Michael Gough

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1916-11-23

Place of Birth

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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.

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Acting History

2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self - (archive footage)
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
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight as Self
2008
The Ties That Bind Us as Hedin (archive footage)
2005
Ben 10 as Lt. Steel (voice)
2005
Corpse Bride as Elder Gutknecht (voice)
2004
Biography: Val Kilmer as Self (archive footage)
2003
Duck Dodgers as The Professor / Pilot (voice)
2002
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father as Leo Tolstoy
2000
Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun as Gopher (voice)
2000
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend as Self
1999
Sleepy Hollow as Notary Hardenbrook
1999
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka as Doctor
1999
The Cherry Orchard as Feers
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
Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Pooh as Gopher (voice)
1995
The Haunting of Helen Walker as Barnaby
1995
Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh as Gopher (voice)
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)
1994
Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Cowboy Pooh as Gopher (voice)
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
Beauty and the Beast as (voice)
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
The Mountain and the Molehill as Mr Maggs
1989
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland as Teacher #2 (voice)
1989
Batman as Alfred Pennyworth
1989
Strapless as Douglas Brodie
1989
Campion as Mr. Hayhoe
1988
The Serpent and the Rainbow as Schoonbacher
1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Reader
1987
Cariani and the Courtesans as Albani
1987
The Fourth Protocol as Sir Bernard Hemmings
1987
A Killing on the Exchange
1987
Maschenka as Vater
1987
Inspector Morse as Philip Ogleby
1986
The Little Vampire as Onkel Theodor
1986
Caravaggio as Cardinal Del Monte
1986
Ladies in Charge
1986
Hard Travelling as Peter
1985
Out of Africa as Lord Delamere
1985
Lace 2
1985
Arthur the King as Archbishop
1984
The Biko Inquest as Professor Loubser
1984
A Christmas Carol as Mr. Poole
1984
Mistral's Daughter as Cardinal
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
Another Flip for Dominick as Professor Burrows
1982
Witness for the Prosecution as Judge
1982
Smiley's People as Mikhel
1982
The Agatha Christie Hour
1982
Inside the Third Reich as Dr. Rust
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
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill as Mr. Yule
1974
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill as Mr. Yule
1974
Notorious Woman as Henri de Latouche
1974
The Gift of Friendship as Bill Wakely
1974
Microbes and Men as Sir Almroth Wright
1974
QB VII as Dr. Fletcher
1974
Shoulder to Shoulder as Dr Richard Pankhurst
1974
Monet in London as Narrator
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
Henry VIII and His Six Wives as Norfolk
1972
Savage Messiah as M. Gaudier
1971
Crucible of Horror as Walter Eastwood
1971
The Search for the Nile as David Livingstone
1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Governor
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
A Walk with Love and Death as Mad Monk
1969
Women in Love as Mr. Brangwen
1969
The Main Chance as Sir George Andrews
1968
Curse of the Crimson Altar as Elder
1968
Journey to the Unknown
1968
The Champions as Major Joss
1968
One Night... a Train as Jeremiah
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
1966
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker as The Toymaker
1965
The Drinking Party as Pausanias
1965
BBC Play of the Month as Eliut
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
1964
Detective
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
The Horse's Mouth as Abel
1958
Dracula as Arthur Holmwood
1957
The Peaceful Inn as Hatlock
1957
The House in the Woods as Geoffrey Carter
1957
Ill Met by Moonlight as Andoni Zoidakis
1956
Reach for the Sky as Flying Instructor Pearson
1955
Richard III as Dighton
1955
The Last Reunion
1954
Sherlock Holmes
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 Judge
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Roy Brookner
1951
Night Was Our Friend as Martin
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