francis michael gough (23 november 1916 – 17 march 2011) was an english character actor who as appeared in over 150 movies. he is perhaps best known world wide for his roles in the hammer horror films from 1958, and for his work as batman's loyal butler alfred pennyworth in "batman", "batman returns", "batman forever", and "batman &amp; robin". gough and actor pat hingle are the only two actors to appear in all 4 batman movies directed by tim burton or joel schumacher. gough has also been in some other tim burton movies, "sleepy hollow", "tim burton's corpse bride", and "alice in wonderland".