Michael Gwynn

Known for ActingBorn 1916-11-30Died 1976-01-29Bath, Somerset, England, U.K.

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.Read more

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Espionage

The Expert

Armchair Mystery Theatre

State of Emergency

Fawlty Towers

The Main Chance

A Coffin for the Bride

Story Parade

Jason King

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Colditz

Some People

Justice

The Saint

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Jason and the Argonauts

Village of the Damned

Spy Trap

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

Cleopatra

Thriller

Poldark

What a Carve Up!

The World of Hammer

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

Barabbas

The Virgin Soldiers

Dunkirk

The Camp on Blood Island

The Secret Place

The Revenge of Frankenstein

The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Doctor's Dilemma

The Adventurer

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

The Runaway Bus

Scars of Dracula

The Horse Without a Head

Armchair Theatre

Question 7

Mystery and Imagination

Spy Story

Catch Us If You Can

Department S

BBC Play of the Month

The Sunday Drama

The Deadly Bees

The Portable Phonograph