Michael C. Gwynne
Michael Gwynne's father, Frankie Kaye, was a big band leader for most of his life, but when the popularity of the genre faded in the 1950s, he became a driving instructor and salesman. Understandably embittered, he was against his son entering the music industry, but young Gwynne was hypnotized by top 40 rock radio. By age 18 he was on the air as a DJ in Canada, where he worked for four years before returning to the United States, logging time in Mississippi, Alabama, California and New York, where he also took acting lessons from famed drama coach Stella Adler. His rise to DJ fame was accelerated in 1965 when, as part of a radio promotional stunt, Gwynne drummed for 92 hours straight, setting a new world record. While on vacation in Hollywood in 1969, Gwynne met Jerrold Freedman, then a producer at Universal Studios. After discussing their shared love of jazz, Gwynne mentioned his desire to act. Three weeks later, Freedman brought him to the Universal lot, where Gwynne received his first television part. A regular guest star for the next two decades, Gwynne's acting appearances became less frequent in the 1990s, as he instead concentrated on writing screenplays when not sitting in on drums with jazz bands all over New York.
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Michael C. Gwynne
Filmography
Movies
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Nostradamus | Astrologer La Font (Character) | - | 2000 |
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Dillinger and Capone | Perkins (Character) | - | 1995 |
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Jack Reed: A Search for Justice | Pete Myers (Character) | - | 1994 |
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The Last of the Finest | Anthony Reece (Character) | $991.3K | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Night, Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston | Connors (Character) | - | 1990 |
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Cherry 2000 | Slim (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Unholy Matrimony | Lt. Al Kerns (Character) | - | 1988 |
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Houston: The Legend of Texas | Mosely Baker (Character) | - | 1986 |
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My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn | Raoul Walsh (Character) | - | 1985 |
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The Calendar Girl Murders | Krell (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | He's Not Your Son | Dr. Langtry (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | White Water Rebels | Unknown (Character) | - | 1983 |
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Harry Tracy | David Merrill (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thou Shalt Not Kill | Roebuck (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | American Eagle | John Servasco (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deadly Encounter | John Servasco (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Victims | Attorney Walters (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of L.A. | Walter Kiner (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Some Kind of Miracle | Dr. Mark Spencer (Character) | - | 1979 |
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Special Delivery | Graff (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matt Helm | Unknown (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Healers | Dr. Anton Balinowski (Character) | - | 1974 |
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Harry in Your Pocket | Fence (Character) | - | 1973 |
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A Cold Night's Death | Val Adams (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thief | Junkie (Character) | - | 1971 |
TV
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25% | No Score Yet | The Client | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1993-1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jake and the Fatman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | 78% | Amazing Stories | Unknown (Character) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown (Character) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 70% | MacGyver | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Knight Rider | Paul Brock (Guest Star) | 1984 |
97% | 85% | Hill Street Blues | Farley (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CHiPs | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dallas | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry O | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974-1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kojak | Blaise (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sixth Sense | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |