Background
HORDERN, Michael was born on October 3, 1911 in. Berkhamstead. Son of Captain Edward Joseph Calverly Hordern and Margaret Emily Murray.
HORDERN, Michael was born on October 3, 1911 in. Berkhamstead. Son of Captain Edward Joseph Calverly Hordern and Margaret Emily Murray.
Brighton College.
Mr. Toad (Toad of Toad Hall), Stratford 1948, 1949; Ivanov Ivanov), Arts Theatre 1950; Jacques, Menenius, Caliban, Stratford season 1952; Polonius, King John, Malvdlio, Prospero, Old Vic 1953-1954; “BlackBerry” (The Doctor"s Dilemma), Saville 1956; Cassius, Macbeth, Old Vic 1958-1959; Ulysses (Troilus and Cressida), Edinburgh Festival 1962; Herbert George Butler (The Physicists), Aldwych 1969; King Lear, Nottingham Playhouse 1969; Flint, Criterion 1970; appeared in Jumpers 1972 and 1976, Richard 1972, The Cherry Orchard 1973, all for National Theatre; The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, Manchester 1977, Round House 1979; Prospero (The Tempest) and Armado (Love’s Labour’s Lost) for R.S.C. 1978, The Rivals (National Theatre) 1983, You Never Can Tell (Haymarket) 1987-1988, The MarshMarlowe Letters 1990, Bookends (Apollo Theatre) 1990-1991; many roles in films, radio and televisionAmateur actor at Street Pancras People"s Theatre. First professional appearance as Lodovico in Othello, People"e Palace 1937. Tw’o repertory seasons, Little Theatre, Bristol 1937-1939.
Royal Navy 1940-1946.
Honorary Fellow Queen Mary "s College 1987. Honorary Doctor of Letters (Exeter) 1985, Honorary Doctor of Letters (Warwick) 1987.
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Married Grace Eveline Mortimer in 1943.