Person Details

Birthday: 1916-11-30 16:51:01

Death: 1976-01-29 16:51:01

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Bath, Somerset, England, U.K.

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Movie Involvements: 17

TV Involvements: 10


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

The Saint
Average
7

The Saint

(1962) Martin Jeffroll
The Avengers
Average
8

The Avengers

(1961) Bill
Cleopatra
Average
7

Cleopatra

(1963) Cimber
Jason and the Argonauts
Average
7

Jason and the Argonauts

(1963) Hermes
The Fall of the Roman Empire
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7

The Fall of the Roman Empire

(1964) Cornelius
Barabbas
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7

Barabbas

(1961) Lazarus
Village of the Damned
Average
7

Village of the Damned

(1960) Alan Bernard
Scars of Dracula
Average
6

Scars of Dracula

(1970) The Priest

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2016 Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976 Dawlish
1975 Justice Lister
Lord Melbury
1974 Oliver Mason
1973 Oliver Mason
1972 Standardtenführer Hessler
Sir Richard
N/A
1971 Brigadier Craig-Astley
N/A
1970 The Priest
1969 Lt Col Bromley-Pickering
Franz Drieker
Judge
1968 Stephen Trimmer
1966 Doctor Lang
N/A
1965 Hardingford
1964 Cornelius
Gendarme
1963 Hermes
Cimber
1962 Martin Jeffroll
Vicar
1961 Lazarus
Friedrich Gottfried
Malcolm Broughton
Bill
1960 Alan Bernard
Prosecutor
1959 Dr. Blenkinsop
1958 Karl
Tom Shields
Commander (Sheerness)
1957 Steve Waring
1953 1st Transport Officer
Year Character Movie/Tv

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