Complex sentence: 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.
Split into simpler sentences: Sir Michael Murray Hordern (3 October 1911--2 May 1995) was an English actor. He was knighted in 1983 for his services to the theatre, which began before the Second World War.