About

Known credits:
27
Birthday:
1916-11-30
Place of birth:
Bath, Somerset, England, U.K.
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Michael Gwynn

Overview

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

Acting
2016 British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves Actor Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited) 58
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1977 The Portable Phonograph Actor The Music Lover N/A
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1976 Spy Story Actor Dawlish 59
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1975 State of Emergency Actor Professor Donati 70
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1974 A Coffin for the Bride Actor Oliver Mason 58
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1972 Spy Trap Actor N/A
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1970 Scars of Dracula Actor The Priest 59
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1969 The Virgin Soldiers Actor Lt Col Bromley-Pickering 58
Average
1966 The Deadly Bees Actor Doctor Lang 57
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1965 Catch Us If You Can Actor Hardingford 58
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1964 The Fall of the Roman Empire Actor Cornelius 60
Fair
1964 The Horse Without a Head Actor Gendarme 58
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1964 Michelangelo Actor Michelangelo (voice) N/A
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1963 Jason and the Argonauts Actor Hermes 66
Fair
1963 Cleopatra Actor Cimber 65
Fair
1962 Some People Actor Vicar 59
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1961 Barabbas Actor Lazarus 61
Fair
1961 Question 7 Actor Friedrich Gottfried 58
Average
1961 What a Carve Up! Actor Malcolm Broughton 59
Average
1960 Village of the Damned Actor Alan Bernard 65
Fair
1960 Never Take Sweets from a Stranger Actor Prosecutor 59
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1959 The Doctor's Dilemma Actor Dr. Blenkinsop 58
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1958 The Revenge of Frankenstein Actor Karl 60
Fair
1958 The Camp on Blood Island Actor Tom Shields 59
Average
1958 Dunkirk Actor Commander (Sheerness) 59
Average
1957 The Secret Place Actor Steve Waring 58
Average
1953 The Runaway Bus Actor 1st Transport Officer 58
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