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Edmund Gwenn

Edmund Gwenn

Birthday: 1877-09-26 | Place of Birth: Wandsworth, London, England, UK

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1956
The Rocket from Calabuch

as    Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton

1955
The Trouble with Harry

as    Captain Wiles

1953
The Bigamist

as    Mr. Jordan

1952
Les Miserables

as    Bishop Courbet

1951
Peking Express

as    Father Joseph Murray

1950
For Heaven's Sake

as    Arthur

1950
Mister 880

as    William "Skipper" Miller

1949
Challenge to Lassie

as    John Traill

1948
Hills of Home

as    Mr. Milton

1948
Apartment for Peggy

as    Prof. Henry C. Barnes

1947
Miracle on 34th Street

as    Kris Kringle

1947
Green Dolphin Street

as    Octavius Patourel

1947
Life with Father

as    Rev. Dr. Lloyd

1946
Of Human Bondage

as    Athelny

1946
Undercurrent

as    Professor Hamilton

1945
Dangerous Partners

as    Albert Richard Kingby

1945
Bewitched

as    Dr. Bergson

1944
The Keys of the Kingdom

as    Fr. Hamish MacNabb

1944
Between Two Worlds

as    Scrubby

1943
Lassie Come Home

as    Rowlie Palmer

1943
Forever and a Day

as    Stubbs

1942
A Yank at Eton

as    Headmaster Justin

1941
Scotland Yard

as    Insp. Cork

1941
Charley's Aunt

as    Stephen Spettigue

1940
Foreign Correspondent

as    Rowley

1938
A Yank at Oxford

as    Dean of Cardinal

1937
Parnell

as    Henry Campbell

1936
The Walking Dead

as    Dr. Evan Beaumont

1936
Anthony Adverse

as    John Bonnyfeather

1936
Mad Holiday

as    Williams