Portrait of Michael Gough

Michael Gough

Acting

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.

Born: November 23, 1916

Place of Birth: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Filmography

2024
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker

as The Toymaker (voice)

2021
Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser

as March Hare (archive footage) (uncredited)

2012
Gravity Falls

as Wax Groucho Marx (voice)

2010
Alice in Wonderland

as Uilleam / Dodo (voice)

2008
The Ties That Bind Us

as Hedin (archive footage)

2005
Ben 10

as Lt. Steel (voice)

2005
Corpse Bride

as Elder Gutknecht (voice)

2003
Duck Dodgers

as The Professor / Pilot (voice)

2000
1999
Sleepy Hollow

as Notary Hardenbrook

1999
1998
What Rats Won't Do

as Justice Tomlin

1998
St. Ives

as Comte de Saint-Yves

1997
Batman & Robin

as Alfred Pennyworth

1997
Voice B Gone

as The Voice, Johnny, Dog (voice)

1996
1995
1995
Batman Forever

as Alfred Pennyworth

1995
A Village Affair

as Sir Ralph Unwin

1995
Uncovered

as Don Manuel

1994
Nostradamus

as Jean de Remy

1994
The World of Hammer

as Self (archive footage)

1993
The Hour of the Pig

as Magistrate Boniface

1993
The Age of Innocence

as Henry van der Luyden

1993
Wittgenstein

as Betrand Russell

1992
Batman Returns

as Alfred Pennyworth

1992
1991
Children of the North

as Arthur Apple

1991
Let Him Have It

as Lord Goddard

1991
Sleepers

as Andrei Zorin

1991
Sleepers

as Andrei Zorin

1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Arthur Holmwood (archive footage)

1991
The Wanderer

as Veteran Warrior

1990
The Garden

as Voice Overs/Old Man at Sauna

1989
The Shell Seekers

as Roy Brookner

1989
Blackeyes

as Maurice James Kingsley

1989
Batman

as Alfred Pennyworth

1989
Strapless

as Douglas Brodie

1989
Campion

as Mr. Hayhoe

1988
1987
The Fourth Protocol

as Sir Bernard Hemmings

1987
Maschenka

as Vater

1987
Inspector Morse

as Philip Ogleby

1986
The Little Vampire

as Onkel Theodor

1986
Caravaggio

as Cardinal Del Monte

1986
1985
Out of Africa

as Lord Delamere

1985
1985
Arthur the King

as Archbishop

1984
The Biko Inquest

as Professor Loubser

1984
A Christmas Carol

as Mr. Poole

1984
1984
Oxford Blues

as Doctor Ambrose

1984
Top Secret!

as Dr. Paul Flammond

1984
Memed My Hawk

as Kerimoglu

1983
The Dresser

as Frank Carrington

1983
Cymbeline

as Belarius

1983
To the Lighthouse

as Mr. Ramsay

1983
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity

as Councillor Hedin

1982
1982
1981
Venom

as David Ball

1978
Question of Love

as Sir Baldwin

1978
The Boys from Brazil

as Mr. Harrington

1978
Blake's 7

as Hower

1976
Sea-Change

as Father

1976
Satan's Slave

as Alexander Yorke

1975
Galileo

as Sagredo

1975
The Man from Nowhere

as Voice of the Man (voice)

1974
Notorious Woman

as Henri de Latouche

1974
1974
Microbes and Men

as Sir Almroth Wright

1974
QB VII

as Dr. Fletcher

1974
Shoulder to Shoulder

as Dr Richard Pankhurst

1973
The Legend of Hell House

as Emeric Belasco (uncredited)

1973
Horror Hospital

as Dr. Christian Storm

1972
The Man Who Came to Dinner

as Beverly Carlton

1972
Colditz

as Major Schaeffer

1972
Vincent the Dutchman

as Vincent Van Gogh

1972
Crown Court

as Dr. De Quincey

1972
The Protectors

as Shkoder

1972
Savage Messiah

as M. Gaudier

1971
Crucible of Horror

as Walter Eastwood

1971
The Search for the Nile

as David Livingstone

1971
The Go-Between

as Mr Maudsley

1970
Trog

as Sam Murdock

1970
Play for Today

as Professor Burrows

1970
Julius Caesar

as Metellus Cimber

1969
Women in Love

as Mr. Brangwen

1969
The Main Chance

as Sir George Andrews

1968
The Champions

as Major Joss

1968
1967
Berserk!

as Albert Dorando

1967
Pride and Prejudice

as Mr. Bennet

1967
They Came from Beyond Space

as Dr. Arnold Grey

1966
Alice in Wonderland

as March Hare

1965
The Skull

as Auctioneer

1965
The Man in Room 17

as Andrei Konev

1965
Game for Three Losers

as Robert Hilary

1965
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

as Eric Landor (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")

1964
The Count of Monte Cristo

as Gerard de Villefort

1964
The Count of Monte Cristo

as Gérard de Villefort

1964
Theatre 625

as Clodius Pulcher

1964
Theatre 625

as Geoffrey Melville

1964
Theatre 625

as Harry

1963
Doctor Who

as Toymaker

1963
Doctor Who

as Councillor Hedin

1963
Tamahine

as Cartwright

1963
Black Zoo

as Michael Conrad

1962
The Saint

as Collin Phillips

1962
The Phantom of the Opera

as Lord Ambrose d'Arcy

1962
Candidate for Murder

as Donald Edwards

1961
What a Carve Up!

as Fisk - the Butler

1961
Mr. Topaze

as Tamise

1961
Konga

as Dr. Charles Decker

1961
The Avengers

as Nutski

1959
Horrors of the Black Museum

as Edmond Bancroft

1959
Model for Murder

as Kingsley Beauchamp

1958
Dracula

as Arthur Holmwood

1957
Ill Met by Moonlight

as Andoni Zoidakis

1956
Reach for the Sky

as Flying Instructor Pearson

1955
Richard III

as Dighton

1953
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

as Duke of Montrose

1953
The Sword and the Rose

as Duke of Buckingham

1953
Twice Upon a Time

as Mr. Lloyd

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Beverley Carlton

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Roy Brookner

1951
The Man in the White Suit

as Michael Corland

1951
Blackmailed

as Maurice Edwards

1951
No Resting Place

as Alec Kyle

1950
Ha'penny Breeze

as (uncredited)

1949
The Small Back Room

as Capt. Dick Stuart

1948
Saraband for Dead Lovers

as Prince Charles

1948
Blanche Fury

as Laurence Fury

1948
Anna Karenina

as Nicholai