Edmund Gwenn
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1877-09-26
Day of Death
1959-09-06 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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
Acting
(1982)
Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage)
(1957)
The Greer Case
as Jack Baldwin
(1956)
The Rocket from Calabuch
as Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton
(1955)
The Trouble with Harry
as Captain Wiles
(1955)
It's a Dog's Life
as Jeremiah Edward Emmett Augustus Nolan
(1954)
Them!
as Dr. Harold Medford
(1954)
The Student Prince
as Prof. Juttner
(1953)
The Bigamist
as Mr. Jordan
(1953)
Mister Scoutmaster
as Dr. Stone
(1952)
Les Miserables
as Bishop Courbet
(1952)
Sally and Saint Anne
as Grandpa Pat Ryan
(1952)
Bonzo Goes to College
as Coach Ted 'Pop' Drew
(1952)
Something for the Birds
as 'Admiral' Johnnie Adams
(1951)
Peking Express
as Father Joseph Murray
(1950)
Pretty Baby
as Cyrus Baxter
(1950)
Mister 880
as William "Skipper" Miller
(1950)
Louisa
as Mr. Hammond
(1950)
A Woman of Distinction
as J.D. Middlecott
(1950)
For Heaven's Sake
as Arthur
(1949)
Challenge to Lassie
as John Traill
(1948)
Hills of Home
as Mr. Milton
(1948)
Apartment for Peggy
as Prof. Henry C. Barnes
(1947)
Miracle on 34th Street
as Kris Kringle
(1947)
Life with Father
as Rev. Dr. Lloyd
(1947)
Green Dolphin Street
as Octavius Patourel
(1947)
Thunder in the Valley
as Adam MacAdam
(1946)
Undercurrent
as Professor Hamilton
(1946)
Of Human Bondage
as Athelny
(1945)
Bewitched
as Dr. Bergson
(1945)
Dangerous Partners
as Albert Richard Kingby
(1945)
She Went to the Races
as Dr. Homer Pecke
(1944)
The Keys of the Kingdom
as Fr. Hamish MacNabb
(1944)
Between Two Worlds
as Scrubby
(1943)
Lassie Come Home
as Rowlie Palmer
(1943)
Forever and a Day
as Stubbs
(1943)
The Meanest Man in the World
as Frederick P. Leggitt
(1942)
A Yank at Eton
as Headmaster Justin
(1942)
The Greatest Gift
as Bartolomé the Juggler
(1941)
The Devil and Miss Jones
as Hooper
(1941)
Cheers for Miss Bishop
as President Corcoran
(1941)
Scotland Yard
as Insp. Cork
(1941)
Charley's Aunt
as Stephen Spettigue
(1941)
One Night In Lisbon
as Lord Fitzleigh
(1940)
Pride and Prejudice
as Mr. Bennet
(1940)
Foreign Correspondent
as Rowley
(1940)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Dr. Lionel Sterling
(1940)
An Englishman's Home
as Tom Brown
(1940)
The Earl of Chicago
as Munsey, the Butler
(1939)
Happy Family
as Dad
(1939)
Cheer Boys Cheer
as Edward Ironside
(1938)
A Yank at Oxford
as Dean of Cardinal
(1938)
South Riding
as Alfred Huggins
(1938)
Penny Paradise
as Joe Higgins
(1937)
Parnell
as Henry Campbell
(1936)
Anthony Adverse
as John Bonnyfeather
(1936)
The Walking Dead
as Dr. Evan Beaumont
(1936)
Mad Holiday
as Williams
(1936)
All American Chump
as Jeffrey Crane
(1936)
Laburnum Grove
as Mr. Radfern
(1935)
Sylvia Scarlett
as Henry Scarlett
(1935)
The Bishop Misbehaves
as Bishop
(1935)
Spring in the Air
as Franz
(1935)
Father and Son
as John Bolton
(1934)
The Admiral's Secret
as Adm. Fitzporter
(1934)
Waltzes from Vienna
as Johann Strauss, the Elder
(1934)
Passing Shadows
as David Lawrence
(1934)
Java Head
as Jeremy Ammidon
(1933)
Cash
as Edmund Gilbert
(1933)
I Was a Spy
as Burgomaster
(1933)
The Good Companions
as Jess Oakroyd
(1933)
Friday the Thirteenth
as Wakefield
(1933)
Early to Bed
as Kruger
(1933)
Channel Crossing
as Trotter
(1932)
Love on Wheels
as Philpotts
(1932)
Money for Nothing
as Sir Henry Blossom
(1932)
Tell Me Tonight
as Mayor Pategg
(1932)
Condemned to Death
as Banting
(1932)
Frail Women
as Jim Willis
(1931)
The Skin Game
as Mr. Hornblower
(1931)
Hindle Wakes
as Chris Hawthorne
(1931)
How He Lied to Her Husband
as Her Husband (Teddy Bompas)
(1921)
The Skin Game
as Hornblower
(1916)
The Real Thing at Last
as Rupert K. Thunder / Macbeth