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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 26, 1877
Place of Birth:
Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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Edmund Gwenn
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edmund Gwenn (born Edmund John Kellaway, 26 September 1877– 6 September 1959) was an English actor. On film, he is perhaps best remembered for his role as Kris Kringle in the Christmas film Miracle on 34th Street (1947), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the corresponding Golden Globe Award. He received a second Golden Globe and another Academy Award nomination for the comedy film Mister 880 (1950). He is also remembered for being in four films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
As a stage actor in the West End and on Broadway, Gwenn was associated with a wide range of works by modern playwrights, including Bernard Shaw, John Galsworthy and J. B. Priestley. After the Second World War, he lived in the United States, where he had a successful career in Hollywood and on Broadway.
Actor Arthur Chesney was his brother and actor Cecil Kellaway was their cousin.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Hollywood’s Children | Self (archive footage) |
| 1957 | The Greer Case | Jack Baldwin |
| 1956 | The Rocket from Calabuch | Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton |
| 1955 | The Trouble with Harry | Captain Wiles |
| 1955 | It's a Dog's Life | Jeremiah Edward Emmett Augustus Nolan |
| 1954 | Them! | Dr. Harold Medford |
| 1954 | The Student Prince | Prof. Juttner |
| 1953 | The Bigamist | Mr. Jordan |
| 1953 | Mister Scoutmaster | Dr. Stone |
| 1952 | Bonzo Goes to College | Coach Ted 'Pop' Drew |
| 1952 | Sally and Saint Anne | Grandpa Pat Ryan |
| 1952 | Les Miserables | Bishop Courbet |
| 1952 | Something for the Birds | 'Admiral' Johnnie Adams |
| 1951 | Peking Express | Father Joseph Murray |
| 1950 | Mister 880 | William "Skipper" Miller |
| 1950 | For Heaven's Sake | Arthur |
| 1950 | A Woman of Distinction | J.D. Middlecott |
| 1950 | Pretty Baby | Cyrus Baxter |
| 1950 | Louisa | Mr. Hammond |
| 1949 | Challenge to Lassie | John Traill |
| 1948 | Hills of Home | Mr. Milton |
| 1948 | Apartment for Peggy | Prof. Henry C. Barnes |
| 1947 | Miracle on 34th Street | Kris Kringle |
| 1947 | Life with Father | Rev. Dr. Lloyd |
| 1947 | Green Dolphin Street | Octavius Patourel |
| 1947 | Thunder in the Valley | Adam MacAdam |
| 1946 | Undercurrent | Professor Hamilton |
| 1946 | Of Human Bondage | Athelny |
| 1945 | Bewitched | Dr. Bergson |
| 1945 | Dangerous Partners | Albert Richard Kingby |
| 1945 | She Went to the Races | Dr. Homer Pecke |
| 1944 | Between Two Worlds | Scrubby |
| 1944 | The Keys of the Kingdom | Fr. Hamish MacNabb |
| 1943 | Lassie Come Home | Rowlie Palmer |
| 1943 | Forever and a Day | Stubbs |
| 1943 | The Meanest Man in the World | Frederick P. Leggitt |
| 1942 | A Yank at Eton | Headmaster Justin |
| 1942 | The Greatest Gift | Bartolomé the Juggler |
| 1941 | Charley's Aunt | Stephen Spettigue |
| 1941 | The Devil and Miss Jones | Hooper |
| 1941 | Cheers for Miss Bishop | President Corcoran |
| 1941 | Scotland Yard | Insp. Cork |
| 1941 | One Night In Lisbon | Lord Fitzleigh |
| 1940 | Pride and Prejudice | Mr. Bennet |
| 1940 | The Doctor Takes a Wife | Dr. Lionel Sterling |
| 1940 | The Earl of Chicago | Munsey, the Butler |
| 1940 | Foreign Correspondent | Rowley |
| 1940 | An Englishman's Home | Tom Brown |
| 1939 | Cheer Boys Cheer | Edward Ironside |
| 1939 | Happy Family | Dad |
| 1938 | South Riding | Alfred Huggins |
| 1938 | Penny Paradise | Joe Higgins |
| 1938 | A Yank at Oxford | Dean of Cardinal |
| 1937 | Parnell | Henry Campbell |
| 1936 | The Walking Dead | Dr. Evan Beaumont |
| 1936 | Anthony Adverse | John Bonnyfeather |
| 1936 | Mad Holiday | Williams |
| 1936 | Laburnum Grove | Mr. Radfern |
| 1936 | All American Chump | Jeffrey Crane |
| 1935 | Sylvia Scarlett | Henry Scarlett |
| 1935 | The Bishop Misbehaves | Bishop |
| 1935 | Father and Son | John Bolton |
| 1935 | Spring in the Air | Franz |
| 1934 | Waltzes from Vienna | Johann Strauss, the Elder |
| 1934 | Java Head | Jeremy Ammidon |
| 1934 | The Admiral's Secret | Adm. Fitzporter |
| 1934 | Passing Shadows | David Lawrence |
| 1933 | Early to Bed | Kruger |
| 1933 | The Good Companions | Jess Oakroyd |
| 1933 | I Was a Spy | Burgomaster |
| 1933 | Cash | Edmund Gilbert |
| 1933 | Channel Crossing | Trotter |
| 1933 | Friday the Thirteenth | Wakefield |
| 1932 | Condemned to Death | Banting |
| 1932 | Frail Women | Jim Willis |
| 1932 | Love on Wheels | Philpotts |
| 1932 | Money for Nothing | Sir Henry Blossom |
| 1932 | Tell Me Tonight | Mayor Pategg |
| 1931 | The Skin Game | Mr. Hornblower |
| 1931 | Hindle Wakes | Chris Hawthorne |
| 1931 | How He Lied to Her Husband | Her Husband (Teddy Bompas) |
| 1921 | The Skin Game | Hornblower |
| 1916 | The Real Thing at Last | Rupert K. Thunder / Macbeth |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Joe Saunders |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Walter Clinton Carter |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Self - Narrator |