Edmund Gwenn

Known For: Acting
Born: September 26, 1877
Place of Birth: Wandsworth, London, England, UK
Died: September 6, 1959

Edmund Gwenn

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 acto…

Filmography

Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies

2021 · Self - (archive footage)

Hollywood’s Children

1982 · Self (archive footage)

The Greer Case

1957 · Jack Baldwin

The Rocket from Calabuch

1956 · Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton

It's a Dog's Life

1955 · Jeremiah Edward Emmett Augustus Nolan

Matinee Theater

1955

The Trouble with Harry

1955 · Captain Wiles

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955 · Joe Saunders

MGM Parade

1955 · Self

The Millionaire

1955 · Walter Clinton Carter

Them!

1954 · Dr. Harold Medford

The Student Prince

1954 · Prof. Juttner

The Bigamist

1953 · Mr. Jordan

Mister Scoutmaster

1953 · Dr. Stone

Something for the Birds

1952 · 'Admiral' Johnnie Adams

Bonzo Goes to College

1952 · Coach Ted 'Pop' Drew

Les Miserables

1952 · Bishop Courbet

Sally and Saint Anne

1952 · Grandpa Pat Ryan

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951 · Self - Narrator

Peking Express

1951 · Father Joseph Murray

For Heaven's Sake

1950 · Arthur

Mister 880

1950 · William "Skipper" Miller

Pretty Baby

1950 · Cyrus Baxter

Louisa

1950 · Mr. Hammond

A Woman of Distinction

1950 · J.D. Middlecott

Challenge to Lassie

1949 · John Traill

Hills of Home

1948 · Mr. Milton

Apartment for Peggy

1948 · Prof. Henry C. Barnes

Thunder in the Valley

1947 · Adam MacAdam

Life with Father

1947 · Rev. Dr. Lloyd

Miracle on 34th Street

1947 · Kris Kringle

Green Dolphin Street

1947 · Octavius Patourel

Undercurrent

1946 · Professor Hamilton

Of Human Bondage

1946 · Athelny

She Went to the Races

1945 · Dr. Homer Pecke

Bewitched

1945 · Dr. Bergson

Dangerous Partners

1945 · Albert Richard Kingby

The Keys of the Kingdom

1944 · Fr. Hamish MacNabb

Between Two Worlds

1944 · Scrubby

Lassie Come Home

1943 · Rowlie Palmer

The Meanest Man in the World

1943 · Frederick P. Leggitt

Forever and a Day

1943 · Stubbs

The Greatest Gift

1942 · Bartolomé the Juggler

A Yank at Eton

1942 · Headmaster Justin

Charley's Aunt

1941 · Stephen Spettigue

One Night In Lisbon

1941 · Lord Fitzleigh

The Devil and Miss Jones

1941 · Hooper

Scotland Yard

1941 · Insp. Cork

Cheers for Miss Bishop

1941 · President Corcoran

Foreign Correspondent

1940 · Rowley

Pride and Prejudice

1940 · Mr. Bennet

The Doctor Takes a Wife

1940 · Dr. Lionel Sterling

An Englishman's Home

1940 · Tom Brown

The Earl of Chicago

1940 · Munsey, the Butler

Cheer Boys Cheer

1939 · Edward Ironside

Happy Family

1939 · Dad

Penny Paradise

1938 · Joe Higgins

South Riding

1938 · Alfred Huggins

A Yank at Oxford

1938 · Dean of Cardinal

Parnell

1937 · Henry Campbell

Laburnum Grove

1936 · Mr. Radfern

Mad Holiday

1936 · Williams

All American Chump

1936 · Jeffrey Crane

Anthony Adverse

1936 · John Bonnyfeather

The Walking Dead

1936 · Dr. Evan Beaumont

Sylvia Scarlett

1935 · Henry Scarlett

The Bishop Misbehaves

1935 · Bishop

Spring in the Air

Spring in the Air

1935 · Franz

Father and Son

1935 · John Bolton

Passing Shadows

1934 · David Lawrence

Java Head

1934 · Jeremy Ammidon

Waltzes from Vienna

1934 · Johann Strauss, the Elder

The Admiral's Secret

1934 · Adm. Fitzporter

Friday the Thirteenth

1933 · Wakefield

Channel Crossing

1933 · Trotter

Cash

1933 · Edmund Gilbert

I Was a Spy

1933 · Burgomaster

Early to Bed

1933 · Kruger

The Good Companions

1933 · Jess Oakroyd

Tell Me Tonight

1932 · Mayor Pategg

Love on Wheels

1932 · Philpotts

Condemned to Death

1932 · Banting

Money for Nothing

1932 · Sir Henry Blossom

Frail Women

1932 · Jim Willis

Hindle Wakes

1931 · Chris Hawthorne

The Skin Game

1931 · Mr. Hornblower

How He Lied to Her Husband

1931 · Her Husband (Teddy Bompas)

The Skin Game

1921 · Hornblower

The Real Thing at Last

The Real Thing at Last

1916 · Rupert K. Thunder / Macbeth

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