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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Fotos
Películas (26)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016 · Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 · Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Portable Phonograph
1977 · The Music Lover
Spy Story
1976 · Dawlish
A Coffin for the Bride
1974 · Oliver Mason
Scars of Dracula
1970 · The Priest
The Virgin Soldiers
1969 · Lt Col Bromley-Pickering
The Deadly Bees
1966 · Doctor Lang
Catch Us If You Can
1965 · Hardingford
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964 · Cornelius
The Horse Without a Head
1964 · Gendarme
Michelangelo
1964 · Michelangelo (voice)
Jason and the Argonauts
1963 · Hermes
Cleopatra
1963 · Cimber
Some People
1962 · Vicar
Barabbas
1961 · Lazarus
Question 7
1961 · Friedrich Gottfried
What a Carve Up!
1961 · Malcolm Broughton
Village of the Damned
1960 · Alan Bernard
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
1960 · Prosecutor
The Doctor's Dilemma
1959 · Dr. Blenkinsop
The Revenge of Frankenstein
1958 · Karl
The Camp on Blood Island
1958 · Tom Shields
Dunkirk
1958 · Commander (Sheerness)
The Secret Place
1957 · Steve Waring
The Runaway Bus
1953 · 1st Transport Officer
Series (29)
The World of Hammer
1994 · Self (archive footage)
The Sunday Drama
1977 · Jack Hampton
State of Emergency
1975 · Professor Donati
Poldark
1975 · Justice Lister
Fawlty Towers
1975 · Lord Melbury
Thriller
1973 · Oliver Mason
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973 · Wing Commander Day
Colditz
1972 · Standardtenführer Hessler
The Adventurer
1972 · Sir Richard
Spy Trap
1972 · Carson
Justice
1971 · Brigadier Craig-Astley
Jason King
1971
Big Brother
1970 · Wendell Meade
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
1969 · Hyde Watson
Department S
1969 · Franz Drieker
The Main Chance
1969 · Judge
The Expert
1968 · Stephen Trimmer
Mystery and Imagination
1966 · Sullivan
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Julius Winterhalter, Norton
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Thomas Glover
Story Parade
1964 · Herr Hacker
Espionage
1963 · George Case
The Saint
1962 · Martin Jeffroll
Drama 61-67
1961 · Director, Stuart Robbins
The Avengers
1961 · Bill
Theatre '70
1960 · Alceste Grideaux
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960 · Jacques Planchet
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Louis, Dr. Mark Fowler
Strange Experiences
1955 · Thief