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Michael Gough

Michael Gough

Acting1916Kuala 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.

Acting History

2025
2024
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
as The Toymaker (voice)
2021
Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser
as March Hare (archive footage) (uncredited)
2012
Gravity Falls
TVas Wax Groucho Marx (voice)• 1 eps
2010
Alice in Wonderland
as Uilleam / Dodo (voice)
2008
The Ties That Bind Us
as Hedin (archive footage)
2006
Ben 10
TVas Lt. Steel (voice)• 1 eps
2005
Corpse Bride
as Elder Gutknecht (voice)
Duck Dodgers
TVas The Professor / Pilot (voice)• 1 eps
2004
Biography: Val Kilmer
as Self (archive footage)
2000
1999
Sleepy Hollow
as Notary Hardenbrook
1998
St. Ives
as Comte de Saint-Yves
What Rats Won't Do
as Justice Tomlin
1997
Batman & Robin
as Alfred Pennyworth
Voice B Gone
as The Voice, Johnny, Dog (voice)
1996
1995
A Village Affair
as Sir Ralph Unwin
Uncovered
as Don Manuel
Batman Forever
as Alfred Pennyworth
1994
Nostradamus
as Jean de Remy
The World of Hammer
TVas Self (archive footage)• 1 eps
1993
The Hour of the Pig
as Magistrate Boniface
Wittgenstein
as Betrand Russell
The Age of Innocence
as Henry van der Luyden
1992
Batman Returns
as Alfred Pennyworth
1991
The Wanderer
as Veteran Warrior
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Arthur Holmwood (archive footage)
Let Him Have It
as Lord Goddard
Children of the North
as Arthur Apple
Sleepers
as Andrei Zorin
Sleepers
TVas Andrei Zorin
1990
The Garden
as Voice Overs/Old Man at Sauna
1989
Strapless
as Douglas Brodie
The Shell Seekers
as Roy Brookner
Batman
as Alfred Pennyworth
Campion
TVas Mr. Hayhoe• 2 eps
Blackeyes
TVas Maurice James Kingsley
1988
1987
The Fourth Protocol
as Sir Bernard Hemmings
Maschenka
as Vater
Inspector Morse
TVas Philip Ogleby• 1 eps
A Killing on the Exchange
TVas Charles Makepeace
1986
Caravaggio
as Cardinal Del Monte
The Little Vampire
TVas Onkel Theodor
Ladies in Charge
TVas Arthur James
1985
Out of Africa
as Lord Delamere
Arthur the King
as Archbishop
1984
Oxford Blues
as Doctor Ambrose
Top Secret!
as Dr. Paul Flammond
A Christmas Carol
as Mr. Poole
Memed My Hawk
as Kerimoglu
The Biko Inquest
as Professor Loubser
Mistral's Daughter
TVas Cardinal• 8 eps
1983
Cymbeline
as Belarius
To the Lighthouse
as Mr. Ramsay
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
as Councillor Hedin
The Dresser
as Frank Carrington
1982
Another Flip for Dominick
as Professor Burrows
Play for Today
TVas Professor Burrows• 1 eps
Smiley's People
TVas Mikhel• 6 eps
1981
Venom
as David Ball
1980
Blake's 7
TVas Hower• 1 eps
1978
The Boys from Brazil
as Mr. Harrington
Question of Love
as Sir Baldwin
1976
Satan's Slave
as Alexander Yorke
Sea-Change
as Father
1975
Galileo
as Sagredo
The Man from Nowhere
as Voice of the Man (voice)
1974
Monet in London
as Narrator
Fall of Eagles
TVas Helphand• 1 eps
QB VII
TVas Dr. Fletcher
Shoulder to Shoulder
TVas Dr Richard Pankhurst
Microbes and Men
TVas Sir Almroth Wright
1973
Horror Hospital
as Dr. Christian Storm
The Legend of Hell House
as Emeric Belasco (uncredited)
Crown Court
TVas Dr. De Quincey• 1 eps
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TVas Governor• 1 eps
The Protectors
TVas Shkoder• 1 eps
Centre Play
TVas Matt / Father
1972
Savage Messiah
as M. Gaudier
Vincent the Dutchman
as Vincent Van Gogh
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Beverly Carlton
Colditz
TVas Major Schaeffer• 1 eps
The Main Chance
TVas Sir George Andrews• 1 eps
1971
The Velvet House
as Walter Eastwood
The Go-Between
as Mr Maudsley
The Search for the Nile
TVas David Livingstone• 6 eps
1970
Julius Caesar
as Metellus Cimber
Trog
as Sam Murdock
1969
Women in Love
as Mr. Brangwen
1968
The Champions
TVas Major Joss• 1 eps
1967
Berserk!
as Albert Dorando
They Came from Beyond Space
as Dr. Arnold Grey
The Avengers
TVas Nutski• 1 eps
Pride and Prejudice
TVas Mr. Bennet
Theatre 625
TVas Harry / Clodius Pulcher / Geoffrey Melville• 1 eps
1966
Alice in Wonderland
as March Hare
BBC Play of the Month
TVas Eliut• 1 eps
1965
Dr Terror's House of Horrors
as Eric Landor (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")
The Skull
as Auctioneer
Game for Three Losers
as Robert Hilary
The Drinking Party
as Pausanias
The Man in Room 17
TVas Andrei Konev• 1 eps
1964
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Gerard de Villefort
The Saint
TVas Collin Phillips• 1 eps
The Count of Monte Cristo
TVas Gérard de Villefort
1963
Black Zoo
as Michael Conrad
Tamahine
as Cartwright
Doctor Who
TVas Councillor Hedin / Toymaker
1962
The Phantom of the Opera
as Lord Ambrose d'Arcy
Candidate for Murder
as Donald Edwards
Drama 61-67
TVas Charles• 1 eps
1961
Konga
as Dr. Charles Decker
What a Carve Up!
as Fisk - the Butler
Mr. Topaze
as Tamise
1959
Model for Murder
as Kingsley Beauchamp
Horrors of the Black Museum
as Edmond Bancroft
1958
Dracula
as Arthur Holmwood
1957
Ill Met by Moonlight
as Andoni Zoidakis
The House in the Woods
as Geoffrey Carter
1956
Reach for the Sky
as Flying Instructor Pearson
1955
Richard III
as Dighton
1953
The Sword and the Rose
as Duke of Buckingham
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
as Duke of Montrose
Twice Upon a Time
as Mr. Lloyd
1951
The Man in the White Suit
as Michael Corland
Blackmailed
as Maurice Edwards
No Resting Place
as Alec Kyle
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas Roy Brookner / Judge / Beverley Carlton
1950
Ha'penny Breeze
as (uncredited)
1949
The Small Back Room
as Capt. Dick Stuart
1948
Saraband for Dead Lovers
as Prince Charles
Blanche Fury
as Laurence Fury
Anna Karenina
as Nicholai

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/23/1916
Day of Death
3/17/2011
Place of Birth
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia