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Michael Gough
Born November 23, 1916Died March 17, 2011
Place of birth: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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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Filmography
Actor (171 credits)
Movies
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror MoviesSelf - (archive footage)
2025
Doctor Who: The Celestial ToymakerThe Toymaker (voice)
2024
Alice: Curiouser and CuriouserMarch Hare (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Alice in WonderlandUilleam / Dodo (voice)
2010
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark KnightSelf
2008
The Ties That Bind UsHedin (archive footage)
2008
Corpse BrideElder Gutknecht (voice)
2005
Biography: Val KilmerSelf (archive footage)
2004
Winnie the Pooh: Spookable FunGopher (voice)
2000
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the LegendSelf
2000
Sleepy HollowNotary Hardenbrook
1999
The Strange Case of Delfina PotockaDoctor
1999
The Cherry OrchardFeers
1999
St. IvesComte de Saint-Yves
1998
What Rats Won't DoJustice Tomlin
1998
Batman & RobinAlfred Pennyworth
1997
Voice B GoneThe Voice, Johnny, Dog (voice)
1997
Winnie the Pooh: Spookable PoohGopher (voice)
1996
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with FatherLeo Tolstoy
1996
Batman ForeverAlfred Pennyworth
1995
Winnie the Pooh: FrankenpoohGopher (voice)
1995
A Village AffairSir Ralph Unwin
1995
UncoveredDon Manuel
1995
The Haunting of Helen WalkerBarnaby
1995
Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Cowboy PoohGopher (voice)
1994
NostradamusJean de Remy
1994
The Age of InnocenceHenry van der Luyden
1993
The Hour of the PigMagistrate Boniface
1993
WittgensteinBetrand Russell
1993
Batman ReturnsAlfred Pennyworth
1992
Beauty and the Beast(voice)
1992
Dracula: A Cinematic ScrapbookArthur Holmwood (archive footage)
1991
SleepersAndrei Zorin
1991
Let Him Have ItLord Goddard
1991
The WandererVeteran Warrior
1991
Children of the NorthArthur Apple
1991
The GardenVoice Overs/Old Man at Sauna
1990
BatmanAlfred Pennyworth
1989
Little Nemo: Adventures in SlumberlandTeacher #2 (voice)
1989
StraplessDouglas Brodie
1989
The Shell SeekersRoy Brookner
1989
The Mountain and the MolehillMr Maggs
1989
The Serpent and the RainbowSchoonbacher
1988
The Fourth ProtocolSir Bernard Hemmings
1987
Cariani and the CourtesansAlbani
1987
MaschenkaVater
1987
CaravaggioCardinal Del Monte
1986
Hard TravellingPeter
1986
Out of AfricaLord Delamere
1985
Arthur the KingArchbishop
1985
Lace 2
1985
Top Secret!Dr. Paul Flammond
1984
Oxford BluesDoctor Ambrose
1984
A Christmas CarolMr. Poole
1984
Memed My HawkKerimoglu
1984
The Biko InquestProfessor Loubser
1984
The DresserFrank Carrington
1983
To the LighthouseMr. Ramsay
1983
CymbelineBelarius
1983
Doctor Who: Arc of InfinityCouncillor Hedin
1983
Another Flip for DominickProfessor Burrows
1982
Witness for the ProsecutionJudge
1982
VenomDavid Ball
1981
The Boys from BrazilMr. Harrington
1978
Question of LoveSir Baldwin
1978
Satan's SlaveAlexander Yorke
1976
Sea-ChangeFather
1976
GalileoSagredo
1975
The Man from NowhereVoice of the Man (voice)
1975
Monet in LondonNarrator
1974
The Gift of FriendshipBill Wakely
1974
Jennie: Lady Randolph ChurchillMr. Yule
1974
Horror HospitalDr. Christian Storm
1973
The Legend of Hell HouseEmeric Belasco (uncredited)
1973
Henry VIII and His Six WivesNorfolk
1972
Savage MessiahM. Gaudier
1972
Vincent the DutchmanVincent Van Gogh
1972
The Man Who Came to DinnerBeverly Carlton
1972
Crucible of HorrorWalter Eastwood
1971
The Go-BetweenMr Maudsley
1971
TrogSam Murdock
1970
Julius CaesarMetellus Cimber
1970
A Walk with Love and DeathMad Monk
1969
Women in LoveMr. Brangwen
1969
Curse of the Crimson AltarElder
1968
One Night... a TrainJeremiah
1968
They Came from Beyond SpaceDr. Arnold Grey
1967
Berserk!Albert Dorando
1967
Alice in WonderlandMarch Hare
1966
Doctor Who: The Celestial ToymakerThe Toymaker
1966
Dr. Terror's House of HorrorsEric Landor (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")
1965
The SkullAuctioneer
1965
Game for Three LosersRobert Hilary
1965
The Drinking PartyPausanias
1965
The Count of Monte CristoGerard de Villefort
1964
Black ZooMichael Conrad
1963
TamahineCartwright
1963
The Phantom of the OperaLord Ambrose d'Arcy
1962
Candidate for MurderDonald Edwards
1962
KongaDr. Charles Decker
1961
Mr. TopazeTamise
1961
What a Carve Up!Fisk - the Butler
1961
Horrors of the Black MuseumEdmond Bancroft
1959
Model for MurderKingsley Beauchamp
1959
DraculaArthur Holmwood
1958
The Horse's MouthAbel
1958
The Peaceful InnHatlock
1957
Ill Met by MoonlightAndoni Zoidakis
1957
The House in the WoodsGeoffrey Carter
1957
Reach for the SkyFlying Instructor Pearson
1956
The Last Reunion
1955
Richard IIIDighton
1955
The Sword and the RoseDuke of Buckingham
1953
Rob Roy, The Highland RogueDuke of Montrose
1953
Twice Upon a TimeMr. Lloyd
1953
The Man in the White SuitMichael Corland
1951
BlackmailedMaurice Edwards
1951
Night Was Our FriendMartin
1951
No Resting PlaceAlec Kyle
1951
Ha'penny Breeze(uncredited)
1950
The Small Back RoomCapt. Dick Stuart
1949
Anna KareninaNicholai
1948
Saraband for Dead LoversPrince Charles
1948
Blanche FuryLaurence Fury
1948
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Gravity FallsWax Groucho Marx (voice)
2012
Ben 10Lt. Steel (voice)
2005
Duck DodgersThe Professor / Pilot (voice)
2003
The World of HammerSelf (archive footage)
1994
SleepersAndrei Zorin
1991
CampionMr. Hayhoe
1989
BlackeyesMaurice James Kingsley
1989
The Modern World: Ten Great WritersReader
1988
Inspector MorsePhilip Ogleby
1987
A Killing on the Exchange
1987
Ladies in Charge
1986
The Little VampireOnkel Theodor
1986
Mistral's DaughterCardinal
1984
The Agatha Christie Hour
1982
Smiley's PeopleMikhel
1982
Inside the Third ReichDr. Rust
1982
Blake's 7Hower
1978
QB VIIDr. Fletcher
1974
Microbes and MenSir Almroth Wright
1974
Jennie: Lady Randolph ChurchillMr. Yule
1974
Notorious WomanHenri de Latouche
1974
Shoulder to ShoulderDr Richard Pankhurst
1974
ColditzMajor Schaeffer
1972
The ProtectorsShkoder
1972
Crown CourtDr. De Quincey
1972
The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesGovernor
1971
The Search for the NileDavid Livingstone
1971
Play for TodayProfessor Burrows
1970
The Main ChanceSir George Andrews
1969
The ChampionsMajor Joss
1968
Journey to the Unknown
1968
Pride and PrejudiceMr. Bennet
1967
The Man in Room 17Andrei Konev
1965
BBC Play of the MonthEliut
1965
Detective
1964
The Count of Monte CristoGérard de Villefort
1964
Theatre 625Clodius Pulcher
1964
Theatre 625Geoffrey Melville
1964
Theatre 625Harry
1964
Doctor WhoToymaker
1963
Doctor WhoCouncillor Hedin
1963
The SaintCollin Phillips
1962
The AvengersNutski
1961
Sherlock Holmes
1954
Hallmark Hall of FameBeverley Carlton
1951
Hallmark Hall of FameJudge
1951
Hallmark Hall of FameRoy Brookner
1951