Edmund Gwenn
Known for: Acting
Born: September 26, 1877
Died: September 6, 1959
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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Filmography
84 movies · 5 TV shows, newest first
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Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
2021
9.0
Hollywood’s Children
1982
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The Greer Case
1957
7.5
The Rocket from Calabuch
1956
4.3
It's a Dog's Life
1955
5.3
Matinee Theater
1955
7.0
The Trouble with Harry
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
7.5
MGM Parade
1955
5.8
The Millionaire
1955
6.8
Them!
1954
6.3
The Student Prince
1954
6.4
The Bigamist
1953
7.1
Mister Scoutmaster
1953
8.5
Something for the Birds
1952
6.0
Bonzo Goes to College
1952
5.5
Les Miserables
1952
8.7
Sally and Saint Anne
1952
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.5
Peking Express
1951
7.0
For Heaven's Sake
1950
7.2
Mister 880
1950
6.8
Pretty Baby
1950
6.5
Louisa
1950
7.0
A Woman of Distinction
1950
5.5
Challenge to Lassie
1949
6.9
Hills of Home
1948
8.2
Apartment for Peggy
1948
8.3
Thunder in the Valley
1947
6.7
Life with Father
1947
7.4
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
6.3
Green Dolphin Street
1947
5.9
Undercurrent
1946
6.8
Of Human Bondage
1946
6.0
She Went to the Races
1945
5.4
Bewitched
1945
6.8
Dangerous Partners
1945
7.1
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944
7.2
Between Two Worlds
1944
6.7
Lassie Come Home
1943
6.9
The Meanest Man in the World
1943
7.5
Forever and a Day
1943
6.5
The Greatest Gift
1942
6.1
A Yank at Eton
1942
6.3
Charley's Aunt
1941
7.0
One Night In Lisbon
1941
7.6
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941
7.0
Scotland Yard
1941
5.8
Cheers for Miss Bishop
1941
7.0
Foreign Correspondent
1940
6.9
Pride and Prejudice
1940
6.8
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
7.0
An Englishman's Home
1940
6.3
The Earl of Chicago
1940
6.3
Cheer Boys Cheer
1939NR
Happy Family
1939
6.7
Penny Paradise
1938
6.6
South Riding
1938
6.8
A Yank at Oxford
1938
4.6
Parnell
1937
8.5
Laburnum Grove
1936
6.4
Mad Holiday
1936
6.2
All American Chump
1936
5.7
Anthony Adverse
1936
6.3
The Walking Dead
1936
6.3
Sylvia Scarlett
1935
6.0
The Bishop Misbehaves
193510.0
Spring in the Air
193510.0
Father and Son
1935
7.0
Passing Shadows
1934
6.8
Java Head
1934
5.4
Waltzes from Vienna
1934
10.0
The Admiral's Secret
1934
6.4
Friday the Thirteenth
1933
8.0
Channel Crossing
1933
4.9
Cash
1933
6.4
I Was a Spy
193310.0
Early to Bed
1933
6.4
The Good Companions
1933
6.5
Tell Me Tonight
1932
6.0
Love on Wheels
1932
7.0
Condemned to Death
1932
10.0
Money for Nothing
19326.0
Frail Women
1932
10.0
Hindle Wakes
1931
5.4
The Skin Game
1931
9.0
How He Lied to Her Husband
1931
9.0
The Skin Game
1921NR
The Real Thing at Last
1916