Edmund Gwenn
82 movies · 3 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 26, 1877
- Died
- Sep 6, 1959 (age 81)
- Place of birth
- Wandsworth, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Edmund John Kellaway · Эдмунд Гвенн
Biography
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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.
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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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Edmund Gwenn: movies and TV shows
Acting (85)
- 1957 The Greer Case
as Jack Baldwin
- 1956 The Rocket from Calabuch
as Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton
- 1955 It's a Dog's Life
as Jeremiah Edward Emmett Augustus Nolan
- 1955
- 1955 The Trouble with Harry
as Captain Wiles
- 1955
- 1955
- 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 Something for the Birds
as 'Admiral' Johnnie Adams
- 1952 Bonzo Goes to College
as Coach Ted 'Pop' Drew
- 1952 Les Miserables
as Bishop Courbet
- 1952 Sally and Saint Anne
as Grandpa Pat Ryan
- 1951 Peking Express
as Father Joseph Murray
- 1950 For Heaven's Sake
as Arthur
- 1950 Mister 880
as William "Skipper" Miller
- 1950 Pretty Baby
as Cyrus Baxter
- 1950 Louisa
as Mr. Hammond
- 1950 A Woman of Distinction
as J.D. Middlecott
- 1949 Challenge to Lassie
as John Traill
- 1948 Hills of Home
as Mr. Milton
- 1948 Apartment for Peggy
as Prof. Henry C. Barnes
- 1947 Thunder in the Valley
as Adam MacAdam
- 1947 Life with Father
as Rev. Dr. Lloyd
- 1947 Miracle on 34th Street
as Kris Kringle
- 1947 Green Dolphin Street
as Octavius Patourel
- 1946 Undercurrent
as Professor Hamilton
- 1946 Of Human Bondage
as Athelny
- 1945 She Went to the Races
as Dr. Homer Pecke
- 1945 Bewitched
as Dr. Bergson
- 1945 Dangerous Partners
as Albert Richard Kingby
- 1944 The Keys of the Kingdom
as Fr. Hamish MacNabb
- 1944 Between Two Worlds
as Scrubby
- 1943 Lassie Come Home
as Rowlie Palmer
- 1943 The Meanest Man in the World
as Frederick P. Leggitt
- 1943 Forever and a Day
as Stubbs
- 1942 The Greatest Gift
as Bartolomé the Juggler
- 1942 A Yank at Eton
as Headmaster Justin
- 1941 Charley's Aunt
as Stephen Spettigue
- 1941 One Night In Lisbon
as Lord Fitzleigh
- 1941 The Devil and Miss Jones
as Hooper
- 1941 Scotland Yard
as Insp. Cork
- 1941 Cheers for Miss Bishop
as President Corcoran
- 1940 Foreign Correspondent
as Rowley
- 1940 Pride and Prejudice
as Mr. Bennet
- 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 Cheer Boys Cheer
as Edward Ironside
- 1939 Happy Family
as Dad
- 1938 Penny Paradise
as Joe Higgins
- 1938 South Riding
as Alfred Huggins
- 1938 A Yank at Oxford
as Dean of Cardinal
- 1937 Parnell
as Henry Campbell
- 1936 Laburnum Grove
as Mr. Radfern
- 1936 Mad Holiday
as Williams
- 1936 All American Chump
as Jeffrey Crane
- 1936 Anthony Adverse
as John Bonnyfeather
- 1936 The Walking Dead
as Dr. Evan Beaumont
- 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 Passing Shadows
as David Lawrence
- 1934 Java Head
as Jeremy Ammidon
- 1934 Waltzes from Vienna
as Johann Strauss, the Elder
- 1934 The Admiral's Secret
as Adm. Fitzporter
- 1933 Friday the Thirteenth
as Wakefield
- 1933 Channel Crossing
as Trotter
- 1933 Cash
as Edmund Gilbert
- 1933 I Was a Spy
as Burgomaster
- 1933 Early to Bed
as Kruger
- 1933 The Good Companions
as Jess Oakroyd
- 1932 Tell Me Tonight
as Mayor Pategg
- 1932 Love on Wheels
as Philpotts
- 1932 Condemned to Death
as Banting
- 1932 Money for Nothing
as Sir Henry Blossom
- 1932 Frail Women
as Jim Willis
- 1931 Hindle Wakes
as Chris Hawthorne
- 1931 The Skin Game
as Mr. Hornblower
- 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
Talk shows and appearances (4)
- 2021
- 1982
- 1955 MGM Parade
1 episode
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1 episode