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