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Michael Gwynn

Acting

November 30, 1916

Bath, Somerset, England, U.K.

26 movies

6.0 avg

1

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...

Best Performances

Highest rated appearances

Jason and the Argonauts

Jason and the Argonauts

as Hermes

Village of the Damned

Village of the Damned

as Alan Bernard

Cleopatra

Cleopatra

as Cimber

Filmography

2010s

1 film

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

as Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)

2000s

1 film

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

as Lord Melbury (archive footage) (uncredited)

1970s

4 films

The Portable Phonograph

as The Music Lover

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Barabbas

Barabbas

as Lazarus

Dunkirk

Dunkirk

as Commander (Sheerness)

Spy Story

Spy Story

as Dawlish

1976

5.5

A Coffin for the Bride

A Coffin for the Bride

as Oliver Mason

Scars of Dracula

Scars of Dracula

as The Priest

1960s

14 films

The Virgin Soldiers

The Virgin Soldiers

as Lt Col Bromley-Pickering

The Deadly Bees

The Deadly Bees

as Doctor Lang

Catch Us If You Can

Catch Us If You Can

as Hardingford

The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Fall of the Roman Empire

as Cornelius

The Horse Without a Head

The Horse Without a Head

as Gendarme

Michelangelo

as Michelangelo (voice)

Jason and the Argonauts

Jason and the Argonauts

as Hermes

Cleopatra

Cleopatra

as Cimber

Some People

Some People

as Vicar

Barabbas

Barabbas

as Lazarus

Question 7

Question 7

as Friedrich Gottfried

What a Carve Up!

What a Carve Up!

as Malcolm Broughton

Village of the Damned

Village of the Damned

as Alan Bernard

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

as Prosecutor

1950s

6 films

The Doctor's Dilemma

The Doctor's Dilemma

as Dr. Blenkinsop

The Revenge of Frankenstein

The Revenge of Frankenstein

as Karl

The Camp on Blood Island

The Camp on Blood Island

as Tom Shields

Dunkirk

Dunkirk

as Commander (Sheerness)

The Secret Place

The Secret Place

as Steve Waring

The Runaway Bus

The Runaway Bus

as 1st Transport Officer