Michael Gough

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
November 23, 1916 (94 years old)
Died
March 17, 2011
Place of Birth
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Popular Genres
Drama Romance Fantasy
Career Span
1948 – 2024

Michael Gough

12 wins
315 nominations
12 Oscars
121 credits

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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Personal Info

Born
Nov 23, 1916
From
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Known For
Acting
Career
1948 – 2024

Award Recognition

12
Wins
315
Nominations
12
Oscars

Complete Filmography

2024

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

2010

Alice in Wonderland as Uilleam / Dodo (voice) Award

2008

The Ties That Bind Us as Hedin (archive footage)
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight as Self

2005

Corpse Bride as Elder Gutknecht (voice) Award

2000

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend as Self
Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun as Gopher (voice)
Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Pooh as Gopher (voice)

1999

Sleepy Hollow as Notary Hardenbrook Award
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka as Doctor
The Cherry Orchard as Feers
Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh as Gopher (voice)

1998

What Rats Won't Do as Justice Tomlin
St. Ives

1997

Batman & Robin as Alfred Pennyworth Award
Voice B Gone as The Voice, Johnny, Dog (voice)

1996

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father as Leo Tolstoy
Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh as Gopher (voice)

1995

Batman Forever as Alfred Pennyworth Award
A Village Affair as Sir Ralph Unwin
The Haunting of Helen Walker as Barnaby

1994

Nostradamus as Jean de Remy Award
Uncovered as Don Manuel
Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Cowboy Pooh as Gopher (voice)

1993

The Age of Innocence as Henry van der Luyden Award
The Hour of the Pig as Magistrate Boniface
Wittgenstein as Betrand Russell

1992

Batman Returns as Alfred Pennyworth Award

1991

Let Him Have It as Lord Goddard Award
Sleepers as Andrei Zorin
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Arthur Holmwood (archive footage)
Children of the North as Arthur Apple
The Wanderer as Veteran Warrior

1990

The Garden as Voice Overs/Old Man at Sauna

1989

Batman as Alfred Pennyworth Award
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland as Teacher #2 (voice) Award
The Shell Seekers as Roy Brookner
Strapless as Douglas Brodie
The Mountain and the Molehill as Mr Maggs

1988

The Serpent and the Rainbow as Schoonbacher

1987

The Fourth Protocol as Sir Bernard Hemmings Award
Cariani and the Courtesans as Albani
Maschenka as Vater

1986

Caravaggio as Cardinal Del Monte
Hard Travelling as Peter

1985

Out of Africa as Lord Delamere Award
Lace 2
Arthur the King as Archbishop

1984

Top Secret! as Dr. Paul Flammond Award
A Christmas Carol as Mr. Poole Award
Oxford Blues as Doctor Ambrose
Memed My Hawk as Kerimoglu
The Biko Inquest as Professor Loubser

1983

The Dresser as Frank Carrington
To the Lighthouse as Mr. Ramsay
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity as Councillor Hedin

1982

Inside the Third Reich as Dr. Rust
Witness for the Prosecution as Judge
Cymbeline as Belarius
Another Flip for Dominick as Professor Burrows

1981

Venom as David Ball Award

1978

The Boys from Brazil as Mr. Harrington
Question of Love as Sir Baldwin

1976

Satan's Slave as Alexander Yorke
Sea-Change as Father

1975

Galileo as Sagredo
The Man from Nowhere as Voice of the Man (voice)

1974

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill as Mr. Yule
The Gift of Friendship as Bill Wakely
Monet in London as Narrator

1973

The Legend of Hell House as Emeric Belasco (uncredited)
Horror Hospital as Dr. Christian Storm

1972

Henry VIII and His Six Wives as Norfolk
Savage Messiah as M. Gaudier
Vincent the Dutchman as Vincent Van Gogh

1971

The Go-Between as Mr Maudsley
Crucible of Horror as Walter Eastwood

1970

Julius Caesar as Metellus Cimber
Trog as Sam Murdock

1969

Women in Love as Mr. Brangwen
A Walk with Love and Death as Mad Monk

1968

Curse of the Crimson Altar as Elder
One Night... a Train as Jeremiah

1967

Berserk! as Albert Dorando
They Came from Beyond Space as Dr. Arnold Grey

1966

Alice in Wonderland as March Hare
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker as The Toymaker

1965

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors as Eric Landor (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")
The Skull as Auctioneer
The Drinking Party as Pausanias
Game for Three Losers as Robert Hilary

1964

The Count of Monte Cristo as Gerard de Villefort

1963

Black Zoo as Michael Conrad
Tamahine as Cartwright

1962

The Phantom of the Opera as Lord Ambrose d'Arcy
Candidate for Murder

1961

Konga as Dr. Charles Decker
Mr. Topaze as Tamise
What a Carve Up! as Fisk - the Butler

1959

Horrors of the Black Museum as Edmond Bancroft
Model for Murder as Kingsley Beauchamp

1958

Dracula as Arthur Holmwood Award
The Horse's Mouth as Abel

1957

Ill Met by Moonlight as Andoni Zoidakis
The House in the Woods as Geoffrey Carter
The Peaceful Inn as Hatlock

1956

Reach for the Sky as Flying Instructor Pearson

1955

Richard III as Dighton
The Last Reunion

1953

Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue as Duke of Montrose
The Sword and the Rose as Duke of Buckingham
Twice Upon a Time as Mr. Lloyd

1951

The Man in the White Suit as Michael Corland
Blackmailed as Maurice Edwards
Night Was Our Friend as Martin
No Resting Place as Alec Kyle

1950

Ha'penny Breeze as (uncredited)

1949

The Small Back Room as Capt. Dick Stuart

1948

Anna Karenina as Nicholai Award
Saraband for Dead Lovers as Prince Charles
Blanche Fury as Laurence Fury

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

Corpse Bride
Alice in Wonderland
Batman & Robin
Batman Returns
Batman
Batman Forever
Sleepy Hollow
Top Secret!
Out of Africa
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland

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