Edmund Gwenn (born Edmund John Kellaway; 26 September 1877 – 6 September 1959) was an English actor. On film, he is best remembered for his role as Kris Kringle in the Christmas film ''

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'' (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

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'' (1950). He is also remembered for his appearances in four films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. As a stage actor in the West End and on

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, he was associated with a wide range of works by modern playwrights, including

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, John Galsworthy and

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. After the

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, he lived in the United States, where he had a successful career in Hollywood and Broadway.

Life and career

Early years

Gwenn was born in

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, London to John and Catherine ( Oliver) Kellaway. His brother was the actor

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, and his cousin was the actor

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. Gwenn was educated at St. Olave's School and later at King's College London."Mr Edmund Gwenn – Versatile Character Actor", ''The Times'', 8 September 1959, p. 13 He began his acting career in the theatre in 1895, and learned his craft as a member of

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's company, playing brash comic roles. In 1901 he married Minnie Terry, niece of Dame

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. In the same year, he went to Australia and acted there for three years with the J. C. Williamson company. His wife accompanied him, and when Gwenn was in a production of '' Ben Hur'' that was a disastrous failure, she restored the couple's fortunes by accepting an engagement from Williamson."Miss Minnie Terry"
''Table Talk'', 9 October 1902, p. 10 Later, the couple appeared on stage together in London in a farce called ''What the Butler Saw'' in 1905 and, in 1911, when

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made her debut in variety, she chose Terry and Gwenn to join her in a short play specially written by

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. When he returned to London, Gwenn appeared not in low comedy but in what ''

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'' called "a notably intellectual and even sophisticated setting" at the Court Theatre under the management of J. E. Vedrenne and Harley Granville-Barker. There, in 1905 to 1907, in the words of ''The Times'', "he was invaluable in smaller parts

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every part he played its full worth", including Straker, the proletarian chauffeur to John Tanner in

's ''

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'', and Drinkwater, the

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gangster in ''

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''. He also appeared in plays by Granville-Barker and John Galsworthy, in

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's suffragette drama ''Votes for Women'' and in works by other contemporaries. In Barrie's '' What Every Woman Knows'' (1908) in the role of the over-enthusiastic James Wylie he impressed the producer

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, who engaged him for his repertory company at the

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. In 1912, Gwenn went into management in partnership with Hilda Trevelyan. His career was interrupted by his military service during the

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, serving as an officer in the

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. During the war, Gwenn's marriage broke up and was dissolved. His ex-wife remarried but remained on affectionate terms with him.

Leading roles on stage and screen

After peace returned, Gwenn's leading roles in the West End during the 1920s included Old Bill in

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's ''Old Bill, M.P.'' (1922); Christian Veit in '' Lilac Time'' (1922–23); the title role in

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's ''The Great Broxoff'' (1923); Leo Swinburne in ''

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'' by

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and

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(1923); and Hippolyte Gallipot in Lehár's ''Frasquita'' (1925). Looking back at Gwenn's career, ''The Times'' considered, "Out of scores of other parts which he played in England and in America, the best remembered are probably Hornblower in Galsworthy's ''The Skin Game'', the Viennese paterfamilias in ''Lilac Time'' and Samuel Pepys in Fagan's ''And So to Bed'' in 1926." Gwenn began his film career in 1916, playing Macbeth in '' The Real Thing at Last'', a satire of the American film industry written by ''

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'' playwright

. A notable early role was a recreation of his stage character Hornblower in the 1921 Anglo-Dutch silent film of '' The Skin Game'', which he reprised ten years later in Alfred Hitchcock's early sound version of '' The Skin Game''. His debut in a talking picture was in an adaptation of Shaw's '' How He Lied to Her Husband'', made at Elstree in 1931. Of Gwenn's many British film roles, ''The Times'' considered his best known to be Jess Oakroyd in '' The Good Companions'' with

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and Jessie Matthews (1933) and Radfern in

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's '' Laburnum Grove'' with

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(1936). His final British film role, as a capitalist trying to take over a family brewery in '' Cheer Boys Cheer'' (1939) is credited with being the first authentic

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. Gwenn appeared in more than eighty films, including '' Pride and Prejudice'' (1940), '' Cheers for Miss Bishop'', ''

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'' and '' The Keys of the Kingdom''.

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's '' Sylvia Scarlett'' (1935) was his first appearance in a Hollywood film, as Katharine Hepburn's father. He settled in Hollywood in 1940 and became part of its British colony. He had a small role as a Cockney assassin in a Hitchcock film, '' Foreign Correspondent'' in 1940. For his Santa Claus role in ''

'' he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He received a second Oscar nomination for his role in ''

'' (1950). Near the end of his career, he played one of the main roles in '' Them!'' (1954) and in Hitchcock's '' The Trouble with Harry'' (1955). On

Gwenn starred in the acclaimed 1942 production of Chekhov's '' Three Sisters'', starring Katharine Cornell (who was also the producer),

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, and Ruth Gordon. ''

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'' proclaimed it, "a dream production by anybody's reckoning – the most glittering cast the theatre has seen, commercially, in this generation."

Later years

Gwenn remained a British subject all his life. When he first moved to Hollywood, he lived at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in

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. His home in London had been reduced to rubble during the bombings by the German

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in the

. Only the fireplace survived. What Gwenn regretted most was the loss of the memorabilia he had collected of the actor

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. Eventually, Gwenn bought a house at 617 North Bedford Drive in Beverly Hills, which he later shared with the former Olympic athlete

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."Rodney Soher"
, Sports Reference, retrieved 28 May 2014 At the age of 78 he travelled from his home in California for a reunion with his ex-wife in London."Veteran Edmund Gwenn Keeps a Tryst", '' The Daily Mail'', 12 July 1956, p. 3 He told a reporter, "I never married again because I was very happy with my wife. I simply stayed faithful to the memory of that happiness." Gwenn died from

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after suffering a stroke, in

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, twenty days before his 82nd birthday. He was cremated, and his ashes were placed in the vault at the

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. Gwenn has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1751 Vine Street for his contribution to motion pictures.

Filmography

* '' The Real Thing at Last'' (1916) as Rupert K. Thunder / Macbeth * '' Unmarried'' (1920) as Simm Vandeleur * '' The Skin Game'' (1921) as Hornblower * '' How He Lied to Her Husband'' (1931) as Teddy Bompas * '' The Skin Game'' (1931) as Mr. Hornblower * '' Hindle Wakes'' (1931) as Chris Hawthorne * '' Frail Women'' (1932) as The Bookmaker - Jim Willis * '' Money for Nothing'' (1932) as Sir Henry Blossom * '' Condemned to Death'' (1932) as Banting * '' Love on Wheels'' (1932) as Philpotts * ''

Tell Me Tonight ''Tell Me Tonight'' or ''Be Mine Tonight'' is a 1932 British musical comedy film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Jan Kiepura, Sonnie Hale and Magda Schneider. It was shot in Berlin at the Babelsberg Studios as part of a co-production b ...

'' (1932) as Mayor Pategg * '' The Good Companions'' (1933) as Jess Oakroyd * ''

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'' (1933) as Edmund Gilbert * '' I Was a Spy'' (1933) as Burgomaster * '' Smithy'' (1933) as John Smith * '' Channel Crossing'' (1933) as Trotter * '' Marooned'' (1933) as Tom Roberts * '' Friday the Thirteenth'' (1933) as Mr Wakefield * '' Early to Bed'' (1933) as Kruger * ''

Waltzes from Vienna ''Waltzes from Vienna'' is a 1934 British biographical film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, sometimes known as ''Strauss' Great Waltz''. It was part of the cycle of operetta films made in Britain during the 1930s. Hitchcock's film is based on th ...

'' (1934) as Johann Strauss, the Elder * '' Warn London'' (1934) as Dr. Herman Krauss * '' Passing Shadows'' (1934) as David Lawrence * '' Java Head'' (1934) as Jeremy Ammidon * '' The Admiral's Secret'' (1934) as Adm. Fitzporter * ''

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'' (1934) as John Bolton * '' Spring in the Air'' (1934) as Franz * '' The Bishop Misbehaves'' (1935) as Bishop * '' Sylvia Scarlett'' (1935) as Henry Scarlett * '' The Walking Dead'' (1936) as Dr. Beaumont * '' Laburnum Grove'' (1936) as Mr. Radfern * ''

Anthony Adverse ''Anthony Adverse'' is a 1936 American epic film, epic historical drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland. The screenplay by Sheridan Gibney draws elements of its plot from eight of the nine books i ...

'' (1936) as John Bonnyfeather * ''

All American Chump ''All American Chump'' is a 1936 American comedy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM, directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Lawrence Kimble. The film stars Stuart Erwin, Robert Armstrong (actor), Robert Armstrong, Betty Furness, Edmund ...

'' (1936) as Jeffrey Crane * ''

Mad Holiday ''Mad Holiday'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by George B. Seitz and written by Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Elissa Landi, ZaSu Pitts, Ted Healy, Edmund Gwenn and Edgar Kennedy. The film was relea ...

'' (1936) as Williams * '' Parnell'' (1937) as Campbell * '' South Riding'' (1938) as Alfred Huggins * '' A Yank at Oxford'' (1938) as Dean of Cardinal * '' Penny Paradise'' (1938) as Joe Higgins * '' Cheer Boys Cheer'' (1939) as Edward Ironside * '' The Earl of Chicago'' (1940) as Munsey, the Butler * ''

An Englishman's Home ''An Englishman's Home'' is a threat-of-invasion play by Guy du Maurier, first produced in 1909. The title is a reference to the expression " an Englishman's home is his castle". Play ''An Englishman's Home'' caused a sensation in London when ...

'' (1940) as Tom Brown * '' The Doctor Takes a Wife'' (1940) as Dr. Lionel Sterling * '' Pride and Prejudice'' (1940) as Mr. Bennet * '' Foreign Correspondent'' (1940) as Rowley * '' Cheers for Miss Bishop'' (1941) as President Corcoran * '' Scotland Yard'' (1941) as Insp. Cork * ''

The Devil and Miss Jones ''The Devil and Miss Jones'' is a 1941 comedy film starring Jean Arthur, Robert Cummings, and Charles Coburn. Directed by Sam Wood from a screenplay by Norman Krasna, the film was the product of an independent collaboration between Krasna and p ...

'' (1941) as Hooper * ''

One Night in Lisbon ''One Night in Lisbon'' is a 1941 American thriller film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll and Patricia Morison. It was one of a cycle of pro-British films produced in Hollywood before the United Stat ...

'' (1941) as Lord Fitzleigh * ''

Charley's Aunt ''Charley's Aunt'' is a farce in three acts written by Brandon Thomas. The story centres on Lord Fancourt Babberley, an undergraduate whose friends Jack and Charley persuade him to impersonate the latter's aunt. The complications of the plot in ...

'' (1941) as Stephen Spettigue * '' A Yank at Eton'' (1942) as Headmaster Justin * '' Forever and a Day'' (1943) as Stubbs * ''

The Meanest Man in the World Not to be confused with the 1920 George M. Cohan play or The Meanest Man in the World (1923 film) ''The Meanest Man in the World'' is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lanfield, starring Jack Benny and Priscilla Lane, based upon ...

'' (1943) as Frederick P. Leggitt * ''

Lassie Come Home ''Lassie Come Home'' is a 1943 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Technicolor feature film starring Roddy McDowall and canine actor Pal, in a story about the profound bond between Yorkshire boy Joe Carraclough and his rough collie, Lassie. The film was dire ...

'' (1943) as Rowlie * '' Between Two Worlds'' (1944) as Scrubby * '' The Keys of the Kingdom'' (1944) as Father Hamish MacNabb * ''

Dangerous Partners ''Dangerous Partners'' is a 1945 American adventure film directed by Edward L. Cahn and written by Marion Parsonnet and Edmund L. Hartmann, based on the novel “Paper Chase” by Oliver Weld Bayer, the pen-name of Leo and Eleanor Bayer (later kn ...

'' (1945) as Albert Richard Kingby * '' Bewitched'' (1945) as Dr. Bergson * ''

She Went to the Races ''She Went to the Races'' is a 1945 American comedy film directed by Willis Goldbeck and starring James Craig, Frances Gifford and Ava Gardner. The screenplay concerns a team of scientists who discover a seemingly foolproof way of discovering ...

'' (1945) as Dr. Homer Pecke * ''

'' (1946) as Athelny * '' Undercurrent'' (1946) as Prof. 'Dink' Hamilton * ''

'' (1947) as Kris Kringle * ''

Life with Father ''Life with Father'' is a 1939 play by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, adapted from a humorous autobiographical book of stories compiled in 1935 by Clarence Day. The Broadway production ran for 3,224 performances over 401 weeks to become the ...

'' (1947) as Rev. Dr. Lloyd * '' Thunder in the Valley'' (1947) as Adam MacAdam * '' Green Dolphin Street'' (1947) as Octavius Patourel * '' Apartment for Peggy'' (1948) as Prof. Henry Barnes * '' Hills of Home'' (1948) as Dr. William MacLure * ''

Challenge to Lassie ''Challenge to Lassie'' is an American drama directed by Richard Thorpe in Technicolor and released October 31, 1949, by MGM Studios. It was the fifth feature film starring the original Lassie, a collie named Pal, and the fourth and final ''La ...

'' (1949) as John Traill * '' A Woman of Distinction'' (1950) as Mark 'J.M.' Middlecott * '' Louisa'' (1950) as Henry Hammond * ''

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'' (1950) as Cyrus Baxter * ''

'' (1950) as William 'Skipper' Miller * '' For Heaven's Sake'' (1950) as Arthur * '' Peking Express'' (1951) as Father Joseph Murray * ''

Sally and Saint Anne ''Sally and Saint Anne'' is a 1952 American comedy film directed by Rudolph Maté and starring Ann Blyth, Edmund Gwenn and John McIntire. Plot Sally O’Moyne is a schoolgirl who lives with three generations of an eccentric Irish family, includi ...

'' (1952) as Grandpa Pat Ryan * ''

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'' (1952) as Bishop Courbet * ''

Bonzo Goes to College ''Bonzo Goes to College'' is a 1952 American comedy film directed by Frederick De Cordova and starring Maureen O'Sullivan, Edmund Gwenn, Charles Drake, Gigi Perreau, Gene Lockhart, and Bonzo. Plot Former lab chimpanzee Bonzo, suddenly literat ...

'' (1952) as Ted 'Pop' Drew * ''

Something for the Birds ''Something for the Birds'' is a 1952 film directed by Robert Wise and starring Victor Mature and Patricia Neal. Plot Johnnie Adams, an engraver in Washington, uses some of the invitations his firm makes to crash Washington parties. He gets to ...

'' (1952) as 'Admiral' Johnnie Adams * '' Mister Scoutmaster'' (1953) as Dr. Stone * '' The Bigamist'' (1953) as Mr. Jordan * ''

The Student Prince ''The Student Prince'' is an operetta in four acts with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly. It is based on Wilhelm Meyer-Förster's play '' Old Heidelberg''. The piece has a score with some of Romberg's most enduri ...

'' (1954) as Prof. Juttner * '' Them!'' (1954) as Dr. Harold Medford * '' The Trouble with Harry'' (1955) as Capt. Albert Wiles * '' It's a Dog's Life'' (1955) as Jeremiah Edward Emmett Augustus Nolan * '' Calabuch'' (1956, U.S. title ''The Rocket from Calabuch'') as Prof. Jorge Serra Hamilton

Radio appearances

*Audition program for the '' Suspense'' radio program.

Notes

References

External links

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Edmund Gwenn in Screen Director's Playhouse: ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (1949)
(Downloadable mp3 and streaming audio)
Edmund Gwenn in Lux Radio Theater: ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (1948)
(Downloadable mp3 and streaming audio)

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