Edmund Gwenn
Acting • Born 1877-09-26 – Died 1959-09-06
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.
Filmography
89 credits
Lassie Come Home
Movie • 1943
Rowlie Palmer
Them!
Movie • 1954
Dr. Harold Medford
The Trouble with Harry
Movie • 1955
Captain Wiles
Sylvia Scarlett
Movie • 1935
Henry Scarlett
Miracle on 34th Street
Movie • 1947
Kris Kringle
Between Two Worlds
Movie • 1944
Scrubby
The Walking Dead
Movie • 1936
Dr. Evan Beaumont
Life with Father
Movie • 1947
Rev. Dr. Lloyd
Bewitched
Movie • 1945
Dr. Bergson
Challenge to Lassie
Movie • 1949
John Traill
Forever and a Day
Movie • 1943
Stubbs
Charley's Aunt
Movie • 1941
Stephen Spettigue
The Devil and Miss Jones
Movie • 1941
Hooper
Anthony Adverse
Movie • 1936
John Bonnyfeather
Pride and Prejudice
Movie • 1940
Mr. Bennet
Undercurrent
Movie • 1946
Professor Hamilton
The Keys of the Kingdom
Movie • 1944
Fr. Hamish MacNabb
The Student Prince
Movie • 1954
Prof. Juttner
Early to Bed
Movie • 1933
Kruger
The Skin Game
Movie • 1931
Mr. Hornblower
Waltzes from Vienna
Movie • 1934
Johann Strauss, the Elder
The Bigamist
Movie • 1953
Mr. Jordan
Bonzo Goes to College
Movie • 1952
Coach Ted 'Pop' Drew
Mister 880
Movie • 1950
William "Skipper" Miller
For Heaven's Sake
Movie • 1950
Arthur
The Good Companions
Movie • 1933
Jess Oakroyd
South Riding
Movie • 1938
Alfred Huggins
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Movie • 1940
Dr. Lionel Sterling
Mister Scoutmaster
Movie • 1953
Dr. Stone
The Rocket from Calabuch
Movie • 1956
Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton
Green Dolphin Street
Movie • 1947
Octavius Patourel
Dangerous Partners
Movie • 1945
Albert Richard Kingby
Cheers for Miss Bishop
Movie • 1941
President Corcoran
Sally and Saint Anne
Movie • 1952
Grandpa Pat Ryan
Hills of Home
Movie • 1948
Mr. Milton
The Earl of Chicago
Movie • 1940
Munsey, the Butler
A Woman of Distinction
Movie • 1950
J.D. Middlecott
Les Miserables
Movie • 1952
Bishop Courbet
Mad Holiday
Movie • 1936
Williams
Of Human Bondage
Movie • 1946
Athelny
Cheer Boys Cheer
Movie • 1939
Edward Ironside
Peking Express
Movie • 1951
Father Joseph Murray
It's a Dog's Life
Movie • 1955
Jeremiah Edward Emmett Augustus Nolan
Pretty Baby
Movie • 1950
Cyrus Baxter
I Was a Spy
Movie • 1933
Burgomaster
Cash
Movie • 1933
Edmund Gilbert
The Skin Game
Movie • 1921
Hornblower
Penny Paradise
Movie • 1938
Joe Higgins
Apartment for Peggy
Movie • 1948
Prof. Henry C. Barnes
Laburnum Grove
Movie • 1936
Mr. Radfern
Java Head
Movie • 1934
Jeremy Ammidon
The Real Thing at Last
Movie • 1916
Rupert K. Thunder / Macbeth
Parnell
Movie • 1937
Henry Campbell
Foreign Correspondent
Movie • 1940
Rowley
She Went to the Races
Movie • 1945
Dr. Homer Pecke
Thunder in the Valley
Movie • 1947
Adam MacAdam
Something for the Birds
Movie • 1952
'Admiral' Johnnie Adams
Happy Family
Movie • 1939
Dad
A Yank at Eton
Movie • 1942
Headmaster Justin
The Greer Case
Movie • 1957
Jack Baldwin
Condemned to Death
Movie • 1932
Banting
The Meanest Man in the World
Movie • 1943
Frederick P. Leggitt
Hindle Wakes
Movie • 1931
Chris Hawthorne
Frail Women
Movie • 1932
Jim Willis
A Yank at Oxford
Movie • 1938
Dean of Cardinal
Scotland Yard
Movie • 1941
Insp. Cork
How He Lied to Her Husband
Movie • 1931
Her Husband (Teddy Bompas)
The Admiral's Secret
Movie • 1934
Adm. Fitzporter
All American Chump
Movie • 1936
Jeffrey Crane
Channel Crossing
Movie • 1933
Trotter
One Night In Lisbon
Movie • 1941
Lord Fitzleigh
The Bishop Misbehaves
Movie • 1935
Bishop
Louisa
Movie • 1950
Mr. Hammond
Father and Son
Movie • 1935
John Bolton
Love on Wheels
Movie • 1932
Philpotts
An Englishman's Home
Movie • 1940
Tom Brown
Money for Nothing
Movie • 1932
Sir Henry Blossom
Tell Me Tonight
Movie • 1932
Mayor Pategg
Passing Shadows
Movie • 1934
David Lawrence
The Greatest Gift
Movie • 1942
Bartolomé the Juggler
Hollywood’s Children
Movie • 1982
Self (archive footage)
Friday the Thirteenth
Movie • 1933
Wakefield
Spring in the Air
Movie • 1935
Franz
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
Movie • 2021
Self - (archive footage)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Joe Saunders
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Walter Clinton Carter
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Self - Narrator
Matinee Theater
TV • 1955
MGM Parade
TV • 1955
Self