Michael Gwynn
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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Gwynn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (54 titles)
5.7MovieBritish Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2016
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2005
6.8ShowThe World of Hammer
Self (archive footage) · 1994
The Sunday Drama
Jack Hampton · 1977
The Portable Phonograph
The Music Lover · 1977
5.5MovieSpy Story
Dawlish · 1976
8.7ShowState of Emergency
Professor Donati · 1975
6.9ShowPoldark
Justice Lister · 1975
8.3ShowFawlty Towers
Lord Melbury · 1975
8.0MovieA Coffin for the Bride
Oliver Mason · 1974
6.9ShowThriller
Oliver Mason · 1973
7.5ShowColditz
Standardtenführer Hessler · 1972
6.3ShowThe Adventurer
Sir Richard · 1972
7.0ShowSpy Trap
Carson · 1972
7.3ShowJustice
Brigadier Craig-Astley · 1971
7.8ShowJason King
1971
6.0MovieScars of Dracula
The Priest · 1970
Big Brother
Wendell Meade · 1970
6.8MovieThe Virgin Soldiers
Lt Col Bromley-Pickering · 1969
7.0ShowRandall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Hyde Watson · 1969
5.5ShowDepartment S
Franz Drieker · 1969
8.3ShowThe Main Chance
Judge · 1969
9.0ShowThe Expert
Stephen Trimmer · 1968
4.4MovieThe Deadly Bees
Doctor Lang · 1966
5.8ShowMystery and Imagination
Sullivan · 1966
5.3ShowBBC Play of the Month
Julius Winterhalter · 1965
4.2ShowThirty-Minute Theatre
Thomas Glover · 1965
5.4MovieCatch Us If You Can
Hardingford · 1965
Story Parade
Herr Hacker · 1964
6.5MovieThe Fall of the Roman Empire
Cornelius · 1964