Michael Gough
Acting • Born 1916-11-23 – Died 2011-03-17
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.
Filmography
165 credits
Batman
Movie • 1989
Alfred Pennyworth
Batman Returns
Movie • 1992
Alfred Pennyworth
Batman Forever
Movie • 1995
Alfred Pennyworth
Batman & Robin
Movie • 1997
Alfred Pennyworth
Out of Africa
Movie • 1985
Lord Delamere
Sleepy Hollow
Movie • 1999
Notary Hardenbrook
Corpse Bride
Movie • 2005
Elder Gutknecht (voice)
The Age of Innocence
Movie • 1993
Henry van der Luyden
The Fourth Protocol
Movie • 1987
Sir Bernard Hemmings
Caravaggio
Movie • 1986
Cardinal Del Monte
Satan's Slave
Movie • 1976
Alexander Yorke
Crucible of Horror
Movie • 1971
Walter Eastwood
Venom
Movie • 1981
David Ball
Horror Hospital
Movie • 1973
Dr. Christian Storm
Black Zoo
Movie • 1963
Michael Conrad
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Movie • 1988
Schoonbacher
Dracula
Movie • 1958
Arthur Holmwood
The Peaceful Inn
Movie • 1957
Hatlock
Anna Karenina
Movie • 1948
Nicholai
Alice in Wonderland
Movie • 2010
Uilleam / Dodo (voice)
The Man in the White Suit
Movie • 1951
Michael Corland
Dr Terror's House of Horrors
Movie • 1965
Eric Landor (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")
Curse of the Crimson Altar
Movie • 1968
Elder
They Came from Beyond Space
Movie • 1967
Dr. Arnold Grey
The Dresser
Movie • 1983
Frank Carrington
The Go-Between
Movie • 1971
Mr Maudsley
Berserk!
Movie • 1967
Albert Dorando
The Skull
Movie • 1965
Auctioneer
Konga
Movie • 1961
Dr. Charles Decker
The Horse's Mouth
Movie • 1958
Abel
Trog
Movie • 1970
Sam Murdock
The Legend of Hell House
Movie • 1973
Emeric Belasco (uncredited)
Horrors of the Black Museum
Movie • 1959
Edmond Bancroft
The Small Back Room
Movie • 1949
Capt. Dick Stuart
The Sword and the Rose
Movie • 1953
Duke of Buckingham
The Phantom of the Opera
Movie • 1962
Lord Ambrose d'Arcy
One Night... a Train
Movie • 1968
Jeremiah
A Village Affair
Movie • 1995
Sir Ralph Unwin
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Movie • 1948
Prince Charles
Mr. Topaze
Movie • 1961
Tamise
What a Carve Up!
Movie • 1961
Fisk - the Butler
The Hour of the Pig
Movie • 1993
Magistrate Boniface
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Movie • 1972
Norfolk
Ill Met by Moonlight
Movie • 1957
Andoni Zoidakis
Wittgenstein
Movie • 1993
Betrand Russell
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Movie • 1953
Duke of Montrose
A Walk with Love and Death
Movie • 1969
Mad Monk
Monet in London
Movie • 1974
Narrator
Model for Murder
Movie • 1959
Kingsley Beauchamp
Strapless
Movie • 1989
Douglas Brodie
Blanche Fury
Movie • 1948
Laurence Fury
The Shell Seekers
Movie • 1989
Roy Brookner
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie • 1991
Arthur Holmwood (archive footage)
Arthur the King
Movie • 1985
Archbishop
Blackmailed
Movie • 1951
Maurice Edwards
Galileo
Movie • 1975
Sagredo
To the Lighthouse
Movie • 1983
Mr. Ramsay
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
Movie • 1999
Doctor
Uncovered
Movie • 1995
Don Manuel
Twice Upon a Time
Movie • 1953
Mr. Lloyd
St. Ives
Movie • 1998
Comte de Saint-Yves
Night Was Our Friend
Movie • 1951
Martin
Savage Messiah
Movie • 1972
M. Gaudier
The House in the Woods
Movie • 1957
Geoffrey Carter
Another Flip for Dominick
Movie • 1982
Professor Burrows
The Gift of Friendship
Movie • 1974
Bill Wakely
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie • 1964
Gerard de Villefort
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
Movie • 2024
The Toymaker (voice)
Cariani and the Courtesans
Movie • 1987
Albani
Women in Love
Movie • 1969
Mr. Brangwen
Game for Three Losers
Movie • 1965
Robert Hilary
Top Secret!
Movie • 1984
Dr. Paul Flammond
Candidate for Murder
Movie • 1962
Donald Edwards
Lace 2
Movie • 1985
The Last Reunion
Movie • 1955
Oxford Blues
Movie • 1984
Doctor Ambrose
Sleepers
Movie • 1991
Andrei Zorin
Reach for the Sky
Movie • 1956
Flying Instructor Pearson
Ha'penny Breeze
Movie • 1950
(uncredited)
The Boys from Brazil
Movie • 1978
Mr. Harrington
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Movie • 1974
Mr. Yule
The Man from Nowhere
Movie • 1975
Voice of the Man (voice)
Let Him Have It
Movie • 1991
Lord Goddard
Alice in Wonderland
Movie • 1966
March Hare
Question of Love
Movie • 1978
Sir Baldwin
A Christmas Carol
Movie • 1984
Mr. Poole
Tamahine
Movie • 1963
Cartwright
The Garden
Movie • 1990
Voice Overs/Old Man at Sauna
Memed My Hawk
Movie • 1984
Kerimoglu
Vincent the Dutchman
Movie • 1972
Vincent Van Gogh
Julius Caesar
Movie • 1970
Metellus Cimber
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
Movie • 1996
Leo Tolstoy
Maschenka
Movie • 1987
Vater
The Haunting of Helen Walker
Movie • 1995
Barnaby
The Cherry Orchard
Movie • 1999
Feers
Cymbeline
Movie • 1983
Belarius
The Wanderer
Movie • 1991
Veteran Warrior
The Biko Inquest
Movie • 1984
Professor Loubser
Nostradamus
Movie • 1994
Jean de Remy
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Movie • 2000
Self
Children of the North
Movie • 1991
Arthur Apple
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
Movie • 1966
The Toymaker
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
Movie • 1983
Councillor Hedin
The Drinking Party
Movie • 1965
Pausanias
Richard III
Movie • 1955
Dighton
What Rats Won't Do
Movie • 1998
Justice Tomlin
No Resting Place
Movie • 1951
Alec Kyle
Hard Travelling
Movie • 1986
Peter
The Mountain and the Molehill
Movie • 1989
Mr Maggs
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
Movie • 2008
Self
Sea-Change
Movie • 1976
Father
The Ties That Bind Us
Movie • 2008
Hedin (archive footage)
Biography: Val Kilmer
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser
Movie • 2021
March Hare (archive footage) (uncredited)
Witness for the Prosecution
Movie • 1982
Judge
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Movie • 1972
Beverly Carlton
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Movie • 2025
Self - (archive footage)
Colditz
TV • 1972
Major Schaeffer
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Toymaker
Blake's 7
TV • 1978
Hower
The Avengers
TV • 1961
Nutski
The Protectors
TV • 1972
Shkoder
Inspector Morse
TV • 1987
Philip Ogleby
The Saint
TV • 1962
Collin Phillips
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Beverley Carlton
QB VII
TV • 1974
Dr. Fletcher
The Champions
TV • 1968
Major Joss
Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1954
Microbes and Men
TV • 1974
Sir Almroth Wright
Journey to the Unknown
TV • 1968
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1971
Governor
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
TV • 1974
Mr. Yule
Detective
TV • 1964
The Agatha Christie Hour
TV • 1982
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Councillor Hedin
Mistral's Daughter
TV • 1984
Cardinal
Crown Court
TV • 1972
Dr. De Quincey
Campion
TV • 1989
Mr. Hayhoe
The Main Chance
TV • 1969
Sir George Andrews
The Count of Monte Cristo
TV • 1964
Gérard de Villefort
The Little Vampire
TV • 1986
Onkel Theodor
Blackeyes
TV • 1989
Maurice James Kingsley
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Judge
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Roy Brookner
The Man in Room 17
TV • 1965
Andrei Konev
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Professor Burrows
Pride and Prejudice
TV • 1967
Mr. Bennet
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
TV • 1988
Reader
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Eliut
Shoulder to Shoulder
TV • 1974
Dr Richard Pankhurst
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Clodius Pulcher
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Geoffrey Melville
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Harry
Inside the Third Reich
TV • 1982
Dr. Rust
The World of Hammer
TV • 1994
Self (archive footage)
Drama 61-67
TV • 1961
Charles
Fall of Eagles
TV • 1974
Helphand
Sleepers
TV • 1991
Andrei Zorin
Centre Play
TV • 1973
Matt
The Search for the Nile
TV • 1971
David Livingstone
Centre Play
TV • 1973
Father
Smiley's People
TV • 1982
Mikhel
Ladies in Charge
TV • 1986
Arthur James
A Killing on the Exchange
TV • 1987
Charles Makepeace
Strangers
TV • 1978
Professor Whittingham