Michael C. Gwynne

Michael C. Gwynne
Born (1942-10-01) October 1, 1942 (age 82)
OccupationActor
Years active1970–2009

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), 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]

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]

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  2. ^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  3. ^ "Ron Jacobs (2) - A Child's Garden Of Grass (A Pre-Legalization Comedy)". Discogs. 1971. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  4. ^ "Audiobooks narrated by Michael C. Gwynne | Audible.com". www.audible.com. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  5. ^ "Legends Frazer Smith, Rodney Bingenheimer still on air — one at KLOS, the other KROQ". Daily News. 2015-05-20. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  6. ^ "~Los Angeles Radio People, Whee Are They Now, S". www.laradio.com. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  7. ^ http://www.firezine.net/issue4/fz4_08a.htm
  8. ^ "Michael C. Gwynne - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  9. ^ "Michael C. Gwynne Biography (1942-)". www.filmreference.com. Retrieved 2020-04-04.