Michael Gwynn
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1916-11-30
Day of Death
1976-01-29 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
Bath, Somerset, England, U.K.
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
Acting
(2016)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1977)
The Portable Phonograph
as The Music Lover
(1976)
Spy Story
as Dawlish
(1974)
A Coffin for the Bride
as Oliver Mason
(1970)
Scars of Dracula
as The Priest
(1969)
The Virgin Soldiers
as Lt Col Bromley-Pickering
(1966)
The Deadly Bees
as Doctor Lang
(1965)
Catch Us If You Can
as Hardingford
(1964)
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Cornelius
(1964)
The Horse Without a Head
as Gendarme
(1963)
Cleopatra
as Cimber
(1963)
Jason and the Argonauts
as Hermes
(1962)
Some People
as Vicar
(1961)
Barabbas
as Lazarus
(1961)
What a Carve Up!
as Malcolm Broughton
(1961)
Question 7
as Friedrich Gottfried
(1960)
Village of the Damned
as Alan Bernard
(1960)
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
as Prosecutor
(1959)
The Doctor's Dilemma
as Dr. Blenkinsop
(1958)
Dunkirk
as Commander (Sheerness)
(1958)
The Revenge of Frankenstein
as Karl
(1958)
The Camp on Blood Island
as Tom Shields
(1957)
The Secret Place
as Steve Waring
(1953)
The Runaway Bus
as 1st Transport Officer