Michael Gwynn

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Michael Gwynn
Gwynn in The Revenge of Frankenstein
Born(1916-11-30)30 November 1916
Bath, England
Died29 January 1976(1976-01-29) (aged 59)
London, England
OccupationActor
Years active1954–1976

Michael Gwynn (30 November 1916 – 29 January 1976) was an English actor whose career spanned 40 years, across a variety of stage, film, and television roles.

Life and career

Gwynn was born in

Second World War he served in East Africa as a major and was adjutant to the 2nd (Nyasaland) Battalion of the King's African Rifles.[citation needed
]

Gwynn is perhaps best remembered for his role in the first episode of the BBC comedy

A Touch of Class" (1975) as the conman "Lord" Melbury who eventually humiliates Basil Fawlty.[2] For Hammer Films, he performed in several productions including the war film The Camp on Blood Island (1958), and Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960), a rare drama film for the studio; the actor also appeared in one of their very best horror movies, The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958), in which he played a tragic experimental subject who turns into a cannibalistic killer, and the less well-regarded Scars of Dracula (1970) in the role of a priest determined to battle Count Dracula.[3][4][5] He had a lead role in 1960's Village of the Damned, produced and distributed by MGM-British Studios.[6]

Gwynn also appeared on several adaptations of plays on the

Casca. Both productions starred Ralph Richardson in the title roles.[7][8] Gwynn also appeared in a BBC serialised adaptation of Great Expectations as Joe Gargery in 1959.[9]

Gwynn died on 29 January 1976 in London from a heart attack[citation needed], aged 59. Earlier that day, he had finished filming on Spawn, a television play for London Weekend Television.[10]

Plays

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Michael Gwynn". Archived from the original on 30 September 2017.
  2. ^ "A Touch of Class, Series 1, Fawlty Towers – BBC Two". BBC.
  3. ^ "Michael Gwynn". www.aveleyman.com.
  4. ^ Variety Staff (1 January 1958). "The Revenge of Frankenstein".
  5. ^ "Scars Of Dracula – 1970". www.britishhorrorfilms.co.uk.
  6. ^ "'Village of the Damned' Deserves to Be Recognized as a True Classic (Review)". Addicted to Horror Movies. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Various – Cyrano De Bergerac". Discogs. 1965.
  8. ^ "Various – Julius Caesar". Discogs. 1964.
  9. ^ "Great Expectations Part 5 (1959)". Archived from the original on 31 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Mr Michael Gwynn". The Times. 31 January 1976. p. 14. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  11. ISBN 9781136650406
    – via Google Books.

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