
Michael Gough
Known for Acting · 163 credits
- Born
- 1916-11-23
- Died
- 2011-03-17
- Place of birth
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Also known as
- Майкл Гоф · 麥可·高福 · Francis 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
TV Shows (47)

Doctor Who
1963
as Toymaker / Councillor Hedin

Play for Today
1970
as Professor Burrows

The Avengers
1961
as Nutski

Crown Court
1972
as Dr. De Quincey

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Eliut

The Saint
1962
as Collin Phillips

Inspector Morse
1987
as Philip Ogleby

Screen Two
1985
as Peter / Magistrate Boniface

Theatre 625
1964
as Clodius Pulcher / Geoffrey Melville / Harry

ITV Playhouse
1967
as Bill Wakely

Blake's 7
1978
as Hower

The Champions
1968
as Major Joss

ScreenPlay
1986
as Albani

The Protectors
1972
as Shkoder
Drama 61-67
1961
as Charles

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Governor

Screen One
1989
as Mr. Maggs

Centre Play
1973
as Matt / Father

The Main Chance
1969
as Sir George Andrews

Campion
1989
as Mr. Hayhoe

Strangers
1978
as Professor Whittingham

Detective
1964
as Holroyd

The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)

Journey to the Unknown
1968
as Royal

Fall of Eagles
1974
as Helphand

Sherlock Holmes
1954

Colditz
1972
as Major Schaeffer

The Agatha Christie Hour
1982
as Sir George Durand

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Reader

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Beverley Carlton / Judge / Roy Brookner

The Man in Room 17
1965
as Andrei Konev

Smiley's People
1982
as Mikhel

Mistral's Daughter
1984
as Cardinal

Inside the Third Reich
1982
as Dr. Rust

Armchair Theatre
1956
as The Doctor / George in 'Double Exit'

The Little Vampire
1986
as Onkel Theodor

Ladies in Charge
1986
as Arthur James

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974
as Mr. Yule

Sleepers
1991
as Andrei Zorin

QB VII
1974
as Dr. Fletcher

Blackeyes
1989
as Maurice James Kingsley

Microbes and Men
1974
as Sir Almroth Wright

Pride and Prejudice
1967
as Mr. Bennet

The Count of Monte Cristo
1964
as Gérard de Villefort

A Killing on the Exchange
1987
as Charles Makepeace

The Search for the Nile
1971
as David Livingstone

Shoulder to Shoulder
1974
as Dr Richard Pankhurst
Movies (116)

Alice in Wonderland
2010
as Uilleam / Dodo (voice)

Corpse Bride
2005
as Elder Gutknecht (voice)

Batman
1989
as Alfred Pennyworth

Batman & Robin
1997
as Alfred Pennyworth

Sleepy Hollow
1999
as Notary Hardenbrook

Batman Forever
1995
as Alfred Pennyworth

Batman Returns
1992
as Alfred Pennyworth

Out of Africa
1985
as Lord Delamere

The Age of Innocence
1993
as Henry van der Luyden

Top Secret!
1984
as Dr. Paul Flammond

Dracula
1958
as Arthur Holmwood

The Serpent and the Rainbow
1988
as Schoonbacher

The Boys from Brazil
1978
as Mr. Harrington

Caravaggio
1986
as Cardinal Del Monte

Julius Caesar
1970
as Metellus Cimber

The Fourth Protocol
1987
as Sir Bernard Hemmings

A Christmas Carol
1984
as Mr. Poole

Uncovered
1995
as Don Manuel

Berserk!
1967
as Albert Dorando

Women in Love
1969
as Mr. Brangwen

Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
as Norfolk

The Man in the White Suit
1951
as Michael Corland

Venom
1981
as David Ball

The Legend of Hell House
1973
as Emeric Belasco (uncredited)

Anna Karenina
1948
as Nicholai

Witness for the Prosecution
1982
as Judge

The Go-Between
1971
as Mr Maudsley

Nostradamus
1994
as Jean de Remy

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1965
as Eric Landor (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")

The Dresser
1983
as Frank Carrington

Crucible of Horror
1971
as Walter Eastwood

Oxford Blues
1984
as Doctor Ambrose

Cymbeline
1983
as Belarius

The Hour of the Pig
1993
as Magistrate Boniface

Cariani and the Courtesans
1987
as Albani

Richard III
1955
as Dighton

The Man Who Came to Dinner
1972
as Beverly Carlton

Horror Hospital
1973
as Dr. Christian Storm

Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
2008
as Self

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
1996
as Leo Tolstoy

Reach for the Sky
1956
as Flying Instructor Pearson

What Rats Won't Do
1998
as Justice Tomlin

What a Carve Up!
1961
as Fisk - the Butler

The Cherry Orchard
1999
as Feers

Strapless
1989
as Douglas Brodie

Let Him Have It
1991
as Lord Goddard

Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968
as Elder

The Phantom of the Opera
1962
as Lord Ambrose d'Arcy

Galileo
1975
as Sagredo

Arthur the King
1985
as Archbishop

Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948
as Prince Charles

Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953
as Duke of Montrose

The Skull
1965
as Auctioneer

Alice in Wonderland
1966
as March Hare

St. Ives
1998
as Comte de Saint-Yves

Trog
1970
as Sam Murdock

Mr. Topaze
1961
as Tamise

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000
as Self

Konga
1961
as Dr. Charles Decker

The Shell Seekers
1989
as Roy Brookner

Wittgenstein
1993
as Betrand Russell

The Sword and the Rose
1953
as Duke of Buckingham

Sleepers
1991
as Andrei Zorin

The Small Back Room
1949
as Capt. Dick Stuart

Black Zoo
1963
as Michael Conrad

One Night... a Train
1968
as Jeremiah

Blanche Fury
1948
as Laurence Fury

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
1999
as Doctor

They Came from Beyond Space
1967
as Dr. Arnold Grey

Ill Met by Moonlight
1957
as Andoni Zoidakis

A Walk with Love and Death
1969
as Mad Monk

Savage Messiah
1972
as M. Gaudier

Lace 2
1985

Tamahine
1963
as Cartwright

The Garden
1990
as Voice Overs/Old Man at Sauna

To the Lighthouse
1983
as Mr. Ramsay

Blackmailed
1951
as Maurice Edwards

Model for Murder
1959
as Kingsley Beauchamp

The Horse's Mouth
1958
as Abel

Dracula in the Movies
1992

Horrors of the Black Museum
1959
as Edmond Bancroft

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Arthur Holmwood (archive footage)

Satan's Slave
1976
as Alexander Yorke

The Ties That Bind Us
2008
as Hedin (archive footage)

A Village Affair
1995
as Sir Ralph Unwin

Twice Upon a Time
1953
as Mr. Lloyd

The Haunting of Helen Walker
1995
as Barnaby
Another Flip for Dominick
1982
as Professor Burrows

Candidate for Murder
1962
as Donald Edwards

Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser
2021
as March Hare (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Count of Monte Cristo
1964
as Gerard de Villefort

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974
as Mr. Yule

Hard Travelling
1986
as Peter

Memed My Hawk
1984
as Kerimoglu

Children of the North
1991
as Arthur Apple

Game for Three Losers
1965
as Robert Hilary

The Wanderer
1991
as Veteran Warrior

The Biko Inquest
1984
as Professor Loubser

The Man from Nowhere
1975
as Voice of the Man (voice)

Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
1983
as Councillor Hedin

The Last Reunion
1955

Vincent the Dutchman
1972
as Vincent Van Gogh

Sea-Change
1976
as Father
The Drinking Party
1965
as Pausanias

The Mountain and the Molehill
1989
as Mr Maggs

Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
2024
as The Toymaker (voice)

The House in the Woods
1957
as Geoffrey Carter

No Resting Place
1951
as Alec Kyle

Maschenka
1987
as Vater

Question of Love
1978
as Sir Baldwin
Monet in London
1974
as Narrator

Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
1966
as The Toymaker

Ha'penny Breeze
1950
as (uncredited)

Night Was Our Friend
1951
as Martin

The Gift of Friendship
1974
as Bill Wakely
The Peaceful Inn
1957
as Hatlock
About Michael Gough
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. With 163 credits spanning from 1948 to 2024, Michael Gough has appeared in 116 films and 47 TV shows.
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- Alice in Wonderland (2010) — as Uilleam / Dodo (voice)
- Corpse Bride (2005) — as Elder Gutknecht (voice)
- Batman (1989) — as Alfred Pennyworth
- Batman & Robin (1997) — as Alfred Pennyworth
- Sleepy Hollow (1999) — as Notary Hardenbrook
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