Edmund Gwenn
Actor
Biography
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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.
Filmography
Miracle on 34th Street
as Kris Kringle 1947
Them!
as Dr. Harold Medford 1954
Foreign Correspondent
as Rowley 1940
Pride and Prejudice
as Mr. Bennet 1940
Lassie Come Home
as Rowlie Palmer 1943
The Bigamist
as Mr. Jordan 1953
Sylvia Scarlett
as Henry Scarlett 1935
The Walking Dead
as Dr. Evan Beaumont 1936
The Skin Game
as Mr. Hornblower 1931
Life with Father
as Rev. Dr. Lloyd 1947
The Devil and Miss Jones
as Hooper 1941
Undercurrent
as Professor Hamilton 1946
The Keys of the Kingdom
as Fr. Hamish MacNabb 1944
Waltzes from Vienna
as Johann Strauss, the Elder 1934
The Rocket from Calabuch
as Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton 1956
Between Two Worlds
as Scrubby 1944