Look out! Here come two A.I.P. horror pix from the soggy end of the Poe cycle: the first features Jason Robards, an impressive cast and a disorganized storyline. The second is an almost-good Lovecraft horror with interesting performances from Dean Stockwell and Sandra Dee. Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Dunwich Horror Blu-ray Color Scream Factory Street Date March 29, 2016 / 26.99
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Scream Factory's new double feature disc finishes off two different American-International horror series. The first picture is the last fright film made for the company by the directing and writing team of Gordon Hessler and Christopher Wicking. It's no gem, but it's a lot more interesting on a second viewing. The second is the company's final try to make that old joker H.P. Lovecraft into a filmic horror icon, like Edgar Allan Poe. It has a lot going for it, but also its own set of problems.
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Scream Factory's new double feature disc finishes off two different American-International horror series. The first picture is the last fright film made for the company by the directing and writing team of Gordon Hessler and Christopher Wicking. It's no gem, but it's a lot more interesting on a second viewing. The second is the company's final try to make that old joker H.P. Lovecraft into a filmic horror icon, like Edgar Allan Poe. It has a lot going for it, but also its own set of problems.
- 3/8/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Now this sounds like a real treat for those attending the Mayhem Film Festival in Nottingham this October. Actor and Historian Jonathan Rigby will be narrating a long-lost Dracula script written by Hammer writer/producer Anthony Hinds. He will be joined on stage by a selection of actors to voice out the screenplay in front of an audience. What fun. Titled The Unquenchable Thirst of Dracula the script follows Count Dracula as he escapes to India 'where his evil influence is just as insidious and powerful'. Hinds wrote a few scripts for Hammer Films as John Elder: The Curse of the Werewolf (1961), The Phantom of the Opera (1962) and The Evil of Frankenstein (1964). This script was written some time around the late 60s, was never made into...
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- 8/14/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Feature Alex Westthorp 9 Apr 2014 - 07:00
In the next part of his series, Alex talks us through the film careers of the second and fourth Doctors, Patrick Troughton and Tom Baker...
Read Alex's retrospective on the film careers of William Hartnell and Jon Pertwee, here.
Like their fellow Time Lord actors, William Hartnell and Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton and Tom Baker also shared certain genres of film. Both appeared, before and after their time as the Doctor, in horror movies and both worked on Ray Harryhausen Sinbad films.
Patrick George Troughton was born in Mill Hill, London on March 25th 1920. He made his film debut aged 28 in the 1948 B-Movie The Escape. Troughton's was a very minor role. Among the better known cast was William Hartnell, though even Hartnell's role was small and the two didn't share any scenes together. From the late Forties, Troughton found more success on the small screen,...
In the next part of his series, Alex talks us through the film careers of the second and fourth Doctors, Patrick Troughton and Tom Baker...
Read Alex's retrospective on the film careers of William Hartnell and Jon Pertwee, here.
Like their fellow Time Lord actors, William Hartnell and Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton and Tom Baker also shared certain genres of film. Both appeared, before and after their time as the Doctor, in horror movies and both worked on Ray Harryhausen Sinbad films.
Patrick George Troughton was born in Mill Hill, London on March 25th 1920. He made his film debut aged 28 in the 1948 B-Movie The Escape. Troughton's was a very minor role. Among the better known cast was William Hartnell, though even Hartnell's role was small and the two didn't share any scenes together. From the late Forties, Troughton found more success on the small screen,...
- 4/8/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
The Devil Rides Out
Directed by Terence Fisher
Written by Richard Matheson
1968, UK
Often cited as the best film that Terence Fisher and Hammer ever made together, The Devil Rides Out has grown its cult status over the years. Christopher Lee stars as Nicholas, the Duc de Richleau, a nobleman who attempts to save the soul of Simon (Patrick Mower), the offspring of an old friend who before passing away, requested he watched over his son. Turns out Simon has become involved in a satanic cult, but lucky for him, Nicholas is proficient in black magic. Along with his pal Rex (Leon Greene), Nicholas kidnaps Simon and his girlfriend Tanith in hopes of saving their souls. Only the evil leader of the cult, a man named Mocata (Charles Gray), summons the Angel of Death and the Goat of Mendes to help in his battle.
Released in the same year as...
Directed by Terence Fisher
Written by Richard Matheson
1968, UK
Often cited as the best film that Terence Fisher and Hammer ever made together, The Devil Rides Out has grown its cult status over the years. Christopher Lee stars as Nicholas, the Duc de Richleau, a nobleman who attempts to save the soul of Simon (Patrick Mower), the offspring of an old friend who before passing away, requested he watched over his son. Turns out Simon has become involved in a satanic cult, but lucky for him, Nicholas is proficient in black magic. Along with his pal Rex (Leon Greene), Nicholas kidnaps Simon and his girlfriend Tanith in hopes of saving their souls. Only the evil leader of the cult, a man named Mocata (Charles Gray), summons the Angel of Death and the Goat of Mendes to help in his battle.
Released in the same year as...
- 5/7/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Czech-born actor best known as Inspector Clouseau's crazed boss in the Pink Panther films
Herbert Lom, who has died aged 95, spent more than 50 years in dramatic roles, playing mostly smooth villains, but he was best known for his portrayal of Charles Dreyfus, the hysterically twitching boss of the bumbling Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) in the series of slapstick Pink Panther comedies. "Give me 10 men like Clouseau and I could destroy the world," blurts out the bewildered Dreyfus in A Shot in the Dark (1964).
Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchacevich ze Schluderpacheru was born into an impoverished aristocratic family in Prague. He studied philosophy at Prague University, where he organised student theatre. In 1939, on the eve of the German invasion of Czechoslovakia, he arrived in Britain with his Jewish girlfriend, Didi, but she was sent back at Dover because she did not have the correct papers. Her subsequent death in a concentration...
Herbert Lom, who has died aged 95, spent more than 50 years in dramatic roles, playing mostly smooth villains, but he was best known for his portrayal of Charles Dreyfus, the hysterically twitching boss of the bumbling Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) in the series of slapstick Pink Panther comedies. "Give me 10 men like Clouseau and I could destroy the world," blurts out the bewildered Dreyfus in A Shot in the Dark (1964).
Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchacevich ze Schluderpacheru was born into an impoverished aristocratic family in Prague. He studied philosophy at Prague University, where he organised student theatre. In 1939, on the eve of the German invasion of Czechoslovakia, he arrived in Britain with his Jewish girlfriend, Didi, but she was sent back at Dover because she did not have the correct papers. Her subsequent death in a concentration...
- 9/27/2012
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Hollywood has lost another legend in the business as we are truly saddened to hear of the death of the great Herbert Lom. Read on to reflect upon the man's legacy and celebrate his long and storied career!
According to The Huffington Post Lom, fondly remembered for his roles in the Pink Panther films during his half-century of film appearances, has died at the age of 95. He died peacefully in his sleep this morning, his family said.
The Czech-born, London-based star appeared in more than 100 films including classics such as Spartacus, El Cid, The Ladykillers, and the horror classics The Phantom of the Opera, Mark of the Devil, Asylum, Murders in the Rue Morgue, and The Dead Zone.
We here at Dread Central would like to take this time to offer our sincerest of condolences to Lom's friends, family and constituents. Thanks for the class you brought to every project you were involved with,...
According to The Huffington Post Lom, fondly remembered for his roles in the Pink Panther films during his half-century of film appearances, has died at the age of 95. He died peacefully in his sleep this morning, his family said.
The Czech-born, London-based star appeared in more than 100 films including classics such as Spartacus, El Cid, The Ladykillers, and the horror classics The Phantom of the Opera, Mark of the Devil, Asylum, Murders in the Rue Morgue, and The Dead Zone.
We here at Dread Central would like to take this time to offer our sincerest of condolences to Lom's friends, family and constituents. Thanks for the class you brought to every project you were involved with,...
- 9/27/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Czech-born actor Herbert Lom has passed away in London at the age of 95 reports The New York Times.
Over five decades he appeared in more than 100 movies and television shows playing suave leading men, interesting character parts and villains alike.
He'll most be remembered for his role as Chief Inspector Dreyfus, Inspector Clouseau's twitchy and long-suffering superior, in the "Pink Panther" film series. First appearing in "A Shot in the Dark", the character is driven insane on more than one occasion by Clouseau's bungling.
The varied roles in his career included a gangster in the original "The Ladykillers", a pirate in "Spartacus", a psychiatrist in "The Seventh Veil", a harbor master in "Fire Down Below", a neurologist in Cronenberg's "The Dead Zone", a doctor in 1979's "The Lady Vanishes", a German colonel in the 1985 take on "King Solomon’s Mines", a Muslim leader in "El Cid", and a witch...
Over five decades he appeared in more than 100 movies and television shows playing suave leading men, interesting character parts and villains alike.
He'll most be remembered for his role as Chief Inspector Dreyfus, Inspector Clouseau's twitchy and long-suffering superior, in the "Pink Panther" film series. First appearing in "A Shot in the Dark", the character is driven insane on more than one occasion by Clouseau's bungling.
The varied roles in his career included a gangster in the original "The Ladykillers", a pirate in "Spartacus", a psychiatrist in "The Seventh Veil", a harbor master in "Fire Down Below", a neurologist in Cronenberg's "The Dead Zone", a doctor in 1979's "The Lady Vanishes", a German colonel in the 1985 take on "King Solomon’s Mines", a Muslim leader in "El Cid", and a witch...
- 9/27/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
We look back at the work of Herbert Lom, the much-loved Czech-born actor who has died aged 95. His career took in everything from low-budget noir to the Pink Panther movies
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A refugee from the Nazis at the age of 22, Lom arrived in London in 1939 and immediately set about continuing the acting career he'd started in his home city of Prague. His first role was a small but eyecatching one: Napoleon, in the Fox-produced biopic The Young Mr Pitt, with Robert Donat as the wily but principled British prime minister – starts at 6:30. (He would play Boney again in 1956, in the Audrey Hepburn War and Peace.)
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Lom's unmistakeable charisma quickly won him admirers: though lead roles would be few and far between later on, he quickly scored one as the mysterious hypnotist in Brit thriller The Dark Tower, where he exerts his fateful,...
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A refugee from the Nazis at the age of 22, Lom arrived in London in 1939 and immediately set about continuing the acting career he'd started in his home city of Prague. His first role was a small but eyecatching one: Napoleon, in the Fox-produced biopic The Young Mr Pitt, with Robert Donat as the wily but principled British prime minister – starts at 6:30. (He would play Boney again in 1956, in the Audrey Hepburn War and Peace.)
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Lom's unmistakeable charisma quickly won him admirers: though lead roles would be few and far between later on, he quickly scored one as the mysterious hypnotist in Brit thriller The Dark Tower, where he exerts his fateful,...
- 9/27/2012
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Actor best known for playing chief inspector Dreyfus in the Pink Panther movies has died aged 95
Herbert Lom, the Czech-born character actor best known for his roles in The Ladykillers and the Pink Panther franchise, has died at the age of 95. In a career spanning 60 years, he specialised in dark, dangerous, at times positively demented turns in a number of British film classics. "To British eyes, all foreigners are sinister," he once remarked.
Lom was born Herbert Karel Angelo Kuchacevic ze Schluderpacheru, in Prague, the son of a count, and fled to London ahead of the 1939 Nazi occupation. He played Napoleon Bonaparte in the 1942 epic The Young Mr Pitt and starred as the King of Siam in the original stage production of The King and I. Other notable screen credits include the pirate captain in Spartacus, the lordly general in El Cid, an underworld kingpin in Night and the City,...
Herbert Lom, the Czech-born character actor best known for his roles in The Ladykillers and the Pink Panther franchise, has died at the age of 95. In a career spanning 60 years, he specialised in dark, dangerous, at times positively demented turns in a number of British film classics. "To British eyes, all foreigners are sinister," he once remarked.
Lom was born Herbert Karel Angelo Kuchacevic ze Schluderpacheru, in Prague, the son of a count, and fled to London ahead of the 1939 Nazi occupation. He played Napoleon Bonaparte in the 1942 epic The Young Mr Pitt and starred as the King of Siam in the original stage production of The King and I. Other notable screen credits include the pirate captain in Spartacus, the lordly general in El Cid, an underworld kingpin in Night and the City,...
- 9/27/2012
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Herbert Lom, the Czech-born actor best known as Inspector Clouseau’s long-suffering boss in the Pink Panther movies, died Thursday, his son said. He was 95. Alec Lom said his father died peacefully in his sleep.
Herbert Lom had a handsomely lugubrious look that was suited to comedy, horror and everything in between. It served him well over a six-decade career in which roles ranged from Napoleon Bonaparte — whom he played twice — to the Phantom of the Opera.
The London-based star appeared in more than 100 films, including Spartacus and El Cid, and acted alongside film greats including Charlton Heston and Kirk Douglas.
Herbert Lom had a handsomely lugubrious look that was suited to comedy, horror and everything in between. It served him well over a six-decade career in which roles ranged from Napoleon Bonaparte — whom he played twice — to the Phantom of the Opera.
The London-based star appeared in more than 100 films, including Spartacus and El Cid, and acted alongside film greats including Charlton Heston and Kirk Douglas.
- 9/27/2012
- by Associated Press
- EW - Inside Movies
London — Herbert Lom, the Czech-born actor best known as Inspector Clouseau's long-suffering boss in the "Pink Panther" movies, died Thursday, his son said. He was 95.
Alec Lom said his father died peacefully in his sleep.
Herbert Lom had a handsomely lugubrious look that was suited to comedy, horror and everything in between. It served him well over a six-decade career in which roles ranged from Napoleon Bonaparte – whom he played twice – to the Phantom of the Opera.
The London-based star appeared in more than 100 films, including "Spartacus" and "El Cid," and acted alongside film greats including Charlton Heston and Kirk Douglas.
But Lom was most famous for playing Charles Dreyfus, boss to Peter Sellers' befuddled Clouseau in the popular "Pink Panther" series, from "A Shot in the Dark" in 1964 to "Son of the Pink Panther" in 1993.
"It was a delight to him later in his career to be...
Alec Lom said his father died peacefully in his sleep.
Herbert Lom had a handsomely lugubrious look that was suited to comedy, horror and everything in between. It served him well over a six-decade career in which roles ranged from Napoleon Bonaparte – whom he played twice – to the Phantom of the Opera.
The London-based star appeared in more than 100 films, including "Spartacus" and "El Cid," and acted alongside film greats including Charlton Heston and Kirk Douglas.
But Lom was most famous for playing Charles Dreyfus, boss to Peter Sellers' befuddled Clouseau in the popular "Pink Panther" series, from "A Shot in the Dark" in 1964 to "Son of the Pink Panther" in 1993.
"It was a delight to him later in his career to be...
- 9/27/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Oliver Reed as Athos in The Three Musketeers & The Four Musketeers (Richard Lester, 1973/1974, UK):
These films were actually shot all at once but ultimately released as two separate films telling one long story. As the musketeer with a dark past, Oliver Reed provides a lot of the heart and soul in these very entertaining and well-made films. Technically, since we have to isolate one film for our fantasy nomination, it would be The Four Musketeers as his role is more prominent in that film. Reed’s reunion scene with Faye Dunaway’s Milady is superb as is Reed’s intense swordplay with an array of opponents including Christopher Lee. An underrated actor whose career was damaged by well-documented alcohol problems and notorious off-screen behavior, Reed still logged in some truly incredible acting performances over the course of his career. His portrayal of Athos is definitely one of them.
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These films were actually shot all at once but ultimately released as two separate films telling one long story. As the musketeer with a dark past, Oliver Reed provides a lot of the heart and soul in these very entertaining and well-made films. Technically, since we have to isolate one film for our fantasy nomination, it would be The Four Musketeers as his role is more prominent in that film. Reed’s reunion scene with Faye Dunaway’s Milady is superb as is Reed’s intense swordplay with an array of opponents including Christopher Lee. An underrated actor whose career was damaged by well-documented alcohol problems and notorious off-screen behavior, Reed still logged in some truly incredible acting performances over the course of his career. His portrayal of Athos is definitely one of them.
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- 5/24/2012
- by Terek Puckett
- SoundOnSight
“My name is Bond - James Bond". That classic introduction to the cinema’s greatest secret agent is as famous as “I am Dracula, I bid you welcome.” When the box office success of Dr No (1962) turned the unknown Sean Connery into a movie legend, Hammer was never far away from the franchise. With their own films running parallel to the Bond series, Hammer and Eon Productions often made use of the same talent.
Dr No also marked the debuts of Bernard Lee (the first of 11 films as M) and Lois Maxwell (the first of 14 as Miss Moneypenny). Lee had a brief turn as Tarmut in Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1973) and despite never starring in a Hammer horror, Maxwell turned up in their early fifties thrillers Lady in the Fog (1953) and Mantrap (1954).
As doomed double-agent Professor Dent, Anthony Dawson is best known as the vile Marquis in Curse...
Dr No also marked the debuts of Bernard Lee (the first of 11 films as M) and Lois Maxwell (the first of 14 as Miss Moneypenny). Lee had a brief turn as Tarmut in Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1973) and despite never starring in a Hammer horror, Maxwell turned up in their early fifties thrillers Lady in the Fog (1953) and Mantrap (1954).
As doomed double-agent Professor Dent, Anthony Dawson is best known as the vile Marquis in Curse...
- 6/1/2011
- Shadowlocked
Actor with poise and presence, best known as Alfred the butler in Tim Burton's Batman
The actor Michael Gough, who has died aged 94, was an arresting presence on stage, television and film for the entire postwar period, notably as the butler Alfred Pennyworth in Tim Burton's Batman movies. Eventually he just voiced roles, as with the Dodo Bird in the same director's Alice in Wonderland film last year, but always to striking effect.
Gough started in the Old Vic company in London before the second world war, but it took till 1946 for his career proper to get off to a flying start in the West End, in Frederick Lonsdale's But for the Grace of God. The fistfight-to-the-death scene was done with such startling verisimilitude that nearly all the stage furniture was demolished nightly, and Gough broke three ribs and injured the base of his spine. So copiously...
The actor Michael Gough, who has died aged 94, was an arresting presence on stage, television and film for the entire postwar period, notably as the butler Alfred Pennyworth in Tim Burton's Batman movies. Eventually he just voiced roles, as with the Dodo Bird in the same director's Alice in Wonderland film last year, but always to striking effect.
Gough started in the Old Vic company in London before the second world war, but it took till 1946 for his career proper to get off to a flying start in the West End, in Frederick Lonsdale's But for the Grace of God. The fistfight-to-the-death scene was done with such startling verisimilitude that nearly all the stage furniture was demolished nightly, and Gough broke three ribs and injured the base of his spine. So copiously...
- 3/18/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Genre TV and Movie fans are mourning the loss of British actor Michael Gough who died at the age of 94 at his home in England. He was best known in this country for playing Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne’s butler in the 80′s and 90′s Batman films.
Gough had a long and illustrious career including memorable roles in Laurence Olivier’s Richard III (1955, Out of Africa (1985) and The Citadel (1983). Genre fans will remember him though in multiple roles in British horror films throughout the 1960′s and 1970′s like Hammer Film Productions’ Dracula (1958), Horrors of the Black Museum (1959), The Phantom of the Opera (1962), and Satan’s Slave (1976). Science-fiction fans may remember him in multiple roles in Doctor Who as Councillor Hedin and the Celestial Toymaker. He was nominated for a BAFTA Award in 1970 for his supporting role in The Go-Between.
In more recent years he became a staple of Tim Burton...
Gough had a long and illustrious career including memorable roles in Laurence Olivier’s Richard III (1955, Out of Africa (1985) and The Citadel (1983). Genre fans will remember him though in multiple roles in British horror films throughout the 1960′s and 1970′s like Hammer Film Productions’ Dracula (1958), Horrors of the Black Museum (1959), The Phantom of the Opera (1962), and Satan’s Slave (1976). Science-fiction fans may remember him in multiple roles in Doctor Who as Councillor Hedin and the Celestial Toymaker. He was nominated for a BAFTA Award in 1970 for his supporting role in The Go-Between.
In more recent years he became a staple of Tim Burton...
- 3/17/2011
- by Ernie Estrella
- BuzzFocus.com
Michael Gough, the actor who portrayed Bruce Wayne's servant and confidant Alfred Pennyworth in four Batman films, passed away Thursday at 94 years of age. While most of us knew Gough for his key roles in Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever and Batman and Robin, the British actor was a Tony and BAFTA award winning performer who also lent his talents to well-known films like The Boys From Brazil, Top Secret, Out of Africa and versions of The Phantom of the Opera, Alice in Wonderland, Julius Caesar and many more. He'd been acting since the late 1940s right into this decade. Gough was one of the most prolific actors out there and he'll surely be missed.
- 3/17/2011
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
Sad news coming in from Digital Spy; British actor Michael Gough has passed away at the age of 94.
Gough, Kuala Lumpur born but the son of British parents, appeared in over 150 film and television shows in a career that lasted 7 decades. Easily his most famous role was as Bruce Wayne’s ever faithful butler Alfred in all four Tim Burton/Joel Schmaucher Batman films, a role that gave his career a latter day second wind.
Perhaps the only consistent element of four wildly different films, Gough was the anchor of the franchise, the homely, safe and comforting character that was always present and never changed… precisely the characteristics you would want Alfred to be if you were Bruce Wayne.
Although he was never given the meaty chunks of dialogue that Michael Caine would enjoy in the later Chris Nolan movies, Gough made a memorable impression from very few words and...
Gough, Kuala Lumpur born but the son of British parents, appeared in over 150 film and television shows in a career that lasted 7 decades. Easily his most famous role was as Bruce Wayne’s ever faithful butler Alfred in all four Tim Burton/Joel Schmaucher Batman films, a role that gave his career a latter day second wind.
Perhaps the only consistent element of four wildly different films, Gough was the anchor of the franchise, the homely, safe and comforting character that was always present and never changed… precisely the characteristics you would want Alfred to be if you were Bruce Wayne.
Although he was never given the meaty chunks of dialogue that Michael Caine would enjoy in the later Chris Nolan movies, Gough made a memorable impression from very few words and...
- 3/17/2011
- by Sean Burton
- Obsessed with Film
Actor Michael Gough has died at the age of 94. To many, the actor was known as Alfred, Bruce Wayne's butler, in Tim Burton's 1989 film Batman . He revisited that role through three more Bat-films, and he saved face in every single one of them. Horror fans, however, know a different kind of Michael Gough, a man whose career saw him toiling on stage and television, until he appeared in the Hammer Films' production Horror of Dracula . This set him on a path through various genre fare which would include Konga , 1962's The Phantom of the Opera , The Skull , the awesome and bizarre Horror Hospital , The Legend of Hell House (albeit a miniscule part) and, later in his career, Sleepy Hollow . The man brought class to whatever production he was a part of and he will be...
- 3/17/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
British actor played butler Alfred in the 1989-1997 adaptations.
By Aly Semigran
Michael Gough in "Batman"
Photo: Warner Bros.
Gotham City has lost one of its own today. Legions of "Batman" fans are mourning the loss of British actor Michael Gough, who played the Caped Crusader's iconic right-hand man/butler Alfred Pennyworth in several of the comic's movie adaptations.
On Thursday (March 17), Gough, who appeared alongside Michael Keaton in the 1989 original "Batman," passed away at the age of 94. The cause of his death has not yet been reported.
In addition to playing Alfred (a role that was later taken over by Michael Caine) in 1992's "Batman Returns," 1995's "Batman Forever" and 1997's "Batman & Robin," the BAFTA Award-winning actor also appeared as both the Celestial Toymaker and Councillor Hedin in the original "Doctor Who" television series. He won a Tony Award in 1979 for the Broadway play "Bedroom Farce."
Gough was born in 1916 in Kuala Lumpur,...
By Aly Semigran
Michael Gough in "Batman"
Photo: Warner Bros.
Gotham City has lost one of its own today. Legions of "Batman" fans are mourning the loss of British actor Michael Gough, who played the Caped Crusader's iconic right-hand man/butler Alfred Pennyworth in several of the comic's movie adaptations.
On Thursday (March 17), Gough, who appeared alongside Michael Keaton in the 1989 original "Batman," passed away at the age of 94. The cause of his death has not yet been reported.
In addition to playing Alfred (a role that was later taken over by Michael Caine) in 1992's "Batman Returns," 1995's "Batman Forever" and 1997's "Batman & Robin," the BAFTA Award-winning actor also appeared as both the Celestial Toymaker and Councillor Hedin in the original "Doctor Who" television series. He won a Tony Award in 1979 for the Broadway play "Bedroom Farce."
Gough was born in 1916 in Kuala Lumpur,...
- 3/17/2011
- MTV Movie News
British actor played butler Alfred in the 1989-1997 adaptations.
By Aly Semigran
Michael Gough in "Batman"
Photo: Warner Bros.
Gotham City has lost one of its own today. Legions of "Batman" fans are mourning the loss of British actor Michael Gough, who played the Caped Crusader's iconic right-hand man/butler Alfred Pennyworth in several of the comic's movie adaptations.
On Thursday (March 17), Gough, who appeared alongside Michael Keaton in the 1989 original "Batman," passed away at the age of 94. The cause of his death has not yet been reported.
In addition to playing Alfred (a role that was later taken over by Michael Caine) in 1992's "Batman Returns," 1995's "Batman Forever" and 1997's "Batman & Robin," the BAFTA Award-winning actor also appeared as both the Celestial Toymaker and Councillor Hedin in the original "Doctor Who" television series. He won a Tony Award in 1979 for the Broadway play "Bedroom Farce."
Gough was born in 1916 in Kuala Lumpur,...
By Aly Semigran
Michael Gough in "Batman"
Photo: Warner Bros.
Gotham City has lost one of its own today. Legions of "Batman" fans are mourning the loss of British actor Michael Gough, who played the Caped Crusader's iconic right-hand man/butler Alfred Pennyworth in several of the comic's movie adaptations.
On Thursday (March 17), Gough, who appeared alongside Michael Keaton in the 1989 original "Batman," passed away at the age of 94. The cause of his death has not yet been reported.
In addition to playing Alfred (a role that was later taken over by Michael Caine) in 1992's "Batman Returns," 1995's "Batman Forever" and 1997's "Batman & Robin," the BAFTA Award-winning actor also appeared as both the Celestial Toymaker and Councillor Hedin in the original "Doctor Who" television series. He won a Tony Award in 1979 for the Broadway play "Bedroom Farce."
Gough was born in 1916 in Kuala Lumpur,...
- 3/17/2011
- MTV Music News
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