Michael Gwynn

Personal Info

Birthday

November 30, 1916

Day of Death

1976-01-29

(59 years old)

Place of Birth

Bath, Somerset, England, U.K.

Michael Gwynn

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.

Known For

The Saint

The Avengers

BBC Play of the Month

The Expert

Thriller

Justice

Poldark

Cleopatra

Filmography

2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
1977
The Portable Phonograph
as The Music Lover
1976
Spy Story
as Dawlish
1974
A Coffin for the Bride
as Oliver Mason
1970
Scars of Dracula
as The Priest
1969
The Virgin Soldiers
as Lt Col Bromley-Pickering
1966
The Deadly Bees
as Doctor Lang
1965
Catch Us If You Can
as Hardingford
1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Cornelius
The Horse Without a Head
as Gendarme
Michelangelo
as Michelangelo (voice)
1963
Jason and the Argonauts
as Hermes
Cleopatra
as Cimber
1962
Some People
as Vicar
1961
Barabbas
as Lazarus
Question 7
as Friedrich Gottfried
What a Carve Up!
as Malcolm Broughton
1960
Village of the Damned
as Alan Bernard
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
as Prosecutor
1959
The Doctor's Dilemma
as Dr. Blenkinsop
1958
The Revenge of Frankenstein
as Karl
The Camp on Blood Island
as Tom Shields
Dunkirk
as Commander (Sheerness)
1957
The Secret Place
as Steve Waring
1953
The Runaway Bus
as 1st Transport Officer