Michael Gough
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Doctor Who
Toymaker
1963
Series
Doctor Who
Councillor Hedin
1963
Series
Play for Today
Professor Burrows
1970
Series
Crown Court
Dr. De Quincey
1972
Series
The Avengers
Nutski
1961
Film
Corpse Bride
Elder Gutknecht (voice)
2005
Series
Screen Two
Peter
1985
Series
Screen Two
Magistrate Boniface
1985
Series
ITV Playhouse
Bill Wakely
1967
Series
The Saint
Collin Phillips
1962
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Ted Warner
1965
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Eliut
1965
Series
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Boland
1955
Series
Inspector Morse
Philip Ogleby
1987
Series
The Champions
Major Joss
1968
Series
Theatre 625
Clodius Pulcher
1964
Series
Theatre 625
Geoffrey Melville
1964
Series
Theatre 625
Harry
1964
Film
Alice in Wonderland
Uilleam / Dodo (voice)
2010
Series
ScreenPlay
Albani
1986
Series
Blake's 7
Hower
1978
Film
Sleepy Hollow
Notary Hardenbrook
1999
Series
The Protectors
Shkoder
1972
Film
Batman
Alfred
1989
Series
Boon
Donald Bannerman
1986
Series
Screen One
Mr. Maggs
1989
Drama 61-67
Charles
1961
Film
Batman Returns
Alfred
1992
Series
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Governor
1971
Series
Centre Play
Matt
1973
Series
Centre Play
Father
1973
Series
The Main Chance
Sir George Andrews
1969
Film
Batman & Robin
Alfred Pennyworth
1997
Series
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
1994
Series
Detective
Holroyd
1964
Series
Strangers
Professor Whittingham
1978
Series
Journey to the Unknown
Royal
1968
Series
Colditz
Major Schaeffer
1972
Film
Batman Forever
Alfred Pennyworth
1995
Series
Campion
Mr. Hayhoe
1989
Series
The Agatha Christie Hour
Sir George Durand
1982
Series
Sherlock Holmes
1954
Series
Smiley's People
Mikhel
1982
Series
Fall of Eagles
Helphand
1974
Series
The Man in Room 17
Andrei Konev
1965
Film
Out of Africa
Lord Delamere
1985
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Beverley Carlton
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Judge
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Roy Brookner
1951
Series
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Reader
1988
Film
Top Secret!
Dr. Paul Flammond
1984
Film
The Age of Innocence
Henry van der Luyden
1993
Series
Mistral's Daughter
Cardinal
1984
Treasure Island
Squire Trelawney
1968
Film
The Boys from Brazil
Mr. Harrington
1978
Film
A Christmas Carol
Mr. Poole
1984
Ten from the Twenties
Peter
1975
Series
Armchair Theatre
The Doctor
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
George in 'Double Exit'
1956
Series
The Count of Monte Cristo
Gérard de Villefort
1964
Series
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Mr. Yule
1974
Film
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Schoonbacher
1988
Film
Dracula
Arthur Holmwood
1958
Series
Pride and Prejudice
Mr. Bennet
1967
Series
Shades of Greene
Ransom
1975
Series
Ladies in Charge
Arthur James
1986
Series
The Little Vampire
Onkel Theodor
1986
Series
Sleepers
Andrei Zorin
1991
Series
Inside the Third Reich
Dr. Rust
1982
Film
Women in Love
Mr. Brangwen
1969
Series
Blackeyes
Maurice James Kingsley
1989
Series
QB VII
Dr. Fletcher
1974
Series
Microbes and Men
Sir Almroth Wright
1974
Film
The Fourth Protocol
Sir Bernard Hemmings
1987
Series
Shoulder to Shoulder
Dr Richard Pankhurst
1974
Series
A Killing on the Exchange
Charles Makepeace
1987
Film
The Legend of Hell House
Emeric Belasco (uncredited)
1973
Film
Witness for the Prosecution
Judge
1982
Film
Caravaggio
Cardinal Del Monte
1986
Film
The Man in the White Suit
Michael Corland
1951
For Amusement Only
Henry
1968
Film
Oxford Blues
Doctor Ambrose
1984
Film
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Eric Landor (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")
1965
Film
The Go-Between
Mr Maudsley
1971
Film
The Small Back Room
Capt. Dick Stuart
1949
Film
Richard III
Dighton
1955
Z-Force
2009
Film
Satan's Slave
Alexander Yorke
1976
Film
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Norfolk
1972
Film
Reach for the Sky
Flying Instructor Pearson
1956
Film
Curse of the Crimson Altar
Elder
1968
Film
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Duke of Montrose
1953
Film
Anna Karenina
Nicholai
1948
Film
The Phantom of the Opera
Lord Ambrose d'Arcy
1962
Film
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Prince Charles
1948
Film
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Mr. Yule
1974
Film
They Came from Beyond Space
Dr. Arnold Grey
1967
Film
Ill Met by Moonlight
Andoni Zoidakis
1957
Film
Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser
March Hare (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Film
Horrors of the Black Museum
Edmond Bancroft
1959
Film
Venom
David Ball
1981
Film
Let Him Have It
Lord Goddard
1991
Film
Vincent the Dutchman
Vincent Van Gogh
1972
Film
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
Leo Tolstoy
1996
Film
Julius Caesar
Metellus Cimber
1970
Film
The Dresser
Frank Carrington
1983
Film
Nostradamus
Jean de Remy
1994
Film
Berserk!
Albert Dorando
1967
Film
The Hour of the Pig
Magistrate Boniface
1993
Film
Tamahine
Cartwright
1963
Film
The Horse's Mouth
Abel
1958
Film
Arthur the King
Archbishop
1985
Film
A Walk with Love and Death
Mad Monk
1969
Film
Sea-Change
Father
1976
Film
Trog
Sam Murdock
1970
Film
The Sword and the Rose
Duke of Buckingham
1953
Film
The Skull
Auctioneer
1965
Film
Lace 2
1985
Film
Galileo
Sagredo
1975
Film
Dracula in the Movies
(archive footage)
1992
Series
The Search for the Nile
David Livingstone
1971
Film
Memed My Hawk
Kerimoglu
1984
Film
The Man from Nowhere
Voice of the Man (voice)
1975
Film
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
Self
2008
Film
The Cherry Orchard
Feers
1999
Film
Uncovered
Don Manuel
1995
Film
Cariani and the Courtesans
Albani
1987
Film
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Beverly Carlton
1972
Film
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Self
2000
Film
One Night... a Train
Jeremiah
1968
Film
Wittgenstein
Betrand Russell
1993
Film
The Last Reunion
1955
Film
The Shell Seekers
Roy Brookner
1989
Film
Off the Leash
Self
2026
Film
The Ties That Bind Us
Hedin (archive footage)
2008
Film
What Rats Won't Do
Justice Tomlin
1998
Film
Night Was Our Friend
Martin
1951
Film
Horror Hospital
Dr. Christian Storm
1973
Film
Alice in Wonderland
March Hare
1966
Film
Savage Messiah
M. Gaudier
1972
Film
The House in the Woods
Geoffrey Carter
1957
Film
The Garden
Voice Overs/Old Man at Sauna
1990
Film
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
The Toymaker (voice)
2024
Film
Blackmailed
Maurice Edwards
1951
Film
A Village Affair
Sir Ralph Unwin
1995
Film
Blanche Fury
Lawrence Fury
1948
Film
St. Ives
Comte de Saint-Yves
1998
Film
Children of the North
Arthur Apple
1991
The Drinking Party
Pausanias
1965
Film
Game for Three Losers
Robert Hilary
1965
Another Flip for Dominick
Professor Burrows
1982
Film
Question of Love
Sir Baldwin
1978
Film
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
Councillor Hedin
1983
Film
Strapless
Douglas Brodie
1989
Film
Mr. Topaze
Tamise
1961
Film
What a Carve Up!
Fisk - the Butler
1961
Film
Twice Upon a Time
Mr. Lloyd
1953
Film
Black Zoo
Michael Conrad
1963
Film
Crucible of Horror
Walter Eastwood
1971
Film
Konga
Dr. Charles Decker
1961
Film
Maschenka
Vater
1987
Film
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Arthur Holmwood (archive footage)
1991
Film
Candidate for Murder
Donald Edwards
1962
Film
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
Doctor
1999
Film
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
Ruskin
1968
Film
The Haunting of Helen Walker
Barnaby
1995
Film
To the Lighthouse
Mr. Ramsay
1983
Film
Sleepers
Andrei Zorin
1991
Film
Cymbeline
Belarius
1983
Film
The Mountain and the Molehill
Mr Maggs
1989
Film
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
The Toymaker
1966
Film
Ha'penny Breeze
(uncredited)
1950
Film
Model for Murder
Kingsley Beauchamp
1959
Film
The Gift of Friendship
Bill Wakely
1974
Film
The Biko Inquest
Professor Loubser
1984
Film
No Resting Place
Alec Kyle
1951
Monet in London
Narrator
1974
Film
Hard Travelling
Peter
1986
The Peaceful Inn
Hatlock
1957
Film
The Wanderer
Veteran Warrior
1991