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Michael Gough

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Nov 23, 1916 (109 years old)

Place of Birth

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Biography

Francis Michael Gough (23 November 1916 – 17 March 2011) was an English character actor who made over 150 film and television appearances, known for his roles in the Hammer Horror Films from 1958 and for his recurring role as Alfred Pennyworth in all four films of the Tim Burton / Joel Schumacher Batman series.

Known For

Acting
2025Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror MoviesSelf - (archive footage)
2024Doctor Who: The Celestial ToymakerThe Toymaker (voice)
2021Alice: Curiouser and CuriouserMarch Hare (archive footage) (uncredited)
2010Alice in WonderlandUilleam / Dodo (voice)
2008Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark KnightSelf
2008The Ties That Bind UsHedin (archive footage)
2005Corpse BrideElder Gutknecht (voice)
2004Biography: Val KilmerSelf (archive footage)
2000Sleepy Hollow: Behind the LegendSelf
1999Sleepy HollowNotary Hardenbrook
1999The Strange Case of Delfina PotockaDoctor
1999The Cherry OrchardFeers
1998St. IvesComte de Saint-Yves
1998What Rats Won't DoJustice Tomlin
1997Batman & RobinAlfred Pennyworth
1996The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with FatherLeo Tolstoy
1995Batman ForeverAlfred Pennyworth
1995A Village AffairSir Ralph Unwin
1995UncoveredDon Manuel
1995The Haunting of Helen WalkerBarnaby
1994NostradamusJean de Remy
1994The World of HammerSelf (archive footage)
1993The Age of InnocenceHenry van der Luyden
1993The Hour of the PigMagistrate Boniface
1993WittgensteinBetrand Russell
1992Batman ReturnsAlfred Pennyworth
1992Dracula in the Movies
1991Dracula: A Cinematic ScrapbookArthur Holmwood (archive footage)
1991SleepersAndrei Zorin
1991Let Him Have ItLord Goddard
1991The WandererVeteran Warrior
1991Children of the NorthArthur Apple
1991SleepersAndrei Zorin
1990The GardenVoice Overs/Old Man at Sauna
1989BatmanAlfred Pennyworth
1989StraplessDouglas Brodie
1989The Shell SeekersRoy Brookner
1989The Mountain and the MolehillMr Maggs
1989CampionMr. Hayhoe
1989BlackeyesMaurice James Kingsley
1988The Serpent and the RainbowSchoonbacher
1988The Modern World: Ten Great WritersReader
1987The Fourth ProtocolSir Bernard Hemmings
1987Cariani and the CourtesansAlbani
1987MaschenkaVater
1987Inspector MorsePhilip Ogleby
1987A Killing on the ExchangeCharles Makepeace
1986CaravaggioCardinal Del Monte
1986Hard TravellingPeter
1986The Little VampireOnkel Theodor
1986Ladies in ChargeArthur James
1985Out of AfricaLord Delamere
1985Arthur the KingArchbishop
1985Lace 2
1984Top Secret!Dr. Paul Flammond
1984Oxford BluesDoctor Ambrose
1984A Christmas CarolMr. Poole
1984Memed My HawkKerimoglu
1984The Biko InquestProfessor Loubser
1984Mistral's DaughterCardinal
1983The DresserFrank Carrington
1983To the LighthouseMr. Ramsay
1983CymbelineBelarius
1983Doctor Who: Arc of InfinityCouncillor Hedin
1982Another Flip for DominickProfessor Burrows
1982Witness for the ProsecutionJudge
1982The Agatha Christie Hour
1982Inside the Third ReichDr. Rust
1982Smiley's PeopleMikhel
1981VenomDavid Ball
1978The Boys from BrazilMr. Harrington
1978Question of LoveSir Baldwin
1978Blake's 7Hower
1978StrangersProfessor Whittingham
1976Satan's SlaveAlexander Yorke
1976Sea-ChangeFather
1975GalileoSagredo
1975The Man from NowhereVoice of the Man (voice)
1974Monet in LondonNarrator
1974The Gift of FriendshipBill Wakely
1974Jennie: Lady Randolph ChurchillMr. Yule
1974QB VIIDr. Fletcher
1974Microbes and MenSir Almroth Wright
1974Jennie: Lady Randolph ChurchillMr. Yule
1974Shoulder to ShoulderDr Richard Pankhurst
1974Fall of EaglesHelphand
1973Horror HospitalDr. Christian Storm
1973The Legend of Hell HouseEmeric Belasco (uncredited)
1973Centre PlayMatt
1973Centre PlayFather
1972Henry VIII and His Six WivesNorfolk
1972Savage MessiahM. Gaudier
1972Vincent the DutchmanVincent Van Gogh
1972The Man Who Came to DinnerBeverly Carlton
1972ColditzMajor Schaeffer
1972The ProtectorsShkoder
1972Crown CourtDr. De Quincey
1971Crucible of HorrorWalter Eastwood
1971The Go-BetweenMr Maudsley
1971The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesGovernor
1971The Search for the NileDavid Livingstone
1970TrogSam Murdock
1970Julius CaesarMetellus Cimber
1970Play for TodayProfessor Burrows
1969A Walk with Love and DeathMad Monk
1969Women in LoveMr. Brangwen
1969The Main ChanceSir George Andrews
1968Curse of the Crimson AltarElder
1968One Night... a TrainJeremiah
1968The ChampionsMajor Joss
1968Journey to the Unknown
1967They Came from Beyond SpaceDr. Arnold Grey
1967Berserk!Albert Dorando
1967Pride and PrejudiceMr. Bennet
1966Alice in WonderlandMarch Hare
1966Doctor Who: The Celestial ToymakerThe Toymaker
1965Dr. Terror's House of HorrorsEric Landor (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")
1965The SkullAuctioneer
1965Game for Three LosersRobert Hilary
1965The Drinking PartyPausanias
1965The Man in Room 17Andrei Konev
1965BBC Play of the MonthEliut
1964The Count of Monte CristoGerard de Villefort
1964Detective
1964The Count of Monte CristoGérard de Villefort
1964Theatre 625Clodius Pulcher
1964Theatre 625Geoffrey Melville
1964Theatre 625Harry
1963Black ZooMichael Conrad
1963TamahineCartwright
1963Doctor WhoToymaker
1963Doctor WhoCouncillor Hedin
1962The Phantom of the OperaLord Ambrose d'Arcy
1962Candidate for MurderDonald Edwards
1962The SaintCollin Phillips
1961KongaDr. Charles Decker
1961Mr. TopazeTamise
1961What a Carve Up!Fisk - the Butler
1961The AvengersNutski
1961Drama 61-67Charles
1959Horrors of the Black MuseumEdmond Bancroft
1959Model for MurderKingsley Beauchamp
1958DraculaArthur Holmwood
1958The Horse's MouthAbel
1957The Peaceful InnHatlock
1957Ill Met by MoonlightAndoni Zoidakis
1957The House in the WoodsGeoffrey Carter
1956Reach for the SkyFlying Instructor Pearson
1956Armchair TheatreThe Doctor
1956Armchair TheatreGeorge in 'Double Exit'
1955The Last Reunion
1955Richard IIIDighton
1954Sherlock Holmes
1953The Sword and the RoseDuke of Buckingham
1953Rob Roy, The Highland RogueDuke of Montrose
1953Twice Upon a TimeMr. Lloyd
1951The Man in the White SuitMichael Corland
1951BlackmailedMaurice Edwards
1951Night Was Our FriendMartin
1951No Resting PlaceAlec Kyle
1951Hallmark Hall of FameBeverley Carlton
1951Hallmark Hall of FameJudge
1951Hallmark Hall of FameRoy Brookner
1950Ha'penny Breeze(uncredited)
1949The Small Back RoomCapt. Dick Stuart
1948Anna KareninaNicholai
1948Saraband for Dead LoversPrince Charles
1948Blanche FuryLaurence Fury