Michael Gough

**Francis Michael Gough** (23 November 1916 – 17 March 2011) was an English character actor who as appeared in over 150 movies. He is perhaps best known world wide for his roles in the Hammer Horror Films from 1958, and for his work as Batman's loyal butler Alfred Pennyworth in _Batman_, _Batman Returns_, _Batman Forever_, and _Batman & Robin_. Gough and actor Pat Hingle are the only two actors to appear in all 4 Batman movies directed by Tim Burton or Joel Schumacher. Gough has also been in some other Tim Burton movies, _Sleepy Hollow_, _Tim Burton's Corpse Bride_, and _Alice in Wonderland_.

## Early life

Gough was born on 23 November 1916 in Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya. His parents were Frances Atkins (née Baillie) and Frances Berkely Gough.

## Personal life

Gough was married four times; first to Dinan Graves they divorced. Second to Anne Leon in 1950 through 1964. Third to Anneke Wills in 1962 until they divorced in 1979. Lastly to Henrietta Lawrence in 1980 until his death in 2011. Gough had 3 children; Emma, Simon, and Jasper.

### Death

Gough died on 17 March 2011 in his home in Salisbury, Wiltshire from pneumonia complicated from prostate cancer. He was 94 years old. He was cremated. Michael Keaton who played Batman in the first two Batman films, said "To Mick - my butler, my confidant, my friend, my Alfred. I love you. God bless. Michael (Mr. Wayne) Keaton.". Gough was cremated and his ashes were rest at sea.

## Movies

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1948|_Anna Karenina_|Nicholai||
|1948|_Blanche Fury_|Laurence Fury||
|1948|_Saraband for Dead Lovers_|Prince Charles||
|1949|__|Capt. Dick Stuart||
|1951|_Blackmailed_|Maurice Edwards||
|1951|__|Michael Corland||
|1953|_Twice Upon a Time_|Mr. Lloyd||
|1953|__|Duke of Buckingham||
|1953|_Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue_|Duke of Montrose||
|1955|_Richard III_|Dighton, the first murderer||
|1956|_Reach for the Sky_|Flying Instructor Pearson||
|1957|_Ill Met by Moonlight_|Andoni Zoidakis||
|1958|_Dracula_|Arthur Holmwood||
|1958|__|Abel||
|1959|_Model for Murder_|Kingsley Beauchamp||
|1959|_Horrors of the Black Museum_|Edmond Bancroft||
|1961|_What a Carve Up!_|Fisk, the butler||
|1961|_Konga_|Dr. Charles Decker||
|1962|__|Ambrose D'Arcy||
|1963|_Black Zoo_|Michael Conrad||
|1963|_Tamahine_|Cartwright||
|1965|_Dr. Terror's House of Horrors_|Eric Landor|Segment four: "Disembodied Hand"|
|1965|__|Auctioneer||
|1966|_Alice in Wonderland_|March Hare||
|1966|_Doctor Who_: _The Celestial Toymaker_|Celestial Toymaker||
|1967|_Berserk!_|Albert Dorando||
|1968|_Curse of the Crimson Altar_|Elder||
|1969|_Women in Love_|Tom Brangwen||
|1969|__|Mad Monk||
|1970|_Julius Caesar_|Metellus Cimber||
|1970|_Trog_|Sam Murdock||
|1970|__|Mr. Maudsley||
|1970|__|Walter Eastwood|Also known as _Velvet House_ and _Crucible of Horror_|
|1972|_Henry VIII and His Six Wives_|Norfolk||
|1972|_Savage Messiah_|M. Gaudier||
|1973|_Horror Hospital_|Dr. Christian Storm||
|1973|__|Emeric Belasco|Uncredited|
|1976|_Satan's Slave_|Uncle Alexander Yorke||
|1978|__|Mr. Harrington||
|1981|_Venom_|David Ball||
|1982|_Smiley's People_|Mikhel||
|1983|_Doctor Who_: _Arc of Infinity_|Councillor Hedin||
|1983|__|Frank Carrington||
|1984|_Oxford Blues_|Doctor Ambrose||
|1984|_Top Secret!_|Dr. Paul Flammond||
|1984|__|Mr. Poole||
|1985|_Out of Africa_|Baron Delamere||
|1986|_Caravaggio_|Cardinal Del Monte||
|1987|_Inspector Morse: The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn_|Philip Ogleby||
|1987|__|Sir Bernard Hemmings||
|1988|__|Schoonbacher||
|1989|_Strapless_|Douglas Brodie||
|1989|_Batman_|Alfred Pennyworth||
|1989|_Batman: The Lazarus Syndrome_|Alfred Pennyworth|Voice|
|1991|_Let Him Have It_|Lord Goddard||
|1992|__|Leo Tolstoy||
|1992|_Batman Returns_|Alfred Pennyworth||
|1993|__|Henry van der Luyden||
|1993|__|Magistrate Boniface||
|1993|_Wittgenstein_|Bertrand Russell||
|1995|_Batman Forever_|Alfred Pennyworth||
|1997|_Batman & Robin_|Alfred Pennyworth||
|1998|_St. Ives_|Comte de Saint-Yves||
|1999|__|Feers||
|1999|_Sleepy Hollow_|Notary Hardenbrook||
|2005|_Corpse Bride_|Elder Gutknecht|Voice|
|2010|_Alice in Wonderland_|Uilleam|Voice; Final role|

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Michael Gough
- **image**: Dracula (1958) trailer - Michael Gough (cropped & flipped).png
- **caption**: Gough in 1958
- **birth name**: Francis Michael Gough
- **birth place**: Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya
- **death place**: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, UK
- **death cause**: Pneumonia complicated from prostate cancer
- **education**: Durham School
- **alma mater**: Old Vic
- **nationality**: British
- **occupation**: Actor
- **known for**: Alfred Pennyworth,
Edmond Bancroft
- **notable works**: _Dracula_,
_Batman_,
_Batman Returns_,
_Batman Forever_,
_Batman & Robin_,
_Horrors of the Black Museum_,
_The Phantom of the Opera_,
_Out of Africa_,
_Bedroom Farce_,
_Breaking the Code_,
_The Go-Between_,
_Satan's Slave_,
_Sleepy Hollow_,
_Tim Burton's Corpse Bride_,
_Alice in Wonderland_
- **years active**: 1946 – 1999, 2005, 2010
- **employer**: Hammer Film Productions
- **height**: 5'10" (1.75 m)
- **spouse**: Diana Graves (divorced)
Anne Leon (m. 1950–1964, divorced)
Anneke Wills (m. 1962–1979, divorced)
Henrietta Lawrence
(m. 1980–2011, his death)
- **children**: 3
- **relations**: Rachel Gurney (in-law)
- **awards**: Tony Award, BAFTA Award