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Michael Gough
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English actor (1916–2011)
Film & TV
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.
Known for
- Off the Leash: A Personal Appreciation of Michael Gough and His Horror Films — Self2026
- Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker — The Toymaker (voice)2024
- Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser — March Hare (archive footage) (uncredited)2021
- Alice in Wonderland — Uilleam / Dodo (voice)2010
- Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight — Self2008
- The Ties That Bind Us — Hedin (archive footage)2008
- Corpse Bride — Elder Gutknecht (voice)2005
- Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend — Self2000
- Sleepy Hollow — Notary Hardenbrook1999
- The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka — Doctor1999
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Key facts
- Born
- Francis Michael Gough , ( 1916-11-23 ) 23 November 1916, Kuala Lumpur , Federated Malay States
- Died
- 17 March 2011 (2011-03-17) (aged 94), Ashmore , Dorset , England
- Resting place
- Cremated; ashes scattered in the English Channel
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Wye Agricultural College The Old Vic
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1946–1999, 2005, 2010
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Family name
- Gough
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Kuala Lumpur
- Place of death
- Salisbury
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Dracula (1958) trailer - Michael Gough (cropped & flipped).png
- Number of children
- 3
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- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- Commons category
- Michael Gough
- date of birth
- 1916-11-23
- date of death
- 2011-03-17
- name in native language
- Michael Gough
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
- end of work period
- 2010-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Francis Michael Gough (/ɡɒf/ GOF; 23 November 1916 – 17 March 2011) was a British 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 villain in The Celestial Toymaker (1966) and as Councillor Hedin in Arc of Infinity (1983), and in an episode of The Avengers as the automation-obsessed wheelchair user Dr. Armstrong in "The Cybernauts" (1965). In 1956 he received a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michael Gough” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.