Michael C. Gwynne

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Michael C. Gwynne
Born (1942-10-01) October 1, 1942 (age 82)
OccupationActor
Years active19702009

Michael C. Gwynne (born October 1, 1942) is an American film, television and radio actor. His film roles include Payday (1973), A Cold Night's Death (1973), Harry in Your Pocket (1973), The Terminal Man (1974), Special Delivery (1976), Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979), Raise the Titanic (1980), Threshold (1981), Cherry 2000 (1987), Sunset (1988), Blue Heat (1990), The Last of the Finest (1990) [1] and Private Parts (1997). [2]

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Gwynne's distinctive voice is familiar through recordings and radio. He is one of the prime narrators on the 1971 Elektra Records album, "A Child's Garden Of Grass (A Pre-Legalization Comedy)." [3] He has narrated numerous audiobooks autobiographies on Elie Wiesel, Prince and other celebrities. [4]

In the late 1970s and into the 80s, Gwynne joined Phil Austin of the Firesign Theatre and comic Frazer Smith as the multi-voiced three-man cast of an improvisational surrealist comedy radio show, "Hollywood Niteshift," first on KROQ and later on KLOS, both in Los Angeles. [5] [6] [7]

Gwynne is the son of band leader Frankie Kaye. [8] [9]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1973 Payday Clarence McGinty
1973 Harry in Your Pocket Fence
1974 The Terminal Man Dr. Robert Morris
1976 Special Delivery Graff
1979 Butch and Sundance: The Early Days Mike Cassidy
1980 Raise the Titanic Bohannon
1981 Threshold Jay Wingate
1982 Harry Tracy: The Last of the Wild Bunch David Merrill
1986 Tai-Pan Cooper
1987 Cherry 2000 Slim
1988 Sunset Mooch
1990 The Last of the Finest Anthony Reece
1995 Dillinger and Capone Perkins
1997 Private Parts Duke of Rock
2000NostradamusAstrologer La Font
2009 Knowing Coast Patrol Official

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1970 The Bold Ones: The Protectors BillyEpisode: "Memo from the Class of '76"
1970 The Bold Ones: The Senator WhitneyEpisode: "Power Play"
1970, 1971 The Psychiatrist Blaine / Pusher2 episodes
1971 The Name of the Game Dr. ParkerEpisode: "LA 2017"
1971ThiefJunkieTelevision film
1971 Longstreet HarperEpisode: "The Shape of Nightmares"
1972 Cade's County JackEpisode: "Dead Past"
1972 The Sixth Sense The SilversmithEpisode: "Eye of the Haunted"
1972 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors Charlie LuwaineEpisode: "Time Bomb in the Chest"
1972 Emergency! Jerry DondonEpisode: "Dinner Date"
1973 A Cold Night's Death Val AdamsTelevision film
1974 Slither Stranger
1974 The Healers Dr. Anton Balinowski
1974–1975 Harry O Randall Groves / Andrew Marsh2 episodes
1975 Kojak BlaiseEpisode: "The Trade-Off"
1975 Matt Helm Charlie DanburyEpisode: "Matt Helm"
1977The Sunday DramaJack HamptonEpisode: "Spawn"
1977 Baretta Nicky MossEpisode: "It's Hard But It's Fair"
1977 Rafferty Dr. Prud'homme / McMurdo3 episodes
1979Some Kind of MiracleDr. Mark SpencerTelevision film
1979 Dallas Dr. RogersEpisode: "John Ewing III: Part 2"
1979The Chevy Chase National Humor TestVarious (uncredited)Television special
1979The Streets of L.A.Walter KinerTelevision film
1980 Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones Larry King
1980 Tenspeed and Brown Shoe Dean CulpitsEpisode: "The Treasure of Sierra Madre Street"
1980 CHiPs CleveEpisode: "The Poachers"
1982 Victims Attorney WaltersTelevision film
1982Thou Shalt Not KillRoebuck
1982 Hill Street Blues FarleyEpisode: "Invasion of the Third World Body Snatchers"
1982Deadly EncounterJohn ServascoTelevision film
1982 Cagney & Lacey Phillip MalikEpisode: "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
1982–1983 Falcon Crest Steve Barton4 episodes
1983White Water RebelsLelandTelevision film
1983 Remington Steele ConsidineEpisode: "To Stop a Steele"
1983 Blood Feud Hoffa's AttorneyTelevision film
1984 Calendar Girl Murders Krell
1984 Knight Rider Paul BrockEpisode: "Let It Be Me"
1984He's Not Your SonDr. LangtryTelevision film
1985 My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn Raoul Walsh
1985Seduced'Fitz' Fitzgibbons
1985 MacGyver Dr. BurkeEpisode: "Pilot"
1985Beverly Hills Cowgirl BluesJimmy BlueTelevision film
1985 Simon & Simon Burton 'Burt' FerrisEpisode: "Walk a Mile in My Hat"
1986 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Bus DriverEpisode: "Alfred Hitchcock Presents"
1986 Amazing Stories Jail AttendantEpisode: "Mirror, Mirror"
1986 Sidekicks ShawEpisode: "Thrill of the Chase"
1986 Houston: The Legend of Texas Moseley Baker Television film
1987Police Story: the Freeway KillingsGavin
1988Unholy MatrimonyLt. Al Kerns
1988–1994 Matlock Various characters5 episodes
1989, 1991 Father Dowling Mysteries Packer / Lt. McGuire2 episodes
1990Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in BostonConnersTelevision film
1990 Jake and the Fatman Frank ComptonEpisode: "My Boy Bill"
1991 Tropical Heat MintonEpisode: "Family Affair"
1991 Blood Ties MarvinTelevision film
1992 Dangerous Curves Stanley La RoqueEpisode: "Back... and to the Left"
1993 Days of Our Lives Dr. LeBlanc3 episodes
1994Jack Reed: A Search for JusticePete MyersTelevision film
1996 The Client MulveyEpisode: "The Morning After"
2002 Courage the Cowardly Dog Voice13 episodes
2005 Meet the Santas Rev. MoranTelevision film

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