Michael Gough (born November 23, 1913) is an English character actor who has appeared in over 100 films. He is perhaps best known to international audiences by his recurring role as Alfred Pennyworth in the first four Batman movies, beginning with Batman (1989). Gough is one of only two actors to appear in each of the four (the other being Pat Hingle as Commissioner Gordon). Michael Gough is an American voice actor. ... Michael Gough as the malevolent Celestial Toymaker. ... The Celestial Toymaker is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from April 2 to April 23, 1966. ... is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Map of Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia (Malay: Semenanjung Malaysia) is the part of Malaysia which lies on the Malay Peninsula, and shares a land border with Thailand in the north. ... BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... A Tony Award for the Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play has been awarded since 1949. ... Bedroom Farce is a 1975 comedic play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. ... is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... A character actor is an actor, especially in motion pictures, who predominantly performs in similar roles throughout the course of a career. ... Alfred Pennyworth is a fictional supporting character in the DC Comics Batman series. ... Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... Batman is a 1989 Academy Award-winning superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. ... Pat Hingle (born July 19, 1924) is an American actor. ... There have been several notable figures, both real and fictional, named James Gordon. ...

Gough was born in Malaya, the son of British parents Frances Atkins (née Bailie) and Francis Berkeley Gough.^[1][2][3] Gough made his film debut in 1947 in Blanche Fury, and has since appeared extensively on British television. He has guest-starred on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, most notably as the villain in the serial The Celestial Toymaker. He also appeared in The Citadel as Sir Jenner Halliday, in the Doctor Who story Arc of Infinity as Councillor Hedin, and 1986's Out of Africa as Lord Delamere. He was once married to Anneke Wills, who played the Doctor's companion Polly in Doctor Who. The Federated Malay States (FMS) was a federation of four states on the Malay Peninsula - Pahang, Perak, Selangor, and Negeri Sembilan - established by the British government in 1895, and lasted until 1946, when they together with the Straits Settlements and the Unfederated Malay States formed the Malayan Union. ... Née redirects here. ... A broadcast of the long-running and popular British science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... This article is about the television series. ... The Celestial Toymaker is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from April 2 to April 23, 1966. ... The Citadel is a novel by A. J. Cronin, first published in 1937, turned into a 1938 film, with two 1960 US and another 1983 BBC television adaptations. ... This article is actively undergoing a major defacing. ... In 1985, the film Out of Africa was released, based loosely on the autobiographical book by Isak Dinesen published in 1937, as well as Dinesens Shadows on the Grass and other sources. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Anneke Wills (born 20 October 1941 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland) is a British actress noted for her role as the companion Polly in the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Companion, in the long-running BBC television science fiction programme Doctor Who and related works, is a term used to describe a character who travels with and shares the adventures of the Doctor. ... Polly is a fictional character played by Anneke Wills in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

He has cult status among horror fans, because of his frequent appearances in sixties British horror films such as Hammer's Dracula (US: Horror of Dracula, 1958) and The Phantom of the Opera (1962); and Anglo-Amalgamated's Horrors of the Black Museum (1960). His later roles included Alfred Pennyworth for director Tim Burton, including Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992). He also reprised his role as Alfred in the 1994 BBC radio adaptation of Batman: Knightfall and in Joel Schumacher Batman films, Batman Forever (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997). He worked for Burton again in 1999's Sleepy Hollow and 2005's Corpse Bride. He also briefly reprised the Alfred role in six 2001 television commercials for the OnStar automobile tracking system, informing Batman of the system's installation in the Batmobile. “Horror Movie” redirects here. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969. ... New company logo as introduced in May 2007 A poster for Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966). ... Dracula is a 1958 British horror film, and the first of a series of Hammer Horror films inspired by the Bram Stoker novel Dracula. ... The Phantom of the Opera is a 1962 film produced by Hammer Film Productions and directed by Terence Fisher. ... Anglo-Amalgamated Productions was a British film production company run by Nat Cohen and Stuart Levy that operated from the 1940s to the 1970s. ... Horrors of the Black Museum is a 1959 horror film starring Michael Gough and directed by Arthur Crabtree. ... Alfred Pennyworth is a fictional supporting character in the DC Comics Batman series. ... Timothy Tim William Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated American film director, writer and designer notable for the quirky and often dark atmosphere in his high-profile films. ... Batman is a 1989 Academy Award-winning superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. ... For the video game based on the film, see Batman Returns (video game). ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Joel Schumacher (born August 29, 1939 in New York, New York, USA) is an American film director, writer, and producer. ... Batman Forever is a 1995 superhero film. ... Batman & Robin, directed by Joel Schumacher, is the fourth installment in the comic book-inspired film series initiated by Tim Burton. ... Sleepy Hollow (1999) is a horror film directed by Tim Burton, interpreting the legend of The Headless Horseman and based loosely around the Washington Irving story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. ... Tim Burtons Corpse Bride is a 2005 Academy Award-nominated stop-motion-animation film based loosely on a 19th century Russian-Jewish folktale version of an older Jewish story and set in a fictional Victorian era England. ... This article is about the year. ... OnStar Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Motors which provides subscription-based communications, monitoring and tracking services throughout the United States and Canada. ... The Batmobile as seen in the 2005 movie Batman Begins. The Batmobile is the fictional personal automobile of comic book superhero Batman. ...

He won Broadway's 1979 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for Bedroom Farce. He was also nominated in the same category in 1988 for Breaking the Code. What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... Bedroom Farce is a 1975 comedic play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. ...

Filmography

Anna Karenina (also known in the UK as Tolstoys Anna Karenina) is a 1948 British film based on the 19th century novel, Anna Karenina, by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. ... The Small Back Room (1949) is a film by the British-based director-writer team of Powell & Pressburger. ... The Man in the White Suit is a satirical comedy movie made in 1951 by Ealing Studios. ... The Sword and the Rose, (first released on July 23, 1953) is a United States family and adventure film, produced by Disney and directed by Ken Annakin. ... Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue is a 1953 Disney film about Robert Roy MacGregor. ... Richard III is a 1955 British film adaptation of William Shakespeares historical play Richard III, including elements of Henry VI, part 3. ... Reach For The Sky is the name of the biography of Douglas Bader, by Paul Brickhill, and also of a film of Baders story released in 1956, starring Kenneth More and directed by Lewis Gilbert. ... Poster for Ill Met by Moonlight. ... Dracula is a 1958 British horror film, and the first of a series of Hammer Horror films inspired by the Bram Stoker novel Dracula. ... The Horses Mouth is a 1958 film about a London artist trying to paint his grand vision. ... Horrors of the Black Museum is a 1959 horror film starring Michael Gough and directed by Arthur Crabtree. ... The Phantom of the Opera is a 1962 film produced by Hammer Film Productions and directed by Terence Fisher. ... Dr. Terrors House of Horrors is a 1965 British horror film from Amicus Productions, directed by veteran horror film director Freddie Francis and starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. ... The Skull is a 1965 British horror film directed by Freddie Francis for Amicus Productions. ... Berserk! is a 1968 Columbia Pictures horror/thriller/mystery motion picture starring Joan Crawford and Ty Hardin. ... Women in Love is a 1969 film which tells the story of the relationships between men and women at the turn of the 19th century. ... Julius Caesar is a 1970 independent (Commonwealth United Entertainment) film of William Shakespeares play. ... Trog is a 1970 Warner Bros. ... The Go-Between is a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by L.P. Hartley. ... Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972) is the only feature-length film to deal with all six of King Henry VIIIs wives (other television movies have divided the story up into two or six parts. ... Savage Messiah is a 1972 biographical film of the life of French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, made by Russ-Arts and distributed by MGM. It was directed and produced by Ken Russell with Harry Benn as associate producer, from a screenplay by Christopher Logue, based on the book Savage Messiah... The Boys from Brazil is a 1978 thriller made by Incorporated Television Company (ITC) and Lew Grade and distributed by 20th Century Fox. ... Venom is a 1981 horror film about a kidnapping gone wrong, when a boys deadly black mamba turns the tables and terrorizes the terrorists who have invaded the boys townhouse. ... The Dresser is a 1983 film which tells the story of an aging actors personal assistant, who struggles to keep his charges life together. ... Oxford Blues is a 1984 film. ... For other uses, see A Christmas Carol (disambiguation). ... In 1985, the film Out of Africa was released, based loosely on the autobiographical book by Isak Dinesen published in 1937, as well as Dinesens Shadows on the Grass and other sources. ... Caravaggio (1986) is a British directed by Derek Jarman. ... The Fourth Protocol is a 1987 movie starring Michael Caine and Pierce Brosnan, based on the novel of the same name written by Frederick Forsyth. ... The Serpent and the Rainbow is a 1988 American horror film, directed by Wes Craven and starring Bill Pullman. ... Strapless is a 1989 film written and directed by David Hare. ... Batman is a 1989 Academy Award-winning superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. ... For the video game based on the film, see Batman Returns (video game). ... The Age of Innocence is an Academy Award-winning film released in 1993 by Columbia Pictures, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder. ... The Advocate is a 1993 film by writer/director Leslie Megahey. ... Batman Forever is a 1995 superhero film. ... For the 1949 serial Batman and Robin, see Batman and Robin (serial). ... St. ... Bust of Anton Chekhov at Badenweiler, Germany The Cherry Orchard (Вишнëвый сад or Vishniovy sad in Russian) is Russian playwright Anton Chekhovs last play. ... Sleepy Hollow (1999) is a horror film directed by Tim Burton, interpreting the legend of The Headless Horseman and based loosely around the Washington Irving story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. ... Tim Burtons Corpse Bride is a 2005 Academy Award-nominated stop-motion-animation film based loosely on a 19th century Russian-Jewish folktale version of an older Jewish story and set in a fictional Victorian era England. ...

Trivia

Gough may actually have been born in 1913, not 1914 as often stated. He does not actually know himself as he never had a birth certificate or a notation in a family Bible. If he was in fact born in 1913, and if he lives until July 2008, he will become the longest-lived actor to have appeared in Doctor Who, surpassing Geoffrey Toone. For other uses, see Bible (disambiguation). ... Geoffrey Toone (15 November 1910–1 June 2005) was an Irish character actor. ...

References

External links

• Michael Gough at the Internet Movie Database