Michael Gough passes away at 94

[Valaquen]

RIP Michael Gough, you were my Alfred. You were the Alfred. Props to Michael Caine, but Gough had it. He lived long and hopefully, very well!

 

[Keyser Sushi]

Sad news indeed.

Mr. Gough was one of those actors who is always popping up in unexpected places. Yes I knew him as Alfred, of course, but in my favorite filmic adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," Gough shows up as one of the two men collecting alms for the poor and needy. A small role but every Christmas I watch it, and every Christmas, there he is.

I won't say that he was the best Alfred, I don't believe that. But he was certainly one of the best things about the four Batman movies he was in. In a series of films that was so wildly inconsistent...he was rock solid every time. A true professional who created a truly lovable character.

Be at peace, Mr. Gough. And thanks for everything.

 

[Shazam]

THAT SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN. BRINGIN' SOME CHICK TO THE BATCAVE?? That moment ruined his portrayal of loyal Pennyworth to me.

That always bugged me. But he will be missed as an actor.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Aww im devastated to hear this news...

The Alfred of my childhood and a damn fine one at that.

Love you and R.I.P Mr Gough.

 

[nightwing06]

Nice long life and career R.I.P Mr Gough.

 

[Bruce_Wayne29]

Michael Keaton released this on Michael Gough's death: "the passing of Michael Gough------To Mick-my butler, my confidant, my friend, my Alfred. I love you. God bless, Michael(Mr. Wayne)Keaton"

 

[verisimilitude]

Michael Keaton released this on Michael Gough's death: "the passing of Michael Gough------To Mick-my butler, my confidant, my friend, my Alfred. I love you. God bless, Michael(Mr. Wayne)Keaton"

I was just about to post that, yes. I can only only reiterate what My one true Batman has just said,

"To Mick-my butler, my confidant, my friend, my Alfred. I love you. God bless, Michael(Mr. Wayne)Keaton"

Michael Keaton will always be my Batman and Michael Gough will always be my Alfred.

I think it was very kind of Michael Keaton to make a statement regarding the loss of one of our most beloved actors in the Batman world.

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[GREEN =w= DAY]

Michael Keaton released this on Michael Gough's death: "the passing of Michael Gough------To Mick-my butler, my confidant, my friend, my Alfred. I love you. God bless, Michael(Mr. Wayne)Keaton"

that was very cool of him

did he release that statement on his twitter, website, etc?

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

the news really made me sad when I saw it.

 

[Cain]

Michael Gough will always be my Alfred.

Likewise.

 

[El Payaso]

Michael Keaton will always be my Batman and Michael Gough will always be my Alfred.

I just loved his Alfred. The way he was introduced, ellegantly walking behind Bruce and "cleaning" his master's mistakes. Or the way he was pouring some water on a glass right before Wayne asked for a glass of water.

 

[Bruce_Wayne29]

that was very cool of him

did he release that statement on his twitter, website, etc?

He posted it on Twitter and also sent it to a magazine to be published.

 

[Bruce_Wayne29]

I was just about to post that, yes. I can only only reiterate what My one true Batman has just said,

"To Mick-my butler, my confidant, my friend, my Alfred. I love you. God bless, Michael(Mr. Wayne)Keaton"

Michael Keaton will always be my Batman and Michael Gough will always be my Alfred.

I think it was very kind of Michael Keaton to make a statement regarding the loss of one of our most beloved actors in the Batman world.

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I agree with everything you said.

 

[Cassandra]

He's the Alfred I grew up watching, and has always been extra special to me when it comes to the Batman franchise because of that.

94 is a very good age though, and what an impressive career he had. May he RIP.

 

[theMan-Bat]

Michael Gough was favorite live-action Alfred, without a doubt. He immersed himself in the role and became Alfred. Impeccably groomed with slicked hair, formally dressed. He had the high-class stiff-upper-lip English accent, the dry sarcasm, as well as the fatherly concerned for Bruce.
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THAT SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN. BRINGIN' SOME CHICK TO THE BATCAVE?? That moment ruined his portrayal of loyal Pennyworth to me.

That always bugged me. But he will be missed as an actor.

He didn't do that out of disloyalty, he did that out of a fatherly concerned for Bruce. Alfred wanted Bruce to settle down happily with Vicki Vale and get married and stop grimly brooding over his parents murders and obsessing on avenging his parents by warring on crime for the rest of his life.

Alfred: I have no wish to spend my few remaining years grieving for the loss of old friends. Or their sons.
Miss Vale called. She was rather concerned. I feel that there's a certain weight that lifts when she is here.
Bruce: (sarcastically) Alfred...why don't you marry her?
Alfred: That's not exactly what I had in mind, sir.
Bruce: I can't think about that now.
Alfred: If not now, when?
Miss Vale called, again. Dare I suggest that your present course of action might simply strengthen her resolve. She is quite tenacious.
Bruce: You're right about that.
Alfred: And if I may say so, quite special. Perhaps you could try telling her the truth.
In Batman Returns, after Bruce and Vicki broke up, Alfred is trying to encourage Bruce to date...
Alfred: Why are you now determined to prove that this Penguin is not what he seems? Must you be the only lonely man-beast in town?
Shall we change the channel to a program with some dignity and class...The Love Connection, perhaps?

 

[El Payaso]

He didn't do that out of disloyalty, he did that out of a fatherly concerned for Bruce.

Absolutely. Bruce was too immersed into Batman and his grief to see he was hurting people that loved him like Vicky. Bruce would postpone once and again making a decision about her. Alfred had to put a stop after that.

 

[Two-Face]

Michael Gough always be Alfred to me.

R.I.P.

 

[The Joker]

Writer Sam Hamm apparently hated that they had Alfred bring Vicki to the Batcave in Batman '89, that's why Bruce has a dig at Alfred about it in Batman Returns. Hamm deliberately put that into the script.

Writer Sam Hamm, who is a comic book fan, said it was Burton's idea to have the Joker murder Wayne's parents. "The Writer's Strike was going on," Hamm continued, "and Tim had the other writers do that. I also hold innocent to Alfred letting Vicki Vale into the Batcave," he reasoned. "Fans were ticked off with that, and I agree. That would have been Alfred's last day of employment at Wayne Manor."

http://hubpages.com/hub/the-batman

 

[Two-Face]

Yeah I saw that on the Blu-ray. I don't mind why fans would be against it that much.

 

[theMan-Bat]

Writer Sam Hamm apparently hated that they had Alfred bring Vicki to the Batcave in Batman '89, that's why Bruce has a dig at Alfred about it in Batman Returns. Hamm deliberately put that into the script.
http://hubpages.com/hub/the-batman

Writer Warren Skaaren wrote that scene of Alfred bringing Vicki into the Batcave into the script. It was writer Daniel Waters who wrote Bruce having the annoyed rant to Alfred about it in Batman Returns. "Security? Who let Vicki Vale into the Batcave? I'm sitting there working and I turn around and there she is. (sarcastically) 'Oh, hi Vick. Come on in!'"

 

[The Joker]

Writer Warren Skaaren wrote that scene of Alfred bringing Vicki into the Batcave into the script. It was writer Daniel Waters who wrote Bruce having the annoyed rant to Alfred about it in Batman Returns.

Ah so Waters hated it, too?

 

[theMan-Bat]

Ah so Waters hated it, too?

Daniel Waters says, "There's a line in the script that I had that still gets the biggest response from the audience - the reference to the first film where Michael Keaton says 'Well, you were the guy who let Vicki Vale into the Batcave,' which I knew from the first film drove everyone nuts. So I had some fun at Alfred's expense with that one."

 

[El Payaso]

Writer Sam Hamm apparently hated that they had Alfred bring Vicki to the Batcave in Batman '89, that's why Bruce has a dig at Alfred about it in Batman Returns. Hamm deliberately put that into the script.



http://hubpages.com/hub/the-batman

Well I find fantastic that the issue was addressed.

But wasn't Hamm the guy who thought that it was ridiculous that Batman had a cape? And didn't he even write a scene where Batman's cape got stuck in the batwing when trying to get ejected?

 

[theMan-Bat]

Well I find fantastic that the issue was addressed.

I agree, absolutely.

But wasn't Hamm the guy who thought that it was ridiculous that Batman had a cape? And didn't he even write a scene where Batman's cape got stuck in the batwing when trying to get ejected?

In his script for Batman ('89), Sam Hamm had Batman stuck in the Batwing and needing Robin/Dick Grayson's help to get out after it crashed:

"He's helpless, pinned in place. He manages to look up -- and SEES, through a dream-like haze, A HAND extended toward him:

DICK: HEY! COME ON!

And suddenly DICK is clambering down into the flaming wreckage. He gets an arm around BATMAN's chest and with an extraordinary effort HAULS HIM OUT OF THE BATWING."
http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Batman.html

In his Batman 2 script, Sam Hamm wrote a scene where Batman's cape got stuck on a passing train:

"SNAGGING FINALLY on the ralling of the rearmost car -- -- and BATMAN is suddenly RIPPED OUT OF THE ALCOVE -- DRAGGED OFF DOWN THE TRACKS by the passing train!"
http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Batman-2.html

 

[theman]

Gough will always be my favorite and best alfred. warm, funny, and a real gent. michael caine, you are just michael caine. sorry. gough is the real deal.

RIP, you will definetly be missed.