Ferlin Husky

TODAY: Ferlin Husky (December 3, 1925 – March 17, 2011) was an American singer who became well-known as a country-pop chart-topper under various names, including Terry Preston and Simon Crum. In the 1950s and 60s, Husky had several hits, including "Gone" and "Wings of a Dove", each reaching number one on the country charts. In 2010, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Michael Gough (23 November 1916 – 17 March 2011) was an English character actor who appeared in over 100 films.He has a cult status among horror fans, because of his frequent appearances in 1960s British horror films such as Hammer Film Productions' Dracula (1958) and The Phantom of the Opera (1962), Anglo-Amalgamated's Horrors of the Black Museum (1959), The Corpse (Velvet House, 1970) for Amicus and Norman J. Warren's stockbroker-satanism debut Satan's Slave (1976).

He is perhaps best known to international audiences by his recurring role as Alfred Pennyworth in all four movies of the Burton/Schumacher Batman franchise, beginning with Batman (1989).


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