
Michael Gwynn
Acting
Born: 1916-11-30 · Bath, Somerset, England, U.K.
Died: 1976-01-29
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
🎬 Movies (20)

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Portable Phonograph
1977
The Music Lover

Spy Story
1976
Dawlish

A Coffin for the Bride
1974
Oliver Mason

Scars of Dracula
1970
The Priest

The Virgin Soldiers
1969
Lt Col Bromley-Pickering

The Deadly Bees
1966
Doctor Lang

Catch Us If You Can
1965
Hardingford

The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
Cornelius

The Horse Without a Head
1964
Gendarme
Michelangelo
1964
Michelangelo (voice)

Jason and the Argonauts
1963
Hermes

Cleopatra
1963
Cimber

Some People
1962
Vicar

Barabbas
1961
Lazarus

Question 7
1961
Friedrich Gottfried

What a Carve Up!
1961
Malcolm Broughton

Village of the Damned
1960
Alan Bernard

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
1960
Prosecutor
📺 TV Shows (20)

The World of Hammer
1994
Self (archive footage)
The Sunday Drama
1977
Jack Hampton

State of Emergency
1975
Professor Donati

Poldark
1975
Justice Lister

Fawlty Towers
1975
Lord Melbury

Thriller
1973
Oliver Mason

Colditz
1972
Standardtenführer Hessler

The Adventurer
1972
Sir Richard

Spy Trap
1972
Carson

Justice
1971
Brigadier Craig-Astley

Jason King
1971
Big Brother
1970
Wendell Meade

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
1969
Hyde Watson

Department S
1969
Franz Drieker

The Main Chance
1969
Judge

The Expert
1968
Stephen Trimmer

Mystery and Imagination
1966
Sullivan

BBC Play of the Month
1965
Julius Winterhalter

BBC Play of the Month
1965
Norton
Story Parade
1964
Herr Hacker