Michael Gough
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Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1946–1999, 2005, 2010 |
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Francis Michael Gough (/ɡɒf/ GOF; 23 November 1916[1] – 17 March 2011) was a British character 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 titular 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.[2]
At the
Early life
Gough was born in
Career
In 1948, Gough made his film debut in Blanche Fury and thereafter appeared extensively on British television. In 1955, he portrayed one of the two murderers (the other was Michael Ripper) who kill the Duke of Clarence (John Gielgud), as well as the Princes in the Tower in Laurence Olivier's Richard III.[9]
He became known for his appearances in
Gough guest-starred in
Later roles
Later in his career, he memorably played
Gough retired in 1999 after appearing in Burton's Sleepy Hollow. He would emerge from retirement twice more, both as a favour to Burton, to voice Elder Gutknecht in Corpse Bride and the Dodo in Alice in Wonderland.[22]
Personal life
Gough was married four times. He married his first wife Diana Graves in 1937;
Awards and nominations
Gough won Broadway's 1979
In 1957 he won a
He was nominated for a Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play in 1979 for Bedroom Farce and again in 1988 for Breaking the Code.[25]
Death
Gough died from cancer aged 94 on 17 March 2011 at his home in Salisbury, Wiltshire.[3] A memorial service was held, he was cremated, and his ashes were scattered in the English Channel.
He was survived by his fourth wife Henrietta, daughter Emma and son Simon (an actor who is married to actress Sharon Gurney, the daughter of the Upstairs, Downstairs actress Rachel Gurney) and Jasper, a photographer.[27] Michael Keaton, who played the title character in the first two theatrical Batman films opposite Gough, paid tribute to him, describing him as sweet and charming, and wrote "To Mick – my butler, my confidant, my friend, my Alfred. I love you. God bless. Michael (Mr. Wayne) Keaton."[28]
Gough was added to In Memoriam at the 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1948 | Anna Karenina | Nicholai | |
Blanche Fury | Laurence Fury | ||
Saraband for Dead Lovers | Prince Charles | ||
1949 | The Small Back Room | Capt. Dick Stuart | |
1950 | Ha'penny Breeze | Uncredited | |
1951 | Blackmailed | Maurice Edwards | |
No Resting Place | Alec Kyle | ||
The Man in the White Suit | Michael Corland | ||
Night Was Our Friend | Martin Raynor | ||
1953 | Twice Upon a Time | Mr. Lloyd | |
The Sword and the Rose | Duke of Buckingham | ||
Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue |
Duke of Montrose | ||
1955 | Richard III | Dighton, the first murderer | |
1956 | Reach for the Sky | Flying Instructor Pearson | |
1957 | Night Ambush | Andoni Zoidakis | |
The House in the Woods | Geoffrey Carter | ||
1958 | Horror of Dracula | Arthur Holmwood | |
The Horse's Mouth | Abel | ||
1959 | Model for Murder | Kingsley Beauchamp | |
Horrors of the Black Museum | Edmond Bancroft | ||
1961 | Konga | Dr. Charles Decker | |
Mr. Topaze | Tamise | ||
What a Carve Up! | Fisk, the butler | ||
1962 | Candidate for Murder | Donald Edwards | Edgar Wallace Mysteries |
The Phantom of the Opera | Ambrose D'Arcy | ||
1963 | Black Zoo | Michael Conrad | |
Tamahine | Cartwright | ||
1965 | Game for Three Losers | Robert Hilary | Edgar Wallace Mysteries |
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors | Eric Landor | (segment "Disembodied Hand") | |
The Skull | Auctioneer | ||
1967 | They Came from Beyond Space | Master of the Moon | |
Berserk! | Albert Dorando | ||
1968 | One Night... A Train | Jeremiah | |
Curse of the Crimson Altar | Elder | Also known as The Crimson Cult | |
1969 | A Walk with Love and Death | Mad Monk | |
Women in Love | Tom Brangwen | ||
1970 | Julius Caesar | Metellus Cimber |
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Trog | Sam Murdock | ||
1971 | The Go-Between | Mr. Maudsley | |
The Corpse |
Walter Eastwood | Also known as Crucible of Horror | |
1972 | Savage Messiah | M. Gaudier | |
Henry VIII and His Six Wives | Norfolk | ||
1973 | Horror Hospital | Dr. Christian Storm | |
The Legend of Hell House | Emeric Belasco | Uncredited | |
1975 | Galileo |
Sagredo | |
The Man from Nowhere | Man | Voice, Uncredited | |
1976 | Satan's Slave | Uncle Alexander Yorke | |
1978 | The Boys from Brazil | Mr. Harrington | |
L'Amour en question | Sir Baldwin | Credited as Michaël Gough | |
1981 | Venom | David Ball | |
1983 | The Dresser | Frank Carrington | |
1984 | Memed My Hawk | Kerimoglu | |
Top Secret! | Dr. Paul Flammond | ||
Oxford Blues | Doctor Ambrose | ||
1985 | Out of Africa | Baron Delamere | |
1986 | Caravaggio | Cardinal Del Monte | |
1987 | Maschenka | Vater | |
The Fourth Protocol | Sir Bernard Hemmings | ||
1988 | The Serpent and the Rainbow | Dr. Earl "Schoonie" Schoonbacher | |
Rarg | Professor | Short Film | |
1989 | Strapless | Douglas Brodie | |
1989 | Batman | Alfred Pennyworth | |
Batman: The Lazarus Syndrome |
Voice | ||
1990 | The Garden | ||
1991 | Let Him Have It | Lord Goddard | |
The Wanderer | Veteran Wanderer | Short Film | |
1992 | Batman Returns | Alfred Pennyworth | |
1993 | Wittgenstein | Bertrand Russell | |
The Age of Innocence | Henry van der Luyden | ||
The Advocate |
Magistrate Boniface | ||
1994 | Uncovered | Don Manuel | |
Nostradamus | Jean de Remy | ||
1995 | Batman Forever | Alfred Pennyworth | |
1997 | Batman & Robin | ||
1998 | What Rats Won't Do | Justice Tomlin | |
St. Ives | Comte de Saint-Yves | ||
The Whisper | Nikolay 1947 | Short Film | |
1999 | The Cherry Orchard | Feers | |
Sleepy Hollow | Notary James Hardenbrook | ||
The Strange Case of Delphina Potocka or The Mystery of Chopin | The Doctor | ||
2005 | Corpse Bride | Elder Gutknecht | Voice |
2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Uilleam the Dodo Bird | Voice; final film role |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1946 | Androcles and the Lion | Spintho | Television film |
1949 | Crime Passionel | Hugo | |
Whitehall Wonders | Stephen Blair | ||
1950 | Master of Arts | Ronald Knight, MA | |
1951 | Androcles and the Lion | Captain | |
1951–1956 | BBC Saturday-Night Theatre | Michael / Francis Hubbard / Lt. Geoffrey Ainsworth | 3 episodes |
1953 | Wednesday Theatre | Brama-Glinsky | Episode: "Curtain Down" |
1954 | The Lover | The Lover | Television short |
Rheingold Theatre | Charlie | Episode: "The Man Who Heard Everything" | |
Stage by Stage | Loveless | Episode: "The Relapse or, Virtue in Danger" | |
1955 | Sherlock Holmes | Mr. Russel Partridge | Episode: "The Case of the Perfect Husband" |
1955–1958 | ITV Television Playhouse | Sir David Lavering / David Ryerson / Hugo / Dawson | 5 episodes |
1955–1961 | ITV Play of the Week |
Rev. Claude Bell / Georges Renaud / Gregers Werle / Rakitin | 4 episodes |
1956 | Theatre Royal | The Stranger | Episode: "Just Off Piccadilly" |
Assignment Foreign Legion | Andre La Palme | Episode: "The Outcast" | |
Fanny | The Admiral | Television film | |
1956–1959 | Armchair Theatre | George in 'Double Exit' / The Doctor | 2 episodes |
1957 | The Two Mrs. Carrolls | Geoffrey Carroll | Television film |
The Peaceful Inn | Hatlock | ||
1959 | World Theatre | Cassius | Episode: "Julius Caesar" |
Dancers in Mourning | Squire Mercer | 6 episodes | |
1960 | DuPont Show of the Month | Dr. Livesey | Episode: "Treasure Island" |
The Adventures of Robin Hood | Boland | Episode: "The Edge and the Point" | |
1961 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Currently Unknown | Episode: "A Matter of Principle" |
Rendezvous | Scionneau | Episode: "The Executioner" | |
1962 | Drama 61-67 | Charles | Episode: "Drama '62: The Lonesome Road" |
1962–1965 | The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre | Robert Hilary / Donald Edwards | 2 episodes |
1964 | The Great War | Various | Episode: "So Sleep Easy in Your Beds" |
The Saint | Colin Phillips | Episode: "The Imprudent Politician" | |
The Count of Monte Cristo | Gérard de Villefort | 7 episodes | |
1964–1967 | Theatre 625 | Harry / Geoffrey Melville / Clodius Pulcher | 3 episodes |
1965 | Undermind | Rev. Austen Anderson | Episode: "Flowers of Havoc" |
The Man in Room 17 | Andrei Konev | Episode: "The Seat of Power" | |
Sunday Night | Pausanias | Episode: "The Drinking Party" | |
1965–1967 | The Avengers | Nutski / Dr. Armstrong | 2 episodes |
1966 | BBC Play of the Month | Eliut | Episode: "Days to Come" |
Alice in Wonderland | March Hare | Television play | |
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker | Celestial Toymaker | 4 episodes | |
1966–1967 | Orlando | Harry Prentice | 5 episodes |
1967 | Pride and Prejudice | Mr. Bennet | 6 episodes |
1968 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Ted Warner | Episode: "Standing by for Santa Claus" |
Detective | Holroyd | Episode: "Lesson in Anatomy" | |
For Amusement Only | Henry | Episode: "Henry the Incredible Bore" | |
Journey to the Unknown | Royal | Episode: "Eve" | |
The Champions | Major Joss | Episode: "Happening" | |
Treasure Island | Squire Trelawney | 7 episodes | |
1969–1972 | Omnibus | Vincent van Gogh / Astronaut | 2 episodes |
1971 | Seeing and Believing | Job | Episode: "The Trial of Job" |
Kate | Alan Tatley | Episode: "Good and Proper" | |
Search for the Nile | David Livingstone | 3 episodes | |
1972 | Spy Trap | Cooper | Episode: "Who Among Us?: Part 6" |
The Main Chance | Sir George Andrews | Episode: "One for the House" | |
Colditz | Major Schaeffer | Episode: "Maximum Security" | |
The Man Who Came to Dinner | Beverly Carlton | Television film | |
1973 | The Protectors | Shkodër | Episode: "One and One Makes One" |
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Governor | Episode: "Cell 13" | |
Moonbase 3 | Sir Benjamin Dyce | Episode: "View of a Dead Planet" | |
1973–1983 | Crown Court | Mr. Justice Galbraith / Justice Galbraith / Dr. De Quincey | 3 Episodes |
1974 | QB VII | Dr. Fletcher | Episode: "Part Three" |
Shoulder to Shoulder | Dr. Richard Pankhurst | 2 episodes | |
Fall of Eagles | Helphand | Episode: "The Secret War" | |
Late Night Drama | Potter | Episode: "A Brisk Dip Sagaciously Considered" | |
ITV Playhouse |
Bill Wakely | Episode: "The Gift of Friendship" | |
Microbes and Men | Sir Almroth Wright | Episode: "The Search for the Magic Bullet" | |
Notorious Woman | Henri de Latouche | Episode: "Success" | |
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill | Mr. Yule | Episode: "Lady Randolph" | |
1975 | Sutherland's Law | James Shaw | Episode: "In at The Deep End" |
Ten from the Twenties | Peter | Episode: "The Fifty Pound Note" | |
1975–1976 | Centre Play | Father / Matt | 2 episodes |
1976 | Shades of Greene | Ransom | Episode: "The Case for the Defence" |
Life and Death of Penelope | Winthrop | Episode: "The Reaper" | |
1979 | Suez 1956 | Sir Anthony Eden | Television film |
1980 | Blake's 7 | Hower | Episode: "Volcano" |
1981 | Brideshead Revisited |
Doctor Grant | Episode: "Brideshead Revisited" |
1982 | Barriers | Old man | Episode: "#2.6" |
Inside the Third Reich | Dr. Rust | Television film | |
Smiley's People |
Mikhel | Television Miniseries | |
The Agatha Christie Hour | Sir George Durand | Episode: "The Fourth Man" | |
Strangers | Professor Whittingham | Episode: "The Lost Chord" | |
Witness for the Prosecution |
Judge | Television film | |
Play for Today | Professor Burrows | Episode: "Another Flip for Dominick" | |
Cymbeline | Belarius | Television Film | |
1983 | Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity | Councillor Hedin | 3 episodes |
To the Lighthouse | Mr. Ramsay | Television film | |
The Citadel | Sir Jenner Halliday | Episode: "Part 10" | |
Andy Robson | Arthur | 2 episodes | |
Heartattack Hotel | Mr. Todd | Television film | |
1984 | Mistral's Daughter | Cardinal | 3 episodes |
The Biko Inquest | Professor Loubser / State Pathologist | Television film | |
A Christmas Carol | Mr. Poole | ||
1985 | Arthur the King | Archbishop | |
Hilary | Hilary's Dad | Episode: "#1.4" | |
Lace II | Unnamed Character | Television film | |
1986 | Screen Two | Peter | Episode: "Hard Travelling" |
Ladies in Charge | Arthur James | Episode: "Dangerous Prelude" | |
1986–1987 | The Little Vampire | Uncle Theodor / Uncle Ludwig | 7 episodes |
1987 | Inspector Morse | Philip Ogleby | Episode: "The Silent World of Nichlas Quinn" |
A Killing on the Exchange | Charles Makepeace | 2 episodes | |
Screenplay |
Albani | Episode: "Cariani and the Courtesans" | |
1988 | Ten Great Writers of the Modern World | Reader | Episode: "T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land" |
1989 | Mystery!: Campion | Mr. Hayhoe | 2 episodes |
After the War | Professor Charlie Rampling | Episode: "Rise and Fall" | |
Screen One | Mr. Maggs | Episode: "The Mountain and the Molehill" | |
The Shell Seekers | Roy Brookner | Television film | |
Blackeyes | Maurice James Kingsley | 4 episodes | |
1990 | Boon | Donald Bannerman | Episode: "Best Left Buried" |
1991 | The Diamond Brothers | Mr. Waverly | 6 episodes |
Sleepers | Andrei Zorin | 4 episodes | |
Children of the North | Arthur Apple | ||
1992 | The Good Guys | Hector | Episode: "The MacQuarrie Treasure" |
1995 | A Village Affair | Sir Ralph Unwin | Television film |
The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat | Voices | 4 episodes | |
The Haunting of Helen Walker | Barnaby | Television film | |
1996 | Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father | Leo Tolstoy |
References
- ^ Gough in the London Times, 23 June 1997: "There was some indecision as to when I was born. My sister said it was 1916. I'd lost my birth certificate". Gough's wife Henrietta confirmed 1916 (and not 1915) as her husband's birth year in 2010 (see Christian Heger: Mondbeglänzte Zaubernächte. Das Kino von Tim Burton. Marburg 2010).
- ^ "BAFTA Award: Actor in 1956". BAFTA. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ a b c d Shorter, Eric (17 March 2011). "Michael Gough obituary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- ^ "Michael Gough profile". filmreference.com. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ Michael Gough profile, Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ Hal Erickson (2012). "Michael Gough". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
Education: Wye Agricultural College, England; Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, England, Major – drama; Durham School, England; Rose Hill School, Kent, England
- ISBN 978-0-7432-4498-5.
- ISBN 978-0-85323-467-8.
- ^ "Alfred from earlier 'Batman' pics dies". Variety. 17 March 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- ISBN 9781538102435.
- ISBN 190311179X.
- ^ Canby, Vincent (22 June 1984). "FILM: 'TOP SECRET!', PARODY OF SPY MOVIES". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- ^ Hevesi, Dennis (18 March 2011). "Michael Gough, Known as Butler in 'Batman,' Dies at 94". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
- ^ "Michael Gough". The Daily Telegraph. 17 March 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- ISBN 0-8065-1302-0.
- ISBN 0899502059.
- ^ Gough's best friend, actor Alan Napier, had played Alfred on TV in the 1960s and recommended Gough for the movie role.
- ^ Schrader, Chris (17 March 2011). "'Batman' Actor Michael Gough Passes Away". Screen Rant. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- ^ "Pat Hingle: Commissioner Gordon in four of the Batman films". The Times. 6 January 1996. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ "Batman Drinks Diet Coke? Holy Cola, Batman 3/8". Associated Press. 6 September 1989. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ Lee, Will (7 April 2000). "Batman does commercials". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ Sellers, Robert (19 March 2011). "Michael Gough: Actor who rounded off a long career with his best-known role, Bruce Wayne's butler in the 'Batman' films". The Independent. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/103617. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Independent.co.uk. 19 March 2011.
- ^ a b Jones, Kenneth (18 March 2011). "Michael Gough, Tony Award Winner Who Later Starred in "Batman" Films, Dies at 94". Playbill. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ "Film | Supporting Actor in 1972". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ "Michael Gough, Batman's Alfred, dies aged 94". BBC News. 17 March 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- ^ Moody, Mike (18 March 2011). "Michael Keaton praises Michael Gough". Digital Spy. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
External links
- Michael Gough at IMDb
- Michael Gough at the Internet Broadway Database
- Michael Gough at the TCM Movie Database
- Michael Gough at AllMovie