1916-11-30 ( 108 years old ) in Bath, Somerset, England, U.K.
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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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Movies
The Portable Phonograph
1977-05-01
Spy Story
1976-01-01
A Coffin for the Bride
1974-05-31
Scars of Dracula
1970-11-08
The Virgin Soldiers
1969-10-14
The Deadly Bees
1966-12-23
Catch Us If You Can
1965-07-15
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964-03-24
The Horse Without a Head
1964-03-09
Jason and the Argonauts
1963-06-19
Cleopatra
1963-06-12
Some People
1962-05-31
Barabbas
1961-12-23
Question 7
1961-09-28
What a Carve Up!
1961-09-15
Village of the Damned
1960-06-16
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
1960-03-04
The Doctor's Dilemma
1959-01-01
The Revenge of Frankenstein
1958-06-13
The Camp on Blood Island
1958-04-15
Dunkirk
1958-03-20
The Secret Place
1957-02-06
The Runaway Bus
1953-09-28
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