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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 30, 1916
Place of Birth:
Bath, Somerset, England, U.K.
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Michael Gwynn
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michael Gwynn (30 November 1916 in Bath – 29 January 1976 in London) was an English actor. He attended Mayfield College near Mayfield, East Sussex. During the Second World War he served in East Africa as a Major and was Adjutant to the 2nd. Nyasaland Battalion, Kings African Rifles.
He is perhaps best remembered in contemporary culture as the shyster Lord Melbury who attempts to con £200 and a set of British Empire coins from the unsuspecting Basil Fawlty in the BBC comedy Fawlty Towers. Gwynn appears as Lord Melbury in the first ever episode of the series, "A Touch of Class".
Gwynn also appeared on several adaptations of plays on the Caedmon Records label. Among them were Cyrano de Bergerac, in which he played Le Bret, and Julius Caesar, in which he played Casca. Both productions starred Ralph Richardson in the title role.
He died on 29 January 1976 in London from a heart attack.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves | Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1977 | The Portable Phonograph | The Music Lover |
| 1976 | Spy Story | Dawlish |
| 1974 | A Coffin for the Bride | Oliver Mason |
| 1970 | Scars of Dracula | The Priest |
| 1969 | The Virgin Soldiers | Lt Col Bromley-Pickering |
| 1966 | The Deadly Bees | Doctor Lang |
| 1965 | Catch Us If You Can | Hardingford |
| 1964 | The Fall of the Roman Empire | Cornelius |
| 1964 | The Horse Without a Head | Gendarme |
| 1964 | Michelangelo | Michelangelo (voice) |
| 1963 | Jason and the Argonauts | Hermes |
| 1963 | Cleopatra | Cimber |
| 1962 | Some People | Vicar |
| 1961 | Question 7 | Friedrich Gottfried |
| 1961 | What a Carve Up! | Malcolm Broughton |
| 1961 | Barabbas | Lazarus |
| 1960 | Village of the Damned | Alan Bernard |
| 1960 | Never Take Sweets from a Stranger | Prosecutor |
| 1959 | The Doctor's Dilemma | Dr. Blenkinsop |
| 1958 | The Revenge of Frankenstein | Karl |
| 1958 | The Camp on Blood Island | Tom Shields |
| 1958 | Dunkirk | Commander (Sheerness) |
| 1957 | The Secret Place | Steve Waring |
| 1953 | The Runaway Bus | 1st Transport Officer |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Fawlty Towers | Lord Melbury |
| 1975 | Poldark | Justice Lister |
| 1975 | State of Emergency | Professor Donati |
| 1973 | Thriller | Oliver Mason |
| 1972 | Colditz | Standardtenführer Hessler |
| 1972 | Spy Trap | |
| 1972 | The Adventurer | Sir Richard |
| 1971 | Jason King | |
| 1971 | Justice | Brigadier Craig-Astley |
| 1969 | Department S | Franz Drieker |
| 1969 | The Main Chance | Judge |
| 1969 | Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) | Hyde Watson |
| 1968 | The Expert | Stephen Trimmer |
| 1966 | Mystery and Imagination | |
| 1962 | The Saint | Martin Jeffroll |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Bill |