Michael Gwynn
26 movies · 27 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 30, 1916
- Died
- Jan 29, 1976 (age 59)
- Place of birth
- Bath, Somerset, England, U.K.
Biography
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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.
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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
Michael Gwynn: movies and TV shows
Acting (53)
- 2016 British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2005 The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1977
- 1977 The Portable Phonograph
as The Music Lover
- 1976 Spy Story
as Dawlish
- 1975
- 1975
- 1975
- 1974 A Coffin for the Bride
as Oliver Mason
- 1973
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972
- 1971
- 1971
- 1970 Scars of Dracula
as The Priest
- 1970
- 1969 The Virgin Soldiers
as Lt Col Bromley-Pickering
- 1969
- 1969
- 1969
- 1968
- 1966 The Deadly Bees
as Doctor Lang
- 1966
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965 Catch Us If You Can
as Hardingford
- 1964
- 1964 The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Cornelius
- 1964 The Horse Without a Head
as Gendarme
- 1964 Michelangelo
as Michelangelo (voice)
- 1963
- 1963 Jason and the Argonauts
as Hermes
- 1963 Cleopatra
as Cimber
- 1962
- 1962 Some People
as Vicar
- 1961 Barabbas
as Lazarus
- 1961 Question 7
as Friedrich Gottfried
- 1961 What a Carve Up!
as Malcolm Broughton
- 1961
- 1961
- 1960
- 1960 Village of the Damned
as Alan Bernard
- 1960
- 1960 Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
as Prosecutor
- 1959 The Doctor's Dilemma
as Dr. Blenkinsop
- 1958 The Revenge of Frankenstein
as Karl
- 1958 The Camp on Blood Island
as Tom Shields
- 1958 Dunkirk
as Commander (Sheerness)
- 1957 The Secret Place
as Steve Waring
- 1956
- 1955
- 1953 The Runaway Bus
as 1st Transport Officer
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1994 The World of Hammer
2 episodes