Michael Gwynn
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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".
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
22 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | State of Emergency | Professor Donati | TV |
| 1974 | A Coffin for the Bride | Oliver Mason | Film |
| 1972 | Spy Trap | Carson | TV |
| 1970 | Scars of Dracula | The Priest | Film |
| 1969 | The Virgin Soldiers | Lt Col Bromley-Pickering | Film |
| 1966 | The Deadly Bees | Doctor Lang | Film |
| 1965 | Catch Us If You Can | Hardingford | Film |
| 1964 | The Fall of the Roman Empire | Cornelius | Film |
| 1963 | Cleopatra | Cimber | Film |
| 1963 | Jason and the Argonauts | Hermes | Film |
| 1962 | Some People | Vicar | Film |
| 1961 | What a Carve Up! | Malcolm Broughton | Film |
| 1961 | Barabbas | Lazarus | Film |
| 1961 | Question 7 | Friedrich Gottfried | Film |
| 1960 | Never Take Sweets from a Stranger | Prosecutor | Film |
| 1960 | Village of the Damned | Alan Bernard | Film |
| 1959 | The Doctor's Dilemma | Dr. Blenkinsop | Film |
| 1958 | The Revenge of Frankenstein | Karl | Film |
| 1958 | Dunkirk | Commander (Sheerness) | Film |
| 1958 | The Camp on Blood Island | Tom Shields | Film |
| 1957 | The Secret Place | Steve Waring | Film |
| 1953 | The Runaway Bus | 1st Transport Officer | Film |
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