
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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Known For
Acting History
2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self - (archive footage)
2024Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker as The Toymaker (voice)
2021Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser as March Hare (archive footage) (uncredited)
2012Gravity Falls as Wax Groucho Marx (voice)
2010Alice in Wonderland as Uilleam / Dodo (voice)
2008Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight as Self
2008The Ties That Bind Us as Hedin (archive footage)
2005Ben 10 as Lt. Steel (voice)
2005Corpse Bride as Elder Gutknecht (voice)
2004Biography: Val Kilmer as Self (archive footage)
2003Duck Dodgers as The Professor / Pilot (voice)
2002The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father as Leo Tolstoy
2000Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun as Gopher (voice)
2000Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend as Self
1999Sleepy Hollow as Notary Hardenbrook
1999The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka as Doctor
1999The Cherry Orchard as Feers
1998What Rats Won't Do as Justice Tomlin
1998St. Ives as Comte de Saint-Yves
1997Batman & Robin as Alfred Pennyworth
1997Voice B Gone as The Voice, Johnny, Dog (voice)
1996Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Pooh as Gopher (voice)
1995The Haunting of Helen Walker as Barnaby
1995Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh as Gopher (voice)
1995Batman Forever as Alfred Pennyworth
1995A Village Affair as Sir Ralph Unwin
1995Uncovered as Don Manuel
1994Nostradamus as Jean de Remy
1994The World of Hammer as Self (archive footage)
1994Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Cowboy Pooh as Gopher (voice)
1993The Hour of the Pig as Magistrate Boniface
1993The Age of Innocence as Henry van der Luyden
1993Wittgenstein as Betrand Russell
1992Batman Returns as Alfred Pennyworth
1992Beauty and the Beast as (voice)
1991Children of the North as Arthur Apple
1991Let Him Have It as Lord Goddard
1991Sleepers as Andrei Zorin
1991Sleepers as Andrei Zorin
1991Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Arthur Holmwood (archive footage)
1991The Wanderer as Veteran Warrior
1990The Garden as Voice Overs/Old Man at Sauna
1989The Shell Seekers as Roy Brookner
1989Blackeyes as Maurice James Kingsley
1989The Mountain and the Molehill as Mr Maggs
1989Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland as Teacher #2 (voice)
1989Batman as Alfred Pennyworth
1989Strapless as Douglas Brodie
1989Campion as Mr. Hayhoe
1988The Serpent and the Rainbow as Schoonbacher
1988The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Reader
1987Cariani and the Courtesans as Albani
1987The Fourth Protocol as Sir Bernard Hemmings
1987A Killing on the Exchange
1987Maschenka as Vater
1987Inspector Morse as Philip Ogleby
1986The Little Vampire as Onkel Theodor
1986Caravaggio as Cardinal Del Monte
1986Ladies in Charge
1986Hard Travelling as Peter
1985Out of Africa as Lord Delamere
1985Lace 2
1985Arthur the King as Archbishop
1984The Biko Inquest as Professor Loubser
1984A Christmas Carol as Mr. Poole
1984Mistral's Daughter as Cardinal
1984Oxford Blues as Doctor Ambrose
1984Top Secret! as Dr. Paul Flammond
1984Memed My Hawk as Kerimoglu
1983The Dresser as Frank Carrington
1983Cymbeline as Belarius
1983To the Lighthouse as Mr. Ramsay
1983Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity as Councillor Hedin
1982Another Flip for Dominick as Professor Burrows
1982Witness for the Prosecution as Judge
1982Smiley's People as Mikhel
1982The Agatha Christie Hour
1982Inside the Third Reich as Dr. Rust
1981Venom as David Ball
1978Question of Love as Sir Baldwin
1978The Boys from Brazil as Mr. Harrington
1978Blake's 7 as Hower
1976Sea-Change as Father
1976Satan's Slave as Alexander Yorke
1975Galileo as Sagredo
1975The Man from Nowhere as Voice of the Man (voice)
1974Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill as Mr. Yule
1974Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill as Mr. Yule
1974Notorious Woman as Henri de Latouche
1974The Gift of Friendship as Bill Wakely
1974Microbes and Men as Sir Almroth Wright
1974QB VII as Dr. Fletcher
1974Shoulder to Shoulder as Dr Richard Pankhurst
1974Monet in London as Narrator
1973The Legend of Hell House as Emeric Belasco (uncredited)
1973Horror Hospital as Dr. Christian Storm
1972The Man Who Came to Dinner as Beverly Carlton
1972Colditz as Major Schaeffer
1972Vincent the Dutchman as Vincent Van Gogh
1972Crown Court as Dr. De Quincey
1972The Protectors as Shkoder
1972Henry VIII and His Six Wives as Norfolk
1972Savage Messiah as M. Gaudier
1971Crucible of Horror as Walter Eastwood
1971The Search for the Nile as David Livingstone
1971The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Governor
1971The Go-Between as Mr Maudsley
1970Trog as Sam Murdock
1970Play for Today as Professor Burrows
1970Julius Caesar as Metellus Cimber
1969A Walk with Love and Death as Mad Monk
1969Women in Love as Mr. Brangwen
1969The Main Chance as Sir George Andrews
1968Curse of the Crimson Altar as Elder
1968Journey to the Unknown
1968The Champions as Major Joss
1968One Night... a Train as Jeremiah
1967Berserk! as Albert Dorando
1967Pride and Prejudice as Mr. Bennet
1967They Came from Beyond Space as Dr. Arnold Grey
1966Alice in Wonderland as March Hare
1966Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker as The Toymaker
1965The Drinking Party as Pausanias
1965BBC Play of the Month as Eliut
1965The Skull as Auctioneer
1965The Man in Room 17 as Andrei Konev
1965Game for Three Losers as Robert Hilary
1965Dr. Terror's House of Horrors as Eric Landor (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")
1964The Count of Monte Cristo as Gerard de Villefort
1964The Count of Monte Cristo as Gérard de Villefort
1964Theatre 625 as Clodius Pulcher
1964Theatre 625 as Geoffrey Melville
1964Theatre 625 as Harry
1964Detective
1963Doctor Who as Toymaker
1963Doctor Who as Councillor Hedin
1963Tamahine as Cartwright
1963Black Zoo as Michael Conrad
1962The Saint as Collin Phillips
1962The Phantom of the Opera as Lord Ambrose d'Arcy
1962Candidate for Murder as Donald Edwards
1961What a Carve Up! as Fisk - the Butler
1961Mr. Topaze as Tamise
1961Konga as Dr. Charles Decker
1961The Avengers as Nutski
1959Horrors of the Black Museum as Edmond Bancroft
1959Model for Murder as Kingsley Beauchamp
1958The Horse's Mouth as Abel
1958Dracula as Arthur Holmwood
1957The Peaceful Inn as Hatlock
1957The House in the Woods as Geoffrey Carter
1957Ill Met by Moonlight as Andoni Zoidakis
1956Reach for the Sky as Flying Instructor Pearson
1955Richard III as Dighton
1955The Last Reunion
1954Sherlock Holmes
1953Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue as Duke of Montrose
1953The Sword and the Rose as Duke of Buckingham
1953Twice Upon a Time as Mr. Lloyd
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Beverley Carlton
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Judge
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Roy Brookner
1951Night Was Our Friend as Martin
1951The Man in the White Suit as Michael Corland
1951Blackmailed as Maurice Edwards
1951No Resting Place as Alec Kyle
1950Ha'penny Breeze as (uncredited)
1949The Small Back Room as Capt. Dick Stuart
1948Saraband for Dead Lovers as Prince Charles
1948Blanche Fury as Laurence Fury
1948Anna Karenina as Nicholai








