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.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (4)

• 2021Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies — Self - (archive footage)
• 1982Hollywood’s Children — Self (archive footage)
• MGM Parade — Self
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Self - Narrator