Edmund Gwenn

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1877-09-26 (82 years old)

Deathday

1959-09-06

Place of Birth

Wandsworth, London, England, UK

Edmund Gwenn

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...

Acting

1943

Lassie Come Home

as Rowlie Palmer

1954

Them!

as Dr. Harold Medford

1955

The Trouble with Harry

as Captain Wiles

1935

Sylvia Scarlett

as Henry Scarlett

1947

Miracle on 34th Street

as Kris Kringle

1944

1936

The Walking Dead

as Dr. Evan Beaumont

1947

Life with Father

as Rev. Dr. Lloyd

1945

Bewitched

as Dr. Bergson

1949

Challenge to Lassie

as John Traill

1943

1941

Charley's Aunt

as Stephen Spettigue

1936

Anthony Adverse

as John Bonnyfeather

1940

Pride and Prejudice

as Mr. Bennet

1946

Undercurrent

as Professor Hamilton

1944

The Keys of the Kingdom

as Fr. Hamish MacNabb

1954

The Student Prince

as Prof. Juttner

1933

Early to Bed

as Kruger

1931

The Skin Game

as Mr. Hornblower

1934

Waltzes from Vienna

as Johann Strauss, the Elder

1953

The Bigamist

as Mr. Jordan

1952

Bonzo Goes to College

as Coach Ted 'Pop' Drew

1950

Mister 880

as William "Skipper" Miller

1950

1933

The Good Companions

as Jess Oakroyd

1938

South Riding

as Alfred Huggins

1940

The Doctor Takes a Wife

as Dr. Lionel Sterling

1953

Mister Scoutmaster

as Dr. Stone

1956

The Rocket from Calabuch

as Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton

1947

Green Dolphin Street

as Octavius Patourel

1945

Dangerous Partners

as Albert Richard Kingby

1941

Cheers for Miss Bishop

as President Corcoran

1952

Sally and Saint Anne

as Grandpa Pat Ryan

1948

Hills of Home

as Mr. Milton

1940

The Earl of Chicago

as Munsey, the Butler

1950

A Woman of Distinction

as J.D. Middlecott

1952

Les Miserables

as Bishop Courbet

1936

Mad Holiday

as Williams

1946

1939

Cheer Boys Cheer

as Edward Ironside

1951

Peking Express

as Father Joseph Murray

1955

It's a Dog's Life

as Jeremiah Edward Emmett Augustus Nolan

1950

Pretty Baby

as Cyrus Baxter

1933

I Was a Spy

as Burgomaster

1933

Cash

as Edmund Gilbert

1921

The Skin Game

as Hornblower

1938

Penny Paradise

as Joe Higgins

1948

Apartment for Peggy

as Prof. Henry C. Barnes

1936

Laburnum Grove

as Mr. Radfern

1934

Java Head

as Jeremy Ammidon

1916

The Real Thing at Last

as Rupert K. Thunder / Macbeth

1937

Parnell

as Henry Campbell

1945

She Went to the Races

as Dr. Homer Pecke

1947

Thunder in the Valley

as Adam MacAdam

1952

Something for the Birds

as 'Admiral' Johnnie Adams

1939

1942

A Yank at Eton

as Headmaster Justin

1957

The Greer Case

as Jack Baldwin

1932

1943

The Meanest Man in the World

as Frederick P. Leggitt

1931

Hindle Wakes

as Chris Hawthorne

1932

Frail Women

as Jim Willis

1938

A Yank at Oxford

as Dean of Cardinal

1941

Scotland Yard

as Insp. Cork

1931

How He Lied to Her Husband

as Her Husband (Teddy Bompas)

1934

The Admiral's Secret

as Adm. Fitzporter

1936

All American Chump

as Jeffrey Crane

1933

1941

One Night In Lisbon

as Lord Fitzleigh

1950

Louisa

as Mr. Hammond

1935

Father and Son

as John Bolton

1932

Love on Wheels

as Philpotts

1940

1932

Money for Nothing

as Sir Henry Blossom

1932

Tell Me Tonight

as Mayor Pategg

1934

Passing Shadows

as David Lawrence

1942

The Greatest Gift

as Bartolomé the Juggler

1982

Hollywood’s Children

as Self (archive footage)

1933

1935

© All Rights Reserved 2025