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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.
Academy Awards
Best Supporting Actor
Golden Globe Awards
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Known For
Them!
(1954)
Dr. Harold Medford
Miracle on 34th Street
(1947)
Kris Kringle
The Trouble with Harry
(1955)
Captain Wiles
Foreign Correspondent
(1940)
Rowley
Pretty Baby
(1950)
Cyrus Baxter
Lassie Come Home
(1943)
Rowlie Palmer
Sylvia Scarlett
(1935)
Henry Scarlett
The Bigamist
(1953)
Mr. Jordan
Undercurrent
(1946)
Professor Hamilton
Life with Father
(1947)
Rev. Dr. Lloyd
Pride and Prejudice
(1940)
Mr. Bennet
The Keys of the Kingdom
(1944)
Fr. Hamish MacNabb
Mister 880
(1950)
William "Skipper" Miller
Full Filmography
Acting
The Real Thing at Last
(1916)
Rupert K. Thunder / Macbeth
The Skin Game
(1921)
Hornblower
The Skin Game
(1931)
Mr. Hornblower
Hindle Wakes
(1931)
Chris Hawthorne
How He Lied to Her Husband
(1931)
Her Husband (Teddy Bompas)
Condemned to Death
(1932)
Banting
Frail Women
(1932)
Jim Willis
Love on Wheels
(1932)
Philpotts
Money for Nothing
(1932)
Sir Henry Blossom
Tell Me Tonight
(1932)
Mayor Pategg
The Good Companions
(1933)
Jess Oakroyd
I Was A Spy
(1933)
Burgomaster
Cash
(1933)
Edmund Gilbert
Channel Crossing
(1933)
Trotter
Friday the Thirteenth
(1933)
Wakefield
Early to Bed
(1933)
Kruger
Waltzes from Vienna
(1934)
Johann Strauss, the Elder
Java Head
(1934)
Jeremy Ammidon
The Admiral's Secret
(1934)
Adm. Fitzporter
Passing Shadows
(1934)
David Lawrence
Sylvia Scarlett
(1935)
Henry Scarlett
The Bishop Misbehaves
(1935)
Bishop
The Walking Dead
(1936)
Dr. Evan Beaumont
Anthony Adverse
(1936)
John Bonnyfeather
Mad Holiday
(1936)
Williams
Laburnum Grove
(1936)
Mr. Radfern
All American Chump
(1936)
Jeffrey Crane
Parnell
(1937)
Henry Campbell
South Riding
(1938)
Alfred Huggins
Penny Paradise
(1938)
Joe Higgins
A Yank at Oxford
(1938)
Dean of Cardinal
Cheer Boys Cheer
(1939)
Edward Ironside
Happy Family
(1939)
Dad
Pride and Prejudice
(1940)
Mr. Bennet
The Doctor Takes a Wife
(1940)
Lionel Sterling
The Earl of Chicago
(1940)
Munsey, the Butler
Foreign Correspondent
(1940)
Rowley
An Englishman's Home
(1940)
Tom Brown
Charley's Aunt
(1941)
Stephen Spettigue
The Devil and Miss Jones
(1941)
Hooper
Scotland Yard
(1941)
Insp. Cork
One Night In Lisbon
(1941)
Lord Fitzleigh
Cheers for Miss Bishop
(1941)
President Corcoran
A Yank at Eton
(1942)
Headmaster Justin
The Greatest Gift
(1942)
Bartolomé the Juggler
Lassie Come Home
(1943)
Rowlie Palmer
Forever and a Day
(1943)
Stubbs
The Meanest Man in the World
(1943)
Frederick P. Leggitt
Between Two Worlds
(1944)
Scrubby
The Keys of the Kingdom
(1944)
Fr. Hamish MacNabb
Bewitched
(1945)
Dr. Bergson
Dangerous Partners
(1945)
Albert Richard Kingby
She Went to the Races
(1945)
Dr. Homer Pecke
Undercurrent
(1946)
Professor Hamilton
Of Human Bondage
(1946)
Athelny
Miracle on 34th Street
(1947)
Kris Kringle
Life with Father
(1947)
Rev. Dr. Lloyd
Green Dolphin Street
(1947)
Octavius Patourel
Thunder in the Valley
(1947)
Adam MacAdam
Hills of Home
(1948)
Mr. Milton
Apartment for Peggy
(1948)
Prof. Henry C. Barnes
Challenge to Lassie
(1949)
John Traill
Mister 880
(1950)
William "Skipper" Miller
For Heaven's Sake
(1950)
Arthur
A Woman of Distinction
(1950)
J.D. Middlecott
Pretty Baby
(1950)
Cyrus Baxter
Louisa
(1950)
Mr. Hammond
Peking Express
(1951)
Father Joseph Murray
Bonzo Goes to College
(1952)
Coach Ted 'Pop' Drew
Sally and Saint Anne
(1952)
Grandpa Pat Ryan
Les Miserables
(1952)
Bishop Courbet
Something for the Birds
(1952)
'Admiral' Johnnie Adams
The Bigamist
(1953)
Mr. Jordan
Mister Scoutmaster
(1953)
Dr. Stone
Them!
(1954)
Dr. Harold Medford
The Student Prince
(1954)
Prof. Juttner
The Trouble with Harry
(1955)
Captain Wiles
It's a Dog's Life
(1955)
Jeremiah Edward Emmett Augustus Nolan
The Rocket from Calabuch
(1956)
Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton
The Greer Case
(1957)
Jack Baldwin
Hollywood’s Children
(1982)
Self (archive footage)