Edmund Gwenn
1877–1959 · British actor
Edmund Gwenn was an English actor. On film, he is 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, the corresponding Golden Globe Award, and a Photoplay Award. He received a second Golden Globe, Photoplay Award, and another Academy Award nomination for the comedy film Mister 880 (1950). He is also remembered for his appearances in four films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Edmund Gwenn, in order
- 1916 The Real Thing at Last (short film): acted · directed by J. M. Barrie
- 1921 The Skin Game: acted · directed by B. E. Doxat-Pratt
- 1931 The Skin Game: acted · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 38%, audiences 18% · streaming on Kanopy, Plex
- 1932 Love on Wheels: acted · directed by Victor Saville
- 1933 Cash: acted · directed by Zoltan Korda
- 1933 Early to Bed: acted · directed by Ludwig Berger
- 1933 I Was a Spy: acted · directed by Victor Saville
- 1933 Marooned: acted · directed by Leslie S. Hiscott
- 1933 Smithy: acted · directed by George King
- 1934 Father and Son: acted · directed by Monty Banks
- 1934 Passing Shadows: acted · directed by Leslie S. Hiscott
- 1934 Spring in the Air: acted · directed by Victor Hanbury
- 1934 The Admiral's Secret: acted · directed by Guy Newall
- 1934 Waltzes from Vienna: acted · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 50%, audiences 11% · streaming on Roku Channel, Plex, Fawesome
- 1934 Warn London: acted · directed by T. Hayes Hunter
- 1935 Sylvia Scarlett: acted · directed by George Cukor
- 1935 The Bishop Misbehaves: acted · directed by Ewald André Dupont
- 1936 Anthony Adverse: acted · directed by Mervyn LeRoy and Michael Curtiz
- 1936 Laburnum Grove: acted · directed by Carol Reed
- 1936 The Walking Dead: acted · directed by Michael Curtiz
- 1937 Parnell: acted · directed by John M. Stahl · audiences 38% · streaming on TCM
- 1938 A Yank at Oxford: acted · directed by Jack Conway
- 1938 Penny Paradise: acted · directed by Carol Reed
- 1938 South Riding: acted · directed by Victor Saville
- 1939 Cheer Boys Cheer: acted · directed by Walter Forde
- 1940 An Englishman's Home: acted · directed by Albert de Courville
- 1940 Foreign Correspondent: acted · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 95%, audiences 81% · streaming on HBO Max, Roku Channel, Hoopla
- 1940 Pride and Prejudice: acted · directed by Robert Z. Leonard
- 1940 The Doctor Takes a Wife: acted · directed by Alexander Hall
- 1940 The Earl of Chicago: acted · directed by Richard Thorpe and Victor Saville
- 1941 Charley's Aunt: acted · directed by Archie Mayo
- 1941 Cheers for Miss Bishop: acted · directed by Tay Garnett
- 1941 One Night in Lisbon: acted · directed by Edward H. Griffith
- 1941 Scotland Yard: acted · directed by Norman Foster
- 1941 The Devil and Miss Jones: acted · directed by Sam Wood
- 1942 A Yank at Eton: acted · directed by Norman Taurog · audiences 43%
- 1943 Forever and a Day: acted · directed by Cedric Hardwicke and Edmund Goulding · audiences 50% · streaming on Fawesome
- 1943 Lassie Come Home: acted · directed by Fred M. Wilcox · critics 100%, audiences 77%
- 1943 The Meanest Man in the World: acted · directed by Sidney Lanfield
- 1944 Between Two Worlds: acted · directed by Edward A. Blatt
- 1944 The Keys of the Kingdom: acted · directed by John M. Stahl · audiences 83%
- 1945 Bewitched: acted · directed by Arch Oboler
- 1945 Dangerous Partners: acted · directed by Edward L. Cahn
- 1945 She Went to the Races: acted · directed by Willis Goldbeck
- 1946 Of Human Bondage: acted · directed by Edmund Goulding
- 1946 Undercurrent: acted · directed by Vincente Minnelli
- 1947 Green Dolphin Street: acted · directed by Victor Saville
- 1947 Life with Father: acted · directed by Michael Curtiz
- 1947 Miracle on 34th Street: acted · directed by George Seaton
- 1948 Apartment for Peggy: acted · directed by George Seaton
- 1948 Hills of Home: acted · directed by Fred M. Wilcox · audiences 60%
- 1950 A Woman of Distinction: acted · directed by Edward Buzzell
- 1950 Challenge to Lassie: acted · directed by Richard Thorpe · audiences 36%
- 1950 For Heaven's Sake: acted · directed by George Seaton
- 1950 Louisa: acted · directed by Alexander Hall
- 1950 Mister 880: acted · directed by Edmund Goulding
- 1950 Pretty Baby: acted · directed by Bretaigne Windust
- 1950 Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (short film): acted
- 1951 Peking Express: acted · directed by William Dieterle
- 1952 Bonzo Goes to College: acted · directed by Fred de Cordova
- 1952 Les Misérables: acted · directed by Lewis Milestone · audiences 43%
- 1952 Sally and Saint Anne: acted · directed by Rudolph Maté
- 1952 Something for the Birds: acted · directed by Robert Wise
- 1953 The Bigamist: acted · directed by Ida Lupino
- 1954 The Student Prince: acted · directed by Richard Thorpe
- 1954 Them!: acted · directed by Gordon Douglas · critics 93%, audiences 77% · streaming on Plex, Fawesome, Tubi
- 1955 The Trouble with Harry: acted · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 88%, audiences 73%
- 1956 Calabuch: acted · directed by Luis García Berlanga
- 1964 Ensign Pulver: acted · directed by Joshua Logan