Michael Gough
Known for Acting · 163 credits
- Born
- 1916-11-23
- Died
- 2011-03-17
- Place of birth
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Also known as
- Майкл Гоф · 麥可·高福 · Francis Michael Gough
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
TV Shows (47)
Doctor Who
1963
as Toymaker / Councillor Hedin
The Avengers
1961
as Nutski
Play for Today
1970
as Professor Burrows
Crown Court
1972
as Dr. De Quincey
The Saint
1962
as Collin Phillips
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Eliut
Inspector Morse
1987
as Philip Ogleby
Screen Two
1985
as Peter / Magistrate Boniface
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Bill Wakely
Theatre 625
1964
as Clodius Pulcher / Geoffrey Melville / Harry
The Champions
1968
as Major Joss
Blake's 7
1978
as Hower
The Protectors
1972
as Shkoder
ScreenPlay
1986
as Albani
Drama 61-67
1961
as Charles
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Governor
The Main Chance
1969
as Sir George Andrews
Campion
1989
as Mr. Hayhoe
Centre Play
1973
as Matt / Father
Screen One
1989
as Mr. Maggs
Strangers
1978
as Professor Whittingham
Detective
1964
as Holroyd
Journey to the Unknown
1968
as Royal
The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Fall of Eagles
1974
as Helphand
Colditz
1972
as Major Schaeffer
The Agatha Christie Hour
1982
as Sir George Durand
Smiley's People
1982
as Mikhel
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Reader
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Beverley Carlton / Judge / Roy Brookner
Sherlock Holmes
1954
Mistral's Daughter
1984
as Cardinal
The Man in Room 17
1965
as Andrei Konev
Ladies in Charge
1986
as Arthur James
Armchair Theatre
1956
as The Doctor / George in 'Double Exit'
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974
as Mr. Yule
Inside the Third Reich
1982
as Dr. Rust
QB VII
1974
as Dr. Fletcher
The Little Vampire
1986
as Onkel Theodor
Blackeyes
1989
as Maurice James Kingsley
Sleepers
1991
as Andrei Zorin
The Count of Monte Cristo
1964
as Gérard de Villefort
Pride and Prejudice
1967
as Mr. Bennet
A Killing on the Exchange
1987
as Charles Makepeace
Microbes and Men
1974
as Sir Almroth Wright
The Search for the Nile
1971
as David Livingstone
Shoulder to Shoulder
1974
as Dr Richard Pankhurst
Movies (116)
Alice in Wonderland
2010
as Uilleam / Dodo (voice)
Corpse Bride
2005
as Elder Gutknecht (voice)
Batman
1989
as Alfred Pennyworth
Batman & Robin
1997
as Alfred Pennyworth
Batman Returns
1992
as Alfred Pennyworth
Sleepy Hollow
1999
as Notary Hardenbrook
Batman Forever
1995
as Alfred Pennyworth
Top Secret!
1984
as Dr. Paul Flammond
Out of Africa
1985
as Lord Delamere
The Age of Innocence
1993
as Henry van der Luyden
Dracula
1958
as Arthur Holmwood
The Boys from Brazil
1978
as Mr. Harrington
Women in Love
1969
as Mr. Brangwen
Julius Caesar
1970
as Metellus Cimber
The Fourth Protocol
1987
as Sir Bernard Hemmings
Caravaggio
1986
as Cardinal Del Monte
A Christmas Carol
1984
as Mr. Poole
Uncovered
1995
as Don Manuel
The Serpent and the Rainbow
1988
as Schoonbacher
Berserk!
1967
as Albert Dorando
Venom
1981
as David Ball
The Legend of Hell House
1973
as Emeric Belasco (uncredited)
Richard III
1955
as Dighton
Oxford Blues
1984
as Doctor Ambrose
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
as Judge
The Go-Between
1971
as Mr Maudsley
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
as Norfolk
The Man in the White Suit
1951
as Michael Corland
Galileo
1975
as Sagredo
Nostradamus
1994
as Jean de Remy
The Hour of the Pig
1993
as Magistrate Boniface
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1965
as Eric Landor (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")
The Dresser
1983
as Frank Carrington
The Sword and the Rose
1953
as Duke of Buckingham
The Cherry Orchard
1999
as Feers
Anna Karenina
1948
as Nicholai
Let Him Have It
1991
as Lord Goddard
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
2008
as Self
St. Ives
1998
as Comte de Saint-Yves
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968
as Elder
Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948
as Prince Charles
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953
as Duke of Montrose
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
1996
as Leo Tolstoy
Wittgenstein
1993
as Betrand Russell
Alice in Wonderland
1966
as March Hare
The Phantom of the Opera
1962
as Lord Ambrose d'Arcy
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000
as Self
A Walk with Love and Death
1969
as Mad Monk
Ill Met by Moonlight
1957
as Andoni Zoidakis
Mr. Topaze
1961
as Tamise
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1972
as Beverly Carlton
Blanche Fury
1948
as Laurence Fury
The Skull
1965
as Auctioneer
What Rats Won't Do
1998
as Justice Tomlin
What a Carve Up!
1961
as Fisk - the Butler
The Shell Seekers
1989
as Roy Brookner
The Small Back Room
1949
as Capt. Dick Stuart
The Garden
1990
as Voice Overs/Old Man at Sauna
Cymbeline
1983
as Belarius
Sleepers
1991
as Andrei Zorin
Arthur the King
1985
as Archbishop
Black Zoo
1963
as Michael Conrad
Strapless
1989
as Douglas Brodie
Lace 2
1985
Reach for the Sky
1956
as Flying Instructor Pearson
Trog
1970
as Sam Murdock
Savage Messiah
1972
as M. Gaudier
Konga
1961
as Dr. Charles Decker
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
as Hedin (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Arthur Holmwood (archive footage)
Tamahine
1963
as Cartwright
Cariani and the Courtesans
1987
as Albani
The Count of Monte Cristo
1964
as Gerard de Villefort
Crucible of Horror
1971
as Walter Eastwood
Horrors of the Black Museum
1959
as Edmond Bancroft
Blackmailed
1951
as Maurice Edwards
Horror Hospital
1973
as Dr. Christian Storm
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974
as Mr. Yule
Twice Upon a Time
1953
as Mr. Lloyd
They Came from Beyond Space
1967
as Dr. Arnold Grey
Another Flip for Dominick
1982
as Professor Burrows
The Haunting of Helen Walker
1995
as Barnaby
To the Lighthouse
1983
as Mr. Ramsay
Model for Murder
1959
as Kingsley Beauchamp
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
1999
as Doctor
Game for Three Losers
1965
as Robert Hilary
Dracula in the Movies
1992
The Horse's Mouth
1958
as Abel
A Village Affair
1995
as Sir Ralph Unwin
Satan's Slave
1976
as Alexander Yorke
One Night... a Train
1968
as Jeremiah
Memed My Hawk
1984
as Kerimoglu
The Wanderer
1991
as Veteran Warrior
Hard Travelling
1986
as Peter
The Biko Inquest
1984
as Professor Loubser
Children of the North
1991
as Arthur Apple
Candidate for Murder
1962
as Donald Edwards
Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser
2021
as March Hare (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Man from Nowhere
1975
as Voice of the Man (voice)
The Mountain and the Molehill
1989
as Mr Maggs
Question of Love
1978
as Sir Baldwin
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
2024
as The Toymaker (voice)
Sea-Change
1976
as Father
No Resting Place
1951
as Alec Kyle
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
1983
as Councillor Hedin
Vincent the Dutchman
1972
as Vincent Van Gogh
Maschenka
1987
as Vater
The Drinking Party
1965
as Pausanias
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
1966
as The Toymaker
Night Was Our Friend
1951
as Martin
Monet in London
1974
as Narrator
The House in the Woods
1957
as Geoffrey Carter
The Last Reunion
1955
Ha'penny Breeze
1950
as (uncredited)
The Gift of Friendship
1974
as Bill Wakely
The Peaceful Inn
1957
as Hatlock
About Michael Gough
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. With 163 credits spanning from 1948 to 2024, Michael Gough has appeared in 116 films and 47 TV shows.
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- Alice in Wonderland (2010) — as Uilleam / Dodo (voice)
- Corpse Bride (2005) — as Elder Gutknecht (voice)
- Batman (1989) — as Alfred Pennyworth
- Batman & Robin (1997) — as Alfred Pennyworth
- Batman Returns (1992) — as Alfred Pennyworth
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