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Acting
Birthday
November 30, 1916
Died
January 29, 1976
Place of Birth
Bath, Somerset, England, U.K.
Michael Gwynn
0.3 Popularity
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Gwynn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
5.7
Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
🎬
0.0
The Music Lover
The Portable Phonograph
1977
5.5
Dawlish
Spy Story
1976
8.0
Professor Donati
State of Emergency
1975
6.6
Justice Lister
Poldark
1975
8.3
Lord Melbury
Fawlty Towers
1975
8.3
Oliver Mason
A Coffin for the Bride
1974
6.6
Oliver Mason
Thriller
1973
7.3
Standardtenführer Hessler
Colditz
1972
5.5
Sir Richard
The Adventurer
1972
Credits
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
5.7
🎬
The Portable Phonograph
as The Music Lover
1977
0.0
Spy Story
as Dawlish
1976
5.5
State of Emergency
as Professor Donati
1975
8.0
Poldark
as Justice Lister
1975
6.6
Fawlty Towers
as Lord Melbury
1975
8.3
A Coffin for the Bride
as Oliver Mason
1974
8.3
Thriller
as Oliver Mason
1973
6.6
Colditz
as Standardtenführer Hessler
1972
7.3
The Adventurer
as Sir Richard
1972
5.5
🎬
Spy Trap
1972
0.0
Justice
as Brigadier Craig-Astley
1971
6.0
Jason King
1971
7.3
Scars of Dracula
as The Priest
1970
6.0
The Virgin Soldiers
as Lt Col Bromley-Pickering
1969
6.9
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
as Hyde Watson
1969
7.0
Department S
as Franz Drieker
1969
4.9
The Main Chance
as Judge
1969
7.7
The Expert
as Stephen Trimmer
1968
10.0
The Deadly Bees
as Doctor Lang
1966
4.3
Mystery and Imagination
1966
5.5
Catch Us If You Can
as Hardingford
1965
5.2
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Cornelius
1964
6.5
The Horse Without a Head
as Gendarme
1964
6.0
🎬
Michelangelo
as Michelangelo (voice)
1964
0.0
Jason and the Argonauts
as Hermes
1963
7.2
Cleopatra
as Cimber
1963
7.0
The Saint
as Martin Jeffroll
1962
7.3
Some People
as Vicar
1962
7.0
Barabbas
as Lazarus
1961
6.9
Question 7
as Friedrich Gottfried
1961
5.8
What a Carve Up!
as Malcolm Broughton
1961
7.0
The Avengers
as Bill
1961
7.7
Village of the Damned
as Alan Bernard
1960
7.2
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
as Prosecutor
1960
7.3
The Doctor's Dilemma
as Dr. Blenkinsop
1959
6.1
The Revenge of Frankenstein
as Karl
1958
6.6
The Camp on Blood Island
as Tom Shields
1958
6.6
Dunkirk
as Commander (Sheerness)
1958
6.8
The Secret Place
as Steve Waring
1957
6.2
The Runaway Bus
as 1st Transport Officer
1953
6.0