Person

Michael Gough

Acting · 1916–2011 · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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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  Doctor Who

  Toymaker

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  Screen Two

  Peter

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  The Avengers

  Nutski

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  The Saint

  Collin Phillips

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  Play for Today

  Professor Burrows

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  BBC Play of the Month

  Eliut

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  Crown Court

  Dr. De Quincey

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  Theatre 625

  Clodius Pulcher

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  ITV Playhouse

  Bill Wakely

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  Inspector Morse

  Philip Ogleby

• 2024Doctor Who: The Celestial ToymakerThe Toymaker (voice)
• 2021Alice: Curiouser and CuriouserMarch Hare (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2010Alice in WonderlandUilleam / Dodo (voice)
• 2008Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark KnightSelf
• 2008The Ties That Bind UsHedin (archive footage)
• 2005Corpse BrideElder Gutknecht (voice)
• 2000Sleepy Hollow: Behind the LegendSelf
• 1999Sleepy HollowNotary Hardenbrook
• 1999The Strange Case of Delfina PotockaDoctor
• 1999The Cherry OrchardFeers
• 1998What Rats Won't DoJustice Tomlin
• 1998St. IvesComte de Saint-Yves
• 1997Batman & RobinAlfred Pennyworth
• 1996The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with FatherLeo Tolstoy
• 1995The Haunting of Helen WalkerBarnaby
• 1995Batman ForeverAlfred Pennyworth
• 1995A Village AffairSir Ralph Unwin
• 1995UncoveredDon Manuel
• 1994NostradamusJean de Remy
• 1994The World of HammerSelf (archive footage)
• 1993The Hour of the PigMagistrate Boniface
• 1993The Age of InnocenceHenry van der Luyden
• 1993WittgensteinBetrand Russell
• 1992Batman ReturnsAlfred Pennyworth
• 1992Dracula in the Movies(archive footage)
• 1991Children of the NorthArthur Apple
• 1991Let Him Have ItLord Goddard
• 1991SleepersAndrei Zorin
• 1991SleepersAndrei Zorin
• 1991Dracula: A Cinematic ScrapbookArthur Holmwood (archive footage)
• 1991The WandererVeteran Warrior
• 1990The GardenVoice Overs/Old Man at Sauna
• 1989The Shell SeekersRoy Brookner
• 1989BlackeyesMaurice James Kingsley
• 1989The Mountain and the MolehillMr Maggs
• 1989Screen OneMr. Maggs
• 1989BatmanAlfred Pennyworth
• 1989StraplessDouglas Brodie
• 1989CampionMr. Hayhoe
• 1988The Serpent and the RainbowSchoonbacher
• 1988The Modern World: Ten Great WritersReader
• 1987Cariani and the CourtesansAlbani
• 1987The Fourth ProtocolSir Bernard Hemmings
• 1987A Killing on the ExchangeCharles Makepeace
• 1987MaschenkaVater
• 1987Inspector MorsePhilip Ogleby
• 1986The Little VampireOnkel Theodor
• 1986CaravaggioCardinal Del Monte
• 1986ScreenPlayAlbani
• 1986Ladies in ChargeArthur James
• 1986Hard TravellingPeter
• 1985Out of AfricaLord Delamere
• 1985Lace 2
• 1985Arthur the KingArchbishop
• 1985Screen TwoPeter
• 1984The Biko InquestProfessor Loubser
• 1984A Christmas CarolMr. Poole
• 1984Mistral's DaughterCardinal
• 1984Oxford BluesDoctor Ambrose
• 1984Top Secret!Dr. Paul Flammond
• 1984Memed My HawkKerimoglu
• 1983The DresserFrank Carrington
• 1983CymbelineBelarius
• 1983To the LighthouseMr. Ramsay
• 1983Doctor Who: Arc of InfinityCouncillor Hedin
• 1982Another Flip for DominickProfessor Burrows
• 1982Witness for the ProsecutionJudge
• 1982Smiley's PeopleMikhel
• 1982The Agatha Christie HourSir George Durand
• 1982Inside the Third ReichDr. Rust
• 1981VenomDavid Ball
• 1978Question of LoveSir Baldwin
• 1978The Boys from BrazilMr. Harrington
• 1978StrangersProfessor Whittingham
• 1978Blake's 7Hower
• 1976Sea-ChangeFather
• 1976Satan's SlaveAlexander Yorke
• 1975Shades of GreeneRansom
• 1975Ten from the TwentiesPeter
• 1975GalileoSagredo
• 1975The Man from NowhereVoice of the Man (voice)
• 1974Jennie: Lady Randolph ChurchillMr. Yule
• 1974Jennie: Lady Randolph ChurchillMr. Yule
• 1974The Gift of FriendshipBill Wakely
• 1974Microbes and MenSir Almroth Wright
• 1974QB VIIDr. Fletcher
• 1974Shoulder to ShoulderDr Richard Pankhurst
• 1974Fall of EaglesHelphand
• 1974Monet in LondonNarrator
• 1973Centre PlayMatt
• 1973The Legend of Hell HouseEmeric Belasco (uncredited)
• 1973Horror HospitalDr. Christian Storm
• 1972The Man Who Came to DinnerBeverly Carlton
• 1972ColditzMajor Schaeffer
• 1972Vincent the DutchmanVincent Van Gogh
• 1972Crown CourtDr. De Quincey
• 1972The ProtectorsShkoder
• 1972Henry VIII and His Six WivesNorfolk
• 1972Savage MessiahM. Gaudier
• 1971Crucible of HorrorWalter Eastwood
• 1971The Search for the NileDavid Livingstone
• 1971The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesGovernor
• 1971The Go-BetweenMr Maudsley
• 1970TrogSam Murdock
• 1970Play for TodayProfessor Burrows
• 1970Julius CaesarMetellus Cimber
• 1969A Walk with Love and DeathMad Monk
• 1969Women in LoveMr. Brangwen
• 1969The Main ChanceSir George Andrews
• 1968Curse of the Crimson AltarElder
• 1968Treasure IslandSquire Trelawney
• 1968Journey to the UnknownRoyal
• 1968The ChampionsMajor Joss
• 1968One Night... a TrainJeremiah
• 1968For Amusement OnlyHenry
• 1967Berserk!Albert Dorando
• 1967ITV PlayhouseBill Wakely
• 1967Pride and PrejudiceMr. Bennet
• 1967They Came from Beyond SpaceDr. Arnold Grey
• 1966Alice in WonderlandMarch Hare
• 1966Doctor Who: The Celestial ToymakerThe Toymaker
• 1965The Drinking PartyPausanias
• 1965BBC Play of the MonthEliut
• 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreTed Warner
• 1965The SkullAuctioneer
• 1965The Man in Room 17Andrei Konev
• 1965Game for Three LosersRobert Hilary
• 1965Dr. Terror's House of HorrorsEric Landor (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")
• 1964The Count of Monte CristoGerard de Villefort
• 1964The Count of Monte CristoGérard de Villefort
• 1964Theatre 625Clodius Pulcher
• 1964DetectiveHolroyd
• 1963Doctor WhoToymaker
• 1963TamahineCartwright
• 1963Black ZooMichael Conrad
• 1962The SaintCollin Phillips
• 1962The Phantom of the OperaLord Ambrose d'Arcy
• 1962Candidate for MurderDonald Edwards
• 1961What a Carve Up!Fisk - the Butler
• 1961Mr. TopazeTamise
• 1961KongaDr. Charles Decker
• 1961Drama 61-67Charles
• 1961The AvengersNutski
• 1959Horrors of the Black MuseumEdmond Bancroft
• 1959Model for MurderKingsley Beauchamp
• 1958The Horse's MouthAbel
• 1958DraculaArthur Holmwood
• 1957The Peaceful InnHatlock
• 1957The House in the WoodsGeoffrey Carter
• 1957Ill Met by MoonlightAndoni Zoidakis
• 1956Armchair TheatreThe Doctor
• 1956Reach for the SkyFlying Instructor Pearson
• 1955Richard IIIDighton
• 1955The Last Reunion
• 1954Sherlock Holmes
• 1953Rob Roy, The Highland RogueDuke of Montrose
• 1953The Sword and the RoseDuke of Buckingham
• 1953Twice Upon a TimeMr. Lloyd
• 1951Hallmark Hall of FameBeverley Carlton
• 1951Night Was Our FriendMartin
• 1951The Man in the White SuitMichael Corland
• 1951BlackmailedMaurice Edwards
• 1951No Resting PlaceAlec Kyle
• 1950Ha'penny Breeze(uncredited)
• 1949The Small Back RoomCapt. Dick Stuart
• 1948Saraband for Dead LoversPrince Charles
• 1948Blanche FuryLaurence Fury
• 1948Anna KareninaNicholai