Born: 23-Nov-1917
Birthplace: Malaysia

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Alfred in Batman films

Modern audiences know Michael Gough as Alfred the wise butler in the Batman films of the 1980s and '90s. He was a successful actor decades before that, however, primarily known for numerous fondly-remembered horror films.

Gough was Holmwood in perhaps the finest film adaptation of Dracula, 1958's Horror of Dracula. He also played the murderous crime reporter in Horrors of the Black Museum, the mad scientist in Konga, the deranged zookeeper in Black Zoo, the practical joking artist in Dr Terror's House of Horrors, the master of the moon in They Came from Beyond Space, the horsewhipping father in Crucible of Horror, and the voice of common sense ("Kill the monster!") in Joan Crawford's disastrous last film Trog. In his best film, he had a supporting but crucial role as the mill owner in the low-key science fiction classic The Man in the White Suit with Alec Guinness.

He also had a long-running connection to Doctor Who, with goofy guest appearances in 1966 and 1983. His then-wife, Anneke Wills, played the Doctor's companion Polly in numerous mid-1960s episodes with Patrick Troughton.

In a bit of an odd coincidence, Gough was friends for decades with Alan Napier, the British actor who played Alfred in the 1970s TV series of Batman. They often worked together on the British stage, and both appeared in the ancient epic mini-series QB VII.

Late in his career, Gough worked in two of Tim Burton's films, Sleepy Hollow and Corpse Bride, as Burton's homage to Gough's early work.

Wife: Anne Leon (actress, div.)
Wife: Diana Graves (actress, div.)
Wife: Anneke Wills (actress, b. 20-Oct-1941, m. 1962, div. 1979, one son)
Son: Simon Gough (actor)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Corpse Bride (8-Sep-2005) [VOICE]
    Sleepy Hollow (17-Nov-1999)
    St. Ives (6-Jun-1999)
    The Cherry Orchard (1999)
    What Rats Won't Do (1-Jul-1998)
    Batman & Robin (20-Jun-1997)
    Batman Forever (16-Jun-1995)
    Nostradamus (18-Aug-1994)
    Uncovered (1994)
    The Hour of the Pig (25-Sep-1993)
    The Age of Innocence (17-Sep-1993)
    Wittgenstein (10-Sep-1993)
    Batman Returns (19-Jun-1992)
    Let Him Have It (12-Sep-1991)
    Batman (23-Jun-1989)
    Strapless (14-May-1989)
    The Serpent and the Rainbow (15-Jan-1988)
    The Fourth Protocol (28-Aug-1987)
    Caravaggio (Feb-1986)
    Out of Africa (10-Dec-1985)
    A Christmas Carol (Nov-1984)
    Oxford Blues (24-Aug-1984)
    Top Secret! (8-Jun-1984)
    The Dresser (6-Dec-1983)
    Witness for the Prosecution (4-Dec-1982)
    Smiley's People (20-Sep-1982)
    Inside the Third Reich (9-May-1982)
    Venom (19-Jan-1982)
    Brideshead Revisited (12-Oct-1981)
    The Boys From Brazil (5-Oct-1978)
    Satan's Slave (3-May-1978)
    QB VII (29-Apr-1974)
    Horror Hospital (1973)
    Savage Messiah (Sep-1972)
    The Go-Between (Dec-1970)
    Trog (Sep-1970)
    Julius Caesar (4-Jun-1970)
    Women in Love (Sep-1969)
    Berserk! (11-Jan-1968)
    Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
    They Came From Beyond Space (1967)
    The Skull (9-Jun-1965)
    Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (28-Feb-1965)
    The Phantom of the Opera (25-Jun-1962)
    Konga (3-May-1961)
    Horrors of the Black Museum (29-Apr-1959)
    The Horse's Mouth (11-Nov-1958)
    Horror of Dracula (8-May-1958)
    Ill Met by Moonlight (4-Mar-1957)
    Reach for the Sky (15-Oct-1956)
    Richard III (16-Apr-1955)
    The Sword and the Rose (23-Jul-1953)
    The Man in the White Suit (28-Jan-1952)
    The Small Back Room (21-Feb-1949)
    Saraband for Dead Lovers (4-Oct-1948)
    Blanche Fury (19-Feb-1948)
    Anna Karenina (22-Jan-1948)

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