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Hordern

British  
/ ˈhɔːdən /

noun

  1. Sir Michael ( Murray ). 1911–95, British actor

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Outside Trump’s Manhattan home, “on the west side of Fifth Avenue, it is just nonstop reporters, lenses, camera crews,” correspondent Annmarie Hordern said on Bloomberg TV Tuesday morning.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2023

For the theater, he used his medical experience to direct Michael Hordern as a senile King Lear and elicited a major performance from Olivier himself as a Shylock intended to resemble a 19th-century Rothschild.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2019

Hordern is marvellous, mumbling his way through Whistle with a detached arrogance, either oblivious to, or in denial about, the creepy events the whistle has summoned.

From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2012

The animator, Ivor Wood created the Paddington animations, which were voiced by Sir Michael Hordern.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2012

Anstey blundered at the next fence, Hordern making a fine recovery; this cost the favorite several lengths.

From Fast as the Wind A Novel by Gould, Nat