Edmund Gwenn

Actor Sep 26 (died age 81) Wandsworth, London, England, UK 1916–2021 (105 year career)

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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 b…

Known For

Film

Miracle on 34th Street

Kris Kringle

Film

The Trouble with Harry

Captain Wiles

Film

Foreign Correspondent

Rowley

Film

Them!

Dr. Harold Medford

Film

Pride and Prejudice

Mr. Bennet

Film

Lassie Come Home

Rowlie Palmer

Film

The Devil and Miss Jones

Hooper

Film

The Bigamist

Mr. Jordan

Filmography

Acting (89)

Movies (84)

Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies

2021

as Self - (archive footage)

Hollywood’s Children

1982

as Self (archive footage)

The Greer Case

1957

as Jack Baldwin

The Rocket from Calabuch

1956

as Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton

7.4

The Trouble with Harry

1955

as Captain Wiles

7.0

It's a Dog's Life

1955

as Jeremiah Edward Emmett Augustus Nolan

3.0

Them!

1954

as Dr. Harold Medford

The Student Prince

as Prof. Juttner

The Bigamist

as Mr. Jordan

Mister Scoutmaster

as Dr. Stone

Les Miserables

as Bishop Courbet

Sally and Saint Anne

as Grandpa Pat Ryan

Bonzo Goes to College

1952

as Coach Ted 'Pop' Drew

5.0

Something for the Birds

1952

as 'Admiral' Johnnie Adams

10.0

Peking Express

1951

as Father Joseph Murray

8.0

A Woman of Distinction

1950

as J.D. Middlecott

6.2

Mister 880

1950

as William "Skipper" Miller

Pretty Baby

as Cyrus Baxter

For Heaven's Sake

as Arthur

Louisa

as Mr. Hammond

Challenge to Lassie

as John Traill

Hills of Home

as Mr. Milton

Apartment for Peggy

as Prof. Henry C. Barnes

8.1

Miracle on 34th Street

1947

as Kris Kringle

7.4

Thunder in the Valley

as Adam MacAdam

Green Dolphin Street

as Octavius Patourel

Life with Father

as Rev. Dr. Lloyd

Undercurrent

as Professor Hamilton

Of Human Bondage

as Athelny

Dangerous Partners

as Albert Richard Kingby

6.0

Bewitched

1945

as Dr. Bergson

5.3

She Went to the Races

1945

as Dr. Homer Pecke

5.5

The Keys of the Kingdom

1944

as Fr. Hamish MacNabb

Between Two Worlds

as Scrubby

Lassie Come Home

as Rowlie Palmer

Forever and a Day

as Stubbs

The Meanest Man in the World

1943

as Frederick P. Leggitt

6.4

The Greatest Gift

1942

as Bartolomé the Juggler

7.0

A Yank at Eton

1942

as Headmaster Justin

6.0

The Devil and Miss Jones

1941

as Hooper

7.7

One Night In Lisbon

1941

as Lord Fitzleigh

Scotland Yard

1941

as Insp. Cork

Charley's Aunt

1941

as Stephen Spettigue

5.8

Cheers for Miss Bishop

1941

as President Corcoran

5.6

The Earl of Chicago

1940

as Munsey, the Butler

6.2

An Englishman's Home

1940

as Tom Brown

Foreign Correspondent

as Rowley

Pride and Prejudice

as Mr. Bennet

The Doctor Takes a Wife

1940

as Dr. Lionel Sterling

6.4

Happy Family

1939

as Dad

Cheer Boys Cheer

as Edward Ironside

A Yank at Oxford

as Dean of Cardinal

Penny Paradise

as Joe Higgins

South Riding

as Alfred Huggins

Parnell

as Henry Campbell

Laburnum Grove

as Mr. Radfern

The Walking Dead

as Dr. Evan Beaumont

Mad Holiday

as Williams

Anthony Adverse

as John Bonnyfeather

All American Chump

as Jeffrey Crane

Spring in the Air

as Franz

Sylvia Scarlett

1935

as Henry Scarlett

6.2

Father and Son

1935

as John Bolton

The Bishop Misbehaves

as Bishop

Passing Shadows

as David Lawrence

Java Head

as Jeremy Ammidon

Waltzes from Vienna

as Johann Strauss, the Elder

5.3

The Admiral's Secret

1934

as Adm. Fitzporter

Channel Crossing

1933

as Trotter

I Was a Spy

as Burgomaster

The Good Companions

as Jess Oakroyd

Cash

as Edmund Gilbert

Friday the Thirteenth

1933

as Wakefield

6.0

Early to Bed

1933

as Kruger

Money for Nothing

1932

as Sir Henry Blossom

Tell Me Tonight

as Mayor Pategg

Frail Women

as Jim Willis

Love on Wheels

as Philpotts

Condemned to Death

as Banting

The Skin Game

1931

as Mr. Hornblower

5.4

Hindle Wakes

1931

as Chris Hawthorne

How He Lied to Her Husband

1931

as Her Husband (Teddy Bompas)

The Skin Game

1921

as Hornblower

The Real Thing at Last

1916

as Rupert K. Thunder / Macbeth

Television (5)

Matinee Theater

1955

5.0

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Joe Saunders

7.8

The Millionaire

1955

as Walter Clinton Carter

5.0

MGM Parade

1955

as Self

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

as Self - Narrator

7.2