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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...
Known for
The AvengersSeries • 1961
The SaintSeries • 1962
BBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965
Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries • 1965
ThrillerSeries • 1973
The ExpertSeries • 1968
Fawlty TowersSeries • 1975
JusticeSeries • 1971
Department SSeries • 1969
Jason KingSeries • 1971
PoldarkSeries • 1975
Mystery and ImaginationSeries • 1966
The Main ChanceSeries • 1969
The AdventurerSeries • 1972
EspionageSeries • 1963
ColditzSeries • 1972
CleopatraMovie • 1963
Jason and the ArgonautsMovie • 1963
The Fall of the Roman EmpireMovie • 1964
Village of the DamnedMovie • 1960
Scars of DraculaMovie • 1970
BarabbasMovie • 1961
DunkirkMovie • 1958
The Revenge of FrankensteinMovie • 1958