Michael Gwynn
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Gwynn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies
(26 total)
Cleopatra
as Cimber
Jason and the Argonauts
as Hermes
Village of the Damned
as Alan Bernard
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Cornelius
Scars of Dracula
as The Priest
Barabbas
as Lazarus
Dunkirk
as Commander (Sheerness)
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
as Prosecutor
The Deadly Bees
as Doctor Lang
The Camp on Blood Island
as Tom Shields
What a Carve Up!
as Malcolm Broughton
Catch Us If You Can
as Hardingford
The Virgin Soldiers
as Lt Col Bromley-Pickering
The Runaway Bus
as 1st Transport Officer
The Doctor's Dilemma
as Dr. Blenkinsop
Question 7
as Friedrich Gottfried
Some People
as Vicar
The Secret Place
as Steve Waring
Spy Story
as Dawlish
TV Shows
(23 total)
Fawlty Towers
as Lord Melbury
The Avengers
as Bill
The Saint
as Martin Jeffroll
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
as Hyde Watson
Poldark
as Justice Lister
Department S
as Franz Drieker
Colditz
as Standardtenführer Hessler
Thriller
as Oliver Mason
BBC Play of the Month
as Julius Winterhalter
BBC Play of the Month
as Norton
The Adventurer
as Sir Richard
Mystery and Imagination
as Sullivan
The Main Chance
as Judge
Justice
as Brigadier Craig-Astley
State of Emergency
as Professor Donati
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage)
The Expert
as Stephen Trimmer
Spy Trap
as Carson
Strange Experiences
as Thief