Michael Gough

MICHAEL GOUGH is familiar to Burton fans for his recurring role as butler Alfred Pennyworth in Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin.

Throughout his career, Gough has graced hundreds of films, plays and TV programs with his extraordinary flexibility as a performer. His myriad portrayals have been seen in such English screen classics as Anna Karenina, The Man in the White Suit, Laurence Olivier‘s Richard III, The Horse‘s Mouth, Women in Love, and The Go Between. Gough‘s films have included The Age of Innocence, The Serpent and the Rainbow, The Dresser, Oxford Blue, Caravaggio, Top Secret! and Out of Africa. He has appeared several times on Broadway and won a Tony Award ® for his role in Bedroom Farce.

But to a generation of fans including Tim Burton Gough is perhaps best known as the star of a series of horror films for Hammer and other British studios, including Horror of Dracula, Konga, The Black Zoo, The Phantom of the Opera, The Skull, Berserk, and Trog.

The veteran actor has more than 100 film credits to his name, including Sleepy Hollow and Corpse Bride. Unfortunately, Alice in Wonderland was his last role, before he died in 2011.

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