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Michael Gough

Michael Gough

Highest Rated: 100% The Go-Between (1971)

Lowest Rated: 12% Batman & Robin (1997)

Birthday: Nov 23, 1916

Birthplace: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

A ubiquitous presence in British film and television for nearly 50 years, Michael Gough played well-heeled, occasionally cruel, slightly mad men in films and television ranging from "The Horse's Mouth" (1959) and "The Go-Between" (1970) to "Horror of Dracula" (1958) and "Berserk!" (1967). His saturnine features and resonant voice made him ideal for upper-class gentlemen with a taste for flaunting their power in unpleasant ways, as his many horror and exploitation features evidenced. But he could also play fatherly - and grandfatherly - as evidenced by his four turns as butler Alfred in four of the "Batman" features (1989-1995). A wealth of varied projects were woven through his five decades of screen appearances, but no matter the quality of the role or the film, Gough gave his all, which made him a beloved and well-remembered performer.

Highest rated movies

100% The Dresser
100% The Go-Between
100% Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
100% The Man in the White Suit
91% Horror of Dracula
91% The Small Back Room 88% The Age of Innocence
86% Wittgenstein

Photos

BERSERK!, Michael Gough, 1967 TROG, Joan Crawford, Michael Gough, Bernard Kay, 1970 THE GO-BETWEEN, Michael Gough, 1971 HORRORS OF THE BLACK MUSEUM, (aka CRIME IN THE MUSEUM OF HORRORS), Michael Gough, 1959 THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, Michael Gough, 1962 TROG, Joan Crawford, Michael Gough, 1970 THE SMALL BACK ROOM, Michael Gough, Bryan Forbes, David Farrar, 1949 BLANCHE FURY, Valerie Hobson, Michael Gough, 1948 THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT, Alec Guinness, Michael Gough, 1951 THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, Michael Gough, Herbert Lom, 1962 THE HORSE'S MOUTH, Michael Gough, Alec Guinness, 1958 THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, Michael Gough, 1962 TROG, Michael Gough, 1970 HORROR OF DRACULA, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, Peter Cushing, 1958 HORRORS OF THE BLACK MUSEUM, from left: Michael Gough, Shirley Anne Field, 1959 GALILEO, (aka GALILEO GALILEI; BERTOLT BRECHT'S GALILEO), from left: Michael Gough, Topol, 1975 THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL, Sky Dumont, Michael Gough, 1978. TM & ©20th Century Fox. All rights reserved BATMAN FOREVER, Michael Gough, 1995 BATMAN AND ROBIN, Michael Gough, 1997 THE HORSE'S MOUTH, Michael Gough, Alec Guinness, 1958
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
84% 77% Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Elder Gutknecht (Voice) $53.4M 2005
No Score Yet 61% St. Ives Comte de Saint-Yves (Character) - 1999
54% 29% The Cherry Orchard Feers (Character) $131.2K 1999
70% 80% Sleepy Hollow Notary James Hardenbrook (Character) $101.1M 1999
No Score Yet 50% What Rats Won't Do Justice Tomlin (Character) - 1998
12% 16% Batman & Robin Alfred Pennyworth (Character) $107.3M 1997
No Score Yet 58% Young Indiana Jones and Travels With Father Leo Tolstoy (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 25% A Village Affair Sir Ralph Unwin (Character) - 1995
41% 32% Batman Forever Alfred Pennyworth (Character) $182.5M 1995
No Score Yet 12% The Haunting of Helen Walker Barnaby (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 44% Uncovered Don Manuel (Character) - 1994
86% 75% Wittgenstein Bertrand Russell (Character) - 1993
88% 75% The Age of Innocence Henry van der Luyden (Character) $31.9M 1993
82% 73% Batman Returns Alfred Pennyworth (Character) $160.3M 1992
84% 85% Let Him Have It Lord Goddard (Character) $83.3K 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blackeyes Maurice James Kingsley (Character) - 1990
77% 84% Batman Alfred Pennyworth (Character) $250.7M 1989
No Score Yet 42% The Shell Seekers Roy Brookner (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mountain and the Molehill Mr. Maggs (Character) - 1989
36% 20% Strapless Douglas Brodie (Character) $402.4K 1989
62% 57% The Serpent and the Rainbow Schoonbacher (Character) $19.0M 1988
82% 68% Caravaggio Cardinal Del Monte (Character) $3.2K 1986
62% 82% Out of Africa Lord Delamere (Character) $83.1M 1985
No Score Yet 26% Oxford Blues Doctor Ambrose (Character) - 1984
76% 80% Top Secret! Dr. Paul Flammond (Character) - 1984
100% 86% The Dresser Frank Carrington (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 60% To the Lighthouse Mr. Ramsay (Character) - 1983
43% 32% Venom David Ball (Character) - 1981
70% 66% The Boys From Brazil Mr. Harrington (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 24% Satan's Slave Uncle Alexander Yorke (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 57% QB VII Unknown (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 41% Horror Hospital Dr. Christian Storm (Character) - 1973
65% 56% The Legend of Hell House Emeric Belasco (Character) - 1973
55% 79% Savage Messiah M. Gaudier (Character) - 1972
100% 78% The Go-Between Mr. Maudsley (Character) - 1971
13% 23% Trog Sam Murdock (Character) - 1970
40% 36% Julius Caesar Metellus Cimber (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet 36% Crucible of Horror Walter Eastwood (Character) - 1969
83% 74% Women in Love Tom Brangwen (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 29% Curse of the Crimson Cult Elder (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 35% Berserk Dorando (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet 13% They Came From Beyond Space Master of the Moon (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alice in Wonderland March Hare (Character) - 1966
100% 62% Dr. Terror's House of Horrors Eric Landor (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet 52% The Skull Auctioneer (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Game for Three Losers Robert Hilary (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet 20% Black Zoo Michael Conrad (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tamahine Cartwright (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet 61% What a Carve Up! Fisk (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet 50% The Phantom of the Opera Lord Ambrose d'Arcy (Character) - 1962
43% No Score Yet I Like Money Tamise (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Candidate for Murder Donald Edwards (Character) - 1962
43% 14% Konga Dr. Charles Decker (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Model for Murder Kingsley Beauchamp (Character) - 1959
33% 24% Horrors of the Black Museum Edmond Bancroft (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 48% Night Ambush Andoni Zoidakis (Character) - 1958
91% 81% Horror of Dracula Arthur (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The House in the Woods Geoffrey Carter (Character) - 1957
81% 78% Richard III Dighton (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 31% The Sword and the Rose Duke of Buckingham (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 35% Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue Duke of Montrose (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Twice Upon a Time Mr. Lloyd (Character) - 1953
100% 81% The Man in the White Suit Michael Corland (Character) $8.3K 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Night Was Our Friend Martin Raynor (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet No Resting Place Alec Kyle (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Reunion Hugo (Character) - 1949
91% 72% The Small Back Room Capt. Dick Stuart (Character) $23.9K 1949
No Score Yet 59% Anna Karenina Nicholai (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 56% Blanche Fury Laurence Fury (Character) - 1948

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 79% Inspector Morse Philip Ogleby (Character) 1987
68% 79% Doctor Who Councillor Hedin (Character) 1983
90% No Score Yet Smiley's People Mikhel (Character) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Colditz Unknown (Character) 1972
No Score Yet 87% The Avengers Unknown (Guest Star) 1965 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet El Santo Colin Phillips (Guest Star) 1964