Michael Gough
Known for acting · Born 23 November 1916 · Died 17 March 2011 · aged 94 · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
170 credits
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
Batman Returns
1992
Batman Forever
1995
Batman & Robin
1997
Dracula
1958
Out of Africa
1985
Corpse Bride
2005
Batman
1989
Sleepy Hollow
1999
Wittgenstein
1993
Horror Hospital
1973
The Man in the White Suit
1951
The Fourth Protocol
1987
Acting (170)
2026Off the LeashSelfFilm
2024Doctor Who: The Celestial ToymakerThe Toymaker (voice)Film
2021Alice: Curiouser and CuriouserMarch Hare (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2010Alice in WonderlandUilleam / Dodo (voice)Film
2008Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark KnightSelfFilm
2008The Ties That Bind UsHedin (archive footage)Film
2005Corpse BrideElder Gutknecht (voice)Film
2000Sleepy Hollow: Behind the LegendSelfFilm
1999Sleepy HollowNotary HardenbrookFilm
1999The Cherry OrchardFeersFilm
1999The Strange Case of Delfina PotockaDoctorFilm
1998What Rats Won't DoJustice TomlinFilm
1998St. IvesComte de Saint-YvesFilm
1997Batman & RobinAlfred PennyworthFilm
1996The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with FatherLeo TolstoyFilm
1995Batman ForeverAlfred PennyworthFilm
1995UncoveredDon ManuelFilm
1995A Village AffairSir Ralph UnwinFilm
1995The Haunting of Helen WalkerBarnabyFilm
1994NostradamusJean de RemyFilm
1994The World of HammerSelf (archive footage)Series
1993The Age of InnocenceHenry van der LuydenFilm
1993WittgensteinBetrand RussellFilm
1993The Hour of the PigMagistrate BonifaceFilm
1992Batman ReturnsAlfredFilm
1992Dracula in the Movies(archive footage)Film
1991Let Him Have ItLord GoddardFilm
1991SleepersAndrei Zorin · 4 episodesSeries
1991Children of the NorthArthur AppleFilm
1991Dracula: A Cinematic ScrapbookArthur Holmwood (archive footage)Film
1991The WandererVeteran WarriorFilm
1991SleepersAndrei ZorinFilm
1990The GardenVoice Overs/Old Man at SaunaFilm
1989BatmanAlfredFilm
1989CampionMr. Hayhoe · 2 episodesSeries
1989BlackeyesMaurice James Kingsley · 4 episodesSeries
1989The Shell SeekersRoy BrooknerFilm
1989StraplessDouglas BrodieFilm
1989Screen OneMr. MaggsSeries
1989The Mountain and the MolehillMr MaggsFilm
1988The Serpent and the RainbowSchoonbacherFilm
1988The Modern World: Ten Great WritersReaderSeries
1987The Fourth ProtocolSir Bernard HemmingsFilm
1987Inspector MorsePhilip OglebySeries
1987Cariani and the CourtesansAlbaniFilm
1987MaschenkaVaterFilm
1987A Killing on the ExchangeCharles Makepeace · 3 episodesSeries
1986CaravaggioCardinal Del MonteFilm
1986The Little VampireOnkel Theodor · 13 episodesSeries
1986Ladies in ChargeArthur JamesSeries
1986ScreenPlayAlbaniSeries
1986Hard TravellingPeterFilm
1985Out of AfricaLord DelamereFilm
1985Arthur the KingArchbishopFilm
1985Screen TwoPeter, Magistrate BonifaceSeries
1985Lace 2Film
1984Top Secret!Dr. Paul FlammondFilm
1984A Christmas CarolMr. PooleFilm
1984Oxford BluesDoctor AmbroseFilm
1984Mistral's DaughterCardinal · 8 episodesSeries
1984Memed My HawkKerimogluFilm
1984The Biko InquestProfessor LoubserFilm
1983The DresserFrank CarringtonFilm
1983To the LighthouseMr. RamsayFilm
1983CymbelineBelariusFilm
1983Doctor Who: Arc of InfinityCouncillor HedinFilm
1982Smiley's PeopleMikhel · 2 episodesSeries
1982Witness for the ProsecutionJudgeFilm
1982The Agatha Christie HourSir George DurandSeries
1982Another Flip for DominickProfessor BurrowsFilm
1982Inside the Third ReichDr. Rust · 2 episodesSeries
1981VenomDavid BallFilm
1978The Boys from BrazilMr. HarringtonFilm
1978Blake's 7HowerSeries
1978Question of LoveSir BaldwinFilm
1978StrangersProfessor WhittinghamSeries
1976Satan's SlaveAlexander YorkeFilm
1976Sea-ChangeFatherFilm
1975GalileoSagredoFilm
1975The Man from NowhereVoice of the Man (voice)Film
1975Shades of GreeneRansomSeries
1975Ten from the TwentiesPeterSeries
1974Fall of EaglesHelphandSeries
1974QB VIIDr. Fletcher · 2 episodesSeries
1974Jennie: Lady Randolph ChurchillMr. YuleSeries
1974Microbes and MenSir Almroth WrightSeries
1974Shoulder to ShoulderDr Richard Pankhurst · 2 episodesSeries
1974The Gift of FriendshipBill WakelyFilm
1974Jennie: Lady Randolph ChurchillMr. YuleFilm
1974Monet in LondonNarratorFilm
1973The Legend of Hell HouseEmeric Belasco (uncredited)Film
1973Horror HospitalDr. Christian StormFilm
1973Centre PlayMatt, FatherSeries
1972Savage MessiahM. GaudierFilm
1972Henry VIII and His Six WivesNorfolkFilm
1972ColditzMajor SchaefferSeries
1972The ProtectorsShkoderSeries
1972Crown CourtDr. De QuinceySeries
1972Vincent the DutchmanVincent Van GoghFilm
1972The Man Who Came to DinnerBeverly CarltonFilm
1971The Go-BetweenMr MaudsleyFilm
1971Crucible of HorrorWalter EastwoodFilm
1971The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesGovernorSeries
1971The Search for the NileDavid Livingstone · 4 episodesSeries
1970TrogSam MurdockFilm
1970Julius CaesarMetellus CimberFilm
1970Play for TodayProfessor BurrowsSeries
1969Women in LoveMr. BrangwenFilm
1969A Walk with Love and DeathMad MonkFilm
1969The Main ChanceSir George AndrewsSeries
1968Curse of the Crimson AltarElderFilm
1968One Night... a TrainJeremiahFilm
1968The ChampionsMajor JossSeries
1968Journey to the UnknownRoyalSeries
1968Treasure IslandSquire Trelawney · 9 episodesSeries
1968The Gentle Art of Making EnemiesRuskinFilm
1968For Amusement OnlyHenrySeries
1967They Came from Beyond SpaceDr. Arnold GreyFilm
1967Berserk!Albert DorandoFilm
1967ITV PlayhouseBill WakelySeries
1967Pride and PrejudiceMr. Bennet · 6 episodesSeries
1966Alice in WonderlandMarch HareFilm
1966Doctor Who: The Celestial ToymakerThe ToymakerFilm
1965Dr. Terror's House of HorrorsEric Landor (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")Film
1965The SkullAuctioneerFilm
1965BBC Play of the MonthEliutSeries
1965Thirty-Minute TheatreTed WarnerSeries
1965The Man in Room 17Andrei KonevSeries
1965Game for Three LosersRobert HilaryFilm
1965The Drinking PartyPausaniasFilm
1964Theatre 625Clodius Pulcher, Geoffrey Melville, HarrySeries
1964DetectiveHolroydSeries
1964The Count of Monte CristoGérard de Villefort · 2 episodesSeries
1963Doctor WhoToymaker · 3 episodes, Councillor Hedin · 3 episodesSeries
1963TamahineCartwrightFilm
1963Black ZooMichael ConradFilm
1962The SaintCollin PhillipsSeries
1962The Phantom of the OperaLord Ambrose d'ArcyFilm
1962Candidate for MurderDonald EdwardsFilm
1961The AvengersNutskiSeries
1961KongaDr. Charles DeckerFilm
1961What a Carve Up!Fisk - the ButlerFilm
1961Mr. TopazeTamiseFilm
1961Drama 61-67CharlesSeries
1959Horrors of the Black MuseumEdmond BancroftFilm
1959Model for MurderKingsley BeauchampFilm
1958DraculaArthur HolmwoodFilm
1958The Horse's MouthAbelFilm
1957Ill Met by MoonlightAndoni ZoidakisFilm
1957The House in the WoodsGeoffrey CarterFilm
1957The Peaceful InnHatlockFilm
1956Reach for the SkyFlying Instructor PearsonFilm
1956Armchair TheatreThe Doctor, George in 'Double Exit'Series
1955Richard IIIDightonFilm
1955The Adventures of Robin HoodBolandSeries
1955The Last ReunionFilm
1954Sherlock HolmesSeries
1953The Sword and the RoseDuke of BuckinghamFilm
1953Rob Roy, The Highland RogueDuke of MontroseFilm
1953Twice Upon a TimeMr. LloydFilm
1951The Man in the White SuitMichael CorlandFilm
1951Hallmark Hall of FameBeverley Carlton, Judge, Roy BrooknerSeries
1951BlackmailedMaurice EdwardsFilm
1951Night Was Our FriendMartinFilm
1951No Resting PlaceAlec KyleFilm
1950Ha'penny Breeze(uncredited)Film
1949The Small Back RoomCapt. Dick StuartFilm
1948Anna KareninaNicholaiFilm
1948Blanche FuryLawrence FuryFilm
1948Saraband for Dead LoversPrince CharlesFilm