Edmund Gwenn
Acting
- Born:
- 1877-09-26
- Died:
- 1959-09-06
- Place of birth:
- Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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
Filmography
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
Hollywood’s Children
The Greer Case
The Rocket from Calabuch
It's a Dog's Life
Matinee Theater
The Trouble with Harry
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
MGM Parade
The Millionaire
Them!
The Student Prince
The Bigamist
Mister Scoutmaster
Something for the Birds
Bonzo Goes to College
Les Miserables
Sally and Saint Anne
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Peking Express
For Heaven's Sake
Mister 880
Pretty Baby
Louisa
A Woman of Distinction
Challenge to Lassie
Hills of Home
Apartment for Peggy
Thunder in the Valley
Life with Father
Miracle on 34th Street
Green Dolphin Street
Undercurrent
Of Human Bondage
She Went to the Races
Bewitched
Dangerous Partners
The Keys of the Kingdom
Between Two Worlds
Lassie Come Home
The Meanest Man in the World
Forever and a Day
The Greatest Gift
A Yank at Eton
Charley's Aunt
One Night In Lisbon
The Devil and Miss Jones
Scotland Yard
Cheers for Miss Bishop
Foreign Correspondent
Pride and Prejudice
The Doctor Takes a Wife
An Englishman's Home
The Earl of Chicago
Cheer Boys Cheer
Happy Family
Penny Paradise
South Riding
A Yank at Oxford
Parnell
Laburnum Grove
Mad Holiday
All American Chump
Anthony Adverse
The Walking Dead
Sylvia Scarlett
The Bishop Misbehaves
Spring in the Air
Father and Son
Passing Shadows
Java Head
Waltzes from Vienna
The Admiral's Secret
Friday the Thirteenth
Channel Crossing
Cash
I Was a Spy
Early to Bed
The Good Companions
Tell Me Tonight
Love on Wheels
Condemned to Death
Money for Nothing
Frail Women
Hindle Wakes
The Skin Game
How He Lied to Her Husband
The Skin Game
The Real Thing at Last