Edmund Gwenn

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

87

Gender

Male

Birthday

1877-09-26

Day of death

1959-09-06 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Wandsworth, London, England, UK

Edmund Gwenn

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

  • Matinee Theater

    Matinee Theater

  • The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Them!

    Them!

  • Between Two Worlds

    Between Two Worlds

  • Lassie Come Home

    Lassie Come Home

  • The Earl of Chicago

    The Earl of Chicago

  • Mister 880

    Mister 880

  • A Yank at Oxford

    A Yank at Oxford

  • Channel Crossing

    Channel Crossing

  • Foreign Correspondent

    Foreign Correspondent

  • Friday the Thirteenth

    Friday the Thirteenth

  • Hollywood’s Children

    Hollywood’s Children

  • Sally and Saint Anne

    Sally and Saint Anne

  • An Englishman's Home

    An Englishman's Home

  • A Woman of Distinction

    A Woman of Distinction

  • The Good Companions

    The Good Companions

  • Bonzo Goes to College

    Bonzo Goes to College

  • Hills of Home

    Hills of Home

  • Les Miserables

    Les Miserables

  • Money for Nothing

    Money for Nothing

  • Mad Holiday

    Mad Holiday

  • Louisa

    Louisa

  • Dangerous Partners

    Dangerous Partners

  • Of Human Bondage

    Of Human Bondage

  • The Devil and Miss Jones

    The Devil and Miss Jones

  • How He Lied to Her Husband

    How He Lied to Her Husband

  • Life with Father

    Life with Father

  • The Bigamist

    The Bigamist

  • The Doctor Takes a Wife

    The Doctor Takes a Wife

  • Miracle on 34th Street

    Miracle on 34th Street

  • The Keys of the Kingdom

    The Keys of the Kingdom

  • Forever and a Day

    Forever and a Day

  • Tell Me Tonight

    Tell Me Tonight

  • Pretty Baby

    Pretty Baby

  • Penny Paradise

    Penny Paradise

  • Bewitched

    Bewitched

  • The Skin Game

    The Skin Game

  • She Went to the Races

    She Went to the Races

  • South Riding

    South Riding

  • The Admiral's Secret

    The Admiral's Secret

  • Cheers for Miss Bishop

    Cheers for Miss Bishop

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • Father and Son

    Father and Son

  • Spring in the Air

    Spring in the Air

  • Sylvia Scarlett

    Sylvia Scarlett

  • Peking Express

    Peking Express

  • Love on Wheels

    Love on Wheels

  • The Trouble with Harry

    The Trouble with Harry

  • The Meanest Man in the World

    The Meanest Man in the World

  • It's a Dog's Life

    It's a Dog's Life

  • The Walking Dead

    The Walking Dead

  • Java Head

    Java Head

  • Mister Scoutmaster

    Mister Scoutmaster

  • Pride and Prejudice

    Pride and Prejudice

  • The Greer Case

    The Greer Case

  • Scotland Yard

    Scotland Yard

  • Happy Family

    Happy Family

  • Thunder in the Valley

    Thunder in the Valley

  • Frail Women

    Frail Women

  • Anthony Adverse

    Anthony Adverse

  • Something for the Birds

    Something for the Birds

  • Cheer Boys Cheer

    Cheer Boys Cheer

  • Undercurrent

    Undercurrent

  • Green Dolphin Street

    Green Dolphin Street

  • The Bishop Misbehaves

    The Bishop Misbehaves

  • For Heaven's Sake

    For Heaven's Sake

  • Parnell

    Parnell

  • The Student Prince

    The Student Prince

  • Hindle Wakes

    Hindle Wakes

  • Passing Shadows

    Passing Shadows

  • Early to Bed

    Early to Bed

  • Challenge to Lassie

    Challenge to Lassie

  • I Was a Spy

    I Was a Spy

  • The Rocket from Calabuch

    The Rocket from Calabuch

  • Laburnum Grove

    Laburnum Grove

  • Waltzes from Vienna

    Waltzes from Vienna

  • All American Chump

    All American Chump

  • One Night In Lisbon

    One Night In Lisbon

  • Apartment for Peggy

    Apartment for Peggy

  • The Greatest Gift

    The Greatest Gift

  • Cash

    Cash

  • Condemned to Death

    Condemned to Death

  • The Skin Game

    The Skin Game

  • A Yank at Eton

    A Yank at Eton

  • Charley's Aunt

    Charley's Aunt

  • The Real Thing at Last

    The Real Thing at Last