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Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 26, 1877
Died
September 6, 1959
Place of Birth
Wandsworth, London, England, UK
Also Known As
- Edmund John Kellaway
- Эдмунд Гвенн
Edmund Gwenn
2.8 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
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Self - (archive footage)
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
2021
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Self (archive footage)
Hollywood’s Children
1982
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Jack Baldwin
The Greer Case
1957
7.5
Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton
The Rocket from Calabuch
1956
3.0
Jeremiah Edward Emmett Augustus Nolan
It's a Dog's Life
1955
5.0
Matinee Theater
1955
7.0
Captain Wiles
The Trouble with Harry
1955
7.8
Joe Saunders
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
5.0
Walter Clinton Carter
The Millionaire
1955
6.8
Dr. Harold Medford
Them!
1954
Credits
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
2021
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Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage)
1982
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The Greer Case
as Jack Baldwin
1957
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The Rocket from Calabuch
as Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton
1956
7.5
It's a Dog's Life
as Jeremiah Edward Emmett Augustus Nolan
1955
3.0
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
The Trouble with Harry
as Captain Wiles
1955
7.0
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Joe Saunders
1955
7.8
The Millionaire
as Walter Clinton Carter
1955
5.0
Them!
as Dr. Harold Medford
1954
6.8
The Student Prince
as Prof. Juttner
1954
6.1
The Bigamist
as Mr. Jordan
1953
6.4
Mister Scoutmaster
as Dr. Stone
1953
6.5
Something for the Birds
as 'Admiral' Johnnie Adams
1952
10.0
Bonzo Goes to College
as Coach Ted 'Pop' Drew
1952
5.0
Les Miserables
as Bishop Courbet
1952
5.2
Sally and Saint Anne
as Grandpa Pat Ryan
1952
8.0
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Self - Narrator
1951
7.2
Peking Express
as Father Joseph Murray
1951
8.0
For Heaven's Sake
as Arthur
1950
6.9
Mister 880
as William "Skipper" Miller
1950
7.0
Pretty Baby
as Cyrus Baxter
1950
6.0
Louisa
as Mr. Hammond
1950
6.1
A Woman of Distinction
as J.D. Middlecott
1950
6.2
Challenge to Lassie
as John Traill
1949
4.8
Hills of Home
as Mr. Milton
1948
6.7
Apartment for Peggy
as Prof. Henry C. Barnes
1948
7.9
Thunder in the Valley
as Adam MacAdam
1947
7.5
Life with Father
as Rev. Dr. Lloyd
1947
6.7
Miracle on 34th Street
as Kris Kringle
1947
7.4
Green Dolphin Street
as Octavius Patourel
1947
6.1
Undercurrent
as Professor Hamilton
1946
5.9
Of Human Bondage
as Athelny
1946
6.0
She Went to the Races
as Dr. Homer Pecke
1945
5.5
Bewitched
as Dr. Bergson
1945
5.3
Dangerous Partners
as Albert Richard Kingby
1945
6.0
The Keys of the Kingdom
as Fr. Hamish MacNabb
1944
7.0
Between Two Worlds
as Scrubby
1944
7.0
Lassie Come Home
as Rowlie Palmer
1943
6.7
The Meanest Man in the World
as Frederick P. Leggitt
1943
6.4
Forever and a Day
as Stubbs
1943
7.4
The Greatest Gift
as Bartolomé the Juggler
1942
7.0
A Yank at Eton
as Headmaster Justin
1942
6.0
Charley's Aunt
as Stephen Spettigue
1941
5.8
One Night In Lisbon
as Lord Fitzleigh
1941
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The Devil and Miss Jones
as Hooper
1941
7.7
Scotland Yard
as Insp. Cork
1941
0.0
Cheers for Miss Bishop
as President Corcoran
1941
5.4
Foreign Correspondent
as Rowley
1940
7.0
Pride and Prejudice
as Mr. Bennet
1940
6.9
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Dr. Lionel Sterling
1940
6.4
An Englishman's Home
as Tom Brown
1940
0.0
The Earl of Chicago
as Munsey, the Butler
1940
5.6
Cheer Boys Cheer
as Edward Ironside
1939
5.8
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Happy Family
as Dad
1939
0.0
Penny Paradise
as Joe Higgins
1938
6.7
South Riding
as Alfred Huggins
1938
6.2
A Yank at Oxford
as Dean of Cardinal
1938
6.7
Parnell
as Henry Campbell
1937
4.1
Laburnum Grove
as Mr. Radfern
1936
7.0
Mad Holiday
as Williams
1936
6.0
All American Chump
as Jeffrey Crane
1936
5.8
Anthony Adverse
as John Bonnyfeather
1936
5.7
The Walking Dead
as Dr. Evan Beaumont
1936
6.3
Sylvia Scarlett
as Henry Scarlett
1935
6.3
The Bishop Misbehaves
as Bishop
1935
4.0
🎬
Spring in the Air
as Franz
1935
0.0
🎬
Father and Son
as John Bolton
1935
0.0
Passing Shadows
as David Lawrence
1934
6.0
Java Head
as Jeremy Ammidon
1934
6.0
Waltzes from Vienna
as Johann Strauss, the Elder
1934
5.3
The Admiral's Secret
as Adm. Fitzporter
1934
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Friday the Thirteenth
as Wakefield
1933
6.0
Channel Crossing
as Trotter
1933
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Cash
as Edmund Gilbert
1933
4.6
I Was a Spy
as Burgomaster
1933
5.5
🎬
Early to Bed
as Kruger
1933
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The Good Companions
as Jess Oakroyd
1933
5.8
Tell Me Tonight
as Mayor Pategg
1932
3.0
Love on Wheels
as Philpotts
1932
5.0
Condemned to Death
as Banting
1932
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Money for Nothing
as Sir Henry Blossom
1932
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Frail Women
as Jim Willis
1932
4.7
Hindle Wakes
as Chris Hawthorne
1931
0.0
The Skin Game
as Mr. Hornblower
1931
5.4
How He Lied to Her Husband
as Her Husband (Teddy Bompas)
1931
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The Skin Game
as Hornblower
1921
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🎬
The Real Thing at Last
as Rupert K. Thunder / Macbeth
1916
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