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Actor
Michael Gwynn
Acting
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Movies: 23Series: 19
TMDB ID: 30705
IMDb ID: nm0350372
Known for: Acting
Born: November 30, 1916
Died: January 29, 1976
Age: 59
Place of birth: Bath, Somerset, England, U.K.
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2016
Years active: 64
Average TMDB rating: 6.84
Wikidata: Q5778888
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.
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Movie credits linked with Michael Gwynn.
5.7
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016 Movie
5.5
Spy Story
as Dawlish
1976 Movie
8.3
A Coffin for the Bride
as Oliver Mason
1974 Movie
6.0
Scars of Dracula
as The Priest
1970 Movie
6.5
The Virgin Soldiers
as Lt Col Bromley-Pickering
1969 Movie
4.3
The Deadly Bees
as Doctor Lang
1966 Movie
5.2
Catch Us If You Can
as Hardingford
1965 Movie
6.5
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Cornelius
1964 Movie
6.0
The Horse Without a Head
as Gendarme
1964 Movie
7.2
Jason and the Argonauts
as Hermes
1963 Movie
7.0
Cleopatra
as Cimber
1963 Movie
7.0
Some People
as Vicar
1962 Movie
6.9
Barabbas
as Lazarus
1961 Movie
5.5
Question 7
as Friedrich Gottfried
1961 Movie
6.9
What a Carve Up!
as Malcolm Broughton
1961 Movie
7.2
Village of the Damned
as Alan Bernard
1960 Movie
7.3
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
as Prosecutor
1960 Movie
6.1
The Doctor's Dilemma
as Dr. Blenkinsop
1959 Movie
6.6
The Revenge of Frankenstein
as Karl
1958 Movie
6.6
The Camp on Blood Island
as Tom Shields
1958 Movie
6.8
Dunkirk
as Commander (Sheerness)
1958 Movie
6.2
The Secret Place
as Steve Waring
1957 Movie
5.9
The Runaway Bus
as 1st Transport Officer
1953 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Michael Gwynn.
6.5
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage) • 2 eps
1994 Series
8.0
State of Emergency
as Professor Donati • 3 eps
1975 Series
6.8
Poldark
as Justice Lister • 2 eps
1975 Series
8.3
Fawlty Towers
as Lord Melbury • 1 eps
1975 Series
6.6
Thriller
as Oliver Mason • 1 eps
1973 Series
7.3
Colditz
as Standardtenführer Hessler • 1 eps
1972 Series
5.5
The Adventurer
as Sir Richard • 1 eps
1972 Series
6.0
Spy Trap
as Carson • 29 eps
1972 Series
6.0
Justice
as Brigadier Craig-Astley • 1 eps
1971 Series
7.6
Jason King
1 eps
1971 Series
7.0
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
as Hyde Watson • 1 eps
1969 Series
5.0
Department S
as Franz Drieker • 1 eps
1969 Series
7.7
The Main Chance
as Judge • 1 eps
1969 Series
10.0
The Expert
as Stephen Trimmer • 1 eps
1968 Series
5.5
Mystery and Imagination
as Sullivan • 1 eps
1966 Series
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Julius Winterhalter • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.4
The Saint
as Martin Jeffroll • 1 eps
1962 Series
7.7
The Avengers
as Bill • 1 eps
1961 Series
Strange Experiences
as Thief • 1 eps
1955 Series