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Edmund Gwenn
Actor
Died September 6, 1959 (81 years)
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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.
Filmography
| 2001 | The Trouble with Harry Isn't Over · as actor |
| 1979 | The Horror Show · as actor |
| 1956 | The Rocket from Calabuch · as Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton |
| 1955 | It's a Dog's Life · as Jeremiah Edward Emmett Augustus Nolan |
| 1955 | The Star and the Story (TV Series) · as Paddy |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Joe Saunders |
| 1955 | The Trouble with Harry · as Capt. Albert Wiles |
| 1954 | Them! · as Dr. Harold Medford |
| 1953 | The Bigamist · as Mr. Jordan |
| 1953 | Mister Scoutmaster · as Dr. Stone |
| 1952 | Les Miserables · as Bishop Courbet |
| 1951 | Peking Express · as Father Joseph Murray |
| 1950 | Mister 880 · as 'Skipper' Miller |
| 1950 | A Woman of Distinction · as J.M. Middlecott |
| 1950 | Pretty Baby · as Cyrus Baxter |
| 1949 | Challenge to Lassie · as John Traill |
| 1948 | Hills of Home · as Mr. Milton |
| 1947 | Miracle on 34th Street · as Kris Kringle |
| 1947 | Life with Father · as Rev. Dr. Lloyd |
| 1947 | Green Dolphin Street · as Octavius Patourel |
| 1946 | Undercurrent · as Professor Hamilton |
| 1945 | Bewitched · as Dr. Bergson |
| 1944 | The Keys of the Kingdom · as Father Hamish MacNabb |
| 1943 | Lassie Come Home · as Rowlie |
| 1942 | A Yank at Eton · as Headmaster Justin |
| 1941 | The Devil and Miss Jones · as Hooper |
| 1941 | Cheers for Miss Bishop · as President Corcoran |
| 1941 | Scotland Yard · as Insp. Cork |
| 1940 | Foreign Correspondent · as Rowley |
| 1940 | Pride and Prejudice · as Mr. Bennet |
| 1940 | The Doctor Takes a Wife · as Lionel Sterling |
| 1939 | Cheer Boys Cheer · as Edward Ironside |
| 1938 | Penny Paradise · as Joe Higgins |
| 1936 | Laburnum Grove · as Mr. Radfern |
| 1935 | Sylvia Scarlett · as Henry Scarlett |
| 1935 | The Bishop Misbehaves · as Bishop |
| 1934 | Strauss' Great Waltz · as Johann Strauss, the Elder |
| 1934 | The Admiral's Secret · as Adm. Fitzporter |
| 1933 | Friday the Thirteenth · as Wakefield |
| 1933 | The Good Companions · as Jess Oakroyd |
| 1933 | I Was a Spy · as Burgomaster |
| 1933 | For Love or Money · as Edmund Gilbert |
| 1932 | Love on Wheels · as Philpotts |
| 1932 | Be Mine Tonight · as Mayor Pategg |
| 1932 | Money for Nothing · as Sir Henry Blossom |
| 1931 | The Skin Game · as Mr. Hornblower |
| 1921 | The Skin Game · as Hornblower |