Michael Gough

    Actor

    Birthdate: Nov 23, 1916

    Birthplace: Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya [now Malaysia]

    Died: Mar 17, 2011

    Tony Award-winning English actor Michael Gough, best known for playing the butler Alfred Pennyworth in the first four Batman (1989, 1992, 1995 & 1997) movies and for playing the arch-criminal Dr. Clement Armstrong in The Avengers (1961) episode "The Cybernauts", was an accomplished performer on both stage and screen. He was nominated twice for Tony Awards, in 1979 for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Alan Ayckbourn's "Bedroom Farce" and in 1988 in the same category for Hugh Whitemore's "Breaking the Code", winning in 1979. Though he never achieved on the small screen and silver screen what he did in the theater, Gough's career in television and movies spanned sixty-plus years over eight decades. Michael Gough died at age 94 on March 17, 2011 at his home near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.

    Known For

    Batman Forever
    Batman Forever

    (1995)

    Batman
    Batman

    (1989)

    Batman & Robin
    Batman & Robin

    (1997)

    Top Secret!
    Top Secret!

    (1984)

    Michael Gough Movies

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    • 2024 |

      Hour of Glory

      asCapt. Dick Stuart
    • 2019 |

      The Garden

    • 1951 |
      The Man in the White Suitas Michael Corland
    • 2005 |
      Corpse Brideas Elder Gutknecht
    • 2005 |

      Corpse Bride

      asElder Gutknecht
    • 1986 |
      Caravaggioas Cardinal Del Monte
    • 1999 |
      The Cherry Orchardas Feers
    • 1999 |
      Sleepy Hollowas Notary Hardenbrook
    • 1998 |
      St. Ivesas Comte de Saint-Yves
    • 1997 |

      Batman & Robin

      asAlfred Pennyworth
    • 1995 |

      Batman Forever

      asAlfred Pennyworth
    • 1994 |
      Uncoveredas Don Manuel
    • 1994 |
      Nostradamusas Jean de Remy
    • 1993 |
      The Advocateas Magistrate Boniface
    • 1992 |

      Batman Returns

      asAlfred
    • 1989 |
      Straplessas Douglas Brodie
    • 1989 |

      Batman

      asAlfred
    • 1988 |
      The Serpent and the Rainbowas Schoonbacher
    • 1987 |
      Maschenkaas Vater
    • 1987 |
      The Fourth Protocolas Sir Bernard Hemmings
    • 1985 |
      Out of Africaas Delamere
    • 1985 |

      Out of Africa

      asDelamere
    • 1984 |
      Oxford Bluesas Doctor Ambrose
    • 1983 |
      The Dresseras Frank Carrington
    • 1976 |
      Satan's Slaveas Uncle Alexander Yorke
    • 1976 |
      The Man from Nowhereas Voice of the Man
    • 1975 |
      Galileoas Sagredo
    • 1973 |
      Horror Hospitalas Dr. Christian Storm
    • 1973 |
      The Legend of Hell Houseas Emeric Belasco
    • 1972 |
      Henry VIII and His Six Wivesas Norfolk
    • 1972 |
      Savage Messiahas M. Gaudier
    • 1971 |
      Crucible of Horroras Walter Eastwood
    • 1971 |
      The Go-Betweenas Mr Maudsley
    • 1970 |
      Trogas Sam Murdock
    • 1969 |
      A Walk with Love and Deathas Mad Monk
    • 1968 |
      One Night... a Trainas Jeremiah
    • 1968 |
      The Crimson Cultas Elder
    • 1967 |
      Berserkas Albert Dorando
    • 1967 |
      They Came from Beyond Spaceas Master of the Moon
    • 1965 |
      Game for Three Losersas Robert Hilary
    • 1965 |
      The Skullas Auctioneer
    • 1963 |
      Black Zooas Michael Conrad
    • 1963 |
      Tamahineas Cartwright
    • 1962 |
      Candidate for Murderas Donald Edwards
    • 1962 |
      The Phantom of the Operaas Lord Ambrose D'Arcy
    • 1961 |
      I Like Moneyas Tamise
    • 1961 |
      Kongaas Dr. Charles Decker
    • 1961 |
      No Place Like Homicide!as Fisk - The Butler
    • 1959 |
      Horrors of the Black Museumas Edmond Bancroft
    • 1959 |
      Model for Murderas Kingsley Beauchamp
    • 1958 |
      Horror of Draculaas Arthur Holmwood
    • 1958 |
      The Horse's Mouthas Abel [Bisson]
    • 1957 |
      Night Ambushas Andoni Zoidakis
    • 1957 |
      The House in the Woodsas Geoffrey Carter
    • 1953 |
      Rob Roy: The Highland Rogueas Duke of Montrose
    • 1953 |
      The Sword and the Roseas Duke of Buckingham
    • 1953 |
      Twice Upon a Timeas Mr. Lloyd
    • 1951 |
      Blackmailedas Maurice Edwards
    • 1951 |
      Night Was Our Friendas Martin Raynor
    • 1951 |
      No Resting Placeas Alec Kyle
    • 1948 |
      Blanche Furyas Lawrence Fury
    • 1948 |
      Sarabandas Prince Charles
    • 1948 |
      Anna Kareninaas Nicholai