Name: Michael Hordern
Date of Birth: 3 October 1911 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). He and Ian McKellen, who have both played Gandalf, also share the same middle name of Murray. He was awarded the 1988 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) Special Award. Terry Gilliam's first casting choice for The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988). Made his professional debut in 1937 at the People's Palace, east London, playing Lodovico in "Othello". Later in the year he joined the repertory company of the Little Theatre in Bristol; it was here that he met his future wife, actress Eve Mortimer. They had one daughter. ... He and brother Peter were educated at Brighton College. 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, D?rrenmatt, 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 was awarded the Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in 1983 for his services to drama. Read more Michael Hordern movies (actor)User Comments |
