
Michael Gwynn
Biography
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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.
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Acting (23 movies)

The Revenge of Frankenstein
1958

Jason and the Argonauts
1963

Village of the Damned
1960

Cleopatra
1963

Scars of Dracula
1970

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
1960

The Camp on Blood Island
1958

The Doctor's Dilemma
1959

Question 7
1961

What a Carve Up!
1961

Spy Story
1976

The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964

Some People
1962

The Secret Place
1957

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016

The Virgin Soldiers
1969

Barabbas
1961

Catch Us If You Can
1965

A Coffin for the Bride
1974

Dunkirk
1958

The Runaway Bus
1953

The Horse Without a Head
1964

The Deadly Bees
1966
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