Michael Gough
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- The Early Christian
- Pulitzer Air Races
- The Early Christians By Michael Gough; This Is Volume Nineteen In The Series Ancient Peoples And Places, General Editor Dr. Glyn Daniel
- The Early Christians. 81 Photographs, 38 Line Drawings and 1 Map [Ancient Peoples and Places]
- The Origins of Christian Art Praeger World of Art
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Michael Gough (/ˈɡɒf/GOF; 23 November 1916 – 17 March 2011) was an English character actor who made over 150 film and television appearances. He is perhaps best known to international audiences for his roles in the Hammer Horror Films from 1958, and for his recurring role as Alfred Pennyworth in all four movies of the Burton/Schumacher Batman franchise. Michael Gough (3 December 1956 – present) is a voice actor known for his role as Deckard Cain in the popular Diablo video game series by Blizza
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
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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.
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