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 actor Cecil Kellaway was their cousin.
Known For
Credits
- 1982 · Hollywood’s Children as Self (archive footage)
- 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 · Matinee Theater as
- 1955 · The Trouble with Harry as Captain Wiles
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Joe Saunders
- 1955 · The Millionaire as Walter Clinton Carter
- 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 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Self - Narrator
- 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 · 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