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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.
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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
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| 1 | The Rocket from Calabuch (1956) | Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton | 6.3 | |
| 2 | The Trouble with Harry (1955) | Captain Wiles | 6.8 | |
| 3 | The Student Prince (1954) | Prof. Juttner | 3 | |
| 4 | Them! (1954) | Dr. Harold Medford | 6.3 | |
| 5 | The Bigamist (1953) | Mr. Jordan | 5 | |
| 6 | Les Miserables (1952) | Bishop Courbet | - | - |
| 7 | Louisa (1950) | Mr. Hammond | - | - |
| 8 | Mister 880 (1950) | William "Skipper" Miller | - | - |
| 9 | Miracle on 34th Street (1947) | Kris Kringle | 7.9 | |
| 10 | Green Dolphin Street (1947) | Octavius Patourel | - | - |
| 11 | Life with Father (1947) | Rev. Dr. Lloyd | 5.5 | |
| 12 | Undercurrent (1946) | Professor Hamilton | 5 | |
| 13 | Bewitched (1945) | Dr. Bergson | 9 | |
| 14 | Between Two Worlds (1944) | Scrubby | 5 | |
| 15 | Lassie Come Home (1943) | Rowlie Palmer | 4 | |
| 16 | The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) | Hooper | 5 | |
| 17 | Foreign Correspondent (1940) | Rowley | 7 | |
| 18 | Pride and Prejudice (1940) | Mr. Bennet | 6.3 | |
| 19 | Anthony Adverse (1936) | John Bonnyfeather | 4 | |
| 20 | The Walking Dead (1936) | Dr. Evan Beaumont | 2 | |
| 21 | Sylvia Scarlett (1935) | Henry Scarlett | 5.5 | |
| 22 | Friday the Thirteenth (1933) | Wakefield | 4 |
