Michael Gough
Acting·November 23, 1916·† March 17, 2011 — 94 years old·Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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
Filmography · 168
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 KnightSelf2008The Ties That Bind UsHedin (archive footage)2005Corpse BrideElder Gutknecht (voice)2000Sleepy Hollow: Behind the LegendSelf1999Sleepy HollowNotary Hardenbrook1999The Strange Case of Delfina PotockaDoctor1999The Cherry OrchardFeers1998What Rats Won't DoJustice Tomlin1998St. IvesComte de Saint-Yves1997Batman & RobinAlfred Pennyworth1996The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with FatherLeo Tolstoy1995The Haunting of Helen WalkerBarnaby1995Batman ForeverAlfred Pennyworth1995A Village AffairSir Ralph Unwin1995UncoveredDon Manuel1994NostradamusJean de Remy1994The World of HammerTVSelf (archive footage)1993The Hour of the PigMagistrate Boniface1993The Age of InnocenceHenry van der Luyden1993WittgensteinBetrand Russell1992Batman ReturnsAlfred1992Dracula in the Movies(archive footage)1991Children of the NorthArthur Apple1991Let Him Have ItLord Goddard1991SleepersAndrei Zorin1991SleepersTVAndrei Zorin1991Dracula: A Cinematic ScrapbookArthur Holmwood (archive footage)1991The WandererVeteran Warrior1990The GardenVoice Overs/Old Man at Sauna1989The Shell SeekersRoy Brookner1989BlackeyesTVMaurice James Kingsley1989The Mountain and the MolehillMr Maggs1989Screen OneTVMr. Maggs1989BatmanAlfred1989StraplessDouglas Brodie1989CampionTVMr. Hayhoe1988The Serpent and the RainbowSchoonbacher1988The Modern World: Ten Great WritersTVReader1987Cariani and the CourtesansAlbani1987The Fourth ProtocolSir Bernard Hemmings1987A Killing on the ExchangeTVCharles Makepeace1987MaschenkaVater1987Inspector MorseTVPhilip Ogleby1986The Little VampireTVOnkel Theodor1986CaravaggioCardinal Del Monte1986ScreenPlayTVAlbani1986Ladies in ChargeTVArthur James1986Hard TravellingPeter1985Out of AfricaLord Delamere1985Lace 21985Arthur the KingArchbishop1985Screen TwoTVPeter · Magistrate Boniface1984The Biko InquestProfessor Loubser1984A Christmas CarolMr. Poole1984Mistral's DaughterTVCardinal1984Oxford BluesDoctor Ambrose1984Top Secret!Dr. Paul Flammond1984Memed My HawkKerimoglu1983The DresserFrank Carrington1983CymbelineBelarius1983To the LighthouseMr. Ramsay1983Doctor Who: Arc of InfinityCouncillor Hedin1982Another Flip for DominickProfessor Burrows1982Witness for the ProsecutionJudge1982Smiley's PeopleTVMikhel1982The Agatha Christie HourTVSir George Durand1982Inside the Third ReichTVDr. Rust1981VenomDavid Ball1978Question of LoveSir Baldwin1978The Boys from BrazilMr. Harrington1978StrangersTVProfessor Whittingham1978Blake's 7TVHower1976Sea-ChangeFather1976Satan's SlaveAlexander Yorke1975Shades of GreeneTVRansom1975Ten from the TwentiesTVPeter1975GalileoSagredo1975The Man from NowhereVoice of the Man (voice)1974Jennie: Lady Randolph ChurchillMr. Yule1974Jennie: Lady Randolph ChurchillTVMr. Yule1974The Gift of FriendshipBill Wakely1974Microbes and MenTVSir Almroth Wright1974QB VIITVDr. Fletcher1974Shoulder to ShoulderTVDr Richard Pankhurst1974Fall of EaglesTVHelphand1974Monet in LondonNarrator1973Centre PlayTVMatt · Father1973The Legend of Hell HouseEmeric Belasco (uncredited)1973Horror HospitalDr. Christian Storm1972The Man Who Came to DinnerBeverly Carlton1972ColditzTVMajor Schaeffer1972Vincent the DutchmanVincent Van Gogh1972Crown CourtTVDr. De Quincey1972The ProtectorsTVShkoder1972Henry VIII and His Six WivesNorfolk1972Savage MessiahM. Gaudier1971Crucible of HorrorWalter Eastwood1971The Search for the NileTVDavid Livingstone1971The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesTVGovernor1971The Go-BetweenMr Maudsley1970TrogSam Murdock1970Play for TodayTVProfessor Burrows1970Julius CaesarMetellus Cimber1969A Walk with Love and DeathMad Monk1969Women in LoveMr. Brangwen1969The Main ChanceTVSir George Andrews1968Curse of the Crimson AltarElder1968Treasure IslandTVSquire Trelawney1968Journey to the UnknownTVRoyal1968The ChampionsTVMajor Joss1968One Night... a TrainJeremiah1968For Amusement OnlyTVHenry1967Berserk!Albert Dorando1967ITV PlayhouseTVBill Wakely1967Pride and PrejudiceTVMr. Bennet1967They Came from Beyond SpaceDr. Arnold Grey1966Alice in WonderlandMarch Hare1966Doctor Who: The Celestial ToymakerThe Toymaker1965The Drinking PartyPausanias1965BBC Play of the MonthTVEliut1965Thirty-Minute TheatreTVTed Warner1965The SkullAuctioneer1965The Man in Room 17TVAndrei Konev1965Game for Three LosersRobert Hilary1965Dr. Terror's House of HorrorsEric Landor (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")1964The Count of Monte CristoGerard de Villefort1964The Count of Monte CristoTVGérard de Villefort1964Theatre 625TVClodius Pulcher · Geoffrey Melville · Harry1964DetectiveTVHolroyd1963Doctor WhoTVToymaker · Councillor Hedin1963TamahineCartwright1963Black ZooMichael Conrad1962The SaintTVCollin Phillips1962The Phantom of the OperaLord Ambrose d'Arcy1962Candidate for MurderDonald Edwards1961What a Carve Up!Fisk - the Butler1961Mr. TopazeTamise1961KongaDr. Charles Decker1961Drama 61-67TVCharles1961The AvengersTVNutski1959Horrors of the Black MuseumEdmond Bancroft1959Model for MurderKingsley Beauchamp1958The Horse's MouthAbel1958DraculaArthur Holmwood1957The Peaceful InnHatlock1957The House in the WoodsGeoffrey Carter1957Ill Met by MoonlightAndoni Zoidakis1956Armchair TheatreTVThe Doctor · George in 'Double Exit'1956Reach for the SkyFlying Instructor Pearson1955Richard IIIDighton1955The Last Reunion1954Sherlock HolmesTV1953Rob Roy, The Highland RogueDuke of Montrose1953The Sword and the RoseDuke of Buckingham1953Twice Upon a TimeMr. Lloyd1951Hallmark Hall of FameTVBeverley Carlton · Judge · Roy Brookner1951Night Was Our FriendMartin1951The Man in the White SuitMichael Corland1951BlackmailedMaurice Edwards1951No Resting PlaceAlec Kyle1950Ha'penny Breeze(uncredited)1949The Small Back RoomCapt. Dick Stuart1948Saraband for Dead LoversPrince Charles1948Blanche FuryLaurence Fury1948Anna KareninaNicholai