Michael Gwynn

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Michael Gwynn (30 November 1916 in Bath – 29 January 1976 in London) was an English actor. 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 coerce £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 entitled A Touch of Class.

[edit] Plays

• 1956 - A View From The Bridge (opening season) by Arthur Miller

[edit] Filmography

• 1958 - The Revenge of Frankenstein
• 1961 - Village of the Damned
• 1961 - Question 7
• 1963 - Jason and the Argonauts
• 1970 - Scars of Dracula
• 1975 - State of Emergency

[edit] External link

• Michael Gwynn at the Internet Movie Database