Michael Gwynn
Known for ActingBorn 1916-11-30 — died 1976-01-29Bath, Somerset, England, U.K.
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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.
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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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Known for
Cleopatra
1963 · as Cimber
Jason and the Argonauts
1963 · as Hermes
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964 · as Cornelius
Barabbas
1961 · as Lazarus
Scars of Dracula
1970 · as The Priest
Village of the Damned
1960 · as Alan Bernard
Some People
1962 · as Vicar
Dunkirk
1958 · as Commander (Sheerness)
The Deadly Bees
1966 · as Doctor Lang
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 · as Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Revenge of Frankenstein
1958 · as Karl
The Runaway Bus
1953 · as 1st Transport Officer
What a Carve Up!
1961 · as Malcolm Broughton
The Virgin Soldiers
1969 · as Lt Col Bromley-Pickering
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016 · as Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
Catch Us If You Can
1965 · as Hardingford
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
1960 · as Prosecutor
The Camp on Blood Island
1958 · as Tom Shields