Edmund Gwenn
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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.
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Films (84)
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood’s Children
1982 · Self (archive footage)
The Greer Case
1957 · Jack Baldwin
The Rocket from Calabuch
1956 · Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton
It's a Dog's Life
1955 · Jeremiah Edward Emmett Augustus Nolan
The Trouble with Harry
1955 · Captain Wiles
Them!
1954 · Dr. Harold Medford
The Student Prince
1954 · Prof. Juttner
The Bigamist
1953 · Mr. Jordan
Mister Scoutmaster
1953 · Dr. Stone
Something for the Birds
1952 · 'Admiral' Johnnie Adams
Bonzo Goes to College
1952 · Coach Ted 'Pop' Drew
Les Miserables
1952 · Bishop Courbet
Sally and Saint Anne
1952 · Grandpa Pat Ryan
Peking Express
1951 · Father Joseph Murray
For Heaven's Sake
1950 · Arthur
Mister 880
1950 · William "Skipper" Miller
Pretty Baby
1950 · Cyrus Baxter
Louisa
1950 · Mr. Hammond
A Woman of Distinction
1950 · J.D. Middlecott
Challenge to Lassie
1949 · John Traill
Hills of Home
1948 · Mr. Milton
Apartment for Peggy
1948 · Prof. Henry C. Barnes
Thunder in the Valley
1947 · Adam MacAdam
Life with Father
1947 · Rev. Dr. Lloyd
Miracle on 34th Street
1947 · Kris Kringle
Green Dolphin Street
1947 · Octavius Patourel
Undercurrent
1946 · Professor Hamilton
Of Human Bondage
1946 · Athelny
She Went to the Races
1945 · Dr. Homer Pecke
Bewitched
1945 · Dr. Bergson
Dangerous Partners
1945 · Albert Richard Kingby
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944 · Fr. Hamish MacNabb
Between Two Worlds
1944 · Scrubby
Lassie Come Home
1943 · Rowlie Palmer
The Meanest Man in the World
1943 · Frederick P. Leggitt
Forever and a Day
1943 · Stubbs
The Greatest Gift
1942 · Bartolomé the Juggler
A Yank at Eton
1942 · Headmaster Justin
Charley's Aunt
1941 · Stephen Spettigue
One Night In Lisbon
1941 · Lord Fitzleigh
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941 · Hooper
Scotland Yard
1941 · Insp. Cork
Cheers for Miss Bishop
1941 · President Corcoran
Foreign Correspondent
1940 · Rowley
Pride and Prejudice
1940 · Mr. Bennet
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940 · Dr. Lionel Sterling
An Englishman's Home
1940 · Tom Brown
The Earl of Chicago
1940 · Munsey, the Butler
Cheer Boys Cheer
1939 · Edward Ironside
Happy Family
1939 · Dad
Penny Paradise
1938 · Joe Higgins
South Riding
1938 · Alfred Huggins
A Yank at Oxford
1938 · Dean of Cardinal
Parnell
1937 · Henry Campbell
Laburnum Grove
1936 · Mr. Radfern
Mad Holiday
1936 · Williams
All American Chump
1936 · Jeffrey Crane
Anthony Adverse
1936 · John Bonnyfeather
The Walking Dead
1936 · Dr. Evan Beaumont
Sylvia Scarlett
1935 · Henry Scarlett
The Bishop Misbehaves
1935 · Bishop
Spring in the Air
1935 · Franz
Father and Son
1935 · John Bolton
Passing Shadows
1934 · David Lawrence
Java Head
1934 · Jeremy Ammidon
Waltzes from Vienna
1934 · Johann Strauss, the Elder
The Admiral's Secret
1934 · Adm. Fitzporter
Friday the Thirteenth
1933 · Wakefield
Channel Crossing
1933 · Trotter
Cash
1933 · Edmund Gilbert
I Was a Spy
1933 · Burgomaster
Early to Bed
1933 · Kruger
The Good Companions
1933 · Jess Oakroyd
Tell Me Tonight
1932 · Mayor Pategg
Love on Wheels
1932 · Philpotts
Condemned to Death
1932 · Banting
Money for Nothing
1932 · Sir Henry Blossom
Frail Women
1932 · Jim Willis
Hindle Wakes
1931 · Chris Hawthorne
The Skin Game
1931 · Mr. Hornblower
How He Lied to Her Husband
1931 · Her Husband (Teddy Bompas)
The Skin Game
1921 · Hornblower
The Real Thing at Last
1916 · Rupert K. Thunder / Macbeth
