Personal Info
Michael Gwynn
Acting
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 seri…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Portable Phonograph
as The Music Lover
Spy Story
as Dawlish
A Coffin for the Bride
as Oliver Mason
Scars of Dracula
as The Priest
The Virgin Soldiers
as Lt Col Bromley-Pickering
The Deadly Bees
as Doctor Lang
Catch Us If You Can
as Hardingford
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Cornelius
TV Shows
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage) · 2 ep.
The Sunday Drama
as Jack Hampton · 1 ep.
Fawlty Towers
as Lord Melbury · 1 ep.
Poldark
as Justice Lister · 2 ep.
State of Emergency
as Professor Donati · 3 ep.
Thriller
as Oliver Mason · 1 ep.
Spy Trap
as Carson · 29 ep.
Colditz
as Standardtenführer Hessler · 1 ep.
The Adventurer
as Sir Richard · 1 ep.
Justice
as Brigadier Craig-Astley · 1 ep.
