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Edmund Gwenn

Acting Born Sep 26, 1877 Wandsworth, London, England, UK 24 credits

Biography

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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.

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Known for

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Joe Saunders
Film

Miracle on 34th Street

as Kris Kringle
Film

Halloween: Resurrection

as Self - Narrator

Full filmography

  • Matinee Theater (1955)
  • MGM Parade (1955) as Self
  • The Millionaire (1955) as Walter Clinton Carter
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Joe Saunders
  • Them! (1954) as Dr. Harold Medford
  • Miracle on 34th Street (1947) as Kris Kringle
  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Self - Narrator
  • The Trouble with Harry (1955) as Captain Wiles
  • Pride and Prejudice (1940) as Mr. Bennet
  • Foreign Correspondent (1940) as Rowley
  • Lassie Come Home (1943) as Rowlie Palmer
  • Undercurrent (1946) as Professor Hamilton
  • The Bigamist (1953) as Mr. Jordan
  • Life with Father (1947) as Rev. Dr. Lloyd
  • Forever and a Day (1943) as Stubbs
  • The Walking Dead (1936) as Dr. Evan Beaumont
  • Friday the Thirteenth (1933) as Wakefield
  • Mister 880 (1950) as William "Skipper" Miller
  • The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) as Fr. Hamish MacNabb
  • The Skin Game (1931) as Mr. Hornblower
  • Waltzes from Vienna (1934) as Johann Strauss, the Elder
  • Parnell (1937) as Henry Campbell
  • Of Human Bondage (1946) as Athelny
  • Les Miserables (1952) as Bishop Courbet