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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.
The roles that explain the career.
57 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | The Rocket from Calabuch | Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton | Film |
| 1955 | The Trouble with Harry | Captain Wiles | Film |
| 1955 | It's a Dog's Life | Jeremiah Edward Emmett Augustus Nolan | Film |
| 1954 | The Student Prince | Prof. Juttner | Film |
| 1954 | Them! | Dr. Harold Medford | Film |
| 1953 | Mister Scoutmaster | Dr. Stone | Film |
| 1953 | The Bigamist | Mr. Jordan | Film |
| 1952 | Les Miserables | Bishop Courbet | Film |
| 1952 | Bonzo Goes to College | Coach Ted 'Pop' Drew | Film |
| 1952 | Sally and Saint Anne | Grandpa Pat Ryan | Film |
| 1951 | Peking Express | Father Joseph Murray | Film |
| 1950 | A Woman of Distinction | J.D. Middlecott | Film |
| 1950 | Mister 880 | William "Skipper" Miller | Film |
| 1950 | For Heaven's Sake | Arthur | Film |
| 1950 | Louisa | Mr. Hammond | Film |
| 1950 | Pretty Baby | Cyrus Baxter | Film |
| 1949 | Challenge to Lassie | John Traill | Film |
| 1948 | Hills of Home | Mr. Milton | Film |
| 1948 | Apartment for Peggy | Prof. Henry C. Barnes | Film |
| 1947 | Miracle on 34th Street | Kris Kringle | Film |
| 1947 | Life with Father | Rev. Dr. Lloyd | Film |
| 1947 | Green Dolphin Street | Octavius Patourel | Film |
| 1946 | Undercurrent | Professor Hamilton | Film |
| 1946 | Of Human Bondage | Athelny | Film |
| 1945 | Bewitched | Dr. Bergson | Film |
| 1945 | Dangerous Partners | Albert Richard Kingby | Film |
| 1944 | Between Two Worlds | Scrubby | Film |
| 1944 | The Keys of the Kingdom | Fr. Hamish MacNabb | Film |
| 1943 | The Meanest Man in the World | Frederick P. Leggitt | Film |
| 1943 | Forever and a Day | Stubbs | Film |
| 1943 | Lassie Come Home | Rowlie Palmer | Film |
| 1942 | A Yank at Eton | Headmaster Justin | Film |
| 1941 | Charley's Aunt | Stephen Spettigue | Film |
| 1941 | The Devil and Miss Jones | Hooper | Film |
| 1941 | One Night In Lisbon | Lord Fitzleigh | Film |
| 1941 | Cheers for Miss Bishop | President Corcoran | Film |
| 1940 | The Earl of Chicago | Munsey, the Butler | Film |
| 1940 | Pride and Prejudice | Mr. Bennet | Film |
| 1940 | The Doctor Takes a Wife | Dr. Lionel Sterling | Film |
| 1940 | Foreign Correspondent | Rowley | Film |
| 1939 | Cheer Boys Cheer | Edward Ironside | Film |
| 1938 | South Riding | Alfred Huggins | Film |
| 1938 | Penny Paradise | Joe Higgins | Film |
| 1938 | A Yank at Oxford | Dean of Cardinal | Film |
| 1937 | Parnell | Henry Campbell | Film |
| 1936 | Anthony Adverse | John Bonnyfeather | Film |
| 1936 | The Walking Dead | Dr. Evan Beaumont | Film |
| 1936 | Mad Holiday | Williams | Film |
| 1935 | Sylvia Scarlett | Henry Scarlett | Film |
| 1935 | The Bishop Misbehaves | Bishop | Film |
| 1934 | Waltzes from Vienna | Johann Strauss, the Elder | Film |
| 1933 | Friday the Thirteenth | Wakefield | Film |
| 1933 | The Good Companions | Jess Oakroyd | Film |
| 1933 | I Was a Spy | Burgomaster | Film |
| 1933 | Channel Crossing | Trotter | Film |
| 1933 | Cash | Edmund Gilbert | Film |
| 1931 | The Skin Game | Mr. Hornblower | Film |
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