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.

Career Overview

Michael Gough has 125 screen credits in a career dating back to 1948. Their work spans 8 cinematic universes — most prominently Batman Burton-Schumacher Series with 4 titles. Signature works include Corpse Bride, Batman Returns, Batman. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

125

Birth Date

1916-11-23 00:00:00

Birth Place

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Known For

• 

  Corpse Bride
• 

  Batman Returns
• 

  Batman
• 

  Batman & Robin
• 

  Batman Forever
• 

  Out of Africa

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 8 universes

• Batman Burton-Schumacher Series (4 titles)
• Batman Collection (4 titles)
• Film Evolution Collection (1 titles)
• Alice in Wonderland (1 titles)
• Indiana Jones (1 titles)
• DCEU (1 titles)
• Dracula (Hammer) Collection (1 titles)
• Ealing comedies (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Pat Hingle (4 collaborations)
• Elizabeth Sanders (3 collaborations)
• Michael Keaton (2 collaborations)
• Chris O'Donnell (2 collaborations)
• John Fink (2 collaborations)
• Joe Sabatino (2 collaborations)
• Michael Paul Chan (2 collaborations)
• Kimberly Scott (2 collaborations)
• Jack Betts (2 collaborations)
• Patrick Leahy (2 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (125 credits)

  • Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

    Self - (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker

    The Toymaker (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser

    March Hare (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Alice in Wonderland

    Uilleam / Dodo (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • The Ties That Bind Us

    Hedin (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Corpse Bride

    Elder Gutknecht (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Sleepy Hollow

    Notary Hardenbrook

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • The Cherry Orchard

    Feers

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

    Doctor

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • What Rats Won't Do

    Justice Tomlin

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • St. Ives

    Comte de Saint-Yves

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Batman & Robin

    Alfred Pennyworth

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father

    Leo Tolstoy

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • The Haunting of Helen Walker

    Barnaby

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Batman Forever

    Alfred Pennyworth

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • A Village Affair

    Sir Ralph Unwin

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Uncovered

    Don Manuel

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Nostradamus

    Jean de Remy

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • The Hour of the Pig

    Magistrate Boniface

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • The Age of Innocence

    Henry van der Luyden

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Batman Returns

    Alfred

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Dracula in the Movies

    (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Children of the North

    Arthur Apple

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Let Him Have It

    Lord Goddard

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Sleepers

    Andrei Zorin

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • The Wanderer

    Veteran Warrior

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

    Arthur Holmwood (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • The Garden

    Voice Overs/Old Man at Sauna

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • The Shell Seekers

    Roy Brookner

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • The Mountain and the Molehill

    Mr Maggs

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland

    Teacher #2 (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Batman

    Alfred

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Strapless

    Douglas Brodie

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • The Serpent and the Rainbow

    Schoonbacher

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Cariani and the Courtesans

    Albani

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • The Fourth Protocol

    Sir Bernard Hemmings

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Maschenka

    Vater

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Inspector Morse

    - The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (1987) ... Philip Ogleby actor actors
    1987
  • Caravaggio

    Cardinal Del Monte

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Hard Travelling

    Peter

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Out of Africa

    Lord Delamere

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Lace 2

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Arthur the King

    Archbishop

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • The Biko Inquest

    Professor Loubser

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • A Christmas Carol

    Mr. Poole

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Oxford Blues

    Doctor Ambrose

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Top Secret!

    Dr. Paul Flammond

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Memed My Hawk

    Kerimoglu

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • The Dresser

    Frank Carrington

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • Cymbeline

    Belarius

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • To the Lighthouse

    Mr. Ramsay

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity

    Councillor Hedin

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • Another Flip for Dominick

    Professor Burrows

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Witness for the Prosecution

    Judge

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Venom

    David Ball

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Question of Love

    Sir Baldwin

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • The Boys from Brazil

    Mr. Harrington

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Blake's 7

    - Volcano (1980) ... Hower actor actors
    1978
  • Sea-Change

    Father

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Satan's Slave

    Alexander Yorke

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Galileo

    Sagredo

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • The Man from Nowhere

    Voice of the Man (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

    Mr. Yule

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • The Gift of Friendship

    Bill Wakely

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • Monet in London

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • The Legend of Hell House

    Emeric Belasco (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Horror Hospital

    Dr. Christian Storm

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • The Man Who Came to Dinner

    Beverly Carlton

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • Vincent the Dutchman

    Vincent Van Gogh

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • Henry VIII and His Six Wives

    Norfolk

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • Savage Messiah

    M. Gaudier

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • Crown Court

    - Destruct, Destruct: Part 3 (1973) ... Dr. De Quincey actor actors
    1972
  • Crucible of Horror

    Walter Eastwood

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • The Go-Between

    Mr Maudsley

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Trog

    Sam Murdock

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Julius Caesar

    Metellus Cimber

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Play for Today

    - Another Flip for Dominick (1982) ... Professor Burrows actor actors
    1970
  • A Walk with Love and Death

    Mad Monk

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • Women in Love

    Mr. Brangwen

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • Curse of the Crimson Altar

    Elder

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • One Night... a Train

    Jeremiah

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • Berserk!

    Albert Dorando

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • They Came from Beyond Space

    Dr. Arnold Grey

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Alice in Wonderland

    March Hare

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker

    The Toymaker

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • The Drinking Party

    Pausanias

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • The Skull

    Auctioneer

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Game for Three Losers

    Robert Hilary

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

    Eric Landor (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • BBC Play of the Month

    - Days to Come (1966) ... Eliut actor actors
    1965
  • The Count of Monte Cristo

    Gerard de Villefort

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Tamahine

    Cartwright

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Black Zoo

    Michael Conrad

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Doctor Who

    - Arc of Infinity (3) (1983) ... Councillor Hedin actor actors

    - Arc of Infinity (2) (1983) ... Councillor Hedin actor actors

    - Arc of Infinity (1) (1983) ... Councillor Hedin actor actors

    - The Final Test (1966) ... Toymaker actor actors

    - The Hall of Dolls (1966) ... Toymaker actor actors
    1963
  • The Phantom of the Opera

    Lord Ambrose d'Arcy

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Candidate for Murder

    Donald Edwards

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • The Saint

    - The Imprudent Politician (1964) ... Collin Phillips actor actors
    1962
  • What a Carve Up!

    Fisk - the Butler

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Mr. Topaze

    Tamise

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Konga

    Dr. Charles Decker

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • The Avengers

    - The Correct Way to Kill (1967) ... Nutski actor actors
    1961
  • Horrors of the Black Museum

    Edmond Bancroft

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Model for Murder

    Kingsley Beauchamp

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Dracula

    Arthur Holmwood

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • The Peaceful Inn

    Hatlock

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The House in the Woods

    Geoffrey Carter

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Ill Met by Moonlight

    Andoni Zoidakis

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Reach for the Sky

    Flying Instructor Pearson

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Richard III

    Dighton

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • The Last Reunion

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Sherlock Holmes

    - The Case of the Perfect Husband (1955) ... actor actors
    1954
  • Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

    Duke of Montrose

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The Sword and the Rose

    Duke of Buckingham

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Twice Upon a Time

    Mr. Lloyd

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Night Was Our Friend

    Martin

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • The Man in the White Suit

    Michael Corland

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Blackmailed

    Maurice Edwards

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • No Resting Place

    Alec Kyle

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Ha'penny Breeze

    (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Small Back Room

    Capt. Dick Stuart

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Saraband for Dead Lovers

    Prince Charles

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Blanche Fury

    Laurence Fury

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Anna Karenina

    Nicholai

    actor

    actors
    1948