Edmund Gwenn
Born on Wed, September 26, 1877
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaEdmund 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.
Foreign Correspondent
as Rowley
Sylvia Scarlett
as Henry Scarlett
Waltzes from Vienna
as Johann Strauss, the Elder
South Riding
as Alfred Huggins
Mister Scoutmaster
as Dr. Stone
The Bigamist
as Mr. Jordan
Them!
as Dr. Harold Medford
Lassie Come Home
as Rowlie Palmer
Mister 880
as William u0022Skipperu0022 Miller
Java Head
as Jeremy Ammidon
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Dr. Lionel Sterling
The Meanest Man in the World
as Frederick P. Leggitt