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Michael Gough

Actor | * 11/24/1916 († 94, 03/17/2011) | Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Francis Michael Gough ( GOF; 23 November 1916 – 17 March 2011) was a British character actor who made more than 150 film and television appearances. He is known for his roles in the Hammer horror films from 1958, with his first role as Sir Arthur Holmwood in Dracula, and for his recurring role as Alfred Pennyworth from 1989 to 1997 in the four Batman films directed by Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher. He appeared in three more Burton films: Sleepy Hollow, voicing Elder Gutknecht in Corpse Bride and the Dodo in Alice in Wonderland. Gough also appeared in popular British television shows, including Doctor Who (as the titular villain in The Celestial Toymaker (1966) and as Councillor Hedin in Arc of Infinity (1983)), and in an episode of The Avengers ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Horror | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis when a deformed madman calling himself "The Joker" seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld. ...

Batman

FSK: 12+ years

1989 | 3.6/5 | 2h 6min
Fantasy, Action, Crime
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Batman must battle a disfigured district attorney and a disgruntled former employee with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat. ...

Batman Forever

FSK: 12+ years

1995 | 2.7/5 | 2h 1min
Action, Crime, Fantasy
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Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an under ...

Top Secret!

FSK: 12+ years

1984 | 3.5/5 | 1h 30min
Comedy
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Batman and Robin deal with relationship issues while preventing Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from attacking Gotham City. ...

Batman & Robin

FSK: 12+ years

1997 | 2.2/5 | 2h 5min
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
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Awards & Nominations for Michael Gough

Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
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Movies with Michael Gough as Actor(101)

as Deckard Cain2012 Diablo III: Wrath
as The Dodo (voice)2010 Alice in Wonderland
as Elder Gutknecht (voice)2005 Corpse Bride
as himself2000 Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
as Gopher (voice)2000 Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Pooh
as Gopher (voice)1999 Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh
as Notary Hardenbrook1999 Sleepy Hollow
as Feers1999 The Cherry Orchard
1998 St. Ives
as Justice Tomlin1998 What Rats Won't Do
as The Voice, Johnny, Dog (voice)1997 Voice B Gone
as Alfred Pennyworth1997 Batman & Robin
as Leo Tolstoy1996 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
as Gopher (voice)1996 Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh
as Alfred Pennyworth1995 Batman Forever
as Barnaby1995 The Haunting of Helen Walker
as Sir Ralph Unwin1995 A Village Affair
as Betrand Russell1993 Wittgenstein
as Henry van der Luyden1993 The Age of Innocence
as Magistrate Boniface1993 The Advocate
as Alfred Pennyworth1992 Batman Returns
as Arthur Apple1991 Children of the North
as Veteran Warrior1991 The Wanderer
as Lord Goddard1991 Let Him Have It
as Voice Overs/Old Man at Sauna1990 The Garden
as Alfred Pennyworth1989 Batman
as Douglas Brodie1989 Strapless
as Teacher #2 (voice)1989 Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
as Roy Brookner1989 The Shell Seekers
as Schoonbacher1988 The Serpent and the Rainbow
as Vater1987 Maschenka
as Albani1987 Cariani and the Courtesans
as Sir Bernard Hemmings1987 The Fourth Protocol
as Cardinal Del Monte1986 Caravaggio
as Lord Delamere1985 Out of Africa
as Archbishop1985 Arthur the King
as Mr. Poole1984 A Christmas Carol
as Professor Loubser1984 The Biko Inquest
as Kerimoglu1984 Memed My Hawk
as Doctor Ambrose1984 Oxford Blues
as Dr. Paul Flammond1984 Top Secret!
as Mr. Ramsay1983 To the Lighthouse
as Frank Carrington1983 The Dresser
as Professor Burrows1982 Another Flip for Dominick
as Dr. Rust1982 Inside the Third Reich
as Judge1982 Witness for the Prosecution
as Belarius1982 Cymbeline
as David Ball1981 Venom
as Sir Baldwin1978 Question of Love
as Mr. Harrington1978 The Boys from Brazil
as Alexander Yorke1976 Satan's Slave
as Sagredo1975 Galileo
as Voice of the Man (voice)1975 The Man from Nowhere
as Bill Wakely1974 The Gift of Friendship
as Mr. Yule1974 Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
as Emeric Belasco (uncredited)1973 The Legend of Hell House
as Dr. Christian Storm1973 Horror Hospital
as M. Gaudier1972 Savage Messiah
as Vincent Van Gogh1972 Vincent the Dutchman
as Norfolk1972 Henry VIII and His Six Wives
as Walter Eastwood1971 Crucible of Horror
as Mr Maudsley1971 The Go-Between
as Metellus Cimber1970 Julius Caesar
as Sam Murdock1970 Trog
as Mr. Brangwen1969 Women in Love
as Mad Monk1969 A Walk with Love and Death
as Elder1968 Curse of the Crimson Altar
as Jeremiah1968 One Night... a Train
as Dr. Arnold Grey1967 They Came from Beyond Space
as Albert Dorando1967 Berserk
as March Hare1966 Alice in Wonderland
1965 Game for Three Losers
as Eric Landor (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")1965 Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
as Auctioneer1965 The Skull
as Michael Conrad1963 Black Zoo
as Cartwright1963 Tamahine
as Lord Ambrose d'Arcy1962 The Phantom of the Opera
1962 Candidate for Murder
as Dr. Charles Decker1961 Konga
as Fisk - the Butler1961 What a Carve Up!
as Tamise1961 Mr. Topaze
as Kingsley Beauchamp1959 Model for Murder
as Edmond Bancroft1959 Horrors of the Black Museum
as Arthur Holmwood1958 Dracula
as Abel1958 The Horse's Mouth
as Andoni Zoidakis1957 Ill Met by Moonlight
as Geoffrey Carter1957 The House in the Woods
as Flying Instructor Pearson1956 Reach for the Sky
as Dighton1955 Richard III
as Duke of Montrose1954 Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
as Duke of Buckingham1953 The Sword and the Rose
as Mr. Lloyd1953 Twice Upon a Time
as Michael Corland1951 The Man in the White Suit
as Alec Kyle1951 No Resting Place
as Maurice Edwards1951 Blackmailed
as Martin1951 Night Was Our Friend
as (uncredited)1950 Ha'penny Breeze
as Capt. Dick Stuart1949 The Small Back Room
as Prince Charles1948 Saraband for Dead Lovers
as Laurence Fury1948 Blanche Fury
as Nicholai1948 Anna Karenina

TV Shows/Series with Michael Gough as Actor(34)

as Wax Groucho Marx (voice)2012 Gravity Falls
as Lt. Steel (voice)2005 Ben 10
as Leo Tolstoy1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
as Andrei Zorin1991 Sleepers
1990 Zorro
1989 Blackeyes
1987 Inspector Morse
as Onkel Theodor1986 The Little Vampire
as Cardinal1984 Mistral's Daughter
1982 Smiley's People
as Mikhel1982 Smiley's People
1982 The Agatha Christie Hour
as Doctor Grant1981 Brideshead Revisited
as Hower1978 Blake's 7
as Sir Almroth Wright1974 Microbes and Men
as Henri de Latouche1974 Notorious Woman
as Dr. Fletcher1974 QB VII
1973 Moonbase 3
as Shkoder1972 The Protectors
as Major Schaeffer1972 Colditz
as Governor1971 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as David Livingstone1971 The Search for the Nile
as Sir George Andrews1969 The Main Chance
1968 Journey to the Unknown
as Major Joss1968 The Champions
as Mr. Bennet1967 Pride and Prejudice
as Toymaker1963 Doctor Who
as Councillor Hedin1963 Doctor Who
as Collin Phillips1962 The Saint
as Nutski1961 The Avengers
1954 Sherlock Holmes
as Beverley Carlton1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Judge1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Roy Brookner1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame

Full Name: Michael Gough
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Friday, 11/24 1916 (November) in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Died: Thursday, 03/17 2011 (March) in Salisbury (aged: 94)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Durham School
Spouses (current/former): Anneke Wills, Anne Elizabeth Leon, Diana Graves, Henrietta Lawrence
Children: Jasper Gough, Simon Peter Gough, Emma Frances Gough
Father: Francis Berkeley Gough
Other names for Michael Gough (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Майкл Гоф"
"Michael Gough (Schauspieler)"
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Terry Walsh (39x, Actor)
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Kari Wahlgren (14x, Actress)
Stuart Fell (13x, Actor)
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Herman Cohen (11x, Crew)
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