Michael Gough

Michael Gough

Known for
Acting
Born
November 23, 1916
Died
March 17, 2011 (aged 94)
Birthplace
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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

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Filmography

2026
Off the Leash poster

Off the Leash

Movie · as Self

2024
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker poster

Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker

Movie · as The Toymaker (voice)

2021
Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser poster

Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser

Movie · as March Hare (archive footage) (uncredited)

2010
Alice in Wonderland poster

Alice in Wonderland

Movie · as Uilleam / Dodo (voice)

2009
Z-Force

Z-Force

TV · 4 eps

2008
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight poster

Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight

Movie · as Self

2008
The Ties That Bind Us poster

The Ties That Bind Us

Movie · as Hedin (archive footage)

2005
Corpse Bride poster

Corpse Bride

Movie · as Elder Gutknecht (voice)

2000
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend poster

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

Movie · as Self

1999
Sleepy Hollow poster

Sleepy Hollow

Movie · as Notary Hardenbrook

1999
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka poster

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

Movie · as Doctor

1999
The Cherry Orchard poster

The Cherry Orchard

Movie · as Feers

1998
St. Ives poster

St. Ives

Movie · as Comte de Saint-Yves

1998
What Rats Won't Do poster

What Rats Won't Do

Movie · as Justice Tomlin

1997
Batman & Robin poster

Batman & Robin

Movie · as Alfred Pennyworth

1996
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father

Movie · as Leo Tolstoy

1995
Batman Forever poster

Batman Forever

Movie · as Alfred Pennyworth

1995
A Village Affair poster

A Village Affair

Movie · as Sir Ralph Unwin

1995
Uncovered poster

Uncovered

Movie · as Don Manuel

1995
The Haunting of Helen Walker poster

The Haunting of Helen Walker

Movie · as Barnaby

1994
Nostradamus poster

Nostradamus

Movie · as Jean de Remy

1994
The World of Hammer poster

The World of Hammer

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

1993
The Age of Innocence poster

The Age of Innocence

Movie · as Henry van der Luyden

1993
The Hour of the Pig poster

The Hour of the Pig

Movie · as Magistrate Boniface

1993
Wittgenstein poster

Wittgenstein

Movie · as Betrand Russell

1992
Batman Returns poster

Batman Returns

Movie · as Alfred

1992
Dracula in the Movies poster

Dracula in the Movies

Movie · as (archive footage)

1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook poster

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Movie · as Arthur Holmwood (archive footage)

1991
Sleepers poster

Sleepers

Movie · as Andrei Zorin

1991
Let Him Have It poster

Let Him Have It

Movie · as Lord Goddard

1991
The Wanderer poster

The Wanderer

Movie · as Veteran Warrior

1991
Children of the North poster

Children of the North

Movie · as Arthur Apple

1991
Sleepers poster

Sleepers

TV · as Andrei Zorin · 4 eps

1990
The Garden poster

The Garden

Movie · as Voice Overs/Old Man at Sauna

1989
Batman poster

Batman

Movie · as Alfred

1989
Strapless poster

Strapless

Movie · as Douglas Brodie

1989
The Shell Seekers poster

The Shell Seekers

Movie · as Roy Brookner

1989
The Mountain and the Molehill poster

The Mountain and the Molehill

Movie · as Mr Maggs

1989
Campion poster

Campion

TV · as Mr. Hayhoe · 2 eps

1989
Blackeyes poster

Blackeyes

TV · as Maurice James Kingsley · 4 eps

1989
Screen One poster

Screen One

TV · as Mr. Maggs · 1 ep

1988
The Serpent and the Rainbow poster

The Serpent and the Rainbow

Movie · as Schoonbacher

1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers poster

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

TV · as Reader · 1 ep

1987
The Fourth Protocol poster

The Fourth Protocol

Movie · as Sir Bernard Hemmings

1987
Cariani and the Courtesans poster

Cariani and the Courtesans

Movie · as Albani

1987
Maschenka poster

Maschenka

Movie · as Vater

1987
Inspector Morse poster

Inspector Morse

TV · as Philip Ogleby · 1 ep

1987
A Killing on the Exchange poster

A Killing on the Exchange

TV · as Charles Makepeace · 3 eps

1986
Caravaggio poster

Caravaggio

Movie · as Cardinal Del Monte

1986
Hard Travelling poster

Hard Travelling

Movie · as Peter

1986
The Little Vampire poster

The Little Vampire

TV · as Onkel Theodor · 13 eps

1986
Ladies in Charge poster

Ladies in Charge

TV · as Arthur James · 1 ep

1986
ScreenPlay poster

ScreenPlay

TV · as Albani · 1 ep

1986
Boon poster

Boon

TV · as Donald Bannerman · 1 ep

1985
Out of Africa poster

Out of Africa

Movie · as Lord Delamere

1985
Arthur the King poster

Arthur the King

Movie · as Archbishop

1985
Lace 2 poster

Lace 2

Movie

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Peter, Magistrate Boniface · 1 ep

1984
Top Secret! poster

Top Secret!

Movie · as Dr. Paul Flammond

1984
Oxford Blues poster

Oxford Blues

Movie · as Doctor Ambrose

1984
A Christmas Carol poster

A Christmas Carol

Movie · as Mr. Poole

1984
Memed My Hawk poster

Memed My Hawk

Movie · as Kerimoglu

1984
The Biko Inquest poster

The Biko Inquest

Movie · as Professor Loubser

1984
Mistral's Daughter poster

Mistral's Daughter

TV · as Cardinal · 8 eps

1983
The Dresser poster

The Dresser

Movie · as Frank Carrington

1983
To the Lighthouse poster

To the Lighthouse

Movie · as Mr. Ramsay

1983
Cymbeline poster

Cymbeline

Movie · as Belarius

1983
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity poster

Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity

Movie · as Councillor Hedin

1982
Another Flip for Dominick

Another Flip for Dominick

Movie · as Professor Burrows

1982
Witness for the Prosecution poster

Witness for the Prosecution

Movie · as Judge

1982
Inside the Third Reich poster

Inside the Third Reich

TV · as Dr. Rust · 2 eps

1982
Smiley's People poster

Smiley's People

TV · as Mikhel · 2 eps

1982
The Agatha Christie Hour poster

The Agatha Christie Hour

TV · as Sir George Durand · 1 ep

1981
Venom poster

Venom

Movie · as David Ball

1978
The Boys from Brazil poster

The Boys from Brazil

Movie · as Mr. Harrington

1978
Question of Love poster

Question of Love

Movie · as Sir Baldwin

1978
Blake's 7 poster

Blake's 7

TV · as Hower · 1 ep

1978
Strangers poster

Strangers

TV · as Professor Whittingham · 1 ep

1976
Satan's Slave poster

Satan's Slave

Movie · as Alexander Yorke

1976
Sea-Change poster

Sea-Change

Movie · as Father

1975
Galileo poster

Galileo

Movie · as Sagredo

1975
The Man from Nowhere poster

The Man from Nowhere

Movie · as Voice of the Man (voice)

1975
Shades of Greene poster

Shades of Greene

TV · as Ransom · 1 ep

1975
Ten from the Twenties

Ten from the Twenties

TV · as Peter · 1 ep

1974
Monet in London

Monet in London

Movie · as Narrator

1974
The Gift of Friendship poster

The Gift of Friendship

Movie · as Bill Wakely

1974
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill poster

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

Movie · as Mr. Yule

1974
QB VII poster

QB VII

TV · as Dr. Fletcher · 2 eps

1974
Microbes and Men poster

Microbes and Men

TV · as Sir Almroth Wright · 1 ep

1974
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill poster

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

TV · as Mr. Yule · 1 ep

1974
Shoulder to Shoulder poster

Shoulder to Shoulder

TV · as Dr Richard Pankhurst · 2 eps

1974
Fall of Eagles poster

Fall of Eagles

TV · as Helphand · 1 ep

1973
Horror Hospital poster

Horror Hospital

Movie · as Dr. Christian Storm

1973
The Legend of Hell House poster

The Legend of Hell House

Movie · as Emeric Belasco (uncredited)

1973
Centre Play poster

Centre Play

TV · as Matt, Father · 1 ep

1972
Henry VIII and His Six Wives poster

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Movie · as Norfolk

1972
Savage Messiah poster

Savage Messiah

Movie · as M. Gaudier

1972
Vincent the Dutchman poster

Vincent the Dutchman

Movie · as Vincent Van Gogh

1972
The Man Who Came to Dinner poster

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Movie · as Beverly Carlton

1972
Colditz poster

Colditz

TV · as Major Schaeffer · 1 ep

1972
The Protectors poster

The Protectors

TV · as Shkoder · 1 ep

1972
Crown Court poster

Crown Court

TV · as Dr. De Quincey · 1 ep

1971
Crucible of Horror poster

Crucible of Horror

Movie · as Walter Eastwood

1971
The Go-Between poster

The Go-Between

Movie · as Mr Maudsley

1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes poster

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

TV · as Governor · 1 ep

1971
The Search for the Nile poster

The Search for the Nile

TV · as David Livingstone · 4 eps

1970
Trog poster

Trog

Movie · as Sam Murdock

1970
Julius Caesar poster

Julius Caesar

Movie · as Metellus Cimber

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Professor Burrows · 1 ep

1969
A Walk with Love and Death poster

A Walk with Love and Death

Movie · as Mad Monk

1969
Women in Love poster

Women in Love

Movie · as Mr. Brangwen

1969
The Main Chance poster

The Main Chance

TV · as Sir George Andrews · 1 ep

1968
Curse of the Crimson Altar poster

Curse of the Crimson Altar

Movie · as Elder

1968
One Night... a Train poster

One Night... a Train

Movie · as Jeremiah

1968
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies poster

The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

Movie · as Ruskin

1968
The Champions poster

The Champions

TV · as Major Joss · 1 ep

1968
Journey to the Unknown poster

Journey to the Unknown

TV · as Royal · 1 ep

1968
For Amusement Only

For Amusement Only

TV · as Henry · 1 ep

1968
Treasure Island

Treasure Island

TV · as Squire Trelawney · 9 eps

1967
They Came from Beyond Space poster

They Came from Beyond Space

Movie · as Dr. Arnold Grey

1967
Berserk! poster

Berserk!

Movie · as Albert Dorando

1967
Pride and Prejudice poster

Pride and Prejudice

TV · as Mr. Bennet · 6 eps

1967
ITV Playhouse poster

ITV Playhouse

TV · as Bill Wakely · 1 ep

1966
Alice in Wonderland poster

Alice in Wonderland

Movie · as March Hare

1966
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker poster

Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker

Movie · as The Toymaker

1965
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors poster

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

Movie · as Eric Landor (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")

1965
The Skull poster

The Skull

Movie · as Auctioneer

1965
Game for Three Losers poster

Game for Three Losers

Movie · as Robert Hilary

1965
The Drinking Party

The Drinking Party

Movie · as Pausanias

1965
The Man in Room 17 poster

The Man in Room 17

TV · as Andrei Konev · 1 ep

1965
BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month

TV · as Eliut · 1 ep

1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV · as Ted Warner · 1 ep

1964
Theatre 625 poster

Theatre 625

TV · as Clodius Pulcher, Geoffrey Melville, Harry · 1 ep

1964
Detective poster

Detective

TV · as Holroyd · 1 ep

1964
The Count of Monte Cristo poster

The Count of Monte Cristo

TV · as Gérard de Villefort · 2 eps

1963
Black Zoo poster

Black Zoo

Movie · as Michael Conrad

1963
Tamahine poster

Tamahine

Movie · as Cartwright

1963
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Toymaker, Councillor Hedin · 3 eps

1962
The Phantom of the Opera poster

The Phantom of the Opera

Movie · as Lord Ambrose d'Arcy

1962
Candidate for Murder poster

Candidate for Murder

Movie · as Donald Edwards

1962
The Saint poster

The Saint

TV · as Collin Phillips · 1 ep

1961
Konga poster

Konga

Movie · as Dr. Charles Decker

1961
Mr. Topaze poster

Mr. Topaze

Movie · as Tamise

1961
What a Carve Up! poster

What a Carve Up!

Movie · as Fisk - the Butler

1961
The Avengers poster

The Avengers

TV · as Nutski · 1 ep

1961
Drama 61-67

Drama 61-67

TV · as Charles · 1 ep

1959
Horrors of the Black Museum poster

Horrors of the Black Museum

Movie · as Edmond Bancroft

1959
Model for Murder poster

Model for Murder

Movie · as Kingsley Beauchamp

1958
Dracula poster

Dracula

Movie · as Arthur Holmwood

1958
The Horse's Mouth poster

The Horse's Mouth

Movie · as Abel

1957
The Peaceful Inn

The Peaceful Inn

Movie · as Hatlock

1957
Ill Met by Moonlight poster

Ill Met by Moonlight

Movie · as Andoni Zoidakis

1957
The House in the Woods poster

The House in the Woods

Movie · as Geoffrey Carter

1956
Reach for the Sky poster

Reach for the Sky

Movie · as Flying Instructor Pearson

1956
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

TV · as The Doctor, George in 'Double Exit' · 1 ep

1955
The Last Reunion poster

The Last Reunion

Movie

1955
Richard III poster

Richard III

Movie · as Dighton

1955
The Adventures of Robin Hood poster

The Adventures of Robin Hood

TV · as Boland · 1 ep

1954
Sherlock Holmes poster

Sherlock Holmes

TV · 1 ep

1953
The Sword and the Rose poster

The Sword and the Rose

Movie · as Duke of Buckingham

1953
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue poster

Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

Movie · as Duke of Montrose

1953
Twice Upon a Time poster

Twice Upon a Time

Movie · as Mr. Lloyd

1951
The Man in the White Suit poster

The Man in the White Suit

Movie · as Michael Corland

1951
Blackmailed poster

Blackmailed

Movie · as Maurice Edwards

1951
Night Was Our Friend poster

Night Was Our Friend

Movie · as Martin

1951
No Resting Place poster

No Resting Place

Movie · as Alec Kyle

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Beverley Carlton, Judge, Roy Brookner · 1 ep

1950
Ha'penny Breeze poster

Ha'penny Breeze

Movie · as (uncredited)

1949
The Small Back Room poster

The Small Back Room

Movie · as Capt. Dick Stuart

1948
Anna Karenina poster

Anna Karenina

Movie · as Nicholai

1948
Saraband for Dead Lovers poster

Saraband for Dead Lovers

Movie · as Prince Charles

1948
Blanche Fury poster

Blanche Fury

Movie · as Lawrence Fury