Michael C. Gwynne (born October 1, 1942) is an American film, television and radio actor. His film roles include ''
Payday
A pay day or payday is a specified day of the week or month when one is paid, usually workers collecting wages from their employers.
Pay Day, PayDay or Payday may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Films
* ''Pay Day'' (1918 film), a ...
'' (1973), ''
A Cold Night's Death'' (1973), ''
Harry in Your Pocket
''Harry in Your Pocket'' is a 1973 comedy-drama film, about a team of professional pickpockets written by James Buchanan and Ronald Austin and directed by Bruce Geller, starring James Coburn, Michael Sarrazin, Trish Van Devere and Walter Pidge ...
'' (1973), ''
The Terminal Man
''The Terminal Man'' is a novel by American writer Michael Crichton. It is his second novel under his own name and his twelfth overall, and is about the dangers of mind control. It was published in April 1972, and also serialized in ''Playboy'' ...
'' (1974), ''
Special Delivery'' (1976), ''
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days'' (1979), ''
Raise the Titanic'' (1980), ''
Threshold
Threshold may refer to:
Architecture
* Threshold (door), the sill of a door
Media
* ''Threshold'' (1981 film)
* ''Threshold'' (TV series), an American science fiction drama series produced during 2005-2006
* "Threshold" (''Stargate SG-1''), ...
'' (1981), ''
Cherry 2000
''Cherry 2000'' is a 1988 American science-fiction film directed by Steve De Jarnatt and starring Melanie Griffith and David Andrews. It was produced by Edward R. Pressman and Caldecot Chubb. The screenplay was by Michael Almereyda.
Plot
I ...
'' (1987), ''
Sunset
Sunset, also known as sundown, is the daily disappearance of the Sun below the horizon due to Earth's rotation. As viewed from everywhere on Earth (except the North and South poles), the equinox Sun sets due west at the moment of both the spr ...
'' (1988), ''
Blue Heat'' (1990), ''
The Last of the Finest
''The Last of the Finest'', also released as ''Blue Heat'', is a 1990 American crime action film directed by John Mackenzie and starring Brian Dennehy, Joe Pantoliano, Jeff Fahey, and Bill Paxton
Plot
The film opens at Canyon Park where narcot ...
'' (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
The Firesign Theatre (also known as the Firesigns) was an American surreal comedy troupe who first appeared on November 17, 1966, in a live performance on the Los Angeles radio program ''Radio Free Oz'' on station KPFK FM. They continued a ...
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
Television
References
External links
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1942 births
American male film actors
American male radio actors
American male television actors
Living people
Male actors from Detroit