# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-hordern
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:59:06.129Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-hordern"
name: "Michael Hordern"
slug: "michael-hordern"
description: "Sir Michael Murray Hordern was an English actor. He is best known for his Shakespearean roles, especially King Lear. He often appeared in film, rising from a bit part actor to leading roles; by the time of his death he had appeared in nearly 140 films. His later work was predominantly in television and radio."
tagline: "British actor (1911–1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Publicity_photo_of_Sir_Michael_Hordern_in_1986.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1911-10-03"
deathDate: "1995-05-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.573644
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394588/"
    handle:    "nm0394588"
sources:
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    title: "Michael Hordern"
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    title: "Michael Hordern"
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    title: "Michael Hordern"
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    title: "مایکل هوردرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Մայքլ Հորդերն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hordern"
    title: "Michael Hordern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "マイケル・ホーダーン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Hordern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Hordern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB"
    title: "Хордерн, Майкл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Hordern"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump