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

• 2016British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves — Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2005The Funny Blokes of British Comedy — Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1977The Portable Phonograph — The Music Lover
• The Sunday Drama — Jack Hampton
• 1976Spy Story — Dawlish
• Fawlty Towers — Lord Melbury
• Poldark — Justice Lister
• State of Emergency — Professor Donati
• 1974A Coffin for the Bride — Oliver Mason
• Thriller — Oliver Mason
• Colditz — Standardtenführer Hessler
• Spy Trap — Carson
• The Adventurer — Sir Richard
• Jason King
• Justice — Brigadier Craig-Astley
• Big Brother — Wendell Meade
• 1970Scars of Dracula — The Priest
• Department S — Franz Drieker
• Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) — Hyde Watson
• The Main Chance — Judge
• 1969The Virgin Soldiers — Lt Col Bromley-Pickering
• The Expert — Stephen Trimmer
• Mystery and Imagination — Sullivan
• 1966The Deadly Bees — Doctor Lang
• BBC Play of the Month — Julius Winterhalter, Norton
• 1965Catch Us If You Can — Hardingford
• Thirty-Minute Theatre — Thomas Glover
• 1964Michelangelo — Michelangelo (voice)
• Story Parade — Herr Hacker
• 1964The Fall of the Roman Empire — Cornelius
• 1964The Horse Without a Head — Gendarme
• 1963Cleopatra — Cimber
• Espionage — George Case
• 1963Jason and the Argonauts — Hermes
• 1962Some People — Vicar
• The Saint — Martin Jeffroll
• 1961Barabbas — Lazarus
• Drama 61-67 — Director, Stuart Robbins
• 1961Question 7 — Friedrich Gottfried
• The Avengers — Bill
• 1961What a Carve Up! — Malcolm Broughton
• Armchair Mystery Theatre — Jacques Planchet
• 1960Never Take Sweets from a Stranger — Prosecutor
• Theatre '70 — Alceste Grideaux
• 1960Village of the Damned — Alan Bernard
• 1959The Doctor's Dilemma — Dr. Blenkinsop
• 1958Dunkirk — Commander (Sheerness)
• 1958The Camp on Blood Island — Tom Shields
• 1958The Revenge of Frankenstein — Karl
• 1957The Secret Place — Steve Waring
• Armchair Theatre — Louis, Dr. Mark Fowler
• Strange Experiences — Thief
• 1953The Runaway Bus — 1st Transport Officer

Appearances as themselves (1)

• The World of Hammer — Self (archive footage)