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.

Known For

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

The Avengers

Play for Today

The Saint

Crown Court

Batman

BBC Play of the Month

All Movies (116)

• Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker2024 · as The Toymaker (voice)
• Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser2021 · as March Hare (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Alice in Wonderland2010 · as Uilleam / Dodo (voice)
• Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight2008 · as Self
• The Ties That Bind Us2008 · as Hedin (archive footage)
• Corpse Bride2005 · as Elder Gutknecht (voice)
• Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend2000 · as Self
• Sleepy Hollow1999 · as Notary Hardenbrook
• The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka1999 · as Doctor
• The Cherry Orchard1999 · as Feers
• What Rats Won't Do1998 · as Justice Tomlin
• St. Ives1998 · as Comte de Saint-Yves
• Batman & Robin1997 · as Alfred Pennyworth
• The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father1996 · as Leo Tolstoy
• The Haunting of Helen Walker1995 · as Barnaby
• Batman Forever1995 · as Alfred Pennyworth
• A Village Affair1995 · as Sir Ralph Unwin
• Uncovered1995 · as Don Manuel
• Nostradamus1994 · as Jean de Remy
• The Hour of the Pig1993 · as Magistrate Boniface
• The Age of Innocence1993 · as Henry van der Luyden
• Wittgenstein1993 · as Betrand Russell
• Batman Returns1992 · as Alfred Pennyworth
• Dracula in the Movies1992 · as (archive footage)
• Children of the North1991 · as Arthur Apple
• Let Him Have It1991 · as Lord Goddard
• Sleepers1991 · as Andrei Zorin
• Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook1991 · as Arthur Holmwood (archive footage)
• The Wanderer1991 · as Veteran Warrior
• The Garden1990 · as Voice Overs/Old Man at Sauna
• The Shell Seekers1989 · as Roy Brookner
• The Mountain and the Molehill1989 · as Mr Maggs
• Batman1989 · as Alfred Pennyworth
• Strapless1989 · as Douglas Brodie
• The Serpent and the Rainbow1988 · as Schoonbacher
• Cariani and the Courtesans1987 · as Albani
• The Fourth Protocol1987 · as Sir Bernard Hemmings
• Maschenka1987 · as Vater
• Caravaggio1986 · as Cardinal Del Monte
• Hard Travelling1986 · as Peter
• Out of Africa1985 · as Lord Delamere
• Lace 21985
• Arthur the King1985 · as Archbishop
• The Biko Inquest1984 · as Professor Loubser
• A Christmas Carol1984 · as Mr. Poole
• Oxford Blues1984 · as Doctor Ambrose
• Top Secret!1984 · as Dr. Paul Flammond
• Memed My Hawk1984 · as Kerimoglu
• The Dresser1983 · as Frank Carrington
• Cymbeline1983 · as Belarius
• To the Lighthouse1983 · as Mr. Ramsay
• Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity1983 · as Councillor Hedin
• Another Flip for Dominick1982 · as Professor Burrows
• Witness for the Prosecution1982 · as Judge
• Venom1981 · as David Ball
• Question of Love1978 · as Sir Baldwin
• The Boys from Brazil1978 · as Mr. Harrington
• Sea-Change1976 · as Father
• Satan's Slave1976 · as Alexander Yorke
• Galileo1975 · as Sagredo
• The Man from Nowhere1975 · as Voice of the Man (voice)
• Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill1974 · as Mr. Yule
• The Gift of Friendship1974 · as Bill Wakely
• Monet in London1974 · as Narrator
• The Legend of Hell House1973 · as Emeric Belasco (uncredited)
• Horror Hospital1973 · as Dr. Christian Storm
• The Man Who Came to Dinner1972 · as Beverly Carlton
• Vincent the Dutchman1972 · as Vincent Van Gogh
• Henry VIII and His Six Wives1972 · as Norfolk
• Savage Messiah1972 · as M. Gaudier
• Crucible of Horror1971 · as Walter Eastwood
• The Go-Between1971 · as Mr Maudsley
• Trog1970 · as Sam Murdock
• Julius Caesar1970 · as Metellus Cimber
• A Walk with Love and Death1969 · as Mad Monk
• Women in Love1969 · as Mr. Brangwen
• Curse of the Crimson Altar1968 · as Elder
• One Night... a Train1968 · as Jeremiah
• Berserk!1967 · as Albert Dorando
• They Came from Beyond Space1967 · as Dr. Arnold Grey
• Alice in Wonderland1966 · as March Hare
• Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker1966 · as The Toymaker
• The Drinking Party1965 · as Pausanias
• The Skull1965 · as Auctioneer
• Game for Three Losers1965 · as Robert Hilary
• Dr. Terror's House of Horrors1965 · as Eric Landor (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")
• The Count of Monte Cristo1964 · as Gerard de Villefort
• Tamahine1963 · as Cartwright
• Black Zoo1963 · as Michael Conrad
• The Phantom of the Opera1962 · as Lord Ambrose d'Arcy
• Candidate for Murder1962 · as Donald Edwards
• What a Carve Up!1961 · as Fisk - the Butler
• Mr. Topaze1961 · as Tamise
• Konga1961 · as Dr. Charles Decker
• Horrors of the Black Museum1959 · as Edmond Bancroft
• Model for Murder1959 · as Kingsley Beauchamp
• The Horse's Mouth1958 · as Abel
• Dracula1958 · as Arthur Holmwood
• The Peaceful Inn1957 · as Hatlock
• The House in the Woods1957 · as Geoffrey Carter
• Ill Met by Moonlight1957 · as Andoni Zoidakis
• Reach for the Sky1956 · as Flying Instructor Pearson
• Richard III1955 · as Dighton
• The Last Reunion1955
• Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue1953 · as Duke of Montrose
• The Sword and the Rose1953 · as Duke of Buckingham
• Twice Upon a Time1953 · as Mr. Lloyd
• Night Was Our Friend1951 · as Martin
• The Man in the White Suit1951 · as Michael Corland
• Blackmailed1951 · as Maurice Edwards
• No Resting Place1951 · as Alec Kyle
• Ha'penny Breeze1950 · as (uncredited)
• The Small Back Room1949 · as Capt. Dick Stuart
• Saraband for Dead Lovers1948 · as Prince Charles
• Blanche Fury1948 · as Laurence Fury
• Anna Karenina1948 · as Nicholai

All TV Shows (60)

• The World of Hammer1994 · as Self (archive footage)
• Sleepers1991 · as Andrei Zorin
• Blackeyes1989 · as Maurice James Kingsley
• Screen One1989 · as Mr. Maggs
• Campion1989 · as Mr. Hayhoe
• The Modern World: Ten Great Writers1988 · as Reader
• A Killing on the Exchange1987 · as Charles Makepeace
• Inspector Morse1987 · as Philip Ogleby
• The Little Vampire1986 · as Onkel Theodor
• ScreenPlay1986 · as Albani
• Ladies in Charge1986 · as Arthur James
• Screen Two1985 · as Peter
• Screen Two1985 · as Magistrate Boniface
• Mistral's Daughter1984 · as Cardinal
• Smiley's People1982 · as Mikhel
• The Agatha Christie Hour1982 · as Sir George Durand
• Inside the Third Reich1982 · as Dr. Rust
• Strangers1978 · as Professor Whittingham
• Blake's 71978 · as Hower
• Shades of Greene1975 · as Ransom
• Ten from the Twenties1975 · as Peter
• Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill1974 · as Mr. Yule
• Microbes and Men1974 · as Sir Almroth Wright
• QB VII1974 · as Dr. Fletcher
• Shoulder to Shoulder1974 · as Dr Richard Pankhurst
• Fall of Eagles1974 · as Helphand
• Centre Play1973 · as Matt
• Centre Play1973 · as Father
• Colditz1972 · as Major Schaeffer
• Crown Court1972 · as Dr. De Quincey
• The Protectors1972 · as Shkoder
• The Search for the Nile1971 · as David Livingstone
• The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes1971 · as Governor
• Play for Today1970 · as Professor Burrows
• The Main Chance1969 · as Sir George Andrews
• Treasure Island1968 · as Squire Trelawney
• Journey to the Unknown1968 · as Royal
• The Champions1968 · as Major Joss
• For Amusement Only1968 · as Henry
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Bill Wakely
• Pride and Prejudice1967 · as Mr. Bennet
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Eliut
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Ted Warner
• The Man in Room 171965 · as Andrei Konev
• The Count of Monte Cristo1964 · as Gérard de Villefort
• Theatre 6251964 · as Clodius Pulcher
• Theatre 6251964 · as Geoffrey Melville
• Theatre 6251964 · as Harry
• Detective1964 · as Holroyd
• Doctor Who1963 · as Toymaker
• Doctor Who1963 · as Councillor Hedin
• The Saint1962 · as Collin Phillips
• Drama 61-671961 · as Charles
• The Avengers1961 · as Nutski
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as The Doctor
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as George in 'Double Exit'
• Sherlock Holmes1954
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Beverley Carlton
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Judge
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Roy Brookner