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Michael Gwynn

Michael Gwynn

Actor·1916–1976·Bath, Somerset, England, U.K.

8 horror credits

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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".

Actor8 films

A Coffin for the Bride

A Coffin for the Bride

Oliver Mason

1974
Scars of Dracula

Scars of Dracula

The Priest

1970 3.5
The Deadly Bees

The Deadly Bees

Doctor Lang

1966
What a Carve Up!

What a Carve Up!

Malcolm Broughton

1961
Village of the Damned

Village of the Damned

Alan Bernard

1960 3.7
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Prosecutor

1960
The Revenge of Frankenstein

The Revenge of Frankenstein

Karl

1958 4.0
The Camp on Blood Island

The Camp on Blood Island

Tom Shields

1958