirit of Cheshire

1980

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

Cyril Bixby

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The Talking Parcel

1978

Oswald, the Sea Serpent

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Romeo and Juliet

1978

Capulet

The BBC Television Shakespeare

1978

Capulet / Prospero / Lafeu

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Watership Down

1978

Frith (voice)

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The Medusa Touch

1978

Atropos - Fortune Teller

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A Christmas Carol

1977

Ebenezer Scrooge

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Joseph Andrews

1977

Parson Adams

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The Chester Mystery Plays

1976

God

Cakes and Ale

1976

Willie Ashenden

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The Slipper and the Rose

1976

King

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Paddington Bear

1976

Narrator / All

Paddington Bear

1976

Narrator

Paddington

1976

Narrator

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Lucky Lady

1975

Captain Rockwell

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Barry Lyndon

1975

Narrator (voice)

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The Old Curiosity Shop

1975

Edward Trent

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Royal Flash

1975

Headmaster

Edward the Seventh

1975

W. E. Gladstone

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King Lear

1975

King Lear

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Juggernaut

1974

Mr. Baker

Fall of Eagles

1974

Narrator / Narrator (voice)

Playhouse

1974

Patient

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The Three Musketeers

1973

Treville (voice)

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The MacKintosh Man

1973

Mr. Brown

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England Made Me

1973

F. Minty

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Theatre of Blood

1973

George Maxwell

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The Pied Piper

1972

Melius, Alchemist

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

1972

Mock Turtle

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Demons of the Mind

1972

Priest

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The Possession of Joel Delaney

1972

Justin

A Ghost Story for Christmas

1971

Professor Parkins

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A Christmas Carol

1971

Marley's Ghost (voice)

Tall Stories

1971

Film '72

1971

Self

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Girl Stroke Boy

1971

George Mason

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Up Pompeii

1971

Ludicrus Sextus

Six Dates with Barker

1971

Arch Funster

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Some Will, Some Won't

1970

Denniston Russell

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Futtocks End

1970

The Butler

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Anne of the Thousand Days

1969

Thomas Boleyn

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The Bed Sitting Room

1969

Bules Martin

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Where Eagles Dare

1968

Adm. Rolland

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Prudence and the Pill

1968

Dr. Morley (uncredited)

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Whistle and I'll Come to You

1968

Professor Parkins

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I'll Never Forget What's'isname

1967

Headmaster

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How I Won the War

1967

Grapple

Omnibus

1967

Self / Self - Narrator (voice) / Professor Parkins

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The Jokers

1967

Sir Matthew

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The Taming of the Shrew

1967

Baptista

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

1967

Prof. Ainslie Grey

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1966

Senex

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Khartoum

1966

Lord Granville

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Cast a Giant Shadow

1966

British Ambassador

Turner

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Turner

1966

Reads recollections

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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

1965

Ashe

BBC Play of the Month

1965

Mr. Posket / God / The Devil / Tartuffe / Lear

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Genghis Khan

1965

Geen

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The Yellow Rolls-Royce

1964

Harnsworth

The Wednesday Play

1964

Sir Jocelyn Symonds / Gen. Kokoshkin, Chief of Police

Story Parade

1964

Anatol Stiller

Detective

1964

Detective Inspector Rason

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Macbeth

1964

Banquo

The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

1964

Squire Banks

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Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

1963

Squire Thomas Banks

Festival

1963

Sir Augustus Thwaites

Espionage

1963

Minister

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The V.I.P.s

1963

Airport Director

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Cleopatra

1963

Cicero

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El Cid

1961

Don Diego

The Square

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The Square

1961

The Man

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Man in the Moon

1960

Dr. Davidson

Sunday-Night Play

1960

Walter Ormund

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Sink the Bismarck!

1960

Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'

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Moment of Danger

1960

Inspector Farrell

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Back to Back

1959

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I Was Monty's Double

1958

Governor of Gibralter

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Girls at Sea

1958

Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt

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The Spaniard's Curse

1958

Judge Manton

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I Accuse!

1958

Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus Trial

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Windom's Way

1957

Patterson

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No Time for Tears

1957

Surgeon

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The Dock Brief

1957

Morgenhall

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The Spanish Gardener

1956

Harrington Brande

Armchair Theatre

1956

Det. Supt. Coates

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The Baby and the Battleship

1956

Capt. Hugh

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The Man Who Never Was

1956

Gen. Coburn

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Alexander the Great

1956

Demosthenes

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Pacific Destiny

1956

Resident Commissioner

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Storm Over the Nile

1955

General Faversham

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The Constant Husband

1955

The Judge

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The Dark Avenger

1955

King Edward

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The Night My Number Came Up

1955

Lindsay

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

Squire Banks

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Svengali

1954

Billy's Uncle

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The Beachcomber

1954

The Headman

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Forbidden Cargo

1954

Director of Customs

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You Know What Sailors Are

1954

Tonight in Britain

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Tonight in Britain

1954

Self

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The Heart of the Matter

1953

Commissioner

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Personal Affair

1953

Headmaster Griffith

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Grand National Night

1953

Inspector Ayling

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Street Corner

1953

Insp. Heron

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The Hour of 13

1952

Sir Herbert Frensham

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The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

1952

Scathelock

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The Card

1952

Bank Manager

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The Magic Box

1952

Official Receiver

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

Banquo / Ben Weatherstaff / Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII

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Scrooge

1951

Jacob Marley

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Tom Brown's Schooldays

1951

Wilkes

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Flesh and Blood

1951

Webster

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Highly Dangerous

1950

Lab Director Owens

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Trio

1950

Vicar

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The Astonished Heart

1950

Ernest

Sunday Night Theatre

1950

Epilogue spoken by (voice) / Jacques / Hugh Wigmore / Trigorin / General Parmenion / Christopher Williams / Major Booth Voysey / Rev. James Mavor Morell / Shylock / Maurice Lammering