Edmund Gwenn

Known For

Acting

Born

Sep 26, 1877

Died

Sep 06, 1959

Place of Birth

Wandsworth, London, England, UK

Credits

89 titles

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

2021

Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies

Self - (archive footage)

Movie
1982

Hollywood’s Children

Self (archive footage)

Movie
1957

The Greer Case

Jack Baldwin

Movie
1956

The Rocket from Calabuch

Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton

Movie
1955

It's a Dog's Life

Jeremiah Edward Emmett Augustus Nolan

Movie
1955

Matinee Theater

Tv
1955

The Trouble with Harry

Captain Wiles

Movie
1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Joe Saunders

Tv
1955

MGM Parade

Self

Tv
1955

The Millionaire

Walter Clinton Carter

Tv
1954

Them!

Dr. Harold Medford

Movie
1954

The Student Prince

Prof. Juttner

Movie
1953

The Bigamist

Mr. Jordan

Movie
1953

Mister Scoutmaster

Dr. Stone

Movie
1952

Something for the Birds

'Admiral' Johnnie Adams

Movie
1952

Bonzo Goes to College

Coach Ted 'Pop' Drew

Movie
1952

Les Miserables

Bishop Courbet

Movie
1952

Sally and Saint Anne

Grandpa Pat Ryan

Movie
1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Self - Narrator

Tv
1951

Peking Express

Father Joseph Murray

Movie
1950

For Heaven's Sake

Arthur

Movie
1950

Mister 880

William "Skipper" Miller

Movie
1950

Pretty Baby

Cyrus Baxter

Movie
1950

Louisa

Mr. Hammond

Movie
1950

A Woman of Distinction

J.D. Middlecott

Movie
1949

Challenge to Lassie

John Traill

Movie
1948

Hills of Home

Mr. Milton

Movie
1948

Apartment for Peggy

Prof. Henry C. Barnes

Movie
1947

Thunder in the Valley

Adam MacAdam

Movie
1947

Life with Father

Rev. Dr. Lloyd

Movie
1947

Miracle on 34th Street

Kris Kringle

Movie
1947

Green Dolphin Street

Octavius Patourel

Movie
1946

Undercurrent

Professor Hamilton

Movie
1946

Of Human Bondage

Athelny

Movie
1945

She Went to the Races

Dr. Homer Pecke

Movie
1945

Bewitched

Dr. Bergson

Movie
1945

Dangerous Partners

Albert Richard Kingby

Movie
1944

The Keys of the Kingdom

Fr. Hamish MacNabb

Movie
1944

Between Two Worlds

Scrubby

Movie
1943

Lassie Come Home

Rowlie Palmer

Movie
1943

The Meanest Man in the World

Frederick P. Leggitt

Movie
1943

Forever and a Day

Stubbs

Movie
1942

The Greatest Gift

Bartolomé the Juggler

Movie
1942

A Yank at Eton

Headmaster Justin

Movie
1941

Charley's Aunt

Stephen Spettigue

Movie
1941

One Night In Lisbon

Lord Fitzleigh

Movie
1941

The Devil and Miss Jones

Hooper

Movie
1941

Scotland Yard

Insp. Cork

Movie
1941

Cheers for Miss Bishop

President Corcoran

Movie
1940

Foreign Correspondent

Rowley

Movie