Name
Michael Gwynn
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1916-11-30
Deathday
1976-01-29 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Bath, Somerset, England, U.K.
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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- 1958 The Revenge of Frankenstein as Karl
- 1963 Jason and the Argonauts as Hermes
- 1960 Village of the Damned as Alan Bernard
- 1963 Cleopatra as Cimber
- 1970 Scars of Dracula as The Priest
- 1960 Never Take Sweets from a Stranger as Prosecutor
- 1958 The Camp on Blood Island as Tom Shields
- 1961 Question 7 as Friedrich Gottfried
- 1961 What a Carve Up! as Malcolm Broughton
- 1976 Spy Story as Dawlish
- 1964 The Fall of the Roman Empire as Cornelius
- 1962 Some People as Vicar
- 1977 The Portable Phonograph as The Music Lover
- 1957 The Secret Place as Steve Waring
- 2016 British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves as Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1969 The Virgin Soldiers as Lt Col Bromley-Pickering
- 1961 Barabbas as Lazarus
- 1965 Catch Us If You Can as Hardingford
- 1974 A Coffin for the Bride as Oliver Mason
- 1958 Dunkirk as Commander (Sheerness)
- 1953 The Runaway Bus as 1st Transport Officer
- 1964 The Horse Without a Head as Gendarme
- 1966 The Deadly Bees as Doctor Lang
- 1964 Michelangelo as Michelangelo (voice)
- 1959 The Doctor's Dilemma as Dr. Blenkinsop
- 2005 The Funny Blokes of British Comedy as Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1972 Colditz ( 1 episode ) as Standardtenführer Hessler
- 1969 Department S ( 1 episode ) as Franz Drieker
- 1975 Fawlty Towers ( 1 episode ) as Lord Melbury
- 1961 The Avengers ( 1 episode ) as Bill
- 1971 Jason King ( 1 episode )
- 1962 The Saint ( 1 episode ) as Martin Jeffroll
- 1968 The Expert ( 1 episode ) as Stephen Trimmer
- 1973 Thriller ( 1 episode ) as Oliver Mason
- 1972 The Adventurer ( 1 episode ) as Sir Richard
- 1969 The Main Chance ( 1 episode ) as Judge
- 1971 Justice ( 1 episode ) as Brigadier Craig-Astley
- 1975 State of Emergency ( 3 episodes ) as Professor Donati
- 1969 Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) ( 1 episode ) as Hyde Watson
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Julius Winterhalter
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Norton
- 1964 Story Parade ( 1 episode ) as Herr Hacker
- 1975 Poldark ( 2 episodes ) as Justice Lister
- 1994 The World of Hammer ( 2 episodes ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1955 Strange Experiences ( 1 episode ) as Thief
- 1961 Drama 61-67 ( 1 episode ) as Director
- 1961 Drama 61-67 ( 1 episode ) as Stuart Robbins
- 1972 Spy Trap ( 29 episodes ) as Carson
- 1966 Mystery and Imagination ( 1 episode ) as Sullivan
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Louis
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Mark Fowler
- 1960 Armchair Mystery Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Jacques Planchet
- 1977 The Sunday Drama ( 1 episode ) as Jack Hampton
- 1963 Espionage ( 1 episode ) as George Case
- 1970 Big Brother ( 1 episode ) as Wendell Meade
- 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Thomas Glover
- 1960 Theatre '70 ( 1 episode ) as Alceste Grideaux
