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) and Private Parts (1997).
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)." He has narrated numerous audiobooks autobiographies on Elie Wiesel, Prince and other celebrities.
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.
Gwynne is the son of band leader Frankie Kaye.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1973PaydayClarence McGinty1973Harry in Your PocketFence1974The Terminal ManDr. Robert Morris1976Special DeliveryGraff1979Butch and Sundance: The Early DaysMike Cassidy1980Raise the TitanicBohannon1981ThresholdJay Wingate1982Harry Tracy: The Last of the Wild BunchDavid Merrill1986Tai-PanCooper1988Cherry 2000Slim1988SunsetMooch1990The Last of the FinestAnthony Reece1995Dillinger and CaponePerkins1997Private PartsDuke of Rock2000NostradamusAstrologer La Font2009KnowingCoast Patrol Official
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1970The Bold Ones: The ProtectorsBillyEpisode: "Memo from the Class of '76"1970The Bold Ones: The SenatorWhitneyEpisode: "Power Play"1970, 1971The PsychiatristBlaine / Pusher2 episodes1971The Name of the GameDr. ParkerEpisode: "LA 2017"1971ThiefJunkieTelevision film1971LongstreetHarperEpisode: "The Shape of Nightmares"1972Cade's CountyJackEpisode: "Dead Past"1972The Sixth SenseThe SilversmithEpisode: "Eye of the Haunted"1972The Bold Ones: The New DoctorsCharlie LuwaineEpisode: "Time Bomb in the Chest"1972Emergency!Jerry DondonEpisode: "Dinner Date"1973A Cold Night's DeathVal AdamsTelevision film1974SlitherStranger1974The HealersDr. Anton Balinowski1974–1975Harry ORandall Groves / Andrew Marsh2 episodes1975KojakBlaiseEpisode: "The Trade-Off"1975Matt HelmCharlie DanburyEpisode: "Matt Helm"1977The Sunday DramaJack HamptonEpisode: "Spawn"1977BarettaNicky MossEpisode: "It's Hard But It's Fair"1977RaffertyDr. Prud'homme / McMurdo3 episodes1979Some Kind of MiracleDr. Mark SpencerTelevision film1979DallasDr. RogersEpisode: "John Ewing III: Part 2"1979The Chevy Chase National Humor TestVarious (uncredited)Television special1979The Streets of L.A.Walter KinerTelevision film1980Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim JonesLarry King1980Tenspeed and Brown ShoeDean CulpitsEpisode: "The Treasure of Sierra Madre Street"1980CHiPsCleveEpisode: "The Poachers"1982VictimsAttorney WaltersTelevision film1982Thou Shalt Not KillRoebuck1982Hill Street BluesFarleyEpisode: "Invasion of the Third World Body Snatchers"1982Deadly EncounterJohn ServascoTelevision film1982Cagney & LaceyPhillip MalikEpisode: "I'll Be Home for Christmas"1982–1983Falcon CrestSteve Barton4 episodes1983White Water RebelsLelandTelevision film1983Remington SteeleConsidineEpisode: "To Stop a Steele"1983Blood FeudHoffa's AttorneyTelevision film1984Calendar Girl MurdersKrell1984Knight RiderPaul BrockEpisode: "Let It Be Me"1984He's Not Your SonDr. LangtryTelevision film1985My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol FlynnRaoul Walsh1985Seduced'Fitz' Fitzgibbons1985MacGyverDr. BurkeEpisode: "Pilot"1985Beverly Hills Cowgirl BluesJimmy BlueTelevision film1985Simon & SimonBurton 'Burt' FerrisEpisode: "Walk a Mile in My Hat"1986Alfred Hitchcock PresentsBus DriverEpisode: "Alfred Hitchcock Presents"1986Amazing StoriesJail AttendantEpisode: "Mirror, Mirror"1986SidekicksShawEpisode: "Thrill of the Chase"1986Houston: The Legend of TexasMoseley BakerTelevision film1987Police Story: the Freeway KillingsGavin1988Unholy MatrimonyLt. Al Kerns1988–1994MatlockVarious characters5 episodes1989, 1991Father Dowling MysteriesPacker / Lt. McGuire2 episodes1990Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in BostonConnersTelevision film1990Jake and the FatmanFrank ComptonEpisode: "My Boy Bill"1991Tropical HeatMintonEpisode: "Family Affair"1991Blood TiesMarvinTelevision film1992Dangerous CurvesStanley La RoqueEpisode: "Back... and to the Left"1993Days of Our LivesDr. LeBlanc3 episodes1994Jack Reed: A Search for JusticePete MyersTelevision film1996The ClientMulveyEpisode: "The Morning After"2002Courage the Cowardly DogVoice13 episodes2005Meet the SantasRev. MoranTelevision film
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