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".
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.
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Known for
The Saint
Martin Jeffroll
The Avengers
Bill
BBC Play of the Month
Julius Winterhalter
BBC Play of the Month
Norton
The Expert
Stephen Trimmer
Thriller
Oliver Mason
Jason and the Argonauts
Hermes
Village of the Damned
Alan Bernard
Fawlty Towers
Lord Melbury
The Deadly Bees
Doctor Lang
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Cornelius
Justice
Brigadier Craig-Astley
The Main Chance
Judge
The Doctor's Dilemma
Dr. Blenkinsop
Cleopatra
Cimber
Colditz
Standardtenführer Hessler
The Camp on Blood Island
Tom Shields
Department S
Franz Drieker
Poldark
Justice Lister
Mystery and Imagination
Jason King
The Secret Place
Steve Waring
Barabbas
Lazarus
The Adventurer
Sir Richard
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Hyde Watson
Story Parade
Herr Hacker
Dunkirk
Commander (Sheerness)
The Horse Without a Head
Gendarme
The Runaway Bus
1st Transport Officer
What a Carve Up!
Malcolm Broughton
Spy Story
Dawlish
Michelangelo
Michelangelo (voice)
The Virgin Soldiers
Lt Col Bromley-Pickering
Question 7
Friedrich Gottfried
Spy Trap
Scars of Dracula
The Priest
Catch Us If You Can
Hardingford
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Prosecutor
The World of Hammer
State of Emergency
Professor Donati
The Revenge of Frankenstein
Karl
The Portable Phonograph
The Music Lover
Some People
Vicar
A Coffin for the Bride
Oliver Mason