Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 30, 1916
Died
Jan 29, 1976
Place of Birth
Bath, Somerset, England, U.K.
Credits
54 titles
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Gwynn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
The Sunday Drama
Jack Hampton
The Portable Phonograph
The Music Lover
Spy Story
Dawlish
State of Emergency
Professor Donati
Poldark
Justice Lister
Fawlty Towers
Lord Melbury
A Coffin for the Bride
Oliver Mason
Thriller
Oliver Mason
Colditz
Standardtenführer Hessler
The Adventurer
Sir Richard
Spy Trap
Carson
Justice
Brigadier Craig-Astley
Jason King
Scars of Dracula
The Priest
Big Brother
Wendell Meade
The Virgin Soldiers
Lt Col Bromley-Pickering
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Hyde Watson
Department S
Franz Drieker
The Main Chance
Judge
The Expert
Stephen Trimmer
The Deadly Bees
Doctor Lang
Mystery and Imagination
Sullivan
BBC Play of the Month
Julius Winterhalter
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Thomas Glover
Catch Us If You Can
Hardingford
Story Parade
Herr Hacker
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Cornelius
The Horse Without a Head
Gendarme
Michelangelo
Michelangelo (voice)
Espionage
George Case
Jason and the Argonauts
Hermes
Cleopatra
Cimber
The Saint
Martin Jeffroll
Some People
Vicar
Barabbas
Lazarus
Question 7
Friedrich Gottfried
What a Carve Up!
Malcolm Broughton
Drama 61-67
Director
The Avengers
Bill
Theatre '70
Alceste Grideaux
Village of the Damned
Alan Bernard
Armchair Mystery Theatre
Jacques Planchet
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Prosecutor
The Doctor's Dilemma
Dr. Blenkinsop
The Revenge of Frankenstein
Karl
The Camp on Blood Island
Tom Shields
Dunkirk
Commander (Sheerness)