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Michael Gough

Actor

Michael Gough

Born November 23, 1916 in Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaDied March 17, 2011107 films

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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Corpse Bride posterFirst watchCorpse Bride20057.6as Elder Gutknecht (voice)In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of…View film

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Filmography

107 films as actor
  1. 2024Doctor Who: The Celestial ToymakerThe Toymaker (voice)
  2. 2010Alice in WonderlandUilleam / Dodo (voice)
  3. 2005Corpse BrideElder Gutknecht (voice)
  4. 1999Sleepy HollowNotary Hardenbrook
  5. 1999The Strange Case of Delfina PotockaDoctor
  6. 1999The Cherry OrchardFeers
  7. 1998What Rats Won't DoJustice Tomlin
  8. 1998St. IvesComte de Saint-Yves
  9. 1997Batman & RobinAlfred Pennyworth
  10. 1996The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with FatherLeo Tolstoy
  11. 1995The Haunting of Helen WalkerBarnaby
  12. 1995Batman ForeverAlfred Pennyworth
  13. 1995A Village AffairSir Ralph Unwin
  14. 1995UncoveredDon Manuel
  15. 1994NostradamusJean de Remy
  16. 1993The Hour of the PigMagistrate Boniface
  17. 1993The Age of InnocenceHenry van der Luyden
  18. 1993WittgensteinBetrand Russell
  19. 1992Batman ReturnsAlfred
  20. 1991Children of the NorthArthur Apple
  21. 1991Let Him Have ItLord Goddard
  22. 1991SleepersAndrei Zorin
  23. 1991The WandererVeteran Warrior
  24. 1990The GardenVoice Overs/Old Man at Sauna
  25. 1989The Shell SeekersRoy Brookner
  26. 1989The Mountain and the MolehillMr Maggs
  27. 1989BatmanAlfred
  28. 1989StraplessDouglas Brodie
  29. 1988The Serpent and the RainbowSchoonbacher
  30. 1987Cariani and the CourtesansAlbani
  31. 1987The Fourth ProtocolSir Bernard Hemmings
  32. 1987MaschenkaVater
  33. 1986CaravaggioCardinal Del Monte
  34. 1986Hard TravellingPeter
  35. 1985Out of AfricaLord Delamere
  36. 1985Lace 2
  37. 1985Arthur the KingArchbishop
  38. 1984The Biko InquestProfessor Loubser
  39. 1984A Christmas CarolMr. Poole
  40. 1984Oxford BluesDoctor Ambrose
  41. 1984Top Secret!Dr. Paul Flammond
  42. 1984Memed My HawkKerimoglu
  43. 1983The DresserFrank Carrington
  44. 1983CymbelineBelarius
  45. 1983To the LighthouseMr. Ramsay
  46. 1983Doctor Who: Arc of InfinityCouncillor Hedin
  47. 1982Another Flip for DominickProfessor Burrows
  48. 1982Witness for the ProsecutionJudge
  49. 1981VenomDavid Ball
  50. 1978Question of LoveSir Baldwin
  51. 1978The Boys from BrazilMr. Harrington
  52. 1976Sea-ChangeFather
  53. 1976Satan's SlaveAlexander Yorke
  54. 1975GalileoSagredo
  55. 1975The Man from NowhereVoice of the Man (voice)
  56. 1974Jennie: Lady Randolph ChurchillMr. Yule
  57. 1974The Gift of FriendshipBill Wakely
  58. 1973The Legend of Hell HouseEmeric Belasco (uncredited)
  59. 1973Horror HospitalDr. Christian Storm
  60. 1972The Man Who Came to DinnerBeverly Carlton
  61. 1972Henry VIII and His Six WivesNorfolk
  62. 1972Savage MessiahM. Gaudier
  63. 1971Crucible of HorrorWalter Eastwood
  64. 1971The Go-BetweenMr Maudsley
  65. 1970TrogSam Murdock
  66. 1970Julius CaesarMetellus Cimber
  67. 1969A Walk with Love and DeathMad Monk
  68. 1969Women in LoveMr. Brangwen
  69. 1968Curse of the Crimson AltarElder
  70. 1968One Night... a TrainJeremiah
  71. 1967Berserk!Albert Dorando
  72. 1967They Came from Beyond SpaceDr. Arnold Grey
  73. 1966Alice in WonderlandMarch Hare
  74. 1966Doctor Who: The Celestial ToymakerThe Toymaker
  75. 1965The Drinking PartyPausanias
  76. 1965The SkullAuctioneer
  77. 1965Game for Three LosersRobert Hilary
  78. 1965Dr. Terror's House of HorrorsEric Landor (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")
  79. 1963TamahineCartwright
  80. 1963Black ZooMichael Conrad
  81. 1962The Phantom of the OperaLord Ambrose d'Arcy
  82. 1962Candidate for MurderDonald Edwards
  83. 1961What a Carve Up!Fisk - the Butler
  84. 1961Mr. TopazeTamise
  85. 1961KongaDr. Charles Decker
  86. 1959Horrors of the Black MuseumEdmond Bancroft
  87. 1959Model for MurderKingsley Beauchamp
  88. 1958The Horse's MouthAbel
  89. 1958DraculaArthur Holmwood
  90. 1957The Peaceful InnHatlock
  91. 1957The House in the WoodsGeoffrey Carter
  92. 1957Ill Met by MoonlightAndoni Zoidakis
  93. 1956Reach for the SkyFlying Instructor Pearson
  94. 1955Richard IIIDighton
  95. 1955The Last Reunion
  96. 1953Rob Roy, The Highland RogueDuke of Montrose
  97. 1953The Sword and the RoseDuke of Buckingham
  98. 1953Twice Upon a TimeMr. Lloyd
  99. 1951Night Was Our FriendMartin
  100. 1951The Man in the White SuitMichael Corland
  101. 1951BlackmailedMaurice Edwards
  102. 1951No Resting PlaceAlec Kyle
  103. 1950Ha'penny Breeze(uncredited)
  104. 1949The Small Back RoomCapt. Dick Stuart
  105. 1948Saraband for Dead LoversPrince Charles
  106. 1948Blanche FuryLawrence Fury
  107. 1948Anna KareninaNicholai