| Michael C. Gwynne | |
| Birth Date: | 1 October 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 1970 - 2009 |
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), (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]
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]
| 1973 | Payday | Clarence McGinty | ||
| 1973 | Harry in Your Pocket | Fence | ||
| 1974 | The Terminal Man | Dr. Robert Morris | ||
| 1976 | Special Delivery | Graff | ||
| 1979 | Mike Cassidy | |||
| 1980 | Raise the Titanic | Bohannon | ||
| 1981 | Threshold | Jay Wingate | ||
| 1982 | 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 | ||
| 2000 | Nostradamus | Astrologer La Font | ||
| 2009 | Knowing | Coast Patrol Official |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Billy | Episode: "Memo from the Class of '76" | ||
| 1970 | Whitney | Episode: "Power Play" | ||
| 1970, 1971 | The Psychiatrist | Blaine / Pusher | 2 episodes | |
| 1971 | The Name of the Game | Dr. Parker | Episode: "LA 2017" | |
| 1971 | Thief | Junkie | Television film | |
| 1971 | Longstreet | Harper | Episode: "The Shape of Nightmares" | |
| 1972 | Cade's County | Jack | Episode: "Dead Past" | |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense | The Silversmith | Episode: "Eye of the Haunted" | |
| 1972 | Charlie Luwaine | Episode: "Time Bomb in the Chest" | ||
| 1972 | Emergency! | Jerry Dondon | Episode: "Dinner Date" | |
| 1973 | A Cold Night's Death | Val Adams | Television film | |
| 1974 | Slither | Stranger | ||
| 1974 | The Healers | Dr. Anton Balinowski | ||
| 1974–1975 | Harry O | Randall Groves / Andrew Marsh | 2 episodes | |
| 1975 | Kojak | Blaise | Episode: "The Trade-Off" | |
| 1975 | Matt Helm | Charlie Danbury | Episode: "Matt Helm" | |
| 1977 | The Sunday Drama | Jack Hampton | Episode: "Spawn" | |
| 1977 | Baretta | Nicky Moss | Episode: "It's Hard But It's Fair" | |
| 1977 | Rafferty | Dr. Prud'homme / McMurdo | 3 episodes | |
| 1979 | Some Kind of Miracle | Dr. Mark Spencer | Television film | |
| 1979 | Dallas | Dr. Rogers | Episode: "John Ewing III: Part 2" | |
| 1979 | The Chevy Chase National Humor Test | Various (uncredited) | Television special | |
| 1979 | The Streets of L.A. | Walter Kiner | Television film | |
| 1980 | Larry King | |||
| 1980 | Tenspeed and Brown Shoe | Dean Culpits | Episode: "The Treasure of Sierra Madre Street" | |
| 1980 | CHiPs | Cleve | Episode: "The Poachers" | |
| 1982 | Victims | Attorney Walters | Television film | |
| 1982 | Thou Shalt Not Kill | Roebuck | ||
| 1982 | Hill Street Blues | Farley | Episode: "Invasion of the Third World Body Snatchers" | |
| 1982 | Deadly Encounter | John Servasco | Television film | |
| 1982 | Cagney & Lacey | Phillip Malik | Episode: "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | |
| 1982–1983 | Falcon Crest | Steve Barton | 4 episodes | |
| 1983 | White Water Rebels | Leland | Television film | |
| 1983 | Remington Steele | Considine | Episode: "To Stop a Steele" | |
| 1983 | Blood Feud | Hoffa's Attorney | Television film | |
| 1984 | Calendar Girl Murders | Krell | ||
| 1984 | Knight Rider | Paul Brock | Episode: "Let It Be Me" | |
| 1984 | He's Not Your Son | Dr. Langtry | Television film | |
| 1985 | Raoul Walsh | |||
| 1985 | Seduced | 'Fitz' Fitzgibbons | ||
| 1985 | MacGyver | Dr. Burke | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 1985 | Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues | Jimmy Blue | Television film | |
| 1985 | Simon & Simon | Burton 'Burt' Ferris | Episode: "Walk a Mile in My Hat" | |
| 1986 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Bus Driver | Episode: "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" | |
| 1986 | Amazing Stories | Jail Attendant | Episode: "Mirror, Mirror" | |
| 1986 | Sidekicks | Shaw | Episode: "Thrill of the Chase" | |
| 1986 | Moseley Baker | Television film | ||
| 1987 | Police Story: the Freeway Killings | Gavin | ||
| 1988 | Unholy Matrimony | Lt. Al Kerns | ||
| 1988–1994 | Matlock | Various characters | 5 episodes | |
| 1989, 1991 | Father Dowling Mysteries | Packer / Lt. McGuire | 2 episodes | |
| 1990 | Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston | Conners | Television film | |
| 1990 | Jake and the Fatman | Frank Compton | Episode: "My Boy Bill" | |
| 1991 | Tropical Heat | Minton | Episode: "Family Affair" | |
| 1991 | Blood Ties | Marvin | Television film | |
| 1992 | Dangerous Curves | Stanley La Roque | Episode: "Back... and to the Left" | |
| 1993 | Days of Our Lives | Dr. LeBlanc | 3 episodes | |
| 1994 | Jack Reed: A Search for Justice | Pete Myers | Television film | |
| 1996 | The Client | Mulvey | Episode: "The Morning After" | |
| 2002 | Courage the Cowardly Dog | Voice | 13 episodes | |
| 2005 | Meet the Santas | Rev. Moran | Television film |