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