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Francis Michael Gough was a British actor who made more than 150 film and television appearances. He is known for his roles in the Hammer horror films, with his first role as Sir Arthur Holmwood in Dracula (1958), and for his recurring role as Alfred Pennyworth in the four Batman films directed by Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher (1989—1997). He also appeared in Burton's Sleepy Hollow (1999), and vo…

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entertainment · British actor (1916–2011) · voice actor · stage actor · film actor · television actor · actor · also Michael Gough, Mike Gough, Michael Roland Gough, Francis Michael Gough, Gough

Born 23 November 1916 · Died 17 March 2011 · Q299302

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To Mick – my butler, my confidant, my friend, my Alfred. I love you. God bless. Michael (Mr. Wayne) Keaton.
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Awarded Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (1979).
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“To Mick – my butler, my confidant, my friend, my Alfred. I love you. God bless. Michael (Mr. Wayne) Keaton.”

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2011· 3 entries

Mar 17, 2011Documented record69% confidence

Richmond: Batman's 'butler' Michael Gough dies aged 94

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Richmond Times-Dispatch: Batman's 'butler' Michael Gough dies at 94

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Mar 17, 2011Documented record86% confidence

Died 2011-03-17.

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2000· 1 entry

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Six television commercials for the OnStar automobile tracking system (informing Batman of the system's installation in the Batmobile)

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1999· 1 entry

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After appearing in Burton's Sleepy Hollow

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1981· 2 entries

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And they remained together until his death

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1981Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Was reunited with Laurence Olivier in Granada Television's Brideshead Revisited, portraying the doctor to Olivier's dying Lord Marchmain

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1979· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1979Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (1979).

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1979Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

For Bedroom Farce and again in 1988 for Breaking the Code

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1965· 1 entry

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Gough adopted Wills's daughter Polly and in 1965 their son Jasper was born.

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1957· 2 entries

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Gough won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor, and in 1972 he was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for his work in The Go-Between

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1957Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Received a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor

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1955· 1 entry

1955Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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

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1952· 2 entries

1952Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

Wills and Gough met at various times during her life, firstly during a theatre trip with her mother in 1952, but they first met formally on the set of Candidate for Murder and the attraction was instant.

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1952Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

But they first met formally on the set of Candidate for Murder and the attraction was instant

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1950· 1 entry

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Their daughter Emma Frances was born in 1953 and they divorced in 1962

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1948· 1 entry

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Gough made his film debut in Blanche Fury and thereafter appeared extensively on British television

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1916· 1 entry

Nov 23, 1916Documented record86% confidence

Born 1916-11-23.

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