Michael Gwynn

Known for

Acting

Born

November 30, 1916

Birthplace

Bath, Somerset, England, U.K.

Died

January 29, 1976 (aged 59)

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...

Best known work

Cleopatra

1963

Fawlty Towers

1975

Jason and the Argonauts

1963

Village of the Damned

1960

The Fall of the Roman Empire

1964

Scars of Dracula

1970

Barabbas

1961

The Revenge of Frankenstein

1958

The Avengers

1961

The Saint

1962

Filmography

2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
The World of HammerTV
as Self (archive footage) (2 episodes)
1977
The Sunday DramaTV
as Jack Hampton (1 episode)
1977
The Portable Phonograph
as The Music Lover
1976
Spy Story
as Dawlish
1975
State of EmergencyTV
as Professor Donati (3 episodes)
1975
PoldarkTV
as Justice Lister (2 episodes)
1975
Fawlty TowersTV
as Lord Melbury (1 episode)
1974
A Coffin for the Bride
as Oliver Mason
1973
ThrillerTV
as Oliver Mason (1 episode)
1972
ColditzTV
as Standardtenführer Hessler (1 episode)
1972
The AdventurerTV
as Sir Richard (1 episode)
1972
Spy TrapTV
as Carson (29 episodes)
1971
JusticeTV
as Brigadier Craig-Astley (1 episode)
1971
Jason KingTV
1970
Scars of Dracula
as The Priest
1970
Big BrotherTV
as Wendell Meade (1 episode)
1969
The Virgin Soldiers
as Lt Col Bromley-Pickering
1969
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)TV
as Hyde Watson (1 episode)
1969
Department STV
as Franz Drieker (1 episode)
1969
The Main ChanceTV
as Judge (1 episode)
1968
The ExpertTV
as Stephen Trimmer (1 episode)
1966
The Deadly Bees
as Doctor Lang
1966
Mystery and ImaginationTV
as Sullivan (1 episode)