Michael Gwynn
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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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Acted in
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
as Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Portable Phonograph
1977
as The Music Lover
Spy Story
1976
as Dawlish
State of Emergency
1975
as Professor Donati
Poldark
1975
as Justice Lister
Fawlty Towers
1975
as Lord Melbury
A Coffin for the Bride
1974
as Oliver Mason
Thriller
1973
as Oliver Mason
Colditz
1972
as Standardtenführer Hessler
The Adventurer
1972
as Sir Richard
Spy Trap
1972
Justice
1971
as Brigadier Craig-Astley
Jason King
1971
Scars of Dracula
1970
as The Priest
The Virgin Soldiers
1969
as Lt Col Bromley-Pickering
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
1969
as Hyde Watson
Department S
1969
as Franz Drieker
The Main Chance
1969
as Judge
The Expert
1968
as Stephen Trimmer
The Deadly Bees
1966
as Doctor Lang
Mystery and Imagination
1966
Catch Us If You Can
1965
as Hardingford
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
as Cornelius
The Horse Without a Head
1964
as Gendarme
Jason and the Argonauts
1963
as Hermes
Cleopatra
1963
as Cimber
The Saint
1962
as Martin Jeffroll
Some People
1962
as Vicar
Barabbas
1961
as Lazarus
Question 7
1961
as Friedrich Gottfried
What a Carve Up!
1961
as Malcolm Broughton
The Avengers
1961
as Bill
Village of the Damned
1960
as Alan Bernard
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
1960
as Prosecutor
The Doctor's Dilemma
1959
as Dr. Blenkinsop
The Revenge of Frankenstein
1958
as Karl
The Camp on Blood Island
1958
as Tom Shields
Dunkirk
1958
as Commander (Sheerness)
The Secret Place
1957
as Steve Waring
The Runaway Bus
1953
as 1st Transport Officer