Michael Gwynn
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1916-11-30 (60 years old)
Deathday
1976-01-29
Place of Birth
Bath, Somerset, England, U.K.
Also known As
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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. Gwynn appears as Lord Melbury in the first ever episode of the series, "A Touch of Class". Gwynn also appeared on se...
Acting
1958
as Karl
1963
as Hermes
1960
as Alan Bernard
1963
as Cimber
1970
as The Priest
1960
as Prosecutor
1958
as Tom Shields
1959
as Dr. Blenkinsop
1961
as Friedrich Gottfried
1961
as Malcolm Broughton
1976
as Dawlish
1964
as Cornelius
1962
as Vicar
1977
as The Music Lover
1957
as Steve Waring
2016
as Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
1969
as Lt Col Bromley-Pickering
1961
as Lazarus
1965
as Hardingford
1974
as Oliver Mason
1958
as Commander (Sheerness)
1953
as 1st Transport Officer
1964
as Gendarme
1966
as Doctor Lang
1964
as Michelangelo (voice)
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