Edmund Gwenn
AKA: Edmund John Kellaway
Birthday: 1877-09-26
Died: 1959-09-06
Birthplace: Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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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.
Actor Arthur Chesney was his brother and actor Cecil Kellaway was their cousin.
Filmography
Character: Dr. Harold Medford
Character: Henry Scarlett
Character: Dr. Evan Beaumont
Character: Rev. Dr. Lloyd
Character: Stephen Spettigue
Character: John Bonnyfeather
Character: Professor Hamilton
Character: Fr. Hamish MacNabb
Character: Mr. Hornblower
Character: Johann Strauss, the Elder
Character: Coach Ted 'Pop' Drew
Character: William "Skipper" Miller
Character: Alfred Huggins
Character: Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton
Character: Lionel Sterling
Character: Octavius Patourel
Character: Albert Richard Kingby
Character: Grandpa Pat Ryan
Character: J.D. Middlecott
Character: Munsey, the Butler
Character: Bishop Courbet
Character: Edward Ironside
Character: Father Joseph Murray
Character: Jeremiah Edward Emmett Augustus Nolan
Character: Edmund Gilbert
Character: Jeremy Ammidon
Character: Henry Campbell
Character: Dr. Homer Pecke
Character: 'Admiral' Johnnie Adams
Character: Prof. Henry C. Barnes
Character: Headmaster Justin
Character: Frederick P. Leggitt
Character: Dean of Cardinal
Character: Chris Hawthorne
Character: Lord Fitzleigh
Character: President Corcoran
Character: Adm. Fitzporter
Character: Sir Henry Blossom
Character: David Lawrence
Character: Bartolomé the Juggler
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Rupert K. Thunder / Macbeth
Character: Her Husband (Teddy Bompas)