Michael Gwynn
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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".
Cleopatra
Fawlty Towers
Jason and the Argonauts
Village of the Damned
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Scars of Dracula
Barabbas
The Revenge of Frankenstein
The Avengers
The Saint
Dunkirk
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger