Michael Gough

Michael Gough

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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Known For

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

1963 • as Toymaker

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

1963 • as Councillor Hedin

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

1963 • as The Toymaker

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970 • as Professor Burrows

The Avengers

The Avengers

1961 • as Nutski

Gravity Falls

Gravity Falls

2012 • as Wax Groucho Marx (voice)

Filmography

2024

Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
as The Toymaker (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/2/2024

2012

Gravity Falls
Gravity Falls
as Wax Groucho Marx (voice)
TV - Released: 6/15/2012

2010

Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
as Uilleam / Dodo (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/3/2010

2008

Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/18/2008
The Ties That Bind Us
The Ties That Bind Us
as Hedin (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 3/3/2008

2005

Corpse Bride
Corpse Bride
as Elder Gutknecht (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/12/2005
Ben 10
Ben 10
as Lt. Steel (voice)
TV - Released: 12/27/2005

2003

Duck Dodgers
Duck Dodgers
as The Professor / Pilot (voice)
TV - Released: 8/23/2003

2000

Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Pooh
Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Pooh
as Gopher (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/2000
Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun
Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun
as Gopher (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/6/2000
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/23/2000

1999

Sleepy Hollow
Sleepy Hollow
as Notary Hardenbrook
Movie - Released: 11/19/1999
Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh
Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh
as Gopher (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1999
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
as Doctor
Movie - Released: 1/1/1999
The Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard
as Feers
Movie - Released: 1/1/1999

1998

St. Ives
St. Ives
Movie - Released: 1/1/1998
What Rats Won't Do
What Rats Won't Do
as Justice Tomlin
Movie - Released: 7/1/1998

1997

Batman & Robin
Batman & Robin
as Alfred Pennyworth
Movie - Released: 6/20/1997
Voice B Gone
Voice B Gone
as The Voice, Johnny, Dog (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/13/1997

1996

Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh
Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh
as Gopher (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/25/1996
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
as Leo Tolstoy
Movie - Released: 6/16/1996

1995

Batman Forever
Batman Forever
as Alfred Pennyworth
Movie - Released: 6/16/1995
A Village Affair
A Village Affair
as Sir Ralph Unwin
Movie - Released: 4/17/1995
The Haunting of Helen Walker
The Haunting of Helen Walker
as Barnaby
Movie - Released: 12/3/1995

1994

Uncovered
Uncovered
as Don Manuel
Movie - Released: 5/1/1994
Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Cowboy Pooh
Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Cowboy Pooh
as Gopher (voice)
Movie - Released: 2/18/1994
Nostradamus
Nostradamus
as Jean de Remy
Movie - Released: 8/18/1994

1993

The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence
as Henry van der Luyden
Movie - Released: 9/10/1993
The Hour of the Pig
The Hour of the Pig
as Magistrate Boniface
Movie - Released: 9/25/1993
Wittgenstein
Wittgenstein
as Betrand Russell
Movie - Released: 3/26/1993

1992

Batman Returns
Batman Returns
as Alfred Pennyworth
Movie - Released: 6/19/1992

1991

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Arthur Holmwood (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1991
Sleepers
Sleepers
as Andrei Zorin
Movie - Released: 4/10/1991
Let Him Have It
Let Him Have It
as Lord Goddard
Movie - Released: 10/4/1991
The Wanderer
The Wanderer
as Veteran Warrior
Movie - Released: 1/1/1991
Children of the North
Children of the North
as Arthur Apple
Movie - Released: 10/30/1991
Sleepers
Sleepers
as Andrei Zorin
TV - Released: 4/10/1991

1990

The Garden
The Garden
as Voice Overs/Old Man at Sauna
Movie - Released: 9/6/1990

1989

Batman
Batman
as Alfred Pennyworth
Movie - Released: 6/21/1989
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
as Teacher #2 (voice)
Movie - Released: 7/15/1989
Strapless
Strapless
as Douglas Brodie
Movie - Released: 5/14/1989
The Shell Seekers
The Shell Seekers
as Roy Brookner
Movie - Released: 12/3/1989
The Mountain and the Molehill
The Mountain and the Molehill
as Mr Maggs
Movie - Released: 10/15/1989
Campion
Campion
as Mr. Hayhoe
TV - Released: 1/22/1989
Blackeyes
Blackeyes
as Maurice James Kingsley
TV - Released: 11/29/1989

1988

The Serpent and the Rainbow
The Serpent and the Rainbow
as Schoonbacher
Movie - Released: 2/5/1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
as Reader
TV - Released: 1/10/1988

1987

The Fourth Protocol
The Fourth Protocol
as Sir Bernard Hemmings
Movie - Released: 3/20/1987
Cariani and the Courtesans
Cariani and the Courtesans
as Albani
Movie - Released: 8/5/1987
Maschenka
Maschenka
as Vater
Movie - Released: 3/5/1987
Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse
as Philip Ogleby
TV - Released: 1/6/1987
TV
A Killing on the Exchange
TV - Released: 3/6/1987

1986

Caravaggio
Caravaggio
as Cardinal Del Monte
Movie - Released: 8/29/1986
Hard Travelling
Hard Travelling
as Peter
Movie - Released: 3/30/1986
Ladies in Charge
Ladies in Charge
TV - Released: 5/6/1986
The Little Vampire
The Little Vampire
as Onkel Theodor
TV - Released: 12/19/1986

1985

Out of Africa
Out of Africa
as Lord Delamere
Movie - Released: 12/20/1985
Arthur the King
Arthur the King
as Archbishop
Movie - Released: 4/26/1985
Lace 2
Lace 2
Movie - Released: 9/1/1985

1984

Top Secret!
Top Secret!
as Dr. Paul Flammond
Movie - Released: 6/8/1984
Oxford Blues
Oxford Blues
as Doctor Ambrose
Movie - Released: 8/24/1984
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
as Mr. Poole
Movie - Released: 10/9/1984
Memed My Hawk
Memed My Hawk
as Kerimoglu
Movie - Released: 5/10/1984
The Biko Inquest
The Biko Inquest
as Professor Loubser
Movie - Released: 11/1/1984
Mistral's Daughter
Mistral's Daughter
as Cardinal
TV - Released: 9/24/1984

1983

The Dresser
The Dresser
as Frank Carrington
Movie - Released: 12/6/1983
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse
as Mr. Ramsay
Movie - Released: 3/22/1983
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
as Councillor Hedin
Movie - Released: 1/12/1983

1982

Witness for the Prosecution
Witness for the Prosecution
as Judge
Movie - Released: 12/4/1982
Movie
Another Flip for Dominick
as Professor Burrows
Movie - Released: 12/14/1982
Inside the Third Reich
Inside the Third Reich
as Dr. Rust
Movie - Released: 5/9/1982
Cymbeline
Cymbeline
as Belarius
Movie - Released: 12/20/1982
The Agatha Christie Hour
The Agatha Christie Hour
TV - Released: 9/7/1982
Smiley's People
Smiley's People
TV - Released: 9/20/1982
Smiley's People
Smiley's People
as Mikhel
TV - Released: 9/20/1982

1981

Venom
Venom
as David Ball
Movie - Released: 11/28/1981
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited
as Doctor Grant
TV - Released: 10/12/1981

1978

The Boys from Brazil
The Boys from Brazil
as Mr. Harrington
Movie - Released: 10/5/1978
Question of Love
Question of Love
as Sir Baldwin
Movie - Released: 10/18/1978
Blake's 7
Blake's 7
as Hower
TV - Released: 1/2/1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
The BBC Television Shakespeare
as Belarius
TV - Released: 12/3/1978

1976

Satan's Slave
Satan's Slave
as Alexander Yorke
Movie - Released: 8/1/1976
Sea-Change
Sea-Change
as Father
Movie - Released: 9/10/1976

1975

Galileo
Galileo
as Sagredo
Movie - Released: 1/27/1975
The Man from Nowhere
The Man from Nowhere
as Voice of the Man (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1975

1974

Movie
Monet in London
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 1/1/1974
The Gift of Friendship
The Gift of Friendship
as Bill Wakely
Movie - Released: 9/24/1974
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
as Mr. Yule
Movie - Released: 11/5/1974
QB VII
QB VII
as Dr. Fletcher
TV - Released: 4/29/1974
Microbes and Men
Microbes and Men
as Sir Almroth Wright
TV - Released: 9/18/1974
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
as Mr. Yule
TV - Released: 11/5/1974
Notorious Woman
Notorious Woman
as Henri de Latouche
TV - Released: 11/3/1974
Shoulder to Shoulder
Shoulder to Shoulder
as Dr Richard Pankhurst
TV - Released: 4/3/1974

1973

Horror Hospital
Horror Hospital
as Dr. Christian Storm
Movie - Released: 5/11/1973
The Legend of Hell House
The Legend of Hell House
as Emeric Belasco (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 6/15/1973
Moonbase 3
Moonbase 3
TV - Released: 9/9/1973

1972

Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
as Norfolk
Movie - Released: 7/13/1972
Savage Messiah
Savage Messiah
as M. Gaudier
Movie - Released: 6/27/1972
Vincent the Dutchman
Vincent the Dutchman
as Vincent Van Gogh
Movie - Released: 10/15/1972
Colditz
Colditz
as Major Schaeffer
TV - Released: 10/19/1972
The Protectors
The Protectors
as Shkoder
TV - Released: 9/29/1972
Crown Court
Crown Court
as Dr. De Quincey
TV - Released: 10/11/1972

1971

Crucible of Horror
Crucible of Horror
as Walter Eastwood
Movie - Released: 11/10/1971
The Go-Between
The Go-Between
as Mr Maudsley
Movie - Released: 6/16/1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Governor
TV - Released: 9/20/1971
The Search for the Nile
The Search for the Nile
as David Livingstone
TV - Released: 9/22/1971

1970

Trog
Trog
as Sam Murdock
Movie - Released: 10/24/1970
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
as Metellus Cimber
Movie - Released: 6/4/1970
Play for Today
Play for Today
as Professor Burrows
TV - Released: 10/15/1970

1969

A Walk with Love and Death
A Walk with Love and Death
as Mad Monk
Movie - Released: 10/5/1969
Women in Love
Women in Love
as Mr. Brangwen
Movie - Released: 9/13/1969
The Main Chance
The Main Chance
as Sir George Andrews
TV - Released: 6/18/1969

1968

Curse of the Crimson Altar
Curse of the Crimson Altar
as Elder
Movie - Released: 12/1/1968
One Night... a Train
One Night... a Train
as Jeremiah
Movie - Released: 9/6/1968
The Champions
The Champions
as Major Joss
TV - Released: 9/25/1968
Journey to the Unknown
Journey to the Unknown
TV - Released: 9/26/1968

1967

They Came from Beyond Space
They Came from Beyond Space
as Dr. Arnold Grey
Movie - Released: 5/1/1967
Berserk!
Berserk!
as Albert Dorando
Movie - Released: 11/1/1967
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice
as Mr. Bennet
TV - Released: 9/10/1967

1966

Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
as March Hare
Movie - Released: 12/28/1966
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
as The Toymaker
Movie - Released: 4/23/1966

1965

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
as Eric Landor (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")
Movie - Released: 2/23/1965
The Skull
The Skull
as Auctioneer
Movie - Released: 8/25/1965
Game for Three Losers
Game for Three Losers
as Robert Hilary
Movie - Released: 4/1/1965
Movie
The Drinking Party
as Pausanias
Movie - Released: 11/14/1965
The Man In Room 17
The Man In Room 17
as Andrei Konev
TV - Released: 6/11/1965

1964

The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Gerard de Villefort
Movie - Released: 10/4/1964
Detective
Detective
TV - Released: 3/30/1964
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Gérard de Villefort
TV - Released: 10/4/1964

1963

Black Zoo
Black Zoo
as Michael Conrad
Movie - Released: 5/15/1963
Tamahine
Tamahine
as Cartwright
Movie - Released: 7/30/1963
Doctor Who
Doctor Who
as Toymaker
TV - Released: 11/23/1963
Doctor Who
Doctor Who
as Councillor Hedin
TV - Released: 11/23/1963
Doctor Who
Doctor Who
as The Toymaker
TV - Released: 11/23/1963

1962

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
as Lord Ambrose d'Arcy
Movie - Released: 6/25/1962
Movie
Candidate for Murder
Movie - Released: 1/1/1962
The Saint
The Saint
as Collin Phillips
TV - Released: 10/4/1962

1961

Konga
Konga
as Dr. Charles Decker
Movie - Released: 1/1/1961
Mr. Topaze
Mr. Topaze
as Tamise
Movie - Released: 4/4/1961
What a Carve Up!
What a Carve Up!
as Fisk - the Butler
Movie - Released: 9/15/1961
The Avengers
The Avengers
as Nutski
TV - Released: 1/7/1961

1959

Horrors of the Black Museum
Horrors of the Black Museum
as Edmond Bancroft
Movie - Released: 4/29/1959
Model for Murder
Model for Murder
as Kingsley Beauchamp
Movie - Released: 2/1/1959

1958

Dracula
Dracula
as Arthur Holmwood
Movie - Released: 4/21/1958
The Horse's Mouth
The Horse's Mouth
as Abel
Movie - Released: 11/11/1958

1957

Movie
The Peaceful Inn
as Hatlock
Movie - Released: 11/7/1957
Ill Met by Moonlight
Ill Met by Moonlight
as Andoni Zoidakis
Movie - Released: 1/31/1957
Movie
The House in the Woods
as Geoffrey Carter
Movie - Released: 10/31/1957

1956

Reach for the Sky
Reach for the Sky
as Flying Instructor Pearson
Movie - Released: 7/5/1956

1955

The Last Reunion
The Last Reunion
Movie - Released: 7/20/1955
Richard III
Richard III
as Dighton
Movie - Released: 12/13/1955

1954

Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
TV - Released: 10/18/1954

1953

The Sword and the Rose
The Sword and the Rose
as Duke of Buckingham
Movie - Released: 7/23/1953
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
as Duke of Montrose
Movie - Released: 10/26/1953
Twice Upon a Time
Twice Upon a Time
as Mr. Lloyd
Movie - Released: 7/6/1953

1951

The Man in the White Suit
The Man in the White Suit
as Michael Corland
Movie - Released: 8/7/1951
Blackmailed
Blackmailed
as Maurice Edwards
Movie - Released: 1/30/1951
Night Was Our Friend
Night Was Our Friend
as Martin
Movie - Released: 12/1/1951
No Resting Place
No Resting Place
as Alec Kyle
Movie - Released: 1/12/1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Beverley Carlton
TV - Released: 12/24/1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Judge
TV - Released: 12/24/1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Roy Brookner
TV - Released: 12/24/1951

1950

Ha'penny Breeze
Ha'penny Breeze
as (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 12/30/1950

1949

The Small Back Room
The Small Back Room
as Capt. Dick Stuart
Movie - Released: 2/21/1949

1948

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
as Nicholai
Movie - Released: 1/22/1948
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Saraband for Dead Lovers
as Prince Charles
Movie - Released: 10/4/1948
Blanche Fury
Blanche Fury
as Laurence Fury
Movie - Released: 2/19/1948