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.
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Movies (45)
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
2021
Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage)
1982
The Greer Case
as Jack Baldwin
1957
The Rocket from Calabuch
as Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton
1956
It's a Dog's Life
as Jeremiah Edward Emmett Augustus Nolan
1955
The Trouble with Harry
as Captain Wiles
1955
Them!
as Dr. Harold Medford
1954
The Student Prince
as Prof. Juttner
1954
The Bigamist
as Mr. Jordan
1953
Mister Scoutmaster
as Dr. Stone
1953
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
1952
Peking Express
as Father Joseph Murray
1951
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
1950
Challenge to Lassie
as John Traill
1949
Hills of Home
as Mr. Milton
1948
Apartment for Peggy
as Prof. Henry C. Barnes
1948
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
1947
Undercurrent
as Professor Hamilton
1946
Of Human Bondage
as Athelny
1946
She Went to the Races
as Dr. Homer Pecke
1945
Bewitched
as Dr. Bergson
1945
Dangerous Partners
as Albert Richard Kingby
1945
The Keys of the Kingdom
as Fr. Hamish MacNabb
1944
Between Two Worlds
as Scrubby
1944
Lassie Come Home
as Rowlie Palmer
1943
The Meanest Man in the World
as Frederick P. Leggitt
1943
Forever and a Day
as Stubbs
1943
The Greatest Gift
as Bartolomé the Juggler
1942
A Yank at Eton
as Headmaster Justin
1942
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
1941
Foreign Correspondent
as Rowley
1940
