Edmund Gwenn
Actor
- Born
- September 26, 1877 · Wandsworth, London, England, UK
- Died
- September 6, 1959 (age 81)
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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
The Trouble with Harry
October 3, 1955
Miracle on 34th Street
June 4, 1947
Them!
June 16, 1954
Foreign Correspondent
August 16, 1940
Pride and Prejudice
July 26, 1940
Lassie Come Home
December 1, 1943
The Bigamist
December 3, 1953
Sylvia Scarlett
December 25, 1935
The Walking Dead
February 29, 1936
The Skin Game
February 26, 1931
Life with Father
September 13, 1947
The Devil and Miss Jones
April 11, 1941
Acting84
- 2021Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies as Self (archive footage)
- 1982Hollywood’s Children as Self (archive footage)
- 1957The Greer Case as Jack Baldwin
- 1956The Rocket from Calabuch as Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton
- 1955It's a Dog's Life as Jeremiah Edward Emmett Augustus Nolan
- 1955The Trouble with Harry as Captain Wiles
- 1954Them! as Dr. Harold Medford
- 1954The Student Prince as Prof. Juttner
- 1953The Bigamist as Mr. Jordan
- 1953