Michael Gwynn
Age: 59 | From: Bath, Somerset, England, U.K.
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
(1962) Martin Jeffroll
The Avengers
(1961) Bill
Cleopatra
(1963) Cimber
Jason and the Argonauts
(1963) Hermes
The Fall of the Roman Empire
(1964) Cornelius
Barabbas
(1961) Lazarus
Village of the Damned
(1960) Alan Bernard
Scars of Dracula
(1970) The PriestActing
| 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 |
