Edmund Gwenn
Known for ActingBorn 1877-09-26 — died 1959-09-06Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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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.
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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
Miracle on 34th Street
1947 · as Kris Kringle
Them!
1954 · as Dr. Harold Medford
The Trouble with Harry
1955 · as Captain Wiles
Pride and Prejudice
1940 · as Mr. Bennet
Undercurrent
1946 · as Professor Hamilton
The Rocket from Calabuch
1956 · as Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton
Foreign Correspondent
1940 · as Rowley
Lassie Come Home
1943 · as Rowlie Palmer
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
2021 · as Self - (archive footage)
Laburnum Grove
1936 · as Mr. Radfern
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944 · as Fr. Hamish MacNabb
Parnell
1937 · as Henry Campbell
The Walking Dead
1936 · as Dr. Evan Beaumont
Les Miserables
1952 · as Bishop Courbet
Passing Shadows
1934 · as David Lawrence
Sylvia Scarlett
1935 · as Henry Scarlett
Green Dolphin Street
1947 · as Octavius Patourel
Life with Father
1947 · as Rev. Dr. Lloyd