Michael Gwynn
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday30 November 1916
Died29 January 1976 (age 59)
Place of birthBath, Somerset, England, U.K.
Known credits54
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 seri…
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 World of Hammer
1994 · Self (archive footage)
The Sunday Drama
1977 · Jack Hampton
The Portable Phonograph
1977 · The Music Lover
Spy Story
1976 · Dawlish
State of Emergency
1975 · Professor Donati
Poldark
1975 · Justice Lister
Fawlty Towers
1975 · Lord Melbury
A Coffin for the Bride
1974 · Oliver Mason
Thriller
1973 · Oliver Mason
Colditz
1972 · Standardtenführer Hessler
The Adventurer
1972 · Sir Richard
Spy Trap
1972 · Carson
Justice
1971 · Brigadier Craig-Astley
Jason King
1971
Scars of Dracula
1970 · The Priest
Big Brother
1970 · Wendell Meade
The Virgin Soldiers
1969 · Lt Col Bromley-Pickering
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
1969 · Hyde Watson
Department S
1969 · Franz Drieker
The Main Chance
1969 · Judge
The Expert
1968 · Stephen Trimmer
The Deadly Bees
1966 · Doctor Lang
Mystery and Imagination
1966 · Sullivan
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Julius Winterhalter
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Norton
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Thomas Glover
Catch Us If You Can
1965 · Hardingford
Story Parade
1964 · Herr Hacker
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964 · Cornelius
The Horse Without a Head
1964 · Gendarme
Michelangelo
1964 · Michelangelo (voice)
Espionage
1963 · George Case
Jason and the Argonauts
1963 · Hermes
Cleopatra
1963 · Cimber
The Saint
1962 · Martin Jeffroll
Some People
1962 · Vicar
Barabbas
1961 · Lazarus
Question 7
1961 · Friedrich Gottfried
What a Carve Up!
1961 · Malcolm Broughton
Drama 61-67
1961 · Director
Drama 61-67
1961 · Stuart Robbins
The Avengers
1961 · Bill
Theatre '70
1960 · Alceste Grideaux
Village of the Damned
1960 · Alan Bernard
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960 · Jacques Planchet
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
1960 · Prosecutor
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