Person Details
Birthday: 1877-09-26 11:32:43
Death: 1959-09-06 11:32:43
Aliases: Edmund John Kellaway
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 41
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(1955) Joe SaundersThe Millionaire
(1955) Walter Clinton CarterThem!
(1954) Dr. Harold MedfordForeign Correspondent
(1940) RowleyPride and Prejudice
(1940) Mr. BennetLassie Come Home
(1943) Rowlie PalmerThe Walking Dead
(1936) Dr. Evan BeaumontThe Keys of the Kingdom
(1944) Fr. Hamish MacNabbActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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1982 | Self (archive footage) | |
1957 | Jack Baldwin | |
1956 | Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton | |
1955 | Jeremiah Edward Emmett Augustus Nolan | |
N/A | ||
Captain Wiles | ||
Joe Saunders | ||
Walter Clinton Carter | ||
1954 | Dr. Harold Medford | |
Prof. Juttner | ||
1953 | Mr. Jordan | |
Dr. Stone | ||
1952 | 'Admiral' Johnnie Adams | |
Coach Ted 'Pop' Drew | ||
Bishop Courbet | ||
Grandpa Pat Ryan | ||
1951 | Self - Narrator | |
Father Joseph Murray | ||
1950 | Arthur | |
William "Skipper" Miller | ||
Cyrus Baxter | ||
Mr. Hammond | ||
J.D. Middlecott | ||
1949 | John Traill | |
1948 | Mr. Milton | |
Prof. Henry C. Barnes | ||
1947 | Adam MacAdam | |
Rev. Dr. Lloyd | ||
Kris Kringle | ||
Octavius Patourel | ||
1946 | Professor Hamilton | |
Athelny | ||
1945 | Dr. Homer Pecke | |
Dr. Bergson | ||
Albert Richard Kingby | ||
1944 | Fr. Hamish MacNabb | |
Scrubby | ||
1943 | Rowlie Palmer | |
Frederick P. Leggitt | ||
Stubbs | ||
1942 | Bartolomé the Juggler | |
Headmaster Justin | ||
1941 | Stephen Spettigue | |
Lord Fitzleigh | ||
Hooper | ||
Insp. Cork | ||
President Corcoran | ||
1940 | Rowley | |
Mr. Bennet | ||
Dr. Lionel Sterling | ||
Tom Brown | ||
Munsey, the Butler | ||
1939 | Edward Ironside | |
Dad | ||
1938 | Joe Higgins | |
Alfred Huggins | ||
Dean of Cardinal | ||
1937 | Henry Campbell | |
1936 | Mr. Radfern | |
Williams | ||
Jeffrey Crane | ||
John Bonnyfeather | ||
Dr. Evan Beaumont | ||
1935 | Henry Scarlett | |
Bishop | ||
John Bolton | ||
1934 | David Lawrence | |
Jeremy Ammidon | ||
Johann Strauss, the Elder | ||
Adm. Fitzporter | ||
1933 | Wakefield | |
Trotter | ||
Edmund Gilbert | ||
Burgomaster | ||
Kruger | ||
Jess Oakroyd | ||
1932 | Mayor Pategg | |
Philpotts | ||
Banting | ||
Sir Henry Blossom | ||
Jim Willis | ||
1931 | Chris Hawthorne | |
Mr. Hornblower | ||
Her Husband (Teddy Bompas) | ||
1921 | Hornblower | |
1916 | Rupert K. Thunder / Macbeth | |
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |