Michael Gwynn

Acting Nov 30, 1916 Jan 29, 1976 (aged 60) Bath, Somerset, England, U.K.

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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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55 Acting Credits

Michael Gwynn

Acting

Cleopatra

Fawlty Towers

Jason and the Argonauts

Village of the Damned

The Fall of the Roman Empire

Scars of Dracula

Barabbas

The Avengers

The Revenge of Frankenstein

The Saint

Dunkirk

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

The Deadly Bees

The Camp on Blood Island

What a Carve Up!

Catch Us If You Can

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

Poldark

Department S

The Virgin Soldiers

The Runaway Bus

Colditz

Jason King

Thriller