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
Complete Filmography
Hollywood’s Children
1982
as Self (archive footage)
A documentary about child actors, since the beginning of motion pictures (narrated by Roddy McDowell).
The Greer Case
1957
as Jack Baldwin
When a rich woman dies without signing her new will, all kinds of problems ensue.
The Rocket from Calabuch
1956
as Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton
Professor Hamilton, a naive Nuclear scientist who once thought bombs were good for humanity, realizes his mistake and runs away from his inventions. H...
It's a Dog's Life
1955
as Jeremiah Edward Emmett Augustus Nolan
A bull terrier tells his life story, from the streets of the Bowery to a life of luxury.
The Trouble with Harry
1955
as Captain Wiles
When a local man's corpse appears on a nearby hillside, no one is quite sure what happened to him. Many of the town's residents secretly wonder if the...
Them!
1954
as Dr. Harold Medford
As a result of nuclear testing, gigantic, ferocious mutant ants appear in the American desert southwest, and a father-daughter team of entomologists ...
The Student Prince
1954
as Prof. Juttner
A prince has a romance with a barmaid before he must give up personal happiness for duty.
The Bigamist
1953
as Mr. Jordan
San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Mr. J...
Mister Scoutmaster
1953
as Dr. Stone
Snobby TV star, Robert Jordan, worries that he is out of touch with the younger generation and that's why his TV show is failing. He becomes a Boy Sco...
Something for the Birds
1952
as 'Admiral' Johnnie Adams
A conservationist fights to save the habitat of the California condor and to do it she works her way into the affections of a representative of the oi...
Bonzo Goes to College
1952
as Coach Ted 'Pop' Drew
When Bonzo turns out to be the answer to the football teams troubles, the only solution is to enroll him into a college.
Les Miserables
1952
as Bishop Courbet
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both me...
Sally and Saint Anne
1952
as Grandpa Pat Ryan
An Irish-American girl asks the saint to guide her family and save them from an alderman.
Peking Express
1951
as Father Joseph Murray
A group of refugees fleeing Chinese Communist rule via train are beset by a gang of terrifying outlaws.
For Heaven's Sake
1950
as Arthur
An angel takes on human form in order to persuade a theatrical couple to finally consummate their child that has been waiting to be born.
Mister 880
1950
as William "Skipper" Miller
The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is also Mr. 880, an amateurish counterfeiter who has ama...
Pretty Baby
1950
as Cyrus Baxter
A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.
Louisa
1950
as Mr. Hammond
Architect Hal Norton and wife Meg invite his widowed mother Louisa to move in with them, only to discover the sweet elderly lady is romantically invol...
A Woman of Distinction
1950
as J.D. Middlecott
Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touri...
Challenge to Lassie
1949
as John Traill
When Lassie's master dies, an old friend tries to convince a judge that the dog's life should be spared.
Hills of Home
1948
as Mr. Milton
William McClure is the villlage doctor in a remote Scottish glen. Tricked into buying Lassie, a collie afraid of water, he sets about teaching her to ...
Apartment for Peggy
1948
as Prof. Henry C. Barnes
Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is changed by Peggy Taylor, a chipper young mother-to-be ...
Thunder in the Valley
1947
as Adam MacAdam
The popular Alfred Ollivant novel "Bob, Son of Battle" is the source for this drama about sheep dogs in the Scottish highlands, filmed in mountains in...
Life with Father
1947
as Rev. Dr. Lloyd
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
as Kris Kringle
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgivin...
Green Dolphin Street
1947
as Octavius Patourel
Sophie loved Edmund, but he left town when her parents forced her to marry wealthy Octavius. Years later, Edmund returns with his son, William. Sophie...
Undercurrent
1946
as Professor Hamilton
After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant...
Of Human Bondage
1946
as Athelny
A medical student with a club foot falls for a beautiful but ambitious waitress. She soon leaves him, but gets pregnant and comes back to him for help...
She Went to the Races
1945
as Dr. Homer Pecke
A group of scientists develop a system to pick winners at the racetrack. Comedy.
Bewitched
1945
as Dr. Bergson
A girl enlists a psychic to get rid of her murderous alternate personality.
Dangerous Partners
1945
as Albert Richard Kingby
A young couple's accident could make them rich, if they can evade a Nazi spy ring.
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944
as Fr. Hamish MacNabb
A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a prie...
Between Two Worlds
1944
as Scrubby
Passengers on an ocean liner can't recall how they got onboard or where they are going. Soon it becomes apparent that they all have something in commo...
Lassie Come Home
1943
as Rowlie Palmer
Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the rich Duke of Rudling. Lassie, however, is unwilling t...
The Meanest Man in the World
1943
as Frederick P. Leggitt
Compassionate small-town lawyer Richard Clarke moves to New York City to seek his fortune, but is unsuccessful until he takes a friend's advice and tr...
Forever and a Day
1943
as Stubbs
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, ...
The Greatest Gift
1942
as Bartolomé the Juggler
Medieval French monks find a freezing, ill juggler and take him in. Upon recovering, the impoverished man wishes to illustrate his tremendous gratitud...
A Yank at Eton
1942
as Headmaster Justin
An American playboy is sent to a British boarding school to learn discipline.
Charley's Aunt
1941
as Stephen Spettigue
In 1890, two students at Oxford force their rascally friend and fellow student to pose as an aunt from Brazil--where the nuts come from.
One Night In Lisbon
1941
as Lord Fitzleigh
Saucy screwball comedy wherein lovely Madeleine falls in love with flier Fred despite interference from her fiancee and his ex.
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941
as Hooper
The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley's Department Store...
Scotland Yard
1941
as Insp. Cork
Inspector Cork pursues a bank robber who serves in the army and receives facial injuries. After plastic surgery he shows up as a bank president planni...
Cheers for Miss Bishop
1941
as President Corcoran
Ella Bishop is an inhibited girl whose frustrations grow as she approaches womanhood. As a women, her ambitions to teach cause her to lose her only op...
Foreign Correspondent
1940
as Rowley
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an a...
Pride and Prejudice
1940
as Mr. Bennet
Mrs. Bennet wishes to wed her five unmarried daughters and is overjoyed when a wealthy bachelor begins living nearby, but misunderstandings make happi...
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
as Dr. Lionel Sterling
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.
An Englishman's Home
1940
as Tom Brown
A German spy is dispatched to Britain to search out targets for a planned invasion.
The Earl of Chicago
1940
as Munsey, the Butler
A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.
Cheer Boys Cheer
1939
as Edward Ironside
Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.
Happy Family
1939
as Dad
Summer 1939, and an ordinary family gets an alarming taste of war to come.
Penny Paradise
1938
as Joe Higgins
A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a larg...
South Riding
1938
as Alfred Huggins
Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:- but 'the front-line defence thrown up by humanity again...
A Yank at Oxford
1938
as Dean of Cardinal
A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.
Parnell
1937
as Henry Campbell
Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his relationship with married Katie O'Shea threatens to ...
Laburnum Grove
1936
as Mr. Radfern
To rid himself of his sponging relatives a man tells them he is really a forger which causes them to leave. His wife believes he is joking, but he has...
Mad Holiday
1936
as Williams
A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.
All American Chump
1936
as Jeffrey Crane
A country bumpkin who's a mathematical genius falls into the hands of gangsters.
Anthony Adverse
1936
as John Bonnyfeather
Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent by...
The Walking Dead
1936
as Dr. Evan Beaumont
Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence...
Sylvia Scarlett
1935
as Henry Scarlett
When her father decides to flee to England, young Sylvia Scarlett must become Sylvester Scarlett and protect her father every step of the way, with th...
The Bishop Misbehaves
1935
as Bishop
On a walking tour of English cathedrals, Donald Meadows meets Hester Granthem in church. Hearing he is from that hot-bed of crime, Chicago, Hester ask...
Spring in the Air
1935
as Franz
Father and Son
1935
as John Bolton
A bank clerk takes the blame for a theft which he believes was committed by his ex-convict father.
Passing Shadows
1934
as David Lawrence
The film stars Edmund Gwenn, who plays a chemist, whose son Lawrence (played by Barry MacKay) is attacked on a train. He appears to have shot the man.
Java Head
1934
as Jeremy Ammidon
The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. The owner has two sons. One, a handsome seafarer, i...
Waltzes from Vienna
1934
as Johann Strauss, the Elder
Johann Strauss Jr. is forced by his father to forget music and to work in a bakery, where he falls in love with Resi, the baker's daughter. The girl g...
The Admiral's Secret
1934
as Adm. Fitzporter
A retired Admiral steals jewels and is pursued by Spanish bandits.
Friday the Thirteenth
1933
as Wakefield
It is pouring with rain at one minute to midnight on Friday the thirteenth, and the driver of a London bus is peering through his blurred windscreen a...
Channel Crossing
1933
as Trotter
Money isn't everything. Tycoon races against time to cross the English Channel in order to save a business deal, but along the way his whole value sys...
Cash
1933
as Edmund Gilbert
A formerly wealthy man and his daughter try to regain wealth by selling a scheme to some investors, when they come upon a huge amount of unclaimed cas...
I Was a Spy
1933
as Burgomaster
During World War I, a young nurse in a hospital in German-occupied Belgium is secretly feeding military information to the British. Complicating matte...
Early to Bed
1933
as Kruger
'Manicurist Grete and nightclub waiter Carl share a bed, but not at the same time. They hate each other, even though they have never met. Their rent...
The Good Companions
1933
as Jess Oakroyd
Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.
Tell Me Tonight
1932
as Mayor Pategg
An Italian operatic tenor is dominated by his female business manager.
Love on Wheels
1932
as Philpotts
A department store assistant becomes publicity conscious.
Condemned to Death
1932
as Banting
A condemned man uses hypnotism on a judge. After the man's death, the judge finds himself acting like the condemned man.
Money for Nothing
1932
as Sir Henry Blossom
As he pursues Joan Blossom, ruined gambler Jeff Cheddar is mistaken for two-faced financier Jay Cheddar, eventually leading to Joan's stockbroker fath...
Frail Women
1932
as Jim Willis
Lilian has an illegitimate war-baby which is then adopted by a wealthy spinster.
Hindle Wakes
1931
as Chris Hawthorne
A Lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owner's son while on holiday. Based on the once notorious Houghton play.
The Skin Game
1931
as Mr. Hornblower
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village.
How He Lied to Her Husband
1931
as Her Husband (Teddy Bompas)
'Rich man suspects wife loves poet.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Skin Game
1921
as Hornblower
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village. The original silent version of a film Hitchcock later adapt...
The Real Thing at Last
1916
as Rupert K. Thunder / Macbeth
Shakespeare parody