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
Rowlie Palmer
Lassie Come Home
Dr. Harold Medford
Them!
Captain Wiles
The Trouble with Harry
Henry Scarlett
Sylvia Scarlett
Kris Kringle
Miracle on 34th Street
Scrubby
Between Two Worlds
Dr. Evan Beaumont
The Walking Dead
Rev. Dr. Lloyd
Life with Father
Dr. Bergson
Bewitched
John Traill
Challenge to Lassie
Stubbs
Forever and a Day
Stephen Spettigue
Charley's Aunt
Hooper
The Devil and Miss Jones
John Bonnyfeather
Anthony Adverse
Mr. Bennet
Pride and Prejudice
Professor Hamilton
Undercurrent
Fr. Hamish MacNabb
The Keys of the Kingdom
Prof. Juttner
The Student Prince
Kruger
Early to Bed
Mr. Hornblower
The Skin Game
Johann Strauss, the Elder
Waltzes from Vienna
Mr. Jordan
The Bigamist
Coach Ted 'Pop' Drew
Bonzo Goes to College
William "Skipper" Miller
Mister 880
Arthur
For Heaven's Sake
Jess Oakroyd
The Good Companions
Alfred Huggins
South Riding
Dr. Lionel Sterling
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Dr. Stone
Mister Scoutmaster
Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton
Calabuch
Octavius Patourel
Green Dolphin Street
Albert Richard Kingby
Dangerous Partners
President Corcoran
Cheers for Miss Bishop
Grandpa Pat Ryan
Sally and Saint Anne
Mr. Milton
Hills of Home
Munsey, the Butler
The Earl of Chicago
J.D. Middlecott
A Woman of Distinction
Bishop Courbet
Les Miserables
Williams
Mad Holiday
Athelny
Of Human Bondage
Edward Ironside
Cheer Boys Cheer
Father Joseph Murray
Peking Express
Jeremiah Edward Emmett Augustus Nolan
It's a Dog's Life
Cyrus Baxter
Pretty Baby
Burgomaster
I Was a Spy
Edmund Gilbert
Cash
Hornblower
The Skin Game
Joe Higgins
Penny Paradise
Prof. Henry C. Barnes
Apartment for Peggy
Mr. Radfern
Laburnum Grove
Jeremy Ammidon
Java Head
Rupert K. Thunder / Macbeth
The Real Thing at Last
Henry Campbell
Parnell
Rowley
Foreign Correspondent
Dr. Homer Pecke
She Went to the Races
Adam MacAdam
Thunder in the Valley
'Admiral' Johnnie Adams
Something for the Birds
Dad
Happy Family
Headmaster Justin
A Yank at Eton
Jack Baldwin
The Greer Case
Banting
Condemned to Death
Frederick P. Leggitt
The Meanest Man in the World
Chris Hawthorne
Hindle Wakes
Jim Willis
Frail Women
Dean of Cardinal
A Yank at Oxford
Insp. Cork
Scotland Yard
Her Husband (Teddy Bompas)
How He Lied to Her Husband
Adm. Fitzporter
The Admiral's Secret
Jeffrey Crane
All American Chump
Trotter
Channel Crossing
Lord Fitzleigh
One Night In Lisbon
Bishop
The Bishop Misbehaves
Mr. Hammond
Louisa
John Bolton
Father and Son
Philpotts
Love on Wheels
Tom Brown
An Englishman's Home
Sir Henry Blossom
Money for Nothing
Mayor Pategg
Tell Me Tonight
David Lawrence
Passing Shadows
Bartolomé the Juggler
The Greatest Gift
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood’s Children
Wakefield
Friday the Thirteenth
Franz
Spring in the Air
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
83
Gender
Male
Birthday
1877-09-26
Place of Birth
Wandsworth, London, England, UK
Also Known As
Edmund John Kellaway