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.Michael Gough Biography His parents were Frances Atkins (née Baillie) and Frances Berkely Gough.Michael Gough Biography – Yahoo! Movies

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

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